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gloves Thursday as the
state observes a bitterly
cold Leap Year Day, the
weather bureau predicted
had
morn-
A hearing also has been
set for March 15 on an appli-
sure on Saigon overnight by
bombardment of six military
installations within a 25-mile
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forcements, including many
veterans of Vietnam. They
are assigned to the America
Division, elements of which
reported killing 148 of the
enemy in a coastal engage-
ment Tuesday at a cost of
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lett had signed the education
against South Vietnamese
cities.
gle fighting along with con-
tinued Communist pressure
around Saigon.
The U. S. Command an-
20s in the south, forecast-
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nerable to vigorous mili-
tary action by South Viet-
namese forces.
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Vietnamese allies and are
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open negotiations increases each day the risk
of seeing the war spread to other parts of the
world.
He read a prepared statement after the
regular weekly cabinet meeting with President
Charles de Gaulle.
The statement said:
“The declaration of U Thant according to
ng over any part of South
Vietnam."
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the suspended sentence were
revoked, they could be
forced to serve the entire
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ferred with house and senate tion, rather than election, as
leaders Wednesday morning, at present.
equipment fooled up and reversed the lane signals to
two lanes northbound (see arrow above) instead of the
usual two southbound lanes in the morning. Police said
no one was hurt in the crash. (Times Staff Photo by
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Last November 5,1 mailed a $26.96 check to a firm in
Lake Success, N. Y., to pay for an elephant ear wallet
and a hot or cold server. The check has been cashed, but
I have never received my merchandise. I have written
the company, but it will not reply. Mrs. R. J. B.
p.m.
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offered Wednesday a substi-
tute school finance plan fol-
lowing Gov. Bartlett’s veto
of a 3-bill package Tuesday.
The board plan calls for a
$1,000 teacher raise this fall.
However, the group has no
suggestion as to how this
WRONG WAY? Yes and No. Following custom, traffic
headed south in the middle lane on N Robinson be-
tween NW 30 and 36 Wednesday morning — not expect-
ing to find cars beading in the opposite direction in the
same lane. This accident occurred when traffic control
Texas girl.
The Stanleys received 5-
PARIS (AP) — The French government
has received explicit information that an un-
conditional halt in American bombing of North
Vietnam would be a “necessary and sufficient
condition for an opening of negotiations,” a
government spokesman said Wednesday.
Information Minister Georges Gorse said
the French government believes that failure to
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The pair thus must serve
the rest of a three-year sen-
tence for gang rape in 1965.
the countryside of South
Vietnam to press new re-
cruits into service and to
train and reorganize units
for further offensive opera-
tions. For the time being
they are considered vul-
which the unconditional cessation of American
bombardments of North Vietnam would be a
necessary and sufficient condition for the open-
ing of peace negotiations corresponds to infor-
mation explicitly received by the French gov-
ernment.
“The cabinet considers, as does the secre-
tary-general of the United Nations, unless such
come in his position as well
as that of the legislature.
He said the compromise
offer he made which senate
Democrats rejected Monday
“is the maximum that can
be financed in view of other
requirements and in the in-
terest of a balanced pro-
gram."
The governor said he
hoped to meet with Steiger
before leaving for Washing-
ton, D. C., at mid-afternoon,
for a governors’ conference.
He added he would cancel
Returning from Vietnam, Gen. Earle G. Wheeler,
chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, chats with news-
men at Andrews Air Force Base early Wednesday. (AP
Wirephoto)
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launch fast follow-up at- to all the information
Stanley Twins’ Parole Revoked
School Boards
Hanoi our firm determina- wants another 50,000 to
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the Joint Chiefs of Staff returned Wednesday from Vietnam ■
and promptly met with President Johnson to discuss troop
needs for Vietnam. Gen. Wheeler conferred at a White :
House breakfast with Johnson and the president’s top-level >
military, diplomatic and intelligence advisers.
