Snafu in U.S. Viet coordination imperils Vietnam effort
Reports from Saigon describe a bureaucratic clash between American civilian and military teams over pacification in Vietnam. A top Washington conference is convened as eight budgets in one province, 39 pacification cadres, and divided agency loyalties hinder coordinated efforts risking the war.
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Saigon
HTNS
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
Okinawa
U S
Viet Nam
Johnson pledges two-front fight for peace and Great Society
President Johnson goes before Congress to declare resolve in Southeast Asia and to press domestic goals of his Great Society. He states a renewed determination to pursue both foreign and domestic agendas amid a tense national mood.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Southeast Asia
Grave
Johnson set to deliver Union address amid Vietnam tensions
As the nation awaits President Johnson’s address to Congress the White House aims to present a realistic view of the Vietnam conflict and peace efforts without alarming the public. The speech will stress Great Society goals while facing rising war costs and potential Hanoi reaction.
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War House
Senate
North Viet East
Johnson
Hanoi
Congress
Peking
Moscow
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Rio deluge threatens hundreds more as rain pounds city
Rio de Janeiro endures record 14 inch rainfall in three days. Massive mudslides scoured neighborhoods and swept away homes. Rescue workers tally 182 bodies in Rio and 60 in Niterói while hospitals treat about 1,000 injured and 10,000 are left homeless. Police put deaths at 642 with 300 missing and many buried under debris.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Rio
Niterci
Rio Niterci
Area man dies fighting Viet Cong
A man from the area died in combat with Viet Cong forces. In Vietnam a defense telegram notified his family that Second Lt. Matthew J. Pechaitis died of chest wounds suffered in ground action. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Matthew J Pechaitis.
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Amherst
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Matthew J. Pechaitis
Brown
Lorain Port Board backs exploratory shipyard study
The Lorain Port Authority unanimously approves a committee to study a Litton Industries shipyard project on Lorain's Near East Side. The resolution affirms commitment to Litton while delaying full financing and construction plans as Kerr notes a more cautious path forward.
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Lorain Port Board
Lorain
Lorain Port Authority
LPA
Litton Industries
Litton
LPA Board
David Kerr
Near East Side
Kerr
Soviet Aide Shelepin Holds Comradely Talks With Ho Chi Minh
Moscow envoy Alexander Shelepin met North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi in a cordial session reported by Tass. The Kremlin mission, including top rocket and arms experts, aimed to signal added Soviet firepower if U S escalation occurs, as Shelepin warned against American actions in Viet Nam and urged unity within the Communist movement.
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Moscow
UPI
Kremslin
Alexander . Shelepin
Ho Chi Minh
Tass
Hanoi
Shelepin
Kremlin
North Viet Nam
U.S
United States
Viet Nam
Shelep
Communist Movement
Vocational school plan gains district support in area
Eleven districts weigh joining a joint vocational high school after Wellington Avon and South Amherst boards join four others in backing the plan. State Board of Education approval is sought for Feb 14 to form the district. Estimated cost 2.263 million with federal funds covering half.
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Avon
Sheffield Lake Council
Boards of Education
Wellington
South Amherst
Carter
State Board of Advocation
A @f
Memboards
Ejeve
Theihome
Australians seize Viet Cong tunnel complex near Saigon
Australian troops said they captured a three story underground Viet Cong labyrinth near Saigon believed to be the main political headquarters and an attack post. B62 bombers hit Viet Cong areas in Peiku and Quang Nam provinces as US Marines pressed operations in Da Nang.
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Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPI
Guam
Peiku
Quang J Nam
da Nang
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Roberts
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Avon Lake
Oberlin
New London Hospital
Ohio Department of Education
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Elyria Municipal Court
M. J. Pechaitis
Maracana
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Guanabara
Santa Tereza
By Jim Daubel
LPA Board of Directors
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