Civilians flee Khe Sanh as evacuation proceeds under threat
About 2,000 South Vietnamese civilians leave Khe Sanh town as North Vietnamese forces threaten seizure. Marine and local defenders abandon positions after weekend attacks. helicopters shuttle evacuees from the Leatherneck base toward Da Nang amid ongoing mortar and rocket fire.
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Robert D. Ohman
Associated Press
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Marines
Reds Force Border Town Abandonment Near Khe Sanh
North Vietnamese artillery and rockets pressured Khe Sanh as U S and South Vietnamese defenders pulled out with about two dozen Marines and 40 soldiers, while 3 000 Marines at the nearby camp warned reinforcement would be thin. B52s bombed targets, and the fighting spilled across the Laos border as journalists were kept away.
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Khe Sanh
Laos
South Vietnam
U.S
U. S
Associated Press
Dang van Phuoc
Showers Likely With Cloudy Skies Through Tuesday
A weather forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with several periods of showers or rain through Tuesday. It notes a low around 33 to 40 degrees tonight and a high in the 50s on Tuesday. Map on page 13.
Police chief assassinated in North Korean raid near Seoul
About 30 North Koreans breached into Seoul Sunday night in a bid to storm the presidential palace and target top officials. Six Reds and six South Koreans died by noon. more than 20 North Koreans remained at large as police fought to quell the raid.
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Seoul
Choi Kyoo-shik
Chung Hee Park
Lunar Module Launch Delayed by Fresh Snag
The countdown for America's first Lunar Module launch was halted at Cape Kennedy as a freon gas cooling system for life support developed a snag. Two specialists were dispatched to the launch pad to troubleshoot, delaying a 1 p.m. CST blastoff on Saturn 1.
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America
Peace deal still sought after Hanoi rejects plan
Washington officials said the United States will push to halt bombing and start peace talks with North Vietnam despite Hanoi's sharp rejection. President Johnson remains determined, while Hanoi calls the proposal a trick and insists on Vietnamese self-determination and de escalation before talks.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
Nhan Dan
San Antonio
Federal highway money cut by five percent for 1968
Secretary Alan S. Boyd announced a five percent holdback of federal highway funds for 1968, totaling 600 million dollars. The move reduces the obligational level to about 4.115 billion for the year and aims to fight inflation while potentially slowing state highway construction. States will adjust programs as funds are delayed and impact varies by state based on current allocations.
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Washington
Alan S. Boyd
Department
Federal Highway Fund
Boyd
Metropolitan government in Dade County marks 10th anniversary
The Southern Illinoisan outlines how Dade County Florida created a metropolitan government in 1953 to govern across municipal boundaries. It details the shift from fragmented city and county administration to a unified system, expanding services, planning, transit, water and sewer, and public safety.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Dade County
Fla
United States
Greater Miami Port
Dade County Coordinating Planning Council
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Randolph
Anti
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Metro
Metropolitan
Miami
Homestead
South Florida
Administration urges tax rise to curb future deficits
President Johnson's administration calls for a 10 percent income tax surcharge to cut the deficit, arguing that defense costs, interest, and social programs push outlays higher. Secretary Fowler says growth will not shrink the gap without higher tax revenue, despite spending cuts.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fowler
Tax Writing Committee
United States
Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
Plane crashes in Greenland with nuclear bombs
A US Air Force B52 carrying nuclear devices crashed near Thule in Greenland Sunday. Five survivors parachuted from the aircraft. one body found and a seventh crewman missing. No civilian damage reported as a SAC investigation team travels to the site.
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Greenland
Pentagon
Defense Department
Air Force
North Star Bay
Thule
380Th
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
N. Y
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Transplant patient dies after heart replacement at Stanford
Mike Kasperak died 15 days after a heart transplant at Stanford University Medical Center amid kidney and liver failures. Dr. Norman E. Shumway reported no heart rejection in post mortem findings and said the case offers observations valuable to future trials and other recipients.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Norman E. Shumway
Newsmen
Stanford University Medical Center
Kasperak
Shumway
Virginia White
Kindergarten verse grace ban to stand
The Supreme Court let stand a ban on reciting a grace-type verse in public school kindergarten. The U S Circuit Court had ruled the verse a prayer and barred compulsory recitation in a DeKalb Illinois school as unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Justice Potter Stewart dissented but the court offered no further explanation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court
Chicago
DeKalb, Ill
High Court
DeKalb County
Potter Stewart
Circuit Court
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Saigon
Reds
Inside Classified
Farm Family Living
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Lecy. Fowler
William McChesney Martin
Charles Schultze
Highway Road Fund
Metro Government
Vember
Planning Commission
Down
Public Transit Authority
Metro Court
Recreation Department
Museum of Science and Natural History
Nashville
Tenn
Grace Ban
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