Westmoreland sees Tet lull as Reds rest for renewed attack
General Westmoreland said the ground war in South Vietnam is in a lull with only small clashes. He warned of a Communist resurgence around Tet as North Vietnam presses near Khe Sanh and in Quang Tri and Thua Thien provinces. Coast-to-coast fighting left 49 enemy and 5 Americans dead with 24 wounded. a KC135 jet tanker crashed at Minot Air Force Base.
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William C. Westmoreland
South Vietnam
Westmoreland
Vietnam
U.S
Lees
North
1St Corps
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Air Force
Minot Air Force Base
Woman robber strikes Saluki Currency Exchange in Carbondale
A lone white woman about 5 foot 4 to 5, 130 pounds robbed the Saluki Currency Exchange at Campus Shopping Center at 10 45 am. She fled on foot after handing a note demanding money. It was the third theft there in 12 months with prior robberies totaling 12500 and 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saluki
William Budslick Jr
Carbondale
Budslick
Michael France
Johnson to outline plans on crime, urban renewal in State of the Union
President Johnson plans a national address balancing Vietnam war costs with crime reduction and urban renewal. He will reiterate seeking peace options and reveal an $11 billion budget rise for administration, with a unified budget aimed at lowering the deficit below $18 to $19 billion. Senate leader Mansfield vows crime measures will top presidential recommendations.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
North Vietnam
U. S
North
George Christian
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Warmer Weather With Overnight Lows In The 20s
Tonight will be fair and warmer with a low in the 20s. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a higher temperature near 50 with a chance of showers. Weather details and map appear on page 25.
Dirksen Illness Could Skip GOP State of the Union Reply
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois is ill with the flu at home and may miss tonight's GOP response to President Johnson's State of the Union. Senator Kuchel, acting GOP leader, said Dirksen is not seriously ill but likely unable to attend the post message news conference.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Johnson
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Dirksen
Kuche
Four Missing on Ski Flight from Denver to Aspen
Colorado Civil Air Patrol planes searched the Rocky Mountains for four Illinois residents after a private Cessna 182 vanished on a Denver to Aspen ski trip. On board were Donald Darfler, 45, his daughter Donna, 14, brother Charles, 40, and Charles Walter Darfler, 15.
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Colorado
Civil Air Patrol
Rocky Mountains
Illinois
Denver
Aspen
Colo
Donald Darfler
Beverly Bank
Chicago
Donna
Charles
Sandwich
Charles Walter Darfler
Darfler
Two U S aides slain in Guatemala by FAR gunmen
A Rebel Armed Forces communique claims responsibility for the machine gun slaying of U S Army Col John D Webber Jr and Navy Lt Cmdr Ernest A Munro in Guatemala near the Air Force headquarters. The attack, amid a state of alarm, follows a surge in violence as authorities detain suspects and curb civil rights.
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Guatemala
U.S
FAR
U. S
U.S. Army
John D. Webber Jr
Navy
Ernest A. Munro
Army
John R. Forster
Harry L. Greene
Greene
Forster
Alejandro Silva Falla
Silva
Manuel Villacorta Vielman
National Liberation Movement
Three Die in Carrier Plane Crash Off Kitty Hawk
A Navy courier plane crashed on takeoff from the carrier Kitty Hawk in the Gulf of Tonkin. Five U S congressmen on the carrier were not onboard. The pilot co pilot and one passenger are missing.
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Saigon
Navy
U. S
House Armed Services Committee
Gulf of Tonkin
U S arrests IRS agents in bribe case details
Twenty seven men including 26 IRS agents were arrested for allegedly paying bribes to an undercover inspector in their department. The group spans Manhattan Mineola and Brooklyn offices with annual earnings around 13 000 to 15 000 dollars. A certified public accountant is the 27th arrestee.
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New York
Internal Revenue Service
U.S
Robert M. Morgenthau
Manhattan
Mineola
Long Island
Brooklyn
Morgenthau
Springfield ethics board named by leaders amid debate
The new legislative ethics board for Springfield will oversee ethics of legislators and officials. Sen W Russell Arrington, GOP, and House Speaker Ralph Smith, along with Thomas McGloon and John Touhy, were named. Arrington said the group meets Friday in Chicago to organize and may appoint him chair. He criticized the ethics law as weak and urged a five day reconvened session March 4 to discuss prisoner transfers and education funding issues.
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W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
GOP
Ralph T. Smith
Alton
Thomas A. McGloon
John Touhy
Chicago
Arrington
Cook County
Fog and fire 14 vehicle crash cripples I 65 near Sellersburg
In dense fog on Interstate 65 near Sellersburg Indiana a two stage wreck involving car truck and semitrailers killed five unidentified people and injured 15 to 20. Police said the chain reaction closed 12 miles of the highway while 11 wreckers and multiple ambulances responded.
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Sellersburg
Ind
Jeffersonville
Cementville
Memphis
Indiana
Louisville
Robert Campbell
Robert Young
Young
Clark County Memorial Hospital
Scottsburg
Charles Jenkins
Silver Creek
Woodrow Gilbert
Clark County
Regional government lag leaves Southern Illinois towns under served
The Southern Illinois article outlines gaps in rural services across unincorporated areas and cities in Jackson, Williamson, and surrounding counties. It highlights deficient roads, lack of sewer and utilities, limited police and fire protection, narrow streets, no public transit, and weak enforcement. The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission proposes a regional codes office to harmonize inspections.
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Illinois
Lakeland Subdivision
Carbondale
Lakeland
Southern Illinois Counties
Sheriff’s Office
Jackson
Williamson Counties
Greater Egypt
Navy crash fatal to 12 near Mt Kamegamori Shikoku Island
Rescue teams reached the wreckage of a U S Navy patrol plane on a snowy mountainside in southwestern Japan and found no survivors among 12 aboard. The missing flight had radioed it was heading to Iwakuni base before vanishing.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mt. Kamegamori
Shikoku Island
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Gio Linh
Minot, N.D
Family Living
Castro
IRS
Legislative Ethics Board
Smith
Chicago Board of Education
Herrin
Ing
Marion
Murphysboro
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