Johnson Faces Setback as House Cuts Foreign Aid
President Johnson suffered his first Capitol Hill setback as the House approved an $800 million cut in foreign aid and added a ban on guaranteeing private wheat sales to the Communist bloc. The vote leaves aid at $2.8 billion, $1.7 billion below Kennedy's request, and could delay final passage until 1965. Johnson warned the measure risks a policy of weakness and retreat.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
House
John F. Kennedy
Nine Killed in Utah Mine Explosion
Nine coal miners died and one was injured in a blast at a Utah mine near Helper. Officials cited possible methane gas or coal dust ignition at the face of the west shaft. the mine had been considered model safety.
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Helper
Utah
James Diamanti
State Industrial Commission
Moab
Jesus Nunez
Diamanti
Evans
Weather outlook with snow and cold across regions
Weather forecast describes cloudy conditions with occasional snow Tuesday night. One to two inches likely southeast and extreme east, colder in the west. Lows near zero to five below in the northwest and around ten dollars above southeast. Wednesday remains cloudy and cold with intermittent snow. Thursday partly cloudy and very cold.
McNamara Warns U.S. Arsenal Could Destroy Soviet Society
In Paris, Defense Secretary McNamara says the expanding U.S. atomic arsenal could devastate Soviet society if a nuclear surprise attack occurs, while NATO strength can still deter major war. He urges maintaining conventional forces and improving NATO to around 30 divisions, noting current strength near 23.
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Paris
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
North Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Europe
Dean Rusk
Washington
Kennedy
Rusk
Union
China
Texas 10th District special election heats up
In Central Texas ten counties voters decide if Democrat or Republican should replace Homer Thornberry in Johnson era district. Jake Pickle and Jim Dobbs vie to succeed Thornberry with turnout likely 35,000 to 48,000. Ritter Jr. won in 1960. Pickle, 49, is Johnson ally. Dobbs, 38, a former minister and radio host, camps GOP strength.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Johnson
J. J
Jake) Pickle
Jim Dobbs
Jack Ritter Jr
Homer Thornberry
Congress
Senate
Thornberry
el Paso
Pickel
Dobbs
Church of Christ
Life Line
Iowa Republicans Support Export-Import Bank Wheat Sale Ban
In Washington the six Iowa Republicans joined the majority to ban using U.S. funds in the Export-Import Bank for financing a proposed wheat sale to Russia. Rep Neal Smith, the sole Iowa Democrat, voted against the ban.
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Washington
Iowa
Fire destroys office home in Mason City
Fire destroyed a two story frame building used as an office and residence for Quality Floor Service staff in Mason City. Neighbors spotted the blaze just after midnight and firefighters battled flames for over six hours. No one was inside and calm winds helped prevent spread to nearby homes.
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Mason City
Probers Seek FBI Evidence on Kennedy Report
The Warren commission will scrutinize the FBI's Kennedy assassination report and build a legal staff to examine the evidence. Chief Justice Earl Warren announced the move as normal while signaling a thorough review of the findings about Oswald and possible conspiracies.
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Washington
FBI
John F. Kennedy
Presidential Investigating Commission
Earl Warren
Board of Inquiry
Warren
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Oswald
Warren Commission
Jack Ruby
Commission
J. Lee
Appeals court overturns Red Conviction of Communist Party
A federal appeals court in Columbus overturned the Communist Party of the United States conviction for failure to register under the 1950 Subversive Activities Control Act. The court ruled government failed to prove no volunteer could register for the party and sent the case back for possible new trial or acquittal.
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Washington
Communist Party of the
United States
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbus
District Court
Communist Party
Santa cited for raising dust in Times Square
New York AP Santa Claus, in a worker’s Santa suit, was cited for loading building debris from a chute onto a truck without wetting it in Times Square. Clarence Williamson, 36, laborer with Wrecking Corp of America, wore the costume at his employer's suggestion. A company spokesman cited frozen water pipes as part of the incident.
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New York
Santa Claus
Times Square
Clarence
Slim) Willamson
Times Tower
The
Wrecking Corp. of America
Edward Kocienda
4A Company
Red Wall Opens for West Berlin Holiday Visits
West Berlin and