Rhodesia Declares Independence From Britain
Prime Minister Ian Smith proclaimed Rhodesia's independence from Britain. In response, Harold Wilson announced sanctions including expulsion from the sterling area, export bans, and arms embargoes. Smith vowed to rule as the 225,000 white settlers hold power, while the queen urged constitutional conduct.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Sterling
Commonwealth
Wilson
Britain
Smith
Elizabeth II
Elisabeth II
London
Sir Humphrey Gibbs
Boy's Stick Swing Blamed for Northeast Blackout
An 11 year old Conway New Hampshire boy says his light pole swish caused the 10 hour Northeast blackout. Federal and state officials from seven states and parts of Canada investigate the outage with a preliminary report expected by weekend. Communities in Upstate New York faced a second blackout within 24 hours but were quickly repaired.
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New York
Conway
N. H
Jay Hounsell
Power Company
Canada
Swidler
U S Army Nuclear Technician Missing After Depot Trip
The U S Army reports CWO Spencer D Harris Jr a nuclear technician based in Germany disappeared while on a trip to the United States after delivering classified material to an Army depot in New York State His hometown and the depot site were not released.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S. Army
United States
New York State
CWO
Spencer D. Harris Jr
Berkeley Leader Declares She Is a Communist
Bettina Aptheker a Free Speech Movement figure at UC Berkeley writes to the Daily Californian asserting continued Communist Party membership. In San dusky Dr Bruce H Green of the Cincinnati NAACP fears violence may follow efforts to repeal Ohio fair housing law. In Columbus the Ohio Baptist convention urges action against the 1965 public school service to parochial schools. In New Martinsville a Wetzel County jury acquits Russell Fisher a teacher of assault and battery after five paddle licks are deemed insufficient.
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Berkeley
Calif
Bettina Aptheker
University of California Berkeley
Daily
Californian
Communist Party of the United States
Sandusky
Bruce H. Green
Cincinnati
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ohio
Columbus
State Convention of Baptists of Ohio
Southern Baptist Convention
New Martinsville
W.va
Wetzel County
Russell Fisher
West Virginia
Red China Sees Soviet US Ties Tainted by Viet Nam Talks
Red China accuses the Soviet Union of tacitly colluding with the United States to end the Viet Nam war and rejects united action with Moscow. Beijing says Kosygin pressed for a U S exit and that the Soviets floated talks on Indochina conditioned on bombing stops. Johnson’s pause in bombing is cited as a Kremlin maneuver.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Soviet Union
Johnson
U.S
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
Peking
United States
Soviet
Communist Party
Kosygin
Moscow
North Viet Nam
Indochina
Marcos Leads Philippines Vote Count as Official Totals Lags
Manila reports show Ferdinand Marcos leading in the Philippine presidential race with more than 4.5 million votes counted and a margin of about 434,780 over Diosdado Macapagal. Unofficial tallies from Philippines News Services place Marcos at 2,333,031 to Macapagal 1,899,245 with Raul Manglapus at 364,017.
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Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Diosdado Macapagal
Marcos
Macapagal
the Philippines News Services
Raul Manglapus
Nacionalista Party
Sen
Fernando Lopez
Mindanao
Attendant Executed By Robber Near Columbus
A 41 year old service station attendant Claude Quesenberry was found slain at a West Jefferson area station near Columbus. He was shot three times in the back of the head and once in the body. Robbery is the suspected motive. The case resembles the October killing of Joe Scowden, another Columbus attendant. Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with low 38 to 43. Friday cloudy and mild.
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London
West Jefferson
Columbus
Claude Quesenberry
Joe Scowden
Scowden
Fires Of Dissent Could Destroy American Freedoms
Lt. Gov. John W. Brown warned at Veterans Day services in Athens that fires of dissent threaten American freedoms. He urged unity to oppose antiwar agitation while recognizing the right to dissent and stressed freedom of religion and the costs paid by Americans in defense of liberty. Brown, arriving from the Ohio University airport, spoke at the soldiers and sailors monument with veterans, clergy, students, and ROTC cadets in attendance.
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Brown
John W. Brown
Athens
South Viet Nam
South
Viet Nam
Ohio University
Jackson
Raymond Shepard
American Legion
Ohio University Rotc
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Ohio U
Ohio
C. J. Josten
K. T. Crossen American Legion
Josten
Messenger Newsphoto
Aluminum Producers Back Down From Government Pressure
Three of the four major U S aluminum makers canceled planned price increases after government opposition. Alcoa halted a Monday hike, Reynolds followed, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical indicated it would decide next steps. McNamara hailed the move as patriotic and agreed to resume talks on disposing surplus stockpiled aluminum.
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Washington
Aluminum Co. of America
Reynolds Metals
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
New York
the Times
The
Olin Math
Ieson Chemical Corp
Alcoa
Robert S. McNamara
Eisenhower Stable After Second Heart Attack at Fort Gordon
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 75, is described as comfortable after a second series of heart pains that forced his return to an oxygen tent. Doctors say the episode was longer and more severe than the initial angina attack and caution about a possible full blown heart attack while noting he may be able to play golf in about two weeks.
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FT. Gordon
Pformer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wallace Hitchcock
Eisenhower
Byrd Quits Congress Amid Virginia Political Shakeup
Virginia Governor Albertis S. Harrison Jr. announced that Senator Harry F. Byrd has retired effective immediately. An interim successor will be named until the November 1966 general election. Possible successors include Byrd’s son Harry F. Byrd Jr. or Representative William M. Tuck.
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Richmond
Psen
Harry F. Byrd
Washington
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Harrison
Harry F. Byrd Jr
William M. Tuck
Two Killed In Route 2 Accident Near Point Pleasant
Early Thursday two tractor trailer drivers died in a head on crash on Route 2 north of Point Pleasant. Ola Clyde Dawson 41 Lanham West Virginia and Charles Perroud 42 Gallipolis died from massive injuries.
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Point Pleasant
Ola Clyde Dawson
Lanham
W. Va
Charles Perroud
Saunders Drive
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Oliver C. Eschenaur
Dawson
Point Express
Perroud
Evans Super Markets, Inc
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