Power Failure Triggers Federal Probe in Southwest blackout
A brief El Paso power outage affected four military bases and left civilian areas without electricity for hours. The issue centered on a damaged gas flow regulator at the Newman Plant near the New Mexico border. President Johnson ordered an investigation with FPC engineer J. R. Johnson sent to El Paso.
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EL Paso
Tex
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Johnson
United States
Canada
el Paso Electric Co
Newman
J. R. Johnson
Federal Power Commission
Ft. Worth
Blackout Hits Southwest Areas Leave Bases in Darkness
A widespread power outage hit the Southwest delaying lines of command at bases from El Paso to Socorro. White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base reported outages while Fort Bliss remained partly affected. El Paso officials and utility leaders defended readiness and noted no long term impact on mission capability. People faced elevators and street outages as the outage began at 8 02 p m.
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Joseph Laitin
Strategic Air
Air Force
Johnson
United States
Ft. Bliss
Emer- Air Defense School
U.S
Paso
Socorro
N. M
White Sands
van Horn
Tex
Laitin
Holloman Air
New Mexico
el Paso
Judson Williams
Gemini 7 Aboard For Longest U S Space Flight
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell prep for a Saturday launch from Cape Kennedy aboard a Titan 2 with weather concerns from a passing trough. If Gemini 6 is delayed, the mission could extend to 15 days to improve rendezvous chances and a 28 hour checkout target is set for craft.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
A. Amman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Florida
Amman
Gemini
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Christopher Kraft
James A. Lovell, Jr
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Space
Multinational Talks on Viet Nam Face Uncertainty
The prospect of a broader peace initiative for Viet Nam wavered as British and Soviet leaders debated a possible conference. Secretary Rusk signaled U S readiness to attend Southeast Asia talks, while Stewart in Moscow indicated the Soviet stance was not yet open to settlement. Johnson earlier urged unconditional talks with peace as the goal. Rusk and Johnson weighed Geneva framework over UN mechanisms, with Hanoi and Peking favoring Geneva as the main instrument.
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Viet Nam
Michael Stewart
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Johnson
United States
Stewart
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
Washington
Rusk
St. Louis
Hanoi
Britain
Cochairmen
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Peking
Westmoreland may extend Viet Nam tours for combat need
Defense Department said General Westmoreland has authority to extend tours of U.S. servicemen in Viet Nam for any length of time if needed for combat necessity. A spokesman noted the commander has said his policy is not to surpass 30 days of added duty.
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Washington
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Defense Department
John Birch supporter questions King Nobel Prize honor
Cincinnati columnist George S. Schuyler argues Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did not deserve the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize noting King has only infuriated white people. Schuyler is identified as a John Birch Society member and former Pittsburgh Courier editor.
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Cincinnati
John Birch Society
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King
George S. Schuyler
Pittsburgh Courier
Water heater blamed for National Guard armory blast
Iowa fire marshal identifies a hot water heating unit as the likely trigger for a gas explosion that collapsed the National Guard armory in Keokuk on November 24, killing 14. The blast was blamed on a gas buildup and linked to the rifle range area.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Wilbur Johnson
National Guard
Johnson
Rifle Range
Sniper Fells U S Marine Helicopter South of Da Nang
U S and Vietnamese forces push attacks in South Viet Nam while American air power remains intense. A Marine helicopter carrying four Americans and nine Vietnamese soldiers was shot down south of Da Nang, with all aboard presumed dead. A Skyraider was hit over North Viet Nam and its pilot listed as missing, as Enterprise air wing flew 118 sorties totaling 102 tons of bombs. Ground action was limited to a minor clash near Da Nang with no Marine casualties. B52s bombed three targets at night including near a large abandoned rubber plantation 45 miles northwest of Saigon.
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Viet Nam
U. S
da Nang
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Indonesia pivot toward realism in Sukarno policy shift
Jakarta reports that after weeks of army pressure and PKI influence, Deputy Premier Subandrio says Indonesia’s foreign policy has shifted away from a China favored stance. With the PKI largely sidelined, Sukarno aims to pursue a policy based on realism.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
China
Sukarno
Communist Party
PKI
Peking
Moscow
Subandrio
Classifieds and Editorials Highlight Page Spread
A fragmented index shows sections for News Editorial Obituaries Sports Television and other listings across pages 14 15 16. The garbled text hints at a multi-section newspaper layout with notices features and briefs.
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Csesduan These Enous
Cenceerssoa
Paviarng
Cial Ae Sports
Eeeseeeees
Ceessseeees
NAACP Victory Ends Negro Boycott in Natchez
The three month boycott near downtown Natchez ends as NAACP officials claim a settlement with merchants and city government. Twenty one stores agreed to remove from the boycott list and to improve opportunities for Negro workers while greeting customers with courteous titles. A news conference will outline the full agreement with Mayor John Nosser present. Temperatures are forecast to be 4 7 degrees above normal over five days starting Saturday with warmth fading into colder conditions by Tuesday. Precipitation totals range from .3 to .4 inch and snow flurries expected Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Natchez
Miss
NAACP
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
John Nosser
Archie Jones
Adams County
Main
Franklin Street
Jones
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Jury Deliberates Klansmen's Fate
In Montgomery Alabama a jury deliberating three Ku Klux Klan defendants on civil rights conspiracy charges tied in a deadlock after hearing testimony from numerous witnesses and exhibits. Judge Johnson urged continued deliberations while noting each defendant stands guilty or innocent separately.
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Montgomery
Ala
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Fairfield, Ala
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
Liuzzo
Detroit Teamsters Union
Anthony Liuzzo
Selma
Johnson
Ian Leadership Conference
Ku Klux Klan
Final Tribute for Gordon K. Bush at Thursday Funeral
Friends of Gordon K. Bush gathered at the Helen Mauck Galbreath Memorial Chapel for his Thursday funeral. The Messenger publisher and former Ohio University trustee died Monday after 36 years of publishing and 33 years as a university trustee. Dr. Walter S. Gamertsfelder led prayers noting Bush’s service to the community and university. Pallbearers included former president John C. Baker and other trustees. organist John Stuber performed Bach and Brahms. Gordon’s cousin Joe E. Bush played a bagpipe lament at the home service.
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Gordon K. Bush
Messenger
Ohio University
Helen Mauck Galbreath
Llewellyn Kemmerle
First Presbyterian Church
Walter S. Gamertsfelder
University
Gamertsfelder
Mr. Bush
The
Presbyterian Church
Bush
John C. Baker
Essex Fells
N. J
New York
N. Y
Edwin Kennedy
New Vernon
Rufus
White Man Convicted In South Alabama Slaying
Hubert Damon Strange, 25, was convicted Thursday of second degree murder in Anniston Alabama. The white male jury set his penalty at 10 years in prison with sentencing by Judge Robert M. Parker expected today. The case involves the murder of Willie Brewster, 38, a Negro plant worker, amid rising civil rights tensions and recent acquittals in similar cases.
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Anniston
Ala
Alabama
Neere
Hubert Damon Strange
Robert M. Parker
Strange
Willie Brewster
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Calhoun County
J. B. Stoner
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Millett
State Controlling Board
Central State
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Memphis
Tenn
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Willie L. Berryhill
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