Hawks Dominate Debate as 1967 Vietnam Policy Looms
Washington debate splits hawks and doves in the Johnson administration over Vietnam. President McNamara Rostow and Rusk push for pressure, while Goldberg Hariman and McNamara tilt dove. Rivers calls for drastic measures to compel peace talks. Russell urges greater force to drive North Vietnam to negotiations.
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Washington
Johnson
Hawks
The
Doves
White House
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Walt Rostow
Arthur Goldberg
W. Averell Harriman
Defense Robert S. McNamara
Student Leaders Question U.S. Viet Nam Policies
About 100 student leaders from across the United States sign an open letter to President Johnson questioning American goals in Viet Nam. They call for frank discussion and raise doubts about the necessity and wording of a growing U.S. commitment, war impact, and Viet Cong negotiations.
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New York
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
White House
America
Murdered Man Alive Confusion Over Burial Mystery
In Reading Pennsylvania authorities and the Kirchner family seek the man buried as Ferdinand H Kirchner. Relatives identified a corpse as him in Trenton after earlier reports of murder. The alive man in Lancaster jail said he cannot make sense of the mix up.
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Reading
Lancaster
Ferdinand H. Kirchner
Kirchner
Trenton
N.J
George Hurter
Coast Guard Seeks Aid For 10 Aboard Sailboat
A Coast Guard patrol plane canvassed a North Atlantic patch to summon five merchant ships and a 70 foot yawl crewed by 10 to assist after the vessel began taking on water. The Hille Oldenorff, a 295 foot West German freighter, volunteered to help. The Petrel was 360 miles southeast of New York as crews bailed furiously to stay afloat amid heavy seas and winds.
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Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Hille Oldenorff
Atlantic Rescue Center
Luna 13 ends lunar data collection after soil findings
Soviet Tass reports Luna 13 used a mechanical finger to gather surface data and has finished work on the moon. Signals ending suggest no rock return plan, with potential New Year broadcast if power allows and soil firmness hinting at landing feasibility for future manned missions.
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Moscow
Tass
Earth
Desegregation Standoffs and Policy Moves Across States
Louisiana Governor opposes a federal desegregation order and expects the Supreme Court to overturn it. President Johnson seeks extensions to Head Start beyond preschool, while AEC considers selling or leasing uranium plants to private control. Ohio acts to end racial discrimination in public construction by executive order targeting hiring and apprenticeship practices.
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Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
Austin
Tex
Johnson
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Portsmouth
Ohio
Paducah
Columbus
State of
John McElroy
James A. Rhodes
Cleveland Little Hoover Commission urges police overhaul
The commission released a report calling for a total police reorganization including closing the city jail and new leadership upon Chief Richard Wagner’s retirement. Wagner attended the news conference and dismissed retirement plans.
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Cleveland
Little Hoover Commission
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Athens County to elect new school board members
Three applicants file for vacant Athens County school board post as part of a government to the people program to visit Point Pleasant next week. Tournament action highlighted across last night’s sports pages with multiple games and notable performances.
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Skesapisnsettanes
Athens County School Board
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Focuinn i Acs Cekvecune
Eenskecets
Point Pleasant
Ky Warns Viet Cong To Honor Cease-Fire
Saigon reports small firefights in the Mekong Delta and central lowlands on the eve of a New Year truce. U S B52 bombers attack North Vietnamese positions while Premier Ky threatens to end the cease-fire if the Viet Cong do not observe it. A dockworkers strike in Saigon ends with a settlement and return to work.
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Mekong
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Lausche Advises Rhodes In Presidential Window
Sen. Frank Lausche Ohio Democrat says Rhodes may seek GOP nomination and hinted at a possible presidential bid. Lausche and Rhodes met in Columbus where they discussed ideas and potential candidates for the presidency.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Columbus
Rhodes
Cold air domination across Midwest snow belt
The late December storm pushed into eastern Canada while cold air blanketed the Midwest to New England. Snow squalls and high winds persisted along the eastern Great Lakes to New England, with subzero readings in the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Nebraska and near zero in Iowa Illinois.
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Associated Press
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Midwest
New England
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Minnesota
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mercury
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Southland
Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Phoenix
Ariz
Streisand Gives Birth To Son In New York Hospital
Broadway star Barbra Streisand welcomed a son weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. The baby will be named Jason Emanuel. Father Elliott Gould, married to Streisand in 1963, was present.
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New York
Barbra Streisand
Mount Sinai Hospital
Jason Emanuel
Actor Elliott Gould
Miss Streisand
Revelry Boom May Be Costly
New Year revelry likely to be the biggest since World War II with prices from a dollar to a hundred for the night out. Hotels and clubs across the country report ticket costs holding near last year, with some reductions to attract celebrants amid wartime worries fading. In Berkeley a dinner dance dropped from ten to seven fifty per couple, while in San Francisco the Venetian Room dinner remains twenty five per person and the Tonga Room fifteen per person. Chicago's Maxim's de Paris offers a hundred dollar couples package with gourmet dinner and champagne breakfast in bed.
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Vietnam
Phil Miles
New York
Brody Corporation
Rainbow Room
Associated Press
Peter Redfearn
Claremont
Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco
Hotel Fairmount
Chicago
Maxim’s de Paris
Astor Tower Hotel
Auto Workers Criticize AFL-CIO Leaders Over Complacency
The United Auto Workers challenge the AFL-CIO leadership in a public split, accusing the parent federation of clinging to the status quo. UAW officials cite unresolved policy conflicts and say the rift aims to expose fundamental aims of the labor movement.
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Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
AFL
The
CIO
Powell Aide Faces Paycheck Threat Over Nonappearance
Washington AP report says Rep Wayne Hays threatens to remove Mrs Powell from the House payroll and cites contempt of Congress if she fails to testify before the House Administration subcommittee investigating her husband Rep Adam Clayton Powell. The 20500 a year aide from Puerto Rico has declined two requests to appear.
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Adam Clayton Powell
House Administration
House
Hays
Ohio
Subcommittee
Powell
Puerto Rico
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Rap Johnson
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Heloise Eee Wens
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Vietnamese Confederation of Labor
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Phan Thiet
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Kontum Province
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