Viet Troopers Move Into New Zone After Binh Gia Defeat
More than 800 South Vietnamese troops moved from Binh Gia into a nearby operation zone under Lt Gen. John L. Throckmorton after a Viet Cong victory. One paratrooper was wounded by a sniper who was captured. Six Americans were killed and two missing in the nine day battle. Villagers fear renewed Viet Cong strength as 400 Vietnamese troops and 12 U.S. advisers remain in town.
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Binh Gia
South Viet Nam
John L. Throckmorton
U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
Sandburg Celebrates Birthday With Armchair Exercise
CHARLOTTE, N C Carl Sandburg the white haired poet and Lincoln biographer celebrates his 87th birthday today by lifting a heavy oak arm chair over his head for exercise. Harry Golden describes the routine saying he does it daily. Birthday telegrams were sent from Sandburgs Flat Rock North Carolina home by President, Steward Udall, Adlai Stevenson, Sen. Paul Douglas and a Chicago crowd.
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Interior
Steward Udall
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Chicago
Senate Readies Fight Over Antifilibuster Rule
The Senate plans a clash on strengthening its antifilibuster rule with a Clinton Anderson proposal to allow filibusters to be halted by three-fifths of those voting while preserving current procedures. The article notes political shifts in the House and GOP grumbling over the Tuesday to Thursday Club.
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Washington
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Johnson
Rules Committee
House
Thicker Tummy Means Ticker Trouble
Dr. Richard C. Bates of Michigan State University warns that waist measurements above 32 inches for men or 26 inches for women indicate higher heart attack risk and that every extra inch adds five pounds of weight. He notes smoking doubles heart attack risk and cites exercise and lifestyle differences between Swedes and Americans as factors. An experiment with chickens shows fatty deposits in arteries can be influenced by stress.
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Chicago
Richard C. Bates
Michigan State University
Bates
Inside The Messenger TEXAS three party system report
Inside Report notes Texas adopts a three party system per an editorial page item. Athens police chief’s annual report details department needs. Gallipolis commission and Ohio Power Co plan expansions across multiple counties in 1965.
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Texas
Inside Report
Athens
Gallipolis Commission
Ohio Power CO
Senators Split on Viet Nam Policy Stay Course With Adjustments
Most of 81 senators favor maintaining current U S policy in South Viet Nam while seeking greater effectiveness. Some call for negotiations under UN or international oversight, others push for limited expansion or a new approach like Vietnamese elections. A few senators advocate extending the war into North Viet Nam or broader reforms to improve stability.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Church
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
United Nations
Special International Commission
Senate
Associated Press
Viet Nam
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
Mike Mansfield
Montana
United States
Mansfield
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Tower
Rainstorm Threatens California Communities
Northern California faces renewed floods as rivers rise from new rains and melting snow. Army helicopters evacuated nearly 200 people near the Eel and Mad rivers while Air Force crews fed thousands of starving sheep in floodlands south of Eureka. A 60 mph gale pounded the region with Eureka and Red Bluff recording heavy rainfall.
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San Francisco
California
Army
Air Force
Eureka
Calif
Red Bluff
Mikhailov urges reconsideration on Indonesia UN pullout
In Jakarta the Soviet Union and China clash over Indonesia's move to withdraw from the United Nations. Mikhailov urged Subandrio Moscow’s view that withdrawal would worsen eastern Asia tensions while Beijing backed Sukarno and signaled support for the action.
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Indonesia
Soviet Union
China
United Nations
Peking
Moscow
Nikolai A. Mikhailov
Subandrio
Kremlin
Asia
Yao Chung-ming
Sukarno
Peking Radio
Peking People’s Daily
U.S
Howard P. Jones
Pakistan
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Subandria
World Organization
United Arab Republic
Algeria
Philippines
New York
L. N. Palar
Sumarjo Sosrowardojo
Malaysia
Security Council
Sosrowardojo
Palar
Ohio Senate to Postpone Tie Break Vote Test
Ohio Senate leaders plan to delay a showdown over Lt. Gov Brown's power to break tie votes under a new law. Republicans and Democrats differ on the test, with King opposing the test as unconstitutional while Gray seeks possible agreement in key areas to serve the public.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
John W. Brown
Theodore M. Gray
R-Miami
Frank W. King
D-Lucas
Senate
King
Ohio Afl-Cio
Gray
Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide at Hampton
A former souther Ohio man Melvin Burke killed his estranged wife in Hampton Georgia, wounded her son critically, then killed himself hours after a court ordered monthly support. Authorities report the incident followed legal actions.
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Kills Self
Hampton
Ohio
Monday
Melvin Burke
Franklin County
John W Haussermann Resting After Illness
John W Haussermann 97 former assistant attorney general and Gold King of the Philippines rested easily at Holmes Hospital after becoming ill Monday night at his New Richmond home.
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Cincinnati
John W. Haussermann
White Case Trial Set in Athens County Suit
The Athens County suit to recover 9541.16 paid to a former investigator to 1961 is set for June 7. Prosecuting Attorney Homer B. Gall Jr. charges Eleanor White of Route 4 Athens with receiving the funds without filing investigation reports. her husband Francis B. White, then county judge, has filed several defense motions. An oral argument hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. January 12 in Common Pleas Court.
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Athens County
Homer B. Gall Jr
Eleanor White
Athens Route 4
Francis B. White
Athens County Common Pleas
Common Pleas Court
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