By Bob Ruggles
(Education Writer)
The series of meetings
scheduled by the Oklahoma
Education Association Wed-
nesday probably would have
occurred even if Gov. Bart-
now marked by renewed jun- jective, capitalize on his re-
Sooners were drying out
from a widespread over-
night rain.
Pontotoc, in southeastern
Oklahoma, reported 2.24
inches of rain, the largest
amount recorded. Most
stations measured a half
inch or more.
under Westmoreland, hold
the initiative.
State: Cloudy and colder
through Thursday with
scattered light rain or
snow Panhandle and south- Gov. Bartlett Wednesday
east through Wednesday revoked paroles of both Mi-
night. Overnight lows 15 chael Otis and Richard Pay-
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ing. The weatherman said
there is a chance of scat-
tered showers or light
snow in the Panhandle and
southeast Wedesday night.
Thursday’s outlook Is for
clearing skies and daytime
temperatures from 35 in
the north to 45 in the south-
east.
Thursday morning’s low
temperatures will range
000-man brigade from the U.
S. 82nd Airborne Division
has arrived in Vietnam to
bolster allied forces in a war
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present something of a
paradox for anyone not fa-
miliar with the military
mathematics practiced in
Vietnam.
Even before the enemy’s
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ese Laxity Disturbs U. S. Officials
usually quick to deny criti-
cal reports. In the present
case, however, officials
privately don’t conceal
their concern about the
lack so far of powerful fol-
low-up action.
_ enemy has been recently re-
from 15 in the north to the pulsed, he said, the forces
legislative commission Wed- <4 ernign. lows 1 chael Otis and Richard Pay- cation to revoke the boys’
nesday morning and execu- north o 25 south. Highs ton Stanley, Midwest City suspended sentences. The
tive committee at 7:30 p.m. ahursday.mid 30s to 10W twins who were charged with hearing will be in El Reno.
are not in direct respohse to *S (Details, Page $1.) assaulting a fellow Central where the two boys pleaded5-yearterm.
seeking support _ of the The group also favors cation lines with the legisla-
group’s own legislative pro- making the transportation ture open and “we’re willing
gram. area the taxing unit for to discuss changes ... in a
The $1,000 raise would school districts, and would
sented to the president.
However, Johnson said last
week more men will be dis-
patched if needed. And Gen. I
William C. Westmoreland,
the U. S. commander in Viet-
nam, told The Associated!
Press that “with additional
troops, we could more effec-
tively deny the enemy his ob-
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nounced Wednesday comple- tion to prevent him from tak-
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Curtis Harris, district at-
gang rape of a 15-year-old torney, said no decision has
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A full-scale cabinet meeting, described in advance as a '■
regular session, was set for later in the day. There was no ,
indication the Wheeler-Johnson conference would produce
any immediate announcement that more fighting men will
be sent to Vietnam. Johnson aides continued to insist, as
recently as Tuesday night, that no formal request for rein-
forcement had been pre-1
tacks on Communist forces available here, is now
weakened by severe losses working through much of
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There is a leaky fireplug on the corner of NW 10 and . ,
Douglas. Mrs. J. H. the governor’s veto but rath- a
er a response to the culmi- 2
We reported this to the Oklahoma City water depart- nation of one legislative ef- 1
with a dangerous weapon.
They and another youth, Ar-
thur Clint Cooper, were
charged in the beating of an-
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them in county jail until the
revocation hearing.
The Stanleys also face a
preliminary hearing March
25 on the charge of assault
By Raymond R. Coffey
Chicago Daily News
cent defeats to a greater de-1 Service
gree in both time and place, SAIGON — Reports that
and clearly demonstrate to Gen. W. C. Westmoreland
negotiations are opened,
the war of destruction now
being conducted in South-
east Asia will continue to
spread and take on a char-
acter which threatens
more every day to endan-
ger the peace of the
world."
In a statement issued in
New York Saturday, Thant
said “it could be reasona-
bly assumed" that an un-
conditional halt in U. S.
bombing of North Vietnam
would be followed by
“meaningful talks . . .
perhaps within a matter of
a few days.”
