Battle for Hue Ends After 25 Days of Fighting
Viet battle for the ancient city ends with Imperial palace gate breached by government troops after 25 days of fierce combat. U.S. Marines watched as allies stormed the two mile square Forbidden City amid pockets of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. Total allied casualties reach 482 with 119 Americans. Communist losses estimated at 4,423. Additional actions near Khe Sanh, Vinh, and Tan Son Nhut report heavy bombing, ground attacks, and civilian casualties. Hue city lies in ruins as the war rages on.
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Saigon
UPI
Imperial Palace
Hue
Forbidden City
Old City
Khe Sanh
U.S
Viet Cong attack hits Tan Son Nhut air base in Saigon
UPI reports a major Viet Cong rocket assault on Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon. Staff Sgt. James Hilt of Sarasota leaped from bed amid shattered barracks and glass while medics tended the wounded. Eleven civilians died in the strikes on Bachelor Officers Quarters No 3 and nearby buildings.
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Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
Hue
UPS
James Hilt
Sarasota
Fla
Hilt
Hill
3Rd Field Hospital
UPI
Alvin B. Webb Jr
al Hue
Webb
Bachelor Officers Quarters No
Dan Pentecost
Madison
George Russell
Albany
N.Y
Pentecost
Edward Szafranski
Buffalo
Weather Outlook for Iowa Night to Sunday
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Sunday. Warmer tonight and east portion Sunday. Low tonight upper teens to 20s in the west. Highs Sunday in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Governor Lurleen Wallace in serious condition after surgery
Lurleen Wallace, 41, reported in serious condition but in good spirits after her third cancer operation in two years. Doctors said she is doing well 24 hours post op, with a malignant pelvic tumor and a 10 inch bowel segment removed. No further radiation planned. tissue recession expected.
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Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
UPI
Till
Eight-Creditiste votes save Pearson Liberal govt
Ottawa reports Lester B. Pearson’s Liberal government appears saved from defeat by eight votes from Real Caouette’s Creditiste party. Caouette signaled support for the tax bill crucial vote next week, enabling a narrow parliamentary majority as Pearson returns from Jamaica, vows to stand or fall with the outcome.
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Ottawa
UPI
Lester B. Pearson
Real Caouette
Creditiste
Caouette
House of Commons
Pearson
Liberal Party
Jamaica
Conservative Party
Robert Stanfield
Sailor in custody dispute vows Iowa return for daughter
In Iowa, a Great Lakes sailor Gilligan 29 vows to reclaim his two year old Lisa Kaye despite a contempt order. His sister in West Des Moines allegedly kept the child from a babysitter in Iron Mountain Michigan, while Lisa Kaye stays with Mrs Donald L Thomas, the mother of four, who appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court for custody under a temporary ruling. Gilligan claims a verbal agreement to pay support, contradicting Mrs Thomas. The Iowa high court warned he could be jailed if he returns.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
Michael Gilligan
Iowa
Donald L. Thomas
Gilligan
Lisa Kaye
Thomas
Iowa Supreme Court
Painter
State High Court
Harold W. Painter
Surplus forecast for Iowa treasury cuts sharply
Gov. Harold E. Hughes backs a much smaller end of biennium state surplus. A report by Comptroller Marvin Selden Jr. indicates the surplus could be as low as 22 million dollars versus an earlier 41.7 million estimate. Revenue shortfalls are offset by lower outlays including a 10 million dollar sales tax credit and reduced local school distributions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Treasury
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Selden
Thant Reaches Vietnam Peace Probe Across Major Capitals
UPI reports United Nations Secretary General Thant disclosed public details of his recent peace probe in Vietnam. He traveled to New Delhi Moscow London Paris and Washington and held talks with North Vietnamese diplomats and leaders including Nguyen Hoa Indira Gandhi Kosygin Wilson Mai Van Bo and President Johnson. Thant’s statement was completed late Friday and his aides remained silent amid ongoing speculation over Hanoi’s stance and possible resignation rumors.
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Vietnam
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Moscow
London
Paris
Washington
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
San Antonio
U.N
Nguyen Hoa
India
Hoa
Indira Gandhi
Alexei Kosygin
Harold Wilson
Mai van Bo
North Vietnam
West
New York
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Ford II to Aid Jobs Drive in Johnson Plan
President Johnson meets at the LBJ ranch with Henry Ford II to energize the JOBS program aimed at creating jobs for 500000 hard core urban unemployed. Ford and the Texas White House deny reports of a federal post, as the alliance names city leaders to push the plan with Coca Cola's Paul Austin and Ford's Leo Bebee in key roles. General Wheeler’s Vietnam troop needs and Maxwell Taylor’s appointment as Clifford’s successor shape upcoming decisions.
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Tex
UPI
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Henry Ford II
Ford
Auto Tycoon
Texas White House
Blue
National Alliance of Businessmen
Paul Austin
Coca Cola Co
Alliance
Leo Bebee
Ford Motor Co
Powell invites Black Power leaders to Bahamas retreat
Former Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr invites Black Power figures to a weekend conference at his Bimini island retreat. Expected attendees include H. Rap Brown, Mohammed Ali, Floyd McKissick, Stokely Carmichael, Eartha Kitt, and Martin Luther King Jr. Brown reportedly cannot attend due to a $100,000 bond jail stay in Richmond Virginia.
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Bahamas
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Bimini Island
Bimini
Powell
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Mohammed Ali
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Stokely Carmichael
Eartha Kitt
Martin Luther King Jr
Brown
Richmond
No End in Sight as Florida teachers strike widens
Gov. Claude Kirk weighs a $254 million education plan amid the first mass walkout in Florida history. About 24,300 teachers stayed off work in the fifth day of the strike as parties seek a solution. An outside accounting firm may evaluate the funding figures.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Claude Kirk
Florida
Florida Education Association
Kirk
Charles Perry
Perry
FEA
George Dobbs
Floyd Christian
Ralph Turlington
Appointment of Executor Sparks Named in City Notice
A city notice records the appointment of Arthur V. Sparks as executor and notes a city council meeting agenda item. The notice confirms Sparks as executor and lists council involvement in related proceedings.
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Arthur V. Sparks
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