Rebels Capture Two U S Soldiers and Wipe Out Two Companies
In Viet Nam, government forces retook Binh Nghia district capital but Viet Cong captured two U S enlisted men and wiped out nearly two government company units. Two Special Forces soldiers were killed nearby, raising American fatalities to 241 with 13 missing. Six U S servicemen were wounded in the three day battle.
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Viet Nam
Dai Ngai
Mekong
James Pickerell
Associated Press
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Binh Nghia
U. S
Viet Congo
Senator Russell Urges Reassessment of Viet Nam War
Senator Richard B. Russell says the U S should re evaluate its Vietnam position. He heads the Senate Armed Services Committee and notes the war’s high cost and limited popular support in South Vietnam. He opposes bombing jungle trails and questions any bombing of Viet Cong supply lines.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
U.S
South Viet Nam
Senate Armed Services Committee
Viet Nam
Congo
Fon
Georgia Democrat
Russell
Saigon
United States
Ohio General Assembly prepares for 106th session
The 105th Assembly ends in a six week special session and the 106th Ohio General Assembly faces a split Senate with Lt. Gov. Brown poised to wield power. Democrats push constitutional challenge to the power grab while both houses approve measures to merge forestry and reclamation divisions. Cleveland State University and Toledo State College of Medicine trustees are named for Senate confirmation.
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Columbus
106Th Ohio General Assembly
105Th General Assembly
John W. Brown
Senate
Brown
House
Natural Resources Department
Cleveland State University
Toledo State College of Medicine
Cleveland School
Joseph W. Bartunek
William R. Taft
Cleveland
Johnson may name Ford Ellington as agriculture chief
Reports in Washington indicate President Johnson plans to appoint former Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington to head or assist in the Agriculture Department. In San Francisco the flood recovery continues with 15,000 homeless families and widespread crop and business damage valued at about 1 billion dollars. In Cincinnati Judge John H. Druffel, 79, will retire after 27 years on the U S district bench citing a wish to enjoy his remaining years.
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Washington
Johnson
Tennessee
Buford Ellington
San Francisco
Far West
Cincinnati
John H. Druffel
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Humphrey Plans No New Civil Rights Legislation
Vice President-elect Humphrey says he will not seek further civil rights legislation when reporting to President Johnson on coordinating the administration's civil rights efforts. President Johnson works on the budget and State of the Union message, with a planned call from George C. McGhee on West Germany developments.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
George C. McGhee
U.S
Bonn
West Germany
Dreariest week noted in Messenger editorial page
HAL BOYLE writes about the dreariest week between Christmas and New Year’s Day on Editorial Page 4. A Gallia mother has her fifth set of twins all the four-legged variety on Page 9. Check sports for results of holiday basketball tournaments on Page 10.
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Hal Boyle
Gallia
Local Row of Ohio Towns And Obituaries Section
A fragmented OCR page shows town names Gallipolis Glouster Logan Nelsonville Pomeroy and others, with scattered numbers and headings for Obituaries Sports Television and Women. The readable parts suggest a local newspaper page listing sections and page references rather than full articles.
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Nelsonville
Pt. Pleasant
Pomeroy
Appeal Seen In Klan Case
The federal government may appeal Judge Bootle's dismissal of the federal conspiracy indictment against six Ku Klux Klan defendants. The ruling held that enforcement of general criminal laws is a local matter after two defendants were acquitted in a state case over the Lemuel Penn slaying.
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Macon
U.S. Supreme Court
W. A. Bootle
Lemuel Penn
Washington, D.C
Bootle
Rail Troop Dissolved By Judge
A federal judge ordered firemen to end their strike against Southern Railroad. Union official J. W. Jennings said local chairmen must remove picket lines and return to work as required by the restraining order issued Tuesday night in Columbus, Georgia by U. S. Dist. Judge J. Robert Elliot.
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Washington
Southern Railroad
J. W. Jennings
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive
Jennings
Columbus
U. S. Dist
J. Robert Elliot
Cancer Breakthroughs Seen Ahead After 1970
Dr. Jacob Gershon-Cohen predicts final cancer breakthroughs via vaccines and antiviral drugs will arrive soon after 1970, driven by proof that many cancers are virus related and advances in DNA RNA virus structure. He notes better virus control may reduce cancer risk and infrared body monitoring could rival X-ray detection.
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Montreal
Jacob Gershon-Cohen
Philadelphia
Gershon-Cohen
Albert Einstein Medical Center
American Association For the Advancement of Science
House Republicans hinge on tentative rebels in leadership race
About 30 to 40 GOP members who have not yet committed appear to hold the balance in the struggle between Charles A. Halleck of Indiana and Gerald R. Ford of Michigan for the party leadership. They may choose sides before the 140 Republicans meet to elect a leader next week. Neither Halleck nor Ford would forecast the outcome.
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Washington
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House
Halleck
Ford
Wayne Wayne Licks Cancer After Lung Operation
Hollywood icon John Wayne, 57, a famed five pack a day smoker, announces he had a lung tumor removed and cancer was licked. He credits early detection and urges others to get checkups while noting his return to health.
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Wayne
Hollywood
John Wayne
Iwo Jima
Big Duke
Scripps’ Clinic
la Jolla
UN Moves To Wrap Up 1964 Session Amid Soviet Vote
The United Nations General Assembly seeks to finish its 1964 business without a clash over the Soviet union seat. President Quaison-Lackey and U Thant await a recess plan to resume Jan 11, hoping for voluntary contributions and no formal vote on Jordan or Mali.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN General Assembly
Soviet Union
Assembly
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Jordan
Mali
Security Council
Malaysia
Netherlands
Uruguay
Quaison- Lackey
Quaison-Lackey
U Thant
Jury Call Prompts Mississippi Civil Rights Slayings Probe
A federal grand jury reconvenes January 11 to hear new evidence in the Mississippi killings of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia. The Justice Department seeks to indict 21 men. 19 charges were dismissed earlier in Meridian. In India, police arrested hundreds of Communists in dawn raids nationwide.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Harold Cox
U.S
Esther Carter
Meridian
New Delh
India
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Gene
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Athens
Sen
Theodore M. Gray
Miami
Giuseppe Saragat
Cesare Merzagora
Rome
Quirinale Palace
Chamber of Deputies
Brunetto Bucciarelli
Saragat
Ellington
Druffel
HHH
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Glouster
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Moon
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