Infantrymen battle Reds near Da Nang in renewed attack
U.S. infantrymen pursued North Vietnamese troops in the Que Son Valley and near Landing Zones Ross, Leslie, and West after a North Vietnamese assault on three bases near Da Nang. Brig. Gen. Ryder said about 300 enemy troops were killed, with U.S. casualties rising in the Que Son Valley and surrounding areas as B 52s raided suspected routes.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Que Son
Charles Ryder
Americal Division
Ross
Leslie
Ryder
Que Son Valley
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S. 1St Infantry
Campaign heats up over Gray re election decision
Report says Rep Kenneth J Gray D West Frankfort may retire from Congress prompting speculation on successors. Gray travels to Washington and will announce 1968 plans January 31 from the capital but no firm statement yet. Local chairmen and state figures weigh whether he runs again and who might replace him.
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Southern Illinois
Chicago
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Gray
Washington, D.C
Washington
Sam Hunter
Carbondale
Hunter
Ramada Inn
Marion
Bennie Cherry
Franklin County
Cherry
Ford Ballard
Cobden
Union County
Jackson County
Ray Chancey
Clyde Choate
Donna
Roy Small
Harrisburg
Choate
Small
Blaiberg Gives Heart Transplant Update and Charity Pact
Dr Philip Blaiberg was reported in satisfactory condition two days after a heart transplant. He and his wife will donate television rights money, about 50 000 dollars, to Groote Schuur Hospital and heart research funds, with NBC disclosure prompting the contract. Doctors said rejection is unlikely and he remains conscious and in good spirits.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
National Broadcasting Co
New York
Blaiberg
Blaibergs
NBC
Groote Schuur Hospital
Chris Barnhard
McCarthy Faces Tough New Hampshire Primary Test
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy acknowledged New Hampshire's March 12 primary will test his Vietnam peace campaign. He vowed to press his challenge to Johnson in upcoming states including Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oregon, and California. He doubts withdrawing even if peace talks start and criticizes Johnson's balance of payments measures.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
New Hampshire
Johnson
Minnesota Democrat
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Oregon
California
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N. Y
Vietnam
Congolese Youths Hinder Humphrey Motorcade in Kinshasa
About 150 shouting Congo lese youths blocked and banged on vehicles as Vice President Hubert Humphrey arrived in Kinshasa on a nine nation African tour. They waved anti U S banners at the Patrice Lumumba monument and shouted Go back home Humphrey as his lead car was slowed.
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Kinshasa
The
Congo
U. S
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
Humphrey
Patrice Lumumba
Bowles to Visit Cambodia in Effort to End Vietnam Sanctuaries
Ambassador Chester Bowles, U.S. envoy to India, will travel to Phnom Penh within days with Johnson instructions to press Cambodia to end sanctuary for Communist forces in Vietnam. Officials say talks with North Vietnamese are not the mission, but the door to talks may open if bombings halt. The White House and State Department weighed shifting signals amid a broader peace offensive and regional diplomatic signals from Paris and Vientiane.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Chester Bowles
U. S
India
Cambodia
Johnson
Vietnam
Texas White House
Bowles
Phnom Penh
T Cong
State Department
North Vietnam
White House
San Antonio
Tex
Sihanouk
Nguyen Duy Trinh
United States
Hanoi
Paris
nos_ manite
Lee
Bernard Broadcasting System
Illinois adopts ten new consumer credit reforms
New year, new laws affect Illinois consumers on car loans doorstep sales and wage deductions. Sen Gottschalk and Sen Gil bert led passage with Gov Kerner praising the reforms as fair to business and protective for consumers, outlining cooling off periods wage exemption increases and clearer loan disclosures.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Arthur Gottschalk
R-Flossmoor
John Gilbert
R-Carbondale
Otto Kern
Kerner
Gottschalk
Sen
Thomas A. McGloon
Chicago
John Touhy
General Assembly
Ice Bound Tow Freed At Grafton
Commercial towboats cleared a three mile ice gorge near the Illinois River mouth and freed the National Voyager and its six barges. The vessel had been trapped in ice since late Tuesday, with the Illinois River flooding nearby farmland and a recreational area.
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Grafton
Illinois River
National Voyager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Louis
Alton
Illinois
Polar air drives freezing temps across northern plains
Bone chilling cold reaches 46 degrees below zero in the northern Plains as polar air surges southward. Alaska enjoys milder winter weather with Anchorage at 17 above, Fairbanks 29 high, Juneau 34 as Pacific air meets a polar wedge. Provisional heavy snow warnings loom for New England with 6 inches possible.
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Associated Press
United States
Alaska
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
The
Weather Bureau
Pacific
Polar
Warroad
International Falls
Roseau -44
Minnesota
Bismarck
N.D
New England
Weather brief clear and cold with partial clouds through Friday
Clear to partly cloudy conditions prevail through Friday with a low tonight from zero to 10 above. Local forecast calls for continued cold air and modest cloud cover ahead of weekend readings.
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Burma
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ICC
Southeast Asia
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