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Before Angry N. N Viet Vieta l Hanoi Parades Pilots t SAIGON CAP Three CAP Three American pilots shot down in a raid in the Hanoi area were reported led to a news conference in inthe inthe inthe the Communist capital Saturday through with streets sounding anger Hanoi broadcasts and a dispatch filed to Moscow by Tass Taos correspondents said the three were captured during strikes Friday by U. U S. S Air Force squadrons squad squad- squadrons squadrons rons based in Thailand The Communists claimed eight planes oer o'er shot down dawn and declared commercial enterprises within Hanoi were bombed The U. U S. S Command in Saigon an an- announced announced announced three planes and their pilots were lost and the targets were on Hands Hand's Hanl s 's outskirts tine outskirts the Ha Dong Doug army barrack t four miles mites southwest and the Yen V Vied railroad yards six miles northeast Hanoi's center 7 TIlE THE PILOTS were identified as Jame Jame j Lindberg Hughes 39 James J ames Richart jj Shively 25 and Gordon Albert 38 The Tass dispatch said Hughes was Ji 1 colonel Lars l a lieutenant colonel ancEy J Shively a lieutenant i RJ A flurry fI rry of guerrilla operations i W T J South Vietnam followed up the America F Fair air strikes A shell 92 mortar barrag J killed one U. U S. S Marine and wounded si sib t i i atop Hill North which the LeatheL necks seized Friday in closing out a 12 1 day campaign that swept the regularS of North Vietnams Vietnam's Division fron fros n i Khe Sahn Mies Ma high ground overlooking rine mortars and artillery lashed back af a athe the distant enemy j 7 h PREMIER NGUYEN Cao Ky warnet that more heavy action could cOl d be expected in the northern part of the country Visiting the 1st Corps area just belo below the frontier with North Vietnam Ky said It Tt is the intention of the enemy in the th 1st Corps area to increase with Red com coma mandos its mortaring assassinations and ambushes i They also will launch a few big at a Continued on Page 4 A n Hanoi Continued From Page 1 tacks because they desperately need some military victory for propaganda purposes he said Ky who still commands South Vietnams Vietnam's air force talked with battle battlegrounds battlegrounds battlegrounds newsmen new a e w s 5 men m e U near the grounds of some of the bloodiest fighting in recent months He ic said he may run for president of the civilian government be being bc- bc ing created in a national elec dee election tion lion Sept 1 and will make his decision soon UNDER TilE THE new constitution constitution constitution tion military candidates will have to resign their commis commis- commissions commissions commiSsions in the armed services Communist bands singled out Ham Tan the Binh Tuy Province Province ince capital 75 miles cast of Saigon a village 10 miles from Ham Tan and the U. U S. S Army Special Forces camp campat at Trang Sup where an Ameri Amen American can Green Beret team advises Vietnamese irregulars in the central highlands miles north ol ot Saigon A government spokesman said moderate casualties were in inflicted on South Vietnamese troops manning the outer peri pen perimeter perimeter meter at Ham Tan and one U. U S. S soldier was wounded Five civilians were killed and 52 were wounded U. U S. S warships armed heli heli- helicopters helicopters helicopters copters and flare planes helped to suppress the attack There was no estimate of enemy cas caS- AT the Communist attack centered on the village administration building Heavy casualties were inflicted on a platoon of militiamen per per- perhaps perhaps haps 35 to 50 guarding the building Eight women and 16 children chi C h a 1 d r e n a living within the thatched hut compound were killed Two raiders were shot dead At Trang Sup Viet Cong mor- mor mortar tar men lobbed in shells and 10 or 15 Red riflemen attacked Light casualties were inflicted on the or so irregulars in inthe inthe inthe the camp which is near the bor bor- border border border der of Laos and 40 civilians were killed or wounded There was no report on whether any of the Green Beret advisers were hit and Communist cas cas- casualties casualties were not known I cas-I I
Object Description
Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1967-05-07 |
Description | 59th Year, No. 196 |
Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
Language | English |
Date | 1967-05-07 |
Type | Newspapers |
Format | |
Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
Title | Columbia Missourian 1967-05-07 Before Angry N. Viets |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
Language | English |
Date | 1967-05-07 |
Type | article |
Format | |
Collection Name | Is part of Columbia Missourian Collection |
Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
Item.Transcript | Before Angry N. N Viet Vieta l Hanoi Parades Pilots t SAIGON CAP Three CAP Three American pilots shot down in a raid in the Hanoi area were reported led to a news conference in inthe inthe inthe the Communist capital Saturday through with streets sounding anger Hanoi broadcasts and a dispatch filed to Moscow by Tass Taos correspondents said the three were captured during strikes Friday by U. U S. S Air Force squadrons squad squad- squadrons squadrons rons based in Thailand The Communists claimed eight planes oer o'er shot down dawn and declared commercial enterprises within Hanoi were bombed The U. U S. S Command in Saigon an an- announced announced announced three planes and their pilots were lost and the targets were on Hands Hand's Hanl s 's outskirts tine outskirts the Ha Dong Doug army barrack t four miles mites southwest and the Yen V Vied railroad yards six miles northeast Hanoi's center 7 TIlE THE PILOTS were identified as Jame Jame j Lindberg Hughes 39 James J ames Richart jj Shively 25 and Gordon Albert 38 The Tass dispatch said Hughes was Ji 1 colonel Lars l a lieutenant colonel ancEy J Shively a lieutenant i RJ A flurry fI rry of guerrilla operations i W T J South Vietnam followed up the America F Fair air strikes A shell 92 mortar barrag J killed one U. U S. S Marine and wounded si sib t i i atop Hill North which the LeatheL necks seized Friday in closing out a 12 1 day campaign that swept the regularS of North Vietnams Vietnam's Division fron fros n i Khe Sahn Mies Ma high ground overlooking rine mortars and artillery lashed back af a athe the distant enemy j 7 h PREMIER NGUYEN Cao Ky warnet that more heavy action could cOl d be expected in the northern part of the country Visiting the 1st Corps area just belo below the frontier with North Vietnam Ky said It Tt is the intention of the enemy in the th 1st Corps area to increase with Red com coma mandos its mortaring assassinations and ambushes i They also will launch a few big at a Continued on Page 4 A n Hanoi Continued From Page 1 tacks because they desperately need some military victory for propaganda purposes he said Ky who still commands South Vietnams Vietnam's air force talked with battle battlegrounds battlegrounds battlegrounds newsmen new a e w s 5 men m e U near the grounds of some of the bloodiest fighting in recent months He ic said he may run for president of the civilian government be being bc- bc ing created in a national elec dee election tion lion Sept 1 and will make his decision soon UNDER TilE THE new constitution constitution constitution tion military candidates will have to resign their commis commis- commissions commissions commiSsions in the armed services Communist bands singled out Ham Tan the Binh Tuy Province Province ince capital 75 miles cast of Saigon a village 10 miles from Ham Tan and the U. U S. S Army Special Forces camp campat at Trang Sup where an Ameri Amen American can Green Beret team advises Vietnamese irregulars in the central highlands miles north ol ot Saigon A government spokesman said moderate casualties were in inflicted on South Vietnamese troops manning the outer peri pen perimeter perimeter meter at Ham Tan and one U. U S. S soldier was wounded Five civilians were killed and 52 were wounded U. U S. S warships armed heli heli- helicopters helicopters helicopters copters and flare planes helped to suppress the attack There was no estimate of enemy cas caS- AT the Communist attack centered on the village administration building Heavy casualties were inflicted on a platoon of militiamen per per- perhaps perhaps haps 35 to 50 guarding the building Eight women and 16 children chi C h a 1 d r e n a living within the thatched hut compound were killed Two raiders were shot dead At Trang Sup Viet Cong mor- mor mortar tar men lobbed in shells and 10 or 15 Red riflemen attacked Light casualties were inflicted on the or so irregulars in inthe inthe inthe the camp which is near the bor bor- border border border der of Laos and 40 civilians were killed or wounded There was no report on whether any of the Green Beret advisers were hit and Communist cas cas- casualties casualties were not known I cas-I I |
Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |