Bombing Flares as Saigon Battles Intensify Across Vietnam
Allied planes bomb Viet Cong pockets in Saigon as fighting rages from Hue to Da Nang. Hanoi claims initiative while Gen Westmoreland warns the worst is yet to come. The three day offensive pushes Vietnam toward its costliest week with thousands killed or maimed.
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Annam
McNamara cites Soviet ICBM rise and US superiority
Defense Secretary McNamara told Congress the Soviet Union has more than doubled its land based ICBMs in a year. He noted the U.S. still holds a 4 to 1 nuclear edge, with 1054 ICBMs and 697 long range bombers, while Moscow lags in bomber numbers and overall warhead counts. He warned growth may slow but deterrence remains intact. He also warned of increasing aid to North Vietnam from Soviet and other Communist sources, possibly reaching $1 billion, with combat forces expected to rise in the south.
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Peace group to fetch released U S fliers from Hanoi
Two representatives of a U S peace group left for Bangkok and then Hanoi to retrieve three Air Force officers promised release by North Vietnam. Howard Zinn and Rev Daniel Berrigan, chosen for their antiwar stance, departed New York to carry the mission.
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Nixon declares 1968 bid for Republican nomination
Richard Nixon, 55, confirms plans to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968. He will begin primary campaigning in New Hampshire after resigning from private law practice and moving to New York. He appeals for new leadership to meet global and domestic challenges and notes a Gallup poll showing Republican voters favoring him.
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Probate of Irene W Ofelt Will and Executor Appointed
Probate records announce the will of Irene W Ofelt and the appointment of the estate's executor. The proceedings establish the will's validity and designate the person responsible for administering the estate under local probate law.
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Irene W. Ofelt
Agency hoodwinked in buying ocean water
AID officials admitted paying 24000 for vials of sea water sold as medicine for Vietnam. Comptroller Daniel Cohen testified the ocean water was misdescribed as physiological sodium chloride on procurement orders, fooling the agency over a two year span.
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Iowa Weather Roundup By United Press International
Friday weather clear to partly cloudy with warmer readings in the west and north central areas. Overnight lows range from 15 to 20 degrees in the north to 25 in the south. Friday highs expected in the 30s in the east and the 40s in the west.
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Johnson urges curb on wage price rise in annual report
President Johnson calls for a cabinet panel to craft general standards for wages and prices, seeks broad labor management cooperation, and warns against rapid inflation. He urges tax increase approval, expanded trade with Russia and Eastern Europe, freer gold reserves, and travel limits, while aiming to slow 1968 price rises and curb the wage price spiral.
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Neutralists propose plan for Pueblo release at UN
United States works on reply to Afro Asian neutralists plan to free the USS Pueblo and its 83 crew from North Korea. Pakistan envoy Agha Shahi asked for North Korea to participate in Security Council debate as price, with Washington and Moscow to approve terms before any move. United States had rejected unconditional invitations or talks outside the council.
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Escape injury in bus crash near Washington
Ten students and a Washington Community School bus driver escaped serious injury when the bus slipped into a ditch on a curve on a gravel road ten miles east of Wayland. The driver Lloyd Griggs suffered a head bump and one student was bruised. both were treated and released.
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