Front Row Seat in Hue Battle as Marines Hold Line
A UPI reporter describes watching the siege of Hue from a ruined house on Ding Bo Linh Street. Snipers fire from streets below while Marines struggle to hold a key sector and the Imperial City’s walls burn amid napalm and rockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hue
Vietnam
UPI
Charlie Company
Mr. An
Lance Cpl
Bradford Sillman
Ding Bo Linh Street
Robert Thompson
Charlottesville
5Th Marines
1St Battalion
Imperial Forbidden City
U.S
New Style Warfare Amid City War Front
The account describes Charlie Company facing house to house fighting in a devastated Vietnamese city. A frightened peasant family and a shivering puppy illustrate the war’s harsh impact. Veteran Leathernecks adapt from jungle combat to city warfare as reporter David Hartman from Pontiac, Michigan, expresses preferring the bush over urban battle.
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Pfe
David Hartman
Pontiac, Mich
U S peace probes yield no basis to halt bombing
U S and North Vietnam talks have not produced a basis for stopping bombing or opening peace negotiations. Secretary Rusk said Washington remains open to serious peace moves when Hanoi is ready. Thant and Fanfani discussions in Paris and Rome show divergent positions with no early peace conference in sight.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Rusk
Paris
Rome
U.N
U Thant
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Mai van ‘Vo
U.S
Fanfani
State Department
Thant
Moscow
New Delhi
Robert J. McCloskey
Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
Remap Favors GOP By Nine Seats to Two
Indianapolis Democrats react after a federal court redraws Indiana congressional districts. The Seventh District now covers Vigo Clay Sullivan Greene Monroe Brown Vermillion Warren Fountain Parke Putnam Hendricks Montgomery Martin and Owen counties, removing Daviess and adding Martin Montgomery and Hendricks counties seen as Republican leaning.
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GOP
Vigo
Clay
Sullivan
Greene
Monroe
Brown
Vermillion
Warren
Fountain
Parke
Putnam
Hendricks
Montgomery
Martin
Owen
Daviess County
Fate of Pilot In Downed Plane Unknown
The Pentagon described the Navy Skyraider downed by Chinese MIGs as having strayed into Chinese air space due to navigational issues. No word on the pilot’s fate emerged, while a second Skyraider fled to Da Nang after the dive.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S. Navy
Cubi Point
Philippines
Coral Sea
Tonkin Gulf
U.S
Hainan Island
Rose Poly hosts sixth Great Lakes regional ASCE conference
Rose Polytechnic Institute hosts the sixth annual Great Lakes Regional Student Chapter Conference. Engineers architects and suppliers from 28 Midwest colleges and Indiana Illinois firms attend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Rose
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCE
Great Lakes
Midwest
Indiana-Illinois
Marines Bomb Hue Citadel in 16 Day Hue Clash
Marine jets bombed the brown stone walls of Hue's Citadel during the 16 day struggle to crush the Communist attack. Ground gains were not confirmed as Leathernecks pressed inland against entrenched North Vietnamese forces. US planes over North Vietnam reported losses and heavy strikes near Hanoi, including the Ca nal des Rapides bridge and airfields.
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Saigon
Hue
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
al Chang
Tallest man Wadlow of St Joseph Cited by Guinness
The tallest man ever recorded is Robert Pershing Wadlow of St Joseph Missouri. Guinness Book of Records lists him at 8 feet 11 inches tall.
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Robert Pershing Wadlow
St. Joseph, Mo
Indiana reapportionment shifts party balance
Former State Sen. Marshall Kizer, a reapportionment consultant for the Democrats, labeled a federal panel's action a St. Valentine Day massacre claiming it would yield nine Republicans and two Democrats in Congress, changing Indiana's current 6 Republicans to 5 Democrats split.
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Congress
Indiana
Marshall Kizer
Strangler Seeks Fame On Serial Killings in Gaffney
In Gaffney South Carolina a publicity hungry strangler may have killed up to four women and threatens more. A 15 year old girl, Opel Dianne Buckson, vanished after being abducted near a school bus stop and is presumed dead. FBI agents joined the probe as panic spread and local businesses report a surge in pistols and vanishing customers. Deemed the killer’s liaison, Bill Gibbons of the Gaffney Ledger fears his role as the so called middleman and laments Hitchcock like rhetoric as investigators await calls.
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Gaffney
S.C
UPI
Bill Gibbons
Abby
Opel
Dianne Buckson
FBI
Gibbons
Gaffney Ledger
Poplar St Conference Set For Wednesday
Officials from city county and state arranged a 10 a.m. meeting next Wednesday in Indianapolis to discuss Poplar Street maintenance. Mayor Leland Larrison will attend with Sam Carpenter City Attorney George B Tofante and a state Highway Commission representative. A Vigo County official and county attorney may join.
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Poplar St
Indianapolis
Leland Larrison
Larrison
Sam Carpenter
George B. Tofante
State Highway Commission
Vigo County
Everett Declines Vigo County Democratic Chairmanship
Former Judge Edward S. Everett said he has not sought or accepted the Vigo County Democratic Central Committee chairmanship after Robert X. Kelly’s resignation. He asked that his name not be submitted and emphasized a desire for unity and a chairman chosen without his support.
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Edward S. Everett
Vigo County
Democratic Central Committee
Robert X. Kelly
Democratic Party
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Cloudy with light snow possible tonight and Friday. In Terre Haute highs around 30 today and 34 Friday with lows near 28 tonight and 25 to 28. Indiana section expects similar cloudy trend with light snow chances and highs 34 to 39. Illinois notes partial clearing with little temperature change and low 20s overnight.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Trucker killed in fiery stretch of Killer Highway 41
William Hallowfield of Sterling Illinois dies in a northbound crash near the Sugar Mill Creek bridge nine miles north of Rockville Indiana. His semi truck struck the steel concrete bridge and caught fire trapping him in the cab. Debris blocked Highway 41 for hours as fire crews removed the body. The coroner and sheriff note the bridge is a known site for fatal accidents.
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Rockville
Ind
U. S. Highway 41
Here
William Hallowfield
Sterling
Ill
Sugar Mill Creek
Hallowfield
Sims Motor Lines
Riverdale
Halowfield
Max Webb
Parke County
Sugar Creek
Jungle Park
Warren Stephenson
Fred Patton
Laverne Tinchner
Tucker
Milton Beebe
Indiana
Evansville
Muncie
Boonville
Vincent E. Wile
Anderson
The Country Parson Quote on Proving Kindness
A column quote argues that most people are good and would be happier if someone challenged them to prove it, reflecting a moral stance on encouragement and virtue.
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Nguyen Ngoc An
Imperial City
Allen
Perfume River
U. S
By John M. Hightower
Camp Pendleton
U. S. Air Force
Marine Corps Air Station
el Toro
Calif
Hortense Myers
Carl W. Price
William R. Reetor
Price
Rector
Lakes Conference
Hulman Memorial Student Union
John A. Logan
Dennis Sapp
Rose Civil Engineering
Joel Schachter
Grumman Aircraft Engineering
Red Fortress
Canal Des Rapides
China
U.S. Command
United Press International
Strangler
By Lawrence C. Falk
Everett
U. S. Weather Bureau
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