Pueblo crisis shows field leaders barred from aid to ship
Washington officials faced questions over why field commanders did not request air support for the Pueblo as North Korean forces boarded the vessel near Won san Harbor. Pentagon officials cited time and distance but could not explain why Washington was not directly asked for relief.
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Park Chung Hee
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Defense Department
Air Bombardment Rages Around Khe Sanh Amid Big War Push
American bombers pound North Vietnamese gun lines as 6th day of heavy air attacks continues with 6 000 tons of bombs and Hanoi guns returning fire at Khe Sanh base and surrounding hills. Marines endure sporadic artillery while US officers anticipate a major northern offensive near the frontline amid Mekong delta clashes and Montagnard evacuations.
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Quang Tri Province
North Koreans attack US lines injuring eight soldiers
Eight U S soldiers were wounded as North Korean forces attempted to breach the American front near the DMZ after the Pueblo seizure. Two South Korean soldiers were killed and another wounded. Korean civilians and other casualties were reported as clashes continued despite repulses.
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Korean Front
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Demilitarized Zone
U.S. 2Nd Infantry Division
Johnson mobilizes reserves over Pueblo crisis
The Pentagon ordered 14 500 reserve airmen to active duty after the North Korean seizure of the USS Pueblo. About 14 000 are Air Force and Air National Guard, 600 are Navy air reservists, with up to 24 months active duty possible. Ground forces consideration noted but no Army units called.
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Preblo Taks
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Tom Johnson
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Nuclear weapons damaged in Greenland crash
U.S. nuclear scientists in Greenland fear one or more of four missing hydrogen bombs ruptured in a B52 crash near Thule Air Force Base. Pieces found at the site prompt officials to warn of radiation on ice and debris. The Pentagon classifies the items as weapons-associated hardware, not standard bomb components.
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Thule Air Force Base
Pentagon
HEW secretary Gardner resigns from post
John W. Gardner, 55, announces he will resign as secretary of Health Education and Welfare by March 1. He plans to return to the Carnegie Corporation as a consultant and work on city related projects. No successor named yet.
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John W. Gardner
White House
Gardner
Carnegie Corporation
Robert S. McNamara
World Bank
U. N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Ten Whites Held in 1966 Hattiesburg Bombing Case
Ten men jailed in Hattiesburg Mississippi on murder and arson charges linked to the 1966 firebombing that killed a Negro civil rights leader. The group includes a Laurel civic leader honored by hometown Jaycees, a state Ku Klux Klan leader, and a lawyer who had appeared for arrestees and was later jailed.
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Jaycees
U.S. officials deny Pueblo release rumors
Washington officials called the circulating reports that the USS Pueblo had been freed by North Korea false. Presidential secretary George Christian and defense aide Phil Goulding said no word of freedom had been received. Rumors spread to Dallas Miami and Portland amid a stock market selloff after President Johnson ordered reserves.
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George Christian
Phil G Goulding
Defense
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Fla
Portland
Ore
New York Stock Exchange
Johnson
Illinois explores city county mergers and consolidation routes
The Illinois General Assembly provides legal paths for merging cities and counties though few efforts have progressed. Methods include borough formation, united cities, annexation, and municipal dissolution with voter referenda and debt handling. Next: Metro-lakeland.
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Illinois General Assembly
Tennessee
Florida
Illinois
Public Affairs Research Bureau
Southern Illinois University
Frederic Guild
Illi
Universities to feel U S research cut across campuses
A 20 percent cut to defense and space agency research spending will hit universities nationwide. Institutions fear layoffs, stalled hiring, and reduced graduate admissions as private funding searches intensify, with impact uneven across state and highly endowed private universities. Southern Illinois University and IIT cite specific contracts and programs at risk.
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Defense and Space Agency
Southern Illinois University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shirley A. Johnson Jr
University of Denver
Defense Department
Space Agency
James J. Brophy
Illinois Institute of Technology
Defense
Denver
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Harvard
Local Weather Outlook Tonight Through Friday
Fair conditions continuing tonight and Friday with a gradual warming trend. Lows near 25 to 30 degrees tonight and highs reaching 45 to 50 Friday on the map page 8.
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