Johnsons Decision Pressures Saigon In Vietnam War
Johnson announces bombing pause and hints at troop de escalation. Saigon faces uncertainty as U S allies and enemy forces adapt while Thieu and U S officials respond to the shift. Regional leaders warn of potential changes in Southeast Asia policy and the risk of renewed offensives.
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Toluson
Dand
China
Hong Kong
Peking
Mao
New China News
U.S
Vietnam
Nao
South Vietnam
Saigon
Hanni
Yanoi
Fearfur
Tuc
Khe Sanh
Johnson
T.set
Anthony Fertitta
Victor
Tex
United States
Dwight B. Dickson
Wauckeville
N.C
Thailand
Jolngon
Shanom Kittikaghorn
Bangkok
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
White House
Southeast Asia
Dean Rusk
Willington
New Zealand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Tani
Manni
Hanoi
Abduction Robbery and Murders Shake VMI Cadet Case
Slippery Rock region police and FBI captured three men after a farmhouse standoff following the abduction of two couples near Mercer County. Kenneth M. Vrick, a VMI cadet and star athlete, was found dead. One suspect was wounded during surrender negotiations. a fourth suspect surrendered later. Charged suspects face murder, robbery, burglary, and rape counts. a fifth person was arrested as an accessory.
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VMI Honor
Slippery Rock
UPI
FBI
Bat
Kenneth M
Vrick
Ford City
Virginia Military Institute
Fo Fet
Plain Grove
Lawrence County
Arthur H Oll
Donald BR
Hosack
Kennel Pesrine
Mercer
Marry Barnes Sr
Volant
Lawifrance County
Mercer County
Gary Batley
Jackson Center
Two American Women Freed By Communists
Two American women Marjorie Nelson and Sandra Johnson were freed after 42 days, near Hue in Vietnam, where they had been held following a tourist-related abduction. A U.S. mission spokesman said they were in good health but undergoing examinations. Vietnam news agencies later reported the release but gave no details on location or method. The story notes prior related events including repatriation of North Vietnamese seamen and separate U.S. legal cases in Mercer County.
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U.S
Marjorie Nelson
Koko
Ind
Sandra Johnson
Clio
Mich
Hue
Tranoi
Vietnam
Agendy
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
United States
Haooia
Nto
Ford Vity High School
Richard Dragan
Slippery Hoek
Durant
Frick
Dragan
Watley
Nalks
Hosack
Batley
Mercur County
Tris
Thieu Signals Vietnam Strong Enough for U S Withdrawal
Vietnamese officials quoted Thieu ally Nguyen Van Thien saying Thieu could accept a U S withdrawal within weeks if Washington urged it. Thieu told reporters at Independence Palace he would consider a visit to the White House as the United States faced persuading Saigon and a North Vietnam escalator.
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John N. Fallonn
Ellsworth
UPS
Saigon
Ufi
Vietnam
Johnson
Mia Weunt
North
Uss
United States
Tra Fhes
South Vietnam
U.S
Thiet
Thien
Raigon
UPI
Neuyen van Thien
Thieu
Bej
Chieu
America
Hensley
Thiew
Belell
Neuyen van Thieu
Tait
Television In Review LBJ Speech Illustrates Media Impact On War
A UPI analysis notes President Johnson’s address shows television reshaping public perception of the Vietnam War. It argues TV footage magnifies horror and pressure, influencing diplomacy and potentially altering national mood and policy.
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LBJ
Supreme Court ruling on one man one vote may affect local elections
The Supreme Court's 6 3 decision extends population equality principles to local governments. Justice Byron R. White said voters in overpopulated urban and underpopulated rural districts face the same deprivation as in state legislatures when elected from unequal districts. The ruling could influence city councils school boards and county boards nationwide.
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Charlotte Moulton
Waslington
Iupreme Court
Ile
Sean Eel
Jquismets
United States
Anny
High Court
Byron R. White
Stuley
Hearing Slated On Bridge Location In Pleasant Gallipolis
The Army Corps of Engineers schedules a public hearing for April 9 on the site and design of a replacement bridge in the Pleasant Gallipolis area. The new span will replace the Silver Bridge collapsed December 15, featuring a 900 foot center section and 450 foot side sections. The $1 million bridge will be built downstream from the Kanawha and Ohio rivers confluence.
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Sawline Vie Yea
Army Corps of Engineers
Ti, Pleasant Gallipylis
Kanawha
Ohio Rivers
Pike Increase Hits West Virginia Turnpike Fees
Charleston dispatch reports tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike rose Monday. Cars and light pickups pay 2.50 for the 88 mile Charleston to Princeton run, up from 2.00. Heavy trucks and tractor-trailers face a 1 dollar rise to 9. Affects proportionate tolls along the route. Tokyo births rise in January with 2014 total, second highest postwar figure. March 1967 held peak at 20,720.
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Charleston
UPI
Nivaiita Turnpike
Princeton
Tokyo
Secon
Metropolitan Statistics Department
Russian Nobel Prize Winner Landau Dies
Lev TD Landau, a Nobel Prize in physics laureate and prominent Soviet physicist, died after a six year battle following a 1962 automobile crash. Tass reported his death. he had been clinically dead four times, and his injuries included a skull fracture and multiple organ damage. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize for work linked to superconductivity and low temperature physics, awarded while in a Moscow hospital.
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Moscow
HTT
Lev TD. Landaut
Soviet Union
He Waay W
Doettirs
Lattdan
Tass
Sobiet Naws Agency
Landau
Heliant
Lamkau
Landaw *Bied
Vand
United States
Britain
France
State Figures Surprised By Announcement
Charleston and West Virginia figures react to President Jal son declaring not seeking re election praising the move as dramatic and devoted to duty. Governors lawmakers and citizens voice mixed hopes it may shorten the Vietnam War and unify the country with prominent names like Byrd Randulph Kee and Moore Jr offering cautious praise.
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Charleston
UPI
Jalson
West Virginia
United States
Arch A. Moore Jr
Congress
Hulett
Jbanithy
Donald Naberlson
James Kee
Ken Heebler
Day
James Sprouwie
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Jennings Randulph
United Press International
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Betty Hamrick
Morgantown
Paul DeWitt
Vietnam
South Charington
Union Carbide Corp
Foreman
Gov. Smith
Healy
Quote laden UPI synthesis on Johnson Vietnam policy shock
A garbled United Press International compilation discusses President Johnson’s Vietnam policy shift and fallout. It cites UPI quotes on Deescalation, Thieu in Saigon, Kennedy, Truman, and reactions from Johnson, McCarthy, and Humphrey, framed as a national political moment with uncertain futures.
Domino Theory Of The 1964 Nomination Path
Washington columnist Dick West riffs on a political domino theory sparked by President Johnson's decision not to seek re election. He charts a chain reaction among GOP hopefuls Nixon Rockefeller Reagan and others and notes Kennedy McCarthy as possible Democratic challengers. The piece parodies a dominoes game to forecast a crowded race collapsing one by one by August conventions.
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Jolson
Aety
United States
Heehler
West
Truman
Johnson
Vankeut
White House
Robert
Kenpe
Wasidy
Eugene
McCarthy
Bert Humphrey
Iechier Bali
Dick West Washington
Gov. Romney
Lis Canithtates
Rockefeller
Nixon
Reagan
Percy
Staessen
Kennedy
Roney
New Hampshire
Tockefelter
Stassen
Wright
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Rece
Sanale
Bill Amines
Aa Shausi
Ussse
Tain
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Sands of Demonth
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Freedom
Beepae Tet
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UY Now
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Chevrolet
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