Air Strikes Near Chinese Border Spur Vietnam War Fears
U S air forces probed within 20 miles of the Chinese frontier targeting a Route 1A bridge in North Vietnam and a nearby railroad yard as part of intensified bombing. Phantoms from bases in Thailand hit the Bao Giang plant and attempted to disrupt Hanoi supplies amid rising raids and a record number of strikes.
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Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Thailand
Lang Son
Thai Khe
China
Bae Giang
U.S. Command
Bao Giang
Tokyo
Vietnam News Agency
VNA
Quang Ninh
Ninh Binh
South Vietnam
Kontum
Central Highlands
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Chang Song
Skoun
Song
Vihear Suor
Lon Nol
Government
Constitutional Court
Sihanouk
Peking
Newport News Bombards Haiphong Area In Vietnam War Mission
The guided missile destroyer USS Waddell provides guard as the Newport News fires 24 eight inch rounds at a coastal petroleum storage dump eight miles offshore. Fires and muzzle flashes appear in the target area but shells land harmlessly away. Commanders assess limited visible impact amid reports of a Russian fleet moving toward Tonkin Gulf.
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FOX Butterfield
N.Y. Times News Service
Walter Oliver
Oliver
Newsport New
North Vietnam
Newport News
Seventh Fleet
Haiphong
Hue
Dong Hoi
Panhandle
Paris
Waddell
Tonkin Gulf
Nixon
Pentagon says North Vietnamese may be slowing offenses
The Pentagon cautions a possible slowdown in North Vietnamese offensives in South Vietnam as U S mining and bombing disrupt supply lines. Officials cite limited tank activity and note the enemy may be rationing supplies while still able to mount a major Hue area push.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
South Vietnam
U.S
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
Hue
Friedheim
North Vietnam
North Vietnamese
China
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Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Africa
State Department
Charles W. Bray