Offensive Disrupts Pacification Plans in Vietnam
A U S government official acknowledged a considerable setback to the 1968 pacification effort amid the Viet Cong offensive. He cited loss of momentum and a vacuum in countryside security as provinces like the Mekong Delta and Northern I Corps faced stronger disruption, with 28,000 Commu nist troops killed and U S casualties reaching 1,359 by late Saturday.
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Saigon
United States
U.S
Ern
Binhdinh
Crisis Ends as Pearson Faces Confidence Vote in Canada
Canada s parliamentary crisis subsided as Liberal Prime Minister Lester B Pearson faced a confidence vote expected to preserve his minority government. Opponents had defeated a key tax bill, risking a general election. Pearson returned from Jamaica to urge debate, while Conservative Robert Stanfield resisted timing.
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Ottawa
UPS
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Jamaica
Robert Stanfield
Attacks Reported In Laos
Gen. Oudone Sanani kone, Laotian army chief of staff, said attacks on Attopue in southern Laos may fit a Communist plan to seize the Bolovens Plateau between Attopue and Saravane. The plateau would enable infiltration into South Vietnam and hosts rice, livestock, and terrain favored for defense. North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao troops surrounded Attopue Thursday night and pressed defense lines by Saturday.
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Oudone Sananikone
Attopeu
Laos
Bolovens
Saravane
South Vietnam
Oudone
Moscow urges West Germany to outlaw neo Nazi party
The Soviet Union accused Bonn of backing a neo Nazi movement and urged Western powers to fulfill wartime treaties to curb Nazism in Germany. Leonid Zamyatin stated Moscow fears dangerous West German developments and criticized the United States and Britain for rejecting charges, noting France’s stance as secondary.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
Eastern
Europe
Bonn
National Democratic Party
Kurt George Kiesinger
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Leonid M. Zamyatin
Foreign Ministry
Zamyatin
U.S
Sweden Aids Mediation In US North Korea Talks
A Korean government spokesman said Sweden began mediation to break the deadlock in talks over the release of USS Pueblo crew. He noted Lt Gen Lenmart Finnmark and Maj Gen Pak Chung Kuk met yesterday to press for progress, but stressed the remark was background only.
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Seoul
Sweden
United States
North
En Ae
Pueblo
Chang Myung-Ha
Foreign Ministry
Lenmart Finnmark
Pak Chung-Kuk
Military Armistice Commission
U.S
Donghwa
Chang
Finnmark
Kyonghyang Sinmun
Giap Says America Is Beaten in Vietnam War
North Vietnamese Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap declared on Hanoi Radio that the United States has failed in Vietnam and cannot alter the outcome despite more troops. He praised Viet Cong and North Vietnamese gains in the Lunar New Year offensive and stated the Communist side is in an advantageous position while vowing continued fighting until final victory.
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UPI
Vo Nguyen Giap
Hanoi Radio
United States
Vietnam
Giap
Dien Bien Phu
U.S
Hanoi
Alexei Lebeden
Kremlin
North Vietnam
Lebeden
South Vietnam
Rio de Janeiro Carnival Violence and Vivid Street Fest
Rio de Janeiro hosts a pre Lent carnival with samba and Beatle tunes amid 98 degree heat. Police deployed 20,000 officers but violence mars celebrations with three slayings one rape and a husband killing his wife. Notables Natalie Wood Marlon Brando Kirk Douglas Jane Fonda arrive as 1.5 million cariocas celebrate prior to Monday samba school parades.
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Rio
Stréute
Dario Coelho
Natalie Wood
Marlon Brando
Kirk Douglas
Jane Fonda
Roger Vadim
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Russia
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