North Viets Heavily Attack Khe Sanh
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The make it to the helicopters that a 16mm machine gun. ;ateway for infiltration of men drive U.S. forces from the two from part of a hilltop outpost a Officers at Khe Sanh said the camp, some 25 wounded were lift- North Vietnamese hurled small came in and Is missing. One U.S. officer in Saigon said and supplies through the north* northernmost provinces of South mile from the perimeter of the tommunists appear bent on a ed to safety by U.S. helicopters explosive satchel charges and Earlier reports said the North the Marines at Khe Sanh were west corner of the country. Vietnam may have started. North Khe Sanh base. Irive to the South China Sea along with the U.S. troops. Near- tear gas and incendiary grenades Vietnamese used nine, tanks in equipped with 106mm recoilless "We felt we could hang onto Vietnamese troops made a heavy The Leathernecks counterat- long east-west Rt. 9, the west- ly 150 more irregulars made it to down the air shafts. the attack on Lang Vei, and the rifles on both stationary mounts it," said one senior U.S. officer. artillery and ground attack on tacked and, with heavy artillery rn end of which Khe Sanh the Khe Sanh base during the The satchel charges did little defenders knocked out five of as well as armored weapons car- "We put a tremendous amount the U.S. Marine combat base at and air support, drove the North ;uards. night or today, leaving about 225 damage, and the Americans them with recoilless rifles and riers, and the PT76 "is no match of air strikes around it. The loss Khe Sanh today after taking the Vietnamese down the hill. The last American; South Viet- dead or missing. donned their gas masks and put grenades thrown into their for that." is not critical to the defense of Lang Vei Special Forces . camp Await Assault amese and Montagnard forces Hit by Tanks out the fire. Meanwhile, they hatches. But after talking things Lang Vei was the second iso- Khe Sanh, but it is critical in the nearby in the northwest corner During the attack on Lang Vei fere driven from the Lang Vei Survivors reported that after a called in air strike after air over in Khe Sanh, the surviving lated Special Forces camp along sense that we want to be able to Of the country. yesterday, the enemy troops ring amp three miles west of Khe heavy artillery bombardment strike on the North Vietnamese Americans agreed there were 10 the western border of South Viet- control of the border." AP correspondent John T. ing Khe Sanh moved in closer to :anh after an 18-hour siege in Tuesday night, the camp was hit above. tanks and they got seven. nam to fall to the enemy. The Air Force B52 strategic bomb- Wheeler reported from Khe Sanh the American lines. Marine offi- /hich the defenders suffered on two sides by North Vietnam- After 18 hours of siege, six of First reports of the battle also other, in the A Shau Valley 80 ers flew four raids around Khe that the Red gunners fired more cers at the base believed a ma- eavy casualties. ese tanks being used in the war the eight Americans were wound identified the tank as the Rus- miles to the south, was overrun Sanh in the past 24 hours in an than 300 artillery, rocket and jor assault was imminent on the Fourteen of the 24 Americans for the first time, while foot ed and the group decided to sian T34, but U.S. officers report- in March, 1966, and never re- attempt to blunt the Communist mortar rounds into Marine posi- Marine base and the air strip scaped, and eight of them were troops came in between them. break for freedom. While U.S. ed today that an aerial photo- taken. drive. They unloaded tons of mounded, some critically. The The battle ended quickly, but planes roared down in dummy graph showed they were the Rus- The fall of the A Shau camp bombs on suspected enemy bun- >ther 10 were dead, captured or eight of the Americans retreated runs, those who could run picked sian PT76, a lighter World War allowed unchecked infiltration of kers, foxholes, ammunition stor- rying to make it to Khe Sanh. into the headquarters bunker un- up the others and broke from the II tank which weighs 15.4 tons enemy forces through the valley, age areas and artillery positions'. Hatfield Says Tonkin Gulf Decision Predated Incident ASBURY PARK — One of the field told some 575 persons here. proving the resolution. tional and housing needs, instead sading "doves" in the U.S. Sen- His speech at the fifth annual "This resolution has given the of the Vienam conflict. ite, Oregon's .Mark O. Hatfield, Lincoln Day Dinner of the Mon- President a blank check, which "We must strive to remove the last night charged that the ad- mouth County Republican Com he has used indiscriminately gnawing hunger among our poor, ministration had drafted the Gulf mittee was a stinging attack on many times," the Senator said. which is the food on which Com- of Tonkin resolution well before the administration of President Lack of discretion in using the munism feeds," he declared. the incident which led to passage Johnson, whom he charged with resolution had caused the Ameri- Repeating his charges of dis- of the measure by Congress. being less than honest with the can people to lose confidence in honesty on the part of the ad- The Gulf of Tonkin resolution American people — particularly their government and caused a ministration, Sen. Hatfield de- was drafted in the White House with regard to the Vietnam con- schism "which this union can ill clared: before the incident which sup. flict. afford," he added. "We have a right today to call posedly led to the resolution ever Sen. Hatfield charged that Sen. Hatfield reiterated earlier on our government to give us a happened, and the resolution wai elected representatives of the statements that the administra- balance sheet to show how much withheld until the proper time to people in Washington had "abdi- tion would be better off concen this war has-cost in money and deliver it to Congress," Sen. Hat cated their responsibility by ap- trating on race relations, educa in blood." But Hughes Will Ask for a Fresh Look REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE—To bolifar party strength Lottery Vote Uncertain for the tense political battles to come, members and TRENTON (AP) — The state" if the voters were led to Hughes could not block a refer- tical that a, lottery could net $40 guests of the Monmouth County Republican Committee chances for a November referen- believe that a lottery could be endum if each house authorizes million a year in New Jersey de- gathered last night for the fifth annual Lincoln Day din- dum on a proposal for a state a substitute for bond issues as a the public question this year by spite the opinion of State Trea- ner in the Berkeley Carteret in Asbury Park. Here, from lottery remained at best uncer- means of balancing the budget a three-fifths margin. Republi- surer John A. Kervick who con- cans control the legislature by a tends that a vigorous advertising left, are Sen. Clifford P. Case, R-N.J.; J. Russell Wool- STARS AND STRIPES FLY IN HUE — U. S. Marines raise tain today following confirmation for the next fiscal year which by Gov. Richard J. Hughes that begins July 1. 3-1 margin. campaign would assure success. ley, county GOP chairman, and Sen. Mark C. Hatfield, the Stars and Stripes' at Hue provincial government he will call upon the legislature Hughes wants the Republican- If a lottery referendum were Hughes noted that the results R-Ore., looking over Sen. Hatfield's speech' which at- to take a fresh look at the idea. of the New York state lottery headquarters after retaking it from the North Vietnam- controlled legislature to place approved this year, the earliest tacked the Johnson administration foreign policy. ese in heavy fighting late Tuesday. (AP Wirephoto) Hughes told a news conference bond issues on the ballot this year the new form of legalized gam- have been disappointing with yesterday that he was not in fa- to close an expected gap of near- bling, could take effect would be sales from tickets totaling about (Register Staff Photo) vor of a referendum this year ly $100 million in the new budget for the 1969-70 fiscal year. $38 million in' the first seven but would prefer that the voters scheduled for delivery to the leg- Republican leaders are split months.