Fighting Flares Near Khe Sanh In Vietnam War Update
U S forces reported ongoing combat near Khe Sanh with bombardments by B52s and Stratofortress bombers. Air strikes north and northeast of Hanoi targeted barracks and supply points while Navy carrier fliers hit coastal targets. Casualties included one American killed and several wounded amid light equipment damage.
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U.S
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Thailand
Son la
Jof Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Haiphong
Enterprise
Kitty Hawk
Hanlcock
Thanh Hoa
Qui Nhon
South Vietnam
Saigon
1St Corps
Diamond Pendants and Lavalliere Jewelry Trends
The article discusses diamond pendants as versatile jewelry beyond rings, noting a celebrity with a large diamond heart pendant and SEVENTEEN magazine promoting a small diamond heart as a first piece for young girls. It explains lavalliere as an elaborate pendant on a longer chain, detachable pendants, and custom creations possible from antique pieces.
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American Gem Society
Seventeen Magazine
Rockefeller Agrees to Reappoint Four State Investigations Appointees
Gov Rockefeller and legislative leaders reached a pact to reappoint all four members of the New York State Investigations Commission. The panel includes Jacob Grumet Myles Lane John W Ryan Jr and Goodman A Sarachan. The governor will name a permanent chairman while two members are named by the governor and one each by the Assembly speaker and the Senate majority leader. The commission’s life was extended to 1969 and members previously served one month as chairman.
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New York
State Investigations Commission
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Rockefeller
Bipartisan Commission
Jacob Grumet
Myles J. Lane
New York City
John W. Ryan Jr
Buffalo
Goodman A. Sarachan
Rochester
Grumet
Ryan
Sarachan
Lane
Northeast Weather Unusually Cool and Wet Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a broad cool, damp day from New England to the Ohio Valley and Mid- Atlantic with temperatures mainly in the 40s and 50s. The Northwest saw cooler conditions and showers from Washington to Montana. Eugene Oregon received 0.72 inches of rain in six hours, while Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and the Southwest faced heat near 90 degrees. Clingmans Peak recorded 28 degrees with snow drifts and a 6 to 10 inch midafternoon snow load.
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Associated Press
New England
Ohio Valley
Mid- Atlantic States
Washington
California
Montana
Eugene
Ore
Florida
Texas
New Mexico
Desert
Nebraska
Dakotas
Clingman’s Peak
Immigrant Admits Part In Bombings
Yugoslav immigrant Dragisha Kasikovic testified before a grand jury and admitted taking part in the January 29 bombings of Yugoslav diplomatic missions in Washington Ottawa New York Chicago San Francisco and Toronto. He refused to answer further questions and was jailed for possible immunity-protected refusal. Co-operating suspect Djordje Djelic received immunity but has not testified. The blasts damaged embassies and consulates, with some injuries reported.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Dragisha Kunsikovic
Yugoslavia
Tito
U.S
Burnita
Matthews
Justice Department
Kasikovic
Chicago
Djordje Djelic
Lakewood
Ohio
Djelic
Nuclear Might Figures In U.S. Viet War Role
General Wheeler told Congress U S superiority in strategic nuclear weaponry shaped the decision to deployAmerican forces to Vietnam He urged a Nike X antiballistic missile defense and warned such a system could prompt Soviet countermeasures raising defense costs with little security gain Vance countered China and ABM implications noting China would take longer to build offensive force than the U S to deploy defenses and Moscow already backs an ABM net
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Washington
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
Wheeler
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Senate Foreign Relations
United States
China
Soviet Union
Moscow
Johnson
Richard J. Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Sen
Joseph 8. Clark
DPR
Helms
Scientist Testimony Ties Antimissile Debate to Fatal Crash
Dr. John Foster Jr. testified that defense research and antimissile defense plans influence policy. Howard Seymour, 34, of Earl and engineering died when his car left Route 9W in Bethlehem and hit a tree. Secretary of State Dean Rusk cited the risks of deploying defenses, noting no deployment due to heavy U.S. offensive capability.
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John$. Foster Jr
Howard Seymour
Earland Engineering
Ton
Dean Rusk
Bethlehem
Albany
Regents Fellowships Open for Nursing Graduate Study
The State Education Department begins accepting applications for 200 Regents fellowships to support graduate nursing study in New York. Created by the 1967 legislature to alleviate nursing teacher and administrator shortages, each fellowship offers up to 2500 dollars annually for five years at a New York college.
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Albany
UPI
State Education Department
Rockefeller
New York State
Youth Kills Rookie Cop in Van Nuys Shootout
In Van Nuys California a 16 year old glue sniffing suspect William McKinley Miller killed rookie officer Roger R. Warren and wounded Officer Jerold Shust during a gunfight at a deserted playground. Miller, arrested for glue sniffing the day before and on probation, fled after the exchange of gunfire as police confronted him behind a fence. Warren had been an academy graduate only two weeks prior and left behind a one year old daughter.
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van Nuys
Calif
UPI
Wiliam McKinley Miller
Walter
Miller
Roger R. Warren
Jerold Shust
Warren
Police Academy
Los Angeles
Sex Acts Mechanical Says Psychiatric Expert
Detroit reports at the American Psychiatric Association meeting Dr Natalie Shauness warned that modern sex has become a mechanical act amid a time of “nothingness and demand for instant everything.” She cited college dropouts unwanted pregnancies narcotics and alcohol addiction as by products. Two New York state psychiatrists were honored with Hofheimer and Distinguished Service awards for research and training at Letchworth Village.
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Detroit
UPS
Natalie Shauness
American Psychiatric Association
New York State Mental Hygiene Department
Benjamin Pasamanick
Association
Howard Wieland Potter
Letchworth Village
Thiells
Shauness
Community College Probe Sought Over Campus Newspaper
Sullivan County Community College faces an investigation after town supervisor John Eschenberg criticized The Commentator for promoting atheism and opposing the pledge of allegiance. He questioned peace-movement faculty and warned academic freedom has limits, citing parental concerns about teachers challenging belief in God.
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Monticello
UPI
Sullivan County Community College
John Eschenberg
Delaware
Tile Workers Strike Across Eastern New York Region
Tile setters helpers from Kingston to the Canadian border walked off the job yesterday. Members of Local 59 of the Tile Marble and Terrazzo Helpers Union, wage demands were cited as the dispute’s central issue though details were not released by contractors or union officials.
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Albany, N.Y
New York
Kingston
Pope Paul VI and Armenian Patriarch unite in service
Pope Paul VI and Armenian Orthodox Patriarch Khoren I led a joint service in the Sistine Chapel reciting Latin and Armenian prayers and hymns. The event, aimed at Christian unity, featured a multilingual rite with a choir performing both languages as Vatican officials and Armenian church leaders discussed cooperation.
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City
UPI
Paul VI
Khoren I
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
France
Rome
NATO
Augustin Cardinal Bea
Gregory Peter Cardinal Agagianian
Cilicia
Longanon
Syria
Cyprus
Antelias
Beirut
NATO shifts to graduated response amid France absence
In Paris, NATO defense ministers endorsed a shift from massive nuclear retaliation to a graduated response to aggression. It was NATO's first meeting without France, which opposed formal recognition and blocked ministerial action under a rule tied to its stance.
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Paris
North Atlantic ‘Treaty Organization
France
NATO
NATO shifts and Gaulle pullout reshape alliance reach
The period 1968 to 1972 clarified NATO strengths and weaknesses. President Charles de Gaulle announced France would leave NATO last year. Allies relocated the military headquarters from near Paris to Belgium this spring.
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Wluu Uevcipcuty
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
France
Paris
Belgium
Falling Trees Kill Tupper Lake Man
Henry Garneau, 44, of the Adirondacks community near Tupper Lake was killed Monday when two trees he was cutting fell on him. He had cut one tree that failed to fall and was working alone about 20 miles west of Tupper Lake when the second tree collapsed.
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Tupper Lake
UPI
Henry Garneau
Adirondacks
Singapore Band Shrinks Size After Drum Mishap
The Singapore All-Girl Bagpipe Band concedes it cannot have a full crew of "smart trim girls with shapely dogs" as the 40 pound bass drum wrecked the ideal. The band now will settle for a sturdier member capable of carrying and banging the drum for a full twelve miles on parade.
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Singapore
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