Marine correspondent reports grim Hue Citadel fighting
Alvin B. Webb Jr. filed a vivid dispatch from Hue describing brutal street fighting around the Citadel. He details Marines under heavy fire, wounded comrades, and the deteriorating defense as North Vietnamese forces hold the southern Citadel.
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Hue Citadel
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UPI
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Korea
Seoul
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Hawaii
Maj
Robert Thompson
Charlottesville
Scott Nelson
Jacksonville
Fla
Cpl
Frank Lundy
Gravette, Ark
Beatles Begin Meditation Retreat at River Ganges
John Lennon George Harrison and their wives arrive at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Dreamland Ashram near Rishikesh to start two months of meditation. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney expected to join soon. The retreat features bare cells, white bungalows, air conditioning and subdued lighting.
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India
UPI
London
Ganges
John Lennon
George Harrison
Ringo Star
Paul McCartney
Harrison
Dreamland
Maharishi
Russia to Resume Active Part in Race for Moon
Washington reports that the Soviet space program plans a stepped up drive toward a manned lunar flight possibly by late 1968. Plans include a manned earth orbit rendezvous mission, an unmanned circumlunar flight, and a fall non landing lunar vicinity flight, with one man likely to land in a smaller craft.
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New York
Moon
Soyuz
Earth
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Vladimir Komarov
Soviet Spy Ships Intercepted by Canada Report
New York congressman Rep Lester L Wolff said two Soviet spy ships intruded into Canadian waters and were intercepted by Canadian forces during the past two weeks. Canadian defense and external affairs deny the incidents while Wolff seeks confirmation from Secretary of State Rusk.
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New York
UPI
Lester L. Wolff
D-N.y
Long Island
Jean V. Allard
Canada
Defense
Wolff
Ottawa
Canadian Defense Department
External Affairs Department
Defense Department
Allard
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Washington
Plane patch leads to new Greenalnd search effort
A twin engined private plane crash landed on the ice near an American base in Godthaab Greenland a year ago. A Canadian repaired the damaged craft and attempted takeoff Friday but failed to arrive triggering a new search. Birmingham Alabama was first called the Pittsburgh of the South in 1886.
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Greenland
UPI
Birmingham
Ala
Pittsburgh of the South
Probe Set In Charge By Laos
The ICC said it will investigate Laotian charges that North Vietnamese troops have encircled Saravan. A two officer advance party will scout Pakse and Saravane area this weekend for inspection setup. The Laotian high command claims about 2,000 North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao troops surround the 1,000-man Saravane garrison.
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Vientiane, Laos
ICC
Canada
Poland
India
Southeast Asia
Saravane
Soviets Call Flying Saucers Capitalist Diversions
Soviet science columnist Lyustiberg says flying saucers are a capitalist plot to divert workers from pay and price worries. He notes saucer sightings rise in election years and during wars, part of a broader debate on the reality of unidentified flying objects.
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YV. Lyustiberg
Moskovski Komsomolets
Venus
Lyustiberg
Russia
Kazan
North Caucasus Mountains
Soviet Republic of
Latvia
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