Marines repulse night attack near Da Nang in Vietnam
UPI reports Marine reinforcements rushed to eight miles south of Da Nang where a Communist company caused moderate casualties. About 10 Viet Cong killed, Marines suffered heavy losses from a hidden mine. dawn found VC in retreat. Separate raids damaged a cultural drama team audience and a SAM site was targeted by bombers.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
da Nang
Binh Trung
U.S. Information Service
South Viet Nam
Song la Tho
Lost Hydrogen Bomb Recovered Off Palomares Coast
UPI reports American forces moved a recently found hydrogen bomb along a steep seabed slope in 2,500 feet of water five miles off Palomares Spain to secure its recovery. Officials say the unarmed weapon should be retrieved by Sunday night after moving to a steadier site. No contamination reported as Task Force 65 continued checks.
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Palomares
Spain
UPI
Mediterranean
U.S
Madrid
Alvin
Task Force 65
Economists Split Overwartime Tax Increase Debate
President Johnson has proposed a $6 billion war tax plan but economists diverge on its sufficiency. A UPI analysis notes only $1.3 billion in real excise increases and $4.6 billion in faster tax collection, with many experts urging a larger early boost to curb inflation. Senator Smathers signals possible bigger action if Viet Nam pressures grow.
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Johnson
UPI
John Pierson
Washington
Senate
House
U.S
Washington Post
Capitol Hill
George Smathers
D-Fla
Senate Finance Committee
Smathers
Viet Nam
Two killed on Iowa highways in separate crashes
United Press International reports two men died in separate Iowa highway crashes Friday. Marion Whitmore, 65, of rural Oskaloosa, drove onto U S 63 from a farm driveway into Harold Ehret’s path. Whitmore died hours later, Ehret treated and released. William Henry Fox, 86, of Hampton, drove onto U S 65 into Harmon Wilke’s car. Wilke and his family were treated and released, Fox died about two hours later.
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Iowa
Marion Whitmore
Oskaloosa
U.S. 63
Whitmore
Harold Ehret
Deep River
Ehret
William Henry Fox
Hampton
U.S. 65
Fox
Harmon Wilke
Knoxville
Wilke
Viet Cong establishes fighting villages to counter hamlet program
Soviet paper Rural Life says Viet Cong has created fortified fighting villages to undermine Saigon’s strategic hamlet plan. From these camps, Viet Cong guerrillas allegedly penetrate nearby Saigon controlled cities to spread leaflets and subvert South Vietnamese troops.
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Moscow
UPI
Saigon
Rural Life
Ammunition Missing After Train Derailment in New Mexico
Logandale? No. A U S Navy official says an undetermined amount of ammunition and flares bound for Viet Nam were missing after a Logan New Mexico derailment on March 9. The items, including .50 caliber bullets from Crane Indiana, were part of a Navy depot shipment. An inventory confirmed the ammo was missing though theft could not be confirmed. Six diesel units and 59 freight cars derailed after hitting a stalled truck.
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Tucumcari
N.M
UPI
U.S. Navy
Viet Nam
Logan
J. S. Eaves
8Th Naval District
New Orleans
Crane
Ind
Logan Crossing
New Mexico City
Eaves
Swallows Return To San Juan Capistrano Mission
Swarms of swallows are set to return to the San Juan Capistrano mission to continue a 200 year old legend. A few misdirected swallows arrived early this year, with the first birds deemed scouts according to observers.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
UPI
Indonesia Students Parade as Suharto Tightens Grip
Singapore dispatch notes thousands of Indonesian students marching in Jakarta in joy over Subandrio’s downfall and Suharto’s move to reopen closed schools. Troop movements persisted as the army cracked down on PKI leaders and banned groups amid a tense political crackdown.
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Singapore
UPI
Voice of Free Indonesia
Jakarta
Subandrio
Indonesia
Suharto
Sukarno
Thai International Airways
PKI
Indonesian Communist Party
Plan to Continue NATO Despite De Gaulle Plan
U S and 13 NATO partners vow to keep integrated military arrangements and defend the alliance even if France under Charles de Gaulle withdraws from military participation. They say no bilateral substitute can match the treaty framework and stress France must decide on political membership versus military contribution.
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Washington
NATO
France
United States
de Gaulle
Weather in Iowa Sees Clouds Decrease Into Sunday
Mostly cloudy today with northwesterly winds 20 to 30 mph. Decreasing cloudiness tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures. Today highs reach the upper 40s to upper 50s, tonight lows in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Sunday highs near 50 in the northeast to 60 in the southwest. Monday outlook turns cooler with showers.
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United Press International
Iowa
U S to sign cultural exchange pact with Russia
Washington state department announced it will sign the proposed cultural exchange agreement with the Soviet Union for 1966 and 1967 after earlier hesitation. The move follows White House scrutiny of guarantees that Russia would not cancel U S exchange visits, including past exchanges of scientists farmers doctors educators motion picture groups and athletes.
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State Department
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
U.S
Department
Robert J. McCloskey
White House
Buddhists Back Away From Viet Nam Crisis Clash
In Saigon Buddhist leaders delayed an immediate confrontation with the military junta. Thich Tam Chau reported meetings with Premier Ky and Chief of State Thieu who endorsed a Buddhist manifesto calling for civilian leadership and army generals to resume command. The unrest followed the ousting of Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi as a power struggle with Ky. The council aims to calm tensions and address army unity, not individual cases.
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North
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Guam
Saigon
Nguyen Chanh Thi
VPI
National Leadership Council
Thich
Tam Chau
Vien Hoa Dao
Buddhist Institute For Secular Affairs
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Thi
Chau
Probate of Frances B. Willming Estate
Probate of will and appointment of executor for Frances B. Willming. Proceedings of the county board of supervisors on Tuesday March 1.
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Frances B. Willming
The
County Board of Supervisors
Gemini 8 pilots return to Cape Kennedy after near miss
Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott landed at Cape Kennedy and spoke to cheering officials before debriefings. They described the mission’s liftoff, rendezvous, and reentry as spectacular, and said they would wait for full details on the cause of the in space spin. The pair then prepared for six days of debriefings in Houston and family reunions before telling the nation their emergency story.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Scott
Armstrong
Earth
Merritt Island
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Cape
Western Pacific
Globe
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Okinawa
Hawaii
Gemini
Agena
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Samuel B. Griffith II
USMC
Morton H. Halperin
Harvard
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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By John Pierson
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San Juan
Cecil Burns
Kenosha
Wis
Burns
Central
Java
Russia
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