Invasion Plot Foiled by Key West Arrests
A band of Cuban and Haitian exiles and American adventurers was arrested in the Florida Keys after a planned three-ship assault on Haiti. About 21 arrestees were taken to Key West with customs reporting 79 detained. Masferrer claimed a ship slipped away and that an army of up to 350 men was organized for a broader plan against Cuba and Duvalier regime.
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Fla
Florida Keys
Haiti
Rolando Masferrer
Fidel Castro
Masferrer
Frances Duvalier
Cuba
U.S
Cocoa Plum Beach
Key Waca
Marathon
Miami
New York
Georges
War Party
U.S. Army
Simm
Jose Marti
Holiday Toll Off Sharply
The New Year weekend traffic deaths totaled 457 across a 78 hour period from 6 p.m Friday to midnight Monday. This figure trails last year’s 564 and falls below safety experts’ 460 to 540 estimates, reflecting an improved driving pattern yet still marking a grim toll with 21 deaths in Ohio.
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National Safety Council
Ohio
Buckeye
Funeral Payment Offer Continued in Burlington Threats
Burlington Free Press reports the sixth year with no takers on its offer to pay funeral expenses for those who confess to drinking and driving during the holidays. Fifteen people signed up from 10 p.m. Christmas Eve to 6 a.m. New Year’s Day, totaling 141 participants over six years.
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Burlington
Burlington Free Press
Questions Readied For New Congress Republicans Prepare Vietnam Suggestions
Congressional Republicans draft a position paper aimed at clarifying U S goals in Vietnam and Southeast Asia as Congress reconvenes January 10. Leaders urge decisive bombing of North Vietnam targets, arguing current policy muddles objectives and risks miscalculation.
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Congressional Republicans
Vietnam
Johnson
Congress
House Republicans
Melvin A. Laird
House Republican Conference
Laird
U.S
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Manila
United Nations
Wisconsin
United States
House
North Vietnam
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Ruby Dies Denied Conspiracy In Slaying Of Oswald
Jack Ruby, dying of widespread cancer at Parkland Memorial Hospital since Dec 9, reiterates in a secret recording that no conspiracy occurred in the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald. The material, produced by Ruby's legal team with proceeds to the Kennedy Library, was set to be aired at a New York news conference.
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Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Lee Harry Oswald
Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Bill Decker
New York
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Elmer Gertz
Civilian Death Figures Match Times Report
The pamphlet titled Report on U S War Crimes in Nam Dih City lists civilian casualties identical to recent New York Times dispatches from Hanoi. American intelligence says a North Vietnamese official distributed the 12 page document in Moscow in November.
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North Vietnam
New York Times
Hanoi
Moscow
U.S
Nam-Dih
Associated Press
Washington Post
Times
the Times
Harrison E. Salisbury
United States
Johnson
Administration
Ohio Holds Opening Session Weighs School Aid and Pay Bills
Ohio's new General Assembly convened with plans to push bills to erase a school subsidy deficit and raise state employee pay. Rep. Ralph Fisher said action is needed soon as lawmakers canvassed election returns. About 45,000 workers may benefit from a $25 million raise. The 107th General Assembly opened with Chief Justice Taft administering oaths to 33 senators and 98 representatives amid reapportionment changes.
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Ohio
House Finance Committee
General Assembly
Ralph E. Fisher
R-Wayne
House
Senate House
James A. Rhodes
GOP
Statehouse
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Finance Committee
Rhodes
Legisla
Tors
Kingsley A. Taft
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Court
C. William O’neill
Representatives
Barry Levey
Butler
John W. Brown
Senate
Robert ¥. Beckman
Hamilton
Charles F. Kurfess
R-Wood
Kurfess
Bowling Green
Talks Nixed by North Vietnam Reject British Peace Offer
North Vietnam rejected Britain's plan to join peace talks with the United States and South Vietnam on British soil. Nhan Dan accused Britain of pressuring Viet Nam and excluding a Viet Cong representative, while Pravda blamed public opinion on Wilson’s government and raised questions about coalition talks. The United States and South Vietnam had favored the proposal, and Hanoi asserted the VC controls major parts of South Vietnam.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
U. S
George Brown
Nhan Dan
Britain
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Cochairman
Pravda
Communist Party
Harold Wilson
Brown
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
Hanoi
South Vietnam National Front For Liberation
Elizabeth in crisis over royal cousin’s proposed marriage
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth II faces a conscience crisis as her first cousin seeks to wed his mistress, Patricia Tuckwell, while his Austrian-born wife sues him for adultery. The Earl of Harewood would marry once legally free, but Royal Marriages Act and church rules complicate the match.
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London
Elizabeth II
Earl of Harewood
Harewood
Patricia Tuckwell
Miss Tuckwell
George II
Church of England
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Sixty six-defection surge amid air battles in Vietnam
U S officials report a record 20 242 Viet Cong defected in 1966 with December as a record month 2 516 leaving the Communist ranks. In air action U S Phantom pilots boasted of destroying seven MiGs near Hanoi in a fierce 14 minute dogfight led by Col Robin Olds.
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South Vietnam
U. S
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Air Force
Robin Olds
Washington, D. C
Ella Rainse
Olds
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