Laird Calls for Religious Christmas Stamps Over Yuletide
Washington congressman Melvin R. Laird attacked the 1964 Yuletide stamp as insufficient for a religious theme and urged issuance of Christmas stamps featuring a Nativity scene rather than a commercial tree or Santa Claus. Columbus bishop Enssley remains in critical condition after a Saturday automobile crash on Ohio 31 north of Marysville, suffering fractured ribs and possible internal injuries.
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Yuletide
Columbus
Francis Gerald Ensley
Ohio West Area
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Riverside Hospital
Ohio 31
Marysville
FBI confrontation over Johnson Hoover remark sparks White House denial
The FBI accuses Newsweek of reporting a new law in journalism in a story claiming Johnson planned to replace Hoover as FBI chief, a claim the White House denies. Charles F. Sweeney, 80, former Ohio secretary of state, dies in Florida after retirement. The Supreme Court strikes down a Florida ban on interracial cohabitation and debates TV coverage of Billie Sol Estes trial.
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Newsweek Magazine
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Fla
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Ohio
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Florida
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Supreme Court
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Local News Index Highlights Ohio Towns and Sports
A fragmented index lists towns including Gallipolis Glouster Nelsonville and Nelsonville with dates and sections for sports and public notices. Other entries reference Pt. Pleasant Middleport and POMGT0Y with section numbers indicating broader local coverage.
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Nelsonville
Rights Case Climax Near In Mississippi Slaying Probe
The three murdered civil rights workers case moves to a Meridian hearing as the FBI evidence is reviewed by Mississippi prosecutors. Federal charges against 19 men and two accessories loom while a state action decision hangs on whether to press murder charges in the slayings. A statewide defense fund forms for the 21 defendants including five alleged Ku Klux Klan members.
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Dist
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U.S
Esther Carter
Justice Department
Ku Klux Klan
GOP Governors Pressure Burch Leadership Strain Emerges
Republican governors have sparked internal pressure within the party that could undermine National Chairman Dean Burch. They halted a formal call for his resignation at a Denver gathering, yet a majority among 18 governors signals discontent and a challenge to Burch’s broad support.
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Dean Burch
Denver
Colo
Burch
Sudanese Race Riot Shocks Khartoum Violence Tears City
Rioting blacks and Arabs clashed through the night in Khartoum with an estimated ten killed and many injured including an American couple. The unrest began when South Sudanese protesters overwhelmed Khartoum Airport and moved into the city smashing cars in a display of racial warfare.
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Khartoum
South Sudan
Defense Team Remains Intact Under McNamara
Washington reports the Defense Department group led by Secretary Robert S. McNamara is expected to stay in place at least until mid 1965. McNamara has discussed with key aides the desire that his top civilian team remain to push Pentagon programs through Congress next session. Associates say there are no signs he plans to depart before then.
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Eisenhower
Talks Between Taylor Huong Open Plans For War Effort
U S Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor and South Vietnamese Premier Tran Van Huong began planning talks likely to broaden bombing of Viet Cong supply routes through Laos. Taylor returned from Washington amid talk of widening the war while North Viet Nam attacks were ruled out. A major Ca Mau Peninsula battle yielded 115 Viet Cong killed and 86 South Vietnamese casualties, boosting morale despite U.S. losses.
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Washington
Johnson
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Tan Lac
U.S
Pearl Harbor Day Remembers 23 Years Since Attacks
Pearl Harbor observed as veterans visit the USS Arizona memorial in Hawaii. An oil slick from the sunken battleship blooms on the water while flowers form a moving tribute. Navy crews salute as wreaths are laid and prayers said for the dead and injured from December 7, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor
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Pearl
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Soviet A Gromyko Calls World Summit On Disarmament
United Nations bulletin reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged a world summit conference on disarmament during a UN gathering. He stressed the need for international agreement and steps toward limiting weapons and reducing global tensions.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Ice Storm Strangles Towns in New York
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller toured evacuation centers in Schenectady as a severe ice storm halted community life across eastern central New York. The storm left thousands without power and forced hundreds to seek warmth in schools and churches.
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Schenectady
N.Y
New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
New York
Segni In Bad Health ITALIAN HEAD QUITS ROME
Italian President Antonio Segni resigns due to ill health after two and a half years in office. Segni, 73, suffered a cerebral stroke on Aug. 7 and cannot use his right arm or speak clearly. Parliament will elect a new chief of state on Dec. 16 for a seven year term amid coalition tensions.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
Segni
Italy
Johnson Wilson Gromyko Talks Set on NATO Nuclear Force
Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrives to brief President Johnson on British proposals to organize a NATO nuclear force. Talks aim at a command and control system with possible negotiations with West Germany and allies. Johnson will also meet Andrei Gromyko to discuss NATO, Vietnam, and Soviet concerns as U.N. session continues. Weather: temperatures 1-4 degrees below normal with light precipitation expected regionally this week.
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West Ger
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
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Cincinnati
Coumbus
Cleveland
University Plan To Be Heard At Berkeley Convocation
Morning classes paused as 814 demonstrators arrested in the sit-in at UC Berkeley face arraignment. Kerr and Prof Robert Schalapino will present a plan for a new era of freedom under law during a convocation, amid student demands to recruit volunteers and solicit funds on campus.
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University of California
Kerr
Robert A. Schalapino
Edmund G. Brown
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