Thant’s statement was
his first public declaration
after a trip to New Delhi,
Moscow, London and Paris
where he discussed the
Vietnam war. In both New
Delhi and Paris Thant met
North Vietnamese diplo-
mats.
Though Gorse did not
say from whom the French
government received its
information, it was gener-
ally assumed it came from
the North Vietnamese
themselves. France has a
diplomatic mission in Ha-
noi, and North Vietnam
has a delegate general,
Mai Van Bo, in Paris.
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The situation is acute for
two reasons:
ONE.' President Johnson
will have to decide in a few
days, after hearing reports
from Chairman Earle G.
Wheeler of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, whether to send
another 100,000 or so
American troops to South
Vietnam beyond the 525,000
force level already
scheduled.
The performance of
South Vietnamese forces
will inevitably be brought
up in congressional debate
for comparison with the
burden of fighting to be
carried by U. S. forces.
TWO. The conflict has
entered a very critical and
possibly decisive phase.
The new phase opened at
the end of January with
co-ordinated Communist
attacks on 100 South Viet-
namese communities. The
Communists have declared
this is a drive to win deci-
sive victories and it will
certainly have a vital ef-
fect on the war’s future
course.
Johnson and the U. S.
commander in South Viet-
nam, Gen. William C.
Westmoreland, both have
claimed that in the first
wave of the offensive
against the cities the ene-
my suffered a complete
military defeat.
There is no doubt that
the Viet Cong and co-
operating North Viet-
namese forces failed to
hold any of the cities and
towns they attacked and
failed to set off any great
political uprising. They
also did not collapse the
Saigon government or
cause defections of South
Vietnamese military units.
On the other hand they
seem to have destroyed ut-
terly the security system
and related pacification
program in the village-
dotted countryside. And it
is there that they are be-
lieved to be healing their
wounds and rebuilding
strength today — and there
that they are considered
vulnerable.
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Viet Cong maintained pres- o State Dean Rusk, Director ment of the U. s com-
Richard Helms of the Cen- mand here that the Ameri.
tral Intelligence Agency, cans and their allies were
Secretary of Defense- winning the war and that it '
designate Clark Clifford, spe- might be possible to start
cial assistant Walt W. Ros- bringing U. S. troops home .
tow and Gen. Maxwell D. within two years.
Taor, who, will succeed Gen. Earle G. Wheeler,
Clifford as chairman of the c h a i r m a n of the joint
Foreign. Intelligence Advi- chiefs of indicated
sory Board. the total of 525,000 U. s.
Wheeler, on arrival back
n Washington just before! (See U. S.—Page 2)
dawn, appeared to credit the
Communists with some gains
as a result of their recent cit-
es offensive.
Both Hold Initiative
“I think the initiative (in
he war) lies on both sides,"
le general said in response
to a question. He said there
are certain areas where the
Viet Cong and the North
Vietnamese still have sizable
forces with considerable tac-
tical mobility.
In other areas where the
French-North Vietnamese
contacts are regular.
Informed sources said
the French statement fol-
lowed a message Tuesday
from Bo to Foreign Minis-
ter Maurice Couve de Mur-
ville.
creditation or school, tb.il Jean Sainteny, a former
can finance their programs served in North Vietnam,
Gov stateaid. . n told a television audience
Go. Bar told ‘ Tuesday night that he he-
men he is keeping communi- lieves the North Viet-
namese would give a “tan-
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We took this up with the Better Business Bureau. The Tuesday.
firm in Lake Success replies records indicated yourmer- Reason — the package was
chandise was shipped to you January 12. We suggest you not what the OEA’s legisla-
notify the post office department. tive program had anticipat-
• ed, so a series of meetings
There are two old buildings in the 1700 block NW I wouldhave to
that are fire hazards. E. J. . determine if the OEA mem-
bership would have accepted
Fire Marshal John D. Anderson says the two old a lesser package.
buildings are unsightly, but the trash and rubbish has The meetings of the OEA
now been cleaned up and the owner, who is ill, has prom- legislative commission Wed-
ised to remove the buildings this spring. 1
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