Marines Mortared During Cease Fire in Khe Sanh
North Vietnamese gunners bombarded the U S Marine base at Khe Sanh as a self-declared cease fire for the lunar new year began. Allied forces massed on the DMZ front with about 49 000 Marines and 12 000 South Vietnamese troops. Two US Army brigades were moved north to back Leathernecks amid fears of a major North Vietnamese offensive after the cease fire.
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U.S. Marine
Khe Saoh
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division 3
South Vietnam
Sp Zone
Khe Sanhay
Air Cavalry
Frong
U-5
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Ter
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Enmy
Keep Head Down Marine Commandant Advises Son
Lt Walton F. Chapman, son of Marine Corps Commandant Gen Leonard F. Chapman Jr, serves with Delta Company in South Vietnam. He reports frequent combat near Da Nang and Hill 55 before Khe Sanh, writes home that his father visited for an inspection and asked about the men. His 13 month tour ends in February with reassignment to the 2nd Marine Division in the United States.
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Robert D. Ohman
Ehe Sanh
Vietnam
Marine Corps
Walton F. Chapman
Washington, D.C
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
Corps
Chapman
Delta Company
South Vietnam
26Th Marines
da Nang
Khe Sanh
Leutenant
2Nd Maryine Division
United States
Four Dead Ten Missing In Swiss Avalanche News
Dozens of avalanches buried villages in central and eastern Switzerland after warm rain storms. In Davos a slide hit a farm, killing three inhabitants. Urigenen villagers were missing as snow buried buildings. Other slides near Gotthard damaged barns and chalets, isolating hamlets and blocking rail lines to Italy.
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Geneva
Dafour
Frauenkirch
Switzerland
Davos
Italy
Grisons
Evalangke
Inetina
Urigenin
Gotthard
Vilages
Wassen
Sillemen
Doctors Allow Heart Patient To Play Radio
Cape Town AP reports heart transplant patient Philip Blaiberg at Groote Schuur Hospital is allowed to listen to news broadcasts and radio programs for the first time since his operation two days ago. Hospital officials said Blaiberg, resting and improving, remains under care as he recovers.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur
Blai
Securi
Berg
Saigon
Stooter
Ivan An
Pelham Everday
Constantine Aide Charged With Desertion
ATHENS AP Maj Michael Arnaoutis a former aide for King Constantine has been charged with desertion by a Greek military court prosecutor. The court says he deserted his post as military attaché in the Greek Embassy in London with no martial date set in absentia. Penalty could reach five years. Amnagitlis private secretary and aide to the 27 year old king reportedly quit after the failed royal countercoup last Dec 13 and remains missing.
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Athens
Michael Arnaoutis
Constantine
Arnaoutis
London
Amnagitlis
Search expands as US British ships aid missing submarine
Tel Aviv reports American and British ships plus Greek and Israeli planes joining a wide search for the Dakar, a British built Israeli submarine lost about 250 miles off the Israeli coast. Low visibility and stormy seas hinder the effort as crews from eight nations coordinate with Cyprus-based rescue centers.
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Tel Aviv
Portsmouth
England
Israel
Ismean
Cyprus
Royal Air Force
RAF
Elath
Egypt
Suez Canal
Dakar
Ir Israel
Strikes Idle Over 100000 Auto Workers
Detroit reports show GM layoffs rising as strikes at three foundries and parts shortages idle 117,900 GM UAW members. Negotiations resume while GM warns of 5,000 more idle at two plants. Across Canada Chrysler workers strike 1000 and 4000 in the U.S. face local issues. 600 laid off at a Twinsburg stamping plant due to parts shortages.
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Detroit
General Motors
GM United Auto Workers Union
Baltimore
Chevrolet
Fisher
Savinaw
March
Defiance
Ohio
Tonawanda
N.Y
St. Louis
Twinsburg
Railroads Buy Gondola Cars
Baltimore based Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio railroads have bought 3,000 gondola cars for 38 million dollars. The first 100 have been delivered and all will be in service soon. Each car carries 100 tons with a capacity beyond 36 thousand tons total for the fleets.
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Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroads
C&obao
FBI Nabs Seven in Seattle Area Minuteman Plot to Bomb Banks
Seven men were arrested in the Seattle area on charges of hatching a plan to bomb a police station and a power plant and then rob four banks after diverting police. The group, said by the FBI to include Minutemen, was led by Duane Carlson of Seattle. Other suspects named include Joseph Hourse, Ervin White, Mervyn Henderson, Kelly Delano, Milton Dix, and Jerome Die mert, with weapons and blasting materials seized in two Lake City and Bellevue cars. The case centered on alleged preparations to attack Redmond City Hall and a Redmond power plant and a Des Moines bank, as authorities pursued months of warning.
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Seattle
Wash
FBI
The
Minutemen
Norborne
Robert DePugh
Themen
Lake City
Bellevue
Banks
Redmond
Des Moines
Redmond City Hall
Duane Ivan Carlson
de Pugh
Carlson
Bly
Patriotic Party
Washington
Joseph David Hourse
Ervin John White
Edmonds
Mervyn E. Henderson Sr
Bothell
Kelly E. Delano
Tacoma
Ft. Lewis
Milton James Dix
Jerome Nicholas Diemert
Arlington
Son Spikes Mom Arsenic In Drinks Hit With Attempted Homicide
New York police say Vincent McNamara 37 appeared after his mother Mary McNamara was admitted for ulcers. A milk shake he brought was arsenic tainted. He was arrested at Metropolitan Hospital and held on 20900 bail on attempted homicide charge as his mother remained in treatment.
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New York
Vincent McNamara
Metropolitan Hospital
Mary McNamara
McNamara
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