Airlifted Viet corps HQ due to Communist threat near Pleiku
U S supplied air transports moved the II Corps headquarters from Pleiku to Nha Trang in a secret operation. Military officials cited a major Communist threat and heavy rocket barrages around Pleiku as the reason for the first wartime relocation of a corps headquarters. The move involved no combat troops and followed the ongoing battle at Ban Me Thuot.
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Saigon
API
U.S
Central Vietnam
Pleiku City
Central Highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Portugal Reopens Banks Amid Withdrawals Curbs
Lisbon reports banks reopened with limits on withdrawals to keep wealthier clients from fleeing the country. Business leaders warn of chaos and possible bankruptcy within six months while leftist factions rally and oppose April elections. Brazil grants asylum to Spinola family after failed coup amid regional tensions.
French Newsman Killed in Saigon Police Compound Shooting
Paul Leandri of Agence France Presse was shot and killed after being questioned about a Ban Me Thuot fighting story. Officials say a police officer fired accidentally as Leandri attempted to flee in his car despite a warning shot.
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Saigon
Paul Leandri
Agence France Presse
Ban Me Thuot
Leandri
II Corps
Pleiku
Nha Trang
South China Sea
Cu Hanh
UPI
National Police
Belfast taxi driver killed in Bangor shooting
Protestant taxi driver Wesley Marshall, 38, was shot five times through a glass panel at his home in Bangor near Belfast. Police say he died at hospital, as sectarian violence claims its 19th life since the IRA cease-fire began Feb 10. Five Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers were wounded by a land mine near Whitecrogs County Armagh.
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Belfast
UPI
Bangor
County Armagh
Wesley Marshall
Marshall
Irish Republican Army
Press group plans mid year meeting in San Salvador
The InterAmerican Press Association opens a five day mid year meeting in San Salvador focusing on press freedom in the hemisphere. Delegates will scrutinize Argentina Brazil Chile Cuba Nicaragua Panama Peru and Uruguay while studies on government advertising and press tech advancement are highlighted.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
UPI
InterAmerican Press Association
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Cuba
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Uruguay
Organization of
Newspaper Editors and Publishers
Board of Directors
Freedom of the Press and Information Committee
Association
Center For Technical Advancement of
Armando Arturo Molina
Spinola Granted Political Asylum by Brazil
Brazil announced it granted asylum to Gen Antonio de Spinola former Portuguese president his wife and 15 supporters who fled Lisbon after a failed coup. Spinola requested asylum in writing via the Buenos Aires embassy and Brazil approved after reviewing the request.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Burgeois
Antonio de Spinola
Spain
South America
Brasilia
Foreign Ministry
Spinola
Buenos Aires
Rio
Brazil
Marcelo Caetano
Americo Thomas
Marcelo Ca
Airlift Pilots Break Stereotypes in Cambodia Run
UTAPAO air base pilots for Bird Air take U S supply missions to Phnom Penh in a laid back style, earning up to 3000 dollars a month. They swap haircuts for comfort, wear bell bottoms and tee shirts, and treat danger as routine. They cite money and meaningful work as motives, likening flying the C130 to quarterbacking a game.
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Utapao Air Base
Thailand
Soldiers of Fortune
Bulgari Kidnappers Demand Record 16 Million Ransom
In Rome, sources say Giovanni Bulgari, jeweler and playboy, is asked to pay a 16 million dollar ransom, the largest ever in Italy. The note is said to be from Bulgari to a girlfriend and forwarded to his family after he was kidnapped on a busy Rome street.
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Rome
UPI
Giovanni Bulgari
Italy
Bulgari
J. Paul Getty II
Getty
Il Giornelle d
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Whitecrogs
Provisional Ira
Provisional
Sinn Fein
IRA
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Maria Estella
Isabel) Peron
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Latin America
O Estado
Sao Paulo
Fidel Castro
Iberia Airlines
Madrid
Rio de Janeiro
Frederick H. Marks
Phnom Penh
Gulf of Siam
Cambodia
Chris Rice
Florida
Rice
Eastern Air Lines
Bird Air
Thomas Gee
Houston
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Condotti
PES
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