Moscow paper hints at halt to Vietnam raids
Izvestia suggested that ending U S bombing of North Vietnam would trigger a reciprocal move by Hanoi and limit South Vietnam fighting. Johnson and Rusk demanded concrete reciprocal action before stopping raids, while North Vietnam pushed for unconditional end to air attacks to start peace talks.
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United States
North Vietnam
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South Vietnam
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Dean Rusk
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Vietnam
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Wilfred Burchett
Blazing Joliet Hotel Fire Leaves At Least Six Dead
A two story Joliet hotel fire trapped guests in 27 rooms early Saturday. At least six people died and more were missing or injured while firefighters battled in 8 degree cold for three hours. The blaze started near the rear of a former theater, with a store on the first floor damaged and the building likely a total loss.
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Virginia Fopay
Gerald J. Franke
Joliet
Silver Cross Hospital
Wagner
Yale Weisman
Blue Star Auto Supplies
Marge Bernicky
City Council Faces Privilege Tax Hike Hearing
Public hearing expected Tuesday on a proposed privilege tax increase as the City Council tackles another contentious issue.
NASA Defends 1970 Moon Landing Deadline Before Senate
Space officials told the Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee that the 1970 lunar landing deadline did not cause the Cape Kennedy fatalities. The testimony followed the January 27 Apollo fire that killed three astronauts. The panel weighs future plans and a bold, planets-focused program for the late 1970s, without selecting a target. Spiraling park prices worry planners nationwide as recreation funding shortfalls threaten next decade budgets.
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Senate
Cape Kennedy
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
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China power elite fractures amid cultural revolution
International dispatch notes the Chinese political leadership has fragmented under the Cultural Revolution after a period of unity. In Saigon, a four day ceasefire with the United States and South Vietnam expired with no extension. allied forces may resume offensives. Washington debates a possible peace message to Senator Kennedy, its domestic political impact unclear.
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China
Saigon
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South Vietnam
E.S.T
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Paris
Vietnam
Kosygin and Wilson to Issue Joint Communique
Soviet Premier Kosygin and British Prime Minister Wilson planned a joint communique to mark a historic high point in Soviet British relations. Kosygin said Sunday would be the most important day as they devise an elaborate document from negotiations before returning to London.
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Scotland
UPS
Alexei Kosygin
Harold Wilson
Russia
Great Britain
London
Britain
Kosygin
Wilson
TV Tabloid Highlights For Nine Channels This Week
The section announces four pages of programs across nine channels for today through next Saturday with a pull out from Section B. It also showcases 22 best comics across eight pages and a 28 page Family Weekly insert.
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Family Weekly
Adaline Moore
Margaret Dana Burkey
Lilly
Koltanowski
George Abraham
Sue Cecil
Lunar Orbiter 3 Close to Moon Clears Landing Site Look
Lunar Orbiter 3 nears the Moon within 28 miles to photograph potential Apollo manned landing sites. The 850 pound craft, launched February 4 from Cape Kennedy, will begin the 312 picture sequence with the first frames scheduled Wednesday.
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Calif
UPI
America
Cape Kennedy
Scrap LBJ Move Begins in California Delegates Urged Switch
In San Bernardino California UPI reports a campaign to drop President Johnson from the 1968 ticket for Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Letters signed by Dr. Martin Shepard urged delegates to push Johnson aside and back Kennedy with Fulbright as running mate, targeting 1964 convention recipients.
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Calif
Shepard
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Fulbright
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Violations End Tet Truce as War Returns to Saigon
UPI reports 168 American casualties after a four day Tet truce is shattered by Communist violations. B52 bombers and jet strikes hit near Saigon while U.S. ground operations Muncie and Samson 67 begin to secure routes east of the capital. Viet Cong violators number 369, with 269 aimed at U.S. forces and 95 deemed significant.
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UPI
U.S
Muncie
Long Khanh
Phuoc Tuy
Central Highlands
Bong Son
Peking Placed Under Military Control by Mao Zedong
Chinese authorities moved to place Peking under military control with the PLA defense headquarters taking over the Peking Security Board. Mao ordered front armies on the Russian border and directed cleansing of anti Mao officials as Tokyo reports cite. The three point CCP State Council proclamation and Chou En Lai and Chen Yi speeches preceded the move.
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Soviet Union
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
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Lo Ji Ching
Peking Security Board
Mainichi
Central Committee of
Chinese Communist Party
State Council
Kyodo
Mao
Sinkiang
Red
Tsinan
Nanking
Foochow
Kwangchow
Kunming
Formosa
Canton
East German Paper Sees China Russia Rift Risk
Neues Deutschland argues China’s provocations threaten a Soviet China split and calls on East bloc nations to rally around Moscow. It says Chinese actions undermine Hanoi’s position and may trigger a broader break in diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
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Russia
China
Neues Deutschland
Soviet Union
Moscow
Peking
East Germany
Foreign Ministry
G.D.R
German Democratic Republic
JFK Brothers Express Confidence in Warren Commission
New York attorney Louis Nizer told a television audience that the brothers of the late President John F. Kennedy have every reason to have confidence in the Warren Commission findings on his assassination. He appeared with two commission staff members on a WNEW TV symposium intended as a rebuttal to a minority report aired two months earlier.
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UPS
John F. Kennedy
Warrn Commission
Louis Nizer
Commission
Wnew-Tv
Unusual Truce Dinner Between Viet Cong and Ally Officers
UPI photographer Maurice Wilmott reports a rare Tet truce moment on the Ky Hon river near My Tho. A Viet Cong squad leader and private shared beer and food with South Vietnamese forces, stayed polite, and requested copies of the photos. The scene ended with the submachine gun resting on the table, foreshadowing no lasting peace.
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Maurice Wilmott
MY Tho
Vietnam
Ky Hon River
Nguyen
Dinh Tuong
Mekong
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