Communists Surge in Vietnam Offensive Early 1968
Vietnams Communist command launches nationwide push in January 1968 with aims to erode rural support for Saigon and punish allied forces. Threefold rise in American fatalities in the first week of 1968 signals intensified clashes on the central coast and in border areas. Viet Cong battalions revive in Hau Nghia Tuy Phuoc and other regions, raising red and gold flags and killing district leaders as central highlands and Mekong Delta see renewed activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arnett
Saigon
Vietnam
Dak To
Loc Ninh
Hau Nghia
Tuy Phuoc
Qui Nhon
Jong
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Kontum City
U.S
Rice Bowl
Que Son
Cong storm military post near Saigon kills 66
About 500 Viet Cong stormed a U S command post near Saigon. American defenders repelled them with near point blank artillery fire, killing at least 66 Communists. The assault was the fourth in five days against Saigon area posts amid regional pressure.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
U.S. Army
25Th Infantry Division
New London Marine Cpl Lawrence Walton Killed in Vietnam
New London born Marine Cpl Lawrence Richard Walton, son of Richard Walton and the late Mrs. Walton of East Main Street, was killed in Vietnam. He is the fourth New London serviceman to die in Vietnam. Marine Maj Thomas P. Ganey based in Akron informed Walton’s father of his son’s death. Walton died of battle wounds.
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New London
L. Cpl
Lawrence Richard Walton
Richard Walton
Sheffield Lake Considers One Percent Municipal Income Tax
Sheffield Lake council unanimously called for drafting legislation to create a one per cent municipal income tax. The finance committee and Law Director Dale Barnard were instructed to prepare details on collection and revenue distribution, with 60 percent to capital improvements and 49 percent to the general fund.
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Sheffield Lake
Dale Barnard
Milan Sebo
Barnard
Council
Woman slips from rescue to join 8 others in death
Nine people died in a Reading explosion and fire that reduced a three story twin to rubble. Among the dead were five children and Ethel Geiser, 64, who slipped away from rescuers as the building collapsed. Victims also included Frank Stanislaw and Robert Geiser and family members from both homes. Firemen spent over 11 hours recovering the charred bodies from the debris.
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Reading
UPI
Frank M. Stanislaw
Robert Geiser
Geiser
Ethel
Shirley
Robert
Bonnie
Karen
Weather and blast report with cold temperatures
Cloudy weather with light snow flurries in the forenoon and little change in temperature afterward. High 20s today, tonight colder, low 8 to 15. Tomorrow similar. report notes a blast with Elder Mrs Geiser trapped in rubble. neighbors recount near救. state police fire marshal cites gas as probable cause.
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Lurning
Edgar M Reidell Jr
Michael Teresenko
Angry Lorain citizens rail at bus lines meeting
At a crowded Lorain city council utilities committee meeting angry residents berated Lorain City Lines officials over broken-down buses inadequate schedules and unsafe conditions. They pressed manager James Camera on delays student service and nighttime cold-start issues amid threats of further action if improvements fail by January 15 and January 23 follow-up.
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Lorain
Lorain City Lines and Employees Transit Co
James Camera
William Shlapack
East 34Th St
Camera
Shlapack
John Nikora
Wallace Lane
James Kokinda
Emilio Rosario
John Koscho Jr
D At
Calf Heart Valve Implant Reported In Israel
An Israeli doctor reports performing what may be the first operation replacing a damaged human heart valve with a calf valve. The 2 month old calf valve, kosher slaughtered, came from Tel Aviv's municipal slaughterhouse. The patient is a young woman, described as progressing well and possibly to be released in two weeks.
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Tel Aviv
Maurice Levi
Soviet-born student seeks swift citizenship aid in Lorain County
Simon Boris Goreley a 27 year old Oberlin College junior born in Leningrad asks Lorain County officials to help secure a special naturalization hearing before March 15 so he can obtain a visa to study Russian language in Russia this summer. He lives at 2327 East 30th Street Lorain and has applied for citizenship with a June hearing normally planned but time demands a faster proceeding.
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Lorain County
Oberlin College
Russia
Simon Boris Goreley
Simon
Europe
Common Pleas
John D Pincura
Federal Naturalization
Ing
East 30Th St
Lorain
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Fifth heart transplant patient dies in New York
Louis Block, the world’s fifth heart transplant recipient, died ten hours after the operation as the donor heart failed to pump enough blood for his organs. The 57 year old retired New York City fire lieutenant had an eight hour surgery led by Dr Adrian Kantrowitz.
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New York
UPI
Louis Block
Block
Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Milan Village elects Edward Leveritt president
Milan Village council selects Edward Leveritt as president at a meeting discussed on page 42. The item notes council leadership and the date of decision, reflecting local government changes. The report references the page where full details appear.
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Milan
Edward Leveritt
IveeS MMT Snoop devices plague homes and schools with eavesdropping
A fragment notes widespread use of miniature listening devices across households and schools. It mentions a Black Angus Round Steak special priced at 8 cents per pound and advertises Mayer Goldberg's Super Market on Route 37 with page references.
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Mayer Goldberg's
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Eugene V. Risher
Lawrence R, Walton
N. London
Meyer Goldberg
Meoss
Midway Mall
Brrhives
Stanislaw
Way
Linda
Frank Stanislaw
Dennis Rigney
Bob Geiser
Woodrow W. Mathna
Mathna
Alex Olejko
D - At
Fred Ritenauer
Ritenauer
Beilinson Hospital
Levi
Christiaan N. Barnard
Il Johannesburg
Catherine O'Hare
Ruth Drubin
Johannesburg Children’s Hospital
University of Minnesota
Walter A. Godfrey
Adrian Kantorwitz
Palo Alto
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital
White
Charles W. White
Helen Krouch
East Paterson
N. J
New Jersey
Kantrowitz
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn
Jaycee
Willard
Barnes
Wellington
Better Health
Elyria Municipal Finance
Oberlin
Ivees
Bache
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