Saigon Prepares for Tet War Cessation Amid Viet Cong Threat
Saigon cancels all military travel from Feb 10 to deter Tet offensive. Troops stay at posts around the clock as Tet approaches Feb 17. U.S. air strikes kill 36 enemy, two US helicopters collide killing eight. Viet Cong National Liberation Front claims revolutionary committees in nine provinces and about 300 villages to aid war effort.
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George Esfer
Saigon
Tet
Pera
Nuyyen van Thieo
U.S
da Nang
Marine Corps
Radio
Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Three Nation Peace Force Under Study
Paris reports study of a three nation peace force of neutral Asian states to supervise a Vietnam cease fire. Japan Indonesia and Burma named as likely participants. U S and South Vietnam push for a more effective peacekeeping body, Geneva provisions revived, ICC considered inadequate.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
PARIS
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Sith
Vietnam
Japan
Indonesia
Burma
United States
Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Saigon
Canada
Poland
Iria
Truce Supervisory Commission
Korea
ICC
Stock Market Prices Mixed on New York Exchange
New York markets opened with mixed results as gains slightly outnumbered losses on the Big Board. The Dow industrial average hovered near 944.93 as American Smelting opened at 80 after a block of 10,000 shares, with merger hope disappointments weighing on sentiment. Honeywell rose marginally while Xerox fell, and most key stocks moved fractions.
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Dow Jones Industrial Avi
SA Ab
American Smelling
Honeywell
Xerox
Oscar Nominee Thelma Ritter Dies In New York
Thelma Ritter a Brooklyn native and character actress known for sharp wit and strong supporting roles, died of a heart attack in Queens General Hospital at her home with her husband Joseph Moran. She gained fame in The Mating of Eve and All About Eve and was acclaimed for roles in Pickup on South Street and New Girl in Town. She never won an Oscar despite four nominations and remained a prominent fixture in Broadway and film across the 1950s and 60s.
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New York
Thelma
Queens General Hospital
Valen
Darryl Zanuck
Marie Drestine
Ister
Miss Ritter
Queens
Hollywood
Joseph Moran
South Street
Gwen Verdon
Anylaw
Traveling Salesman's Joke Sparks Aviation Fear In Hawaii
In Honolulu a traveling salesman Eugene Evans 35 told a United Airlines stewardess to inform the pilot a man with a gun wants to go to Cuba aboard the San Francisco to Honolulu flight. Evans was arraigned on piracy related charges while the FBI described him as a Central Chemical Corp board member and Portland salesman with ties to Barker Chemical.
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Honolulu
Archiegree
University of Ha- 5
Insi
Eugene Evans
Judy Dooley
Hilo
United/Hawaii
Evans
Air Lines
Cuba
Ltaterew
U.S
Henry W. C. Schwartz
San Francisco
Aries
Schwartz
Franklin and Marshall College
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Thelma Ritter
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Miracle On 34Th Street
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Hagerstown
Yan
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T. R. Taylor
Famous Brand
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Dacron
Callaway Towels
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