Viet Cong Seize Hue Section As Saigon Raids Continue
Viet Cong troops reportedly surround and control part of the imperial city of Hue, while Quant Tri also falls under their claim. In Saigon, riots of fighting surround the U.S. embassy as five Americans and 19 guerrillas die in a six hour assault. Martial law is declared as U.S. air support pounds Viet Cong positions near Tan Son Nhut.
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Hue
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U.S
Imperial City
Quant Tri
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Tan Son Nhut
New “Pentagon
William C. Westmoreland
Navy plans 4000-ton amphibious assault ships to carry Marines
The Navy aims to build near billion dollar class LHAs to deploy Marines, helicopters, and landing craft. Proposals for the first ships priced around 123 million each await Navy evaluation with a four month decision window. The vessels would displace about 40,000 tons and span around 700 feet, enough to reach the Panama Canal. An Army Golden Knights aircraft crash in Zephyrhills injured three aboard Tuesday.
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Washington
Navy
Panama Canal
Gray ends bid for reelection after 14 years in Congress
Rep Kenneth J Gray a 13 year veteran from West Frankfort said he will not seek reelection this year citing a war time illness and workload. He plans to stay active in southern Illinois development and outlined programs secured for the district totaling nearly 2 billion dollars in authorizations and appropriations.
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Southern
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Gray
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Public Works
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Works Committee
Southern Illinois
Washington
Illinois coroner cites diet pills in 14 deaths
Illinois coroner Darrell Holland testified before a Senate subcommittee that diet pills are suspected as the cause of 14 sudden deaths in the state, mostly among young people. He displayed colored capsules found on victims and noted many autopsies showed no clear anatomical cause. Oregon official Dr. Russell Henry also linked several deaths to weight loss pills over four years.
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Darrell Holland
Effingham County
Ill
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Illinois Coroners Association
Holland
Russell C. Henry
Oregon Board of Health
Senate Judiciary
Apollo 204 report cites overconfidence and complacency
Senate Space Committee blames collective error for the Apollo 204 accident that killed three astronauts. The report says no single person bears all responsibility and notes many failures to recognize hazardous conditions. It criticizes NASA officials and contractor North American Aviation.
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Senate Space Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
The
Space Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Administrations
North American Aviation Inc
Debate Over Obscenity Study Commission Hearing
Illinois Obscenity Law Study Commission held a hearing over a report that parents were asked about their children’s sex experiences. The debate featured Sen Krasowski urging condemnation of a University of Illinois study based on a Springfield father’s account, with other members proposing delaying action. The panel plans to review the study at the Feb 20 Chicago or March 19 Springfield meetings, focusing on reducing obscenity for juveniles.
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Chicago
Legislature
Joseph J. Krasowski
Commission
Springfield
University of Illinois
Krasowski
David Dodd Henry
Stephen L. Wasby
Carbondale
Essor
Southern Illinois University
Edward J. Copeland
Wit
Seven Killed in Gas Blast in Ingram Suburb
The blast in the Pittsburgh area leveled a row of five shops and injured 17 as a 12 man Equitable Gas Co crew searched for a leak. Five of the dead were gas company workers, and one more person was missing with a badly burned body recovered.
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Pittsburgh
Ingram
Equitable Gas Co
Equitable
Soviet naval buildup seen threatening Mediterranean coast
U S Adm Charles D Griffin warned the Soviet naval build up in the Mediterranean poses a major threat to Italy Greece and Turkey as he retires from command of southern European forces of NATO He said Moscow has increased its power position since the June Arab Israeli war noting 25 to 40 surface ships and many submarines in the force The remarks came at a news conference and a ceremony naming Adm Horacio Rivero as successor
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Italy
U.S
Charles D. Griffin
Mediterranean
Greece
Turkey
Griffin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Middle East
Adm
Horacio Rivero
Washington
Rainy spell continues with slower clearing from west
More rain is likely tonight as a weather map shows a slow clearing from the west by Thursday. Lows tonight near 50, highs Thursday in the 50s, then turning colder in the day.
Embassy siege ends as U S official kills Viet Cong attacker
In Saigon the Viet Cong assault on the U S Embassy ends with 15 insurgents dead and U S official George Jacobson surviving by firing from a higher floor. Paratroopers from the 101st Airborne fought through the six story compound to relieve the besieged mission.
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Saigon
U.S
Geroge Jacobson
Vietnam
Screaming Eagles
101St Airborne Division
Bien Hoa Air Base
Hillel Schwartz
Tacoma
Wash
Schwartz
Jacobson
Miller may face hearing on new appeal in murder case
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared a new hearing for Lloyd Miller Jr. in Chicago. Special attorney Roger W. Hayes, representing Fulton County, can challenge the district court authority to bar further prosecution, sending the case back for another determination.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Lloyd Miller Jr
Roger W. Hayes
Fulton County
U.S. District Court
Hayes
DeKalb
District Court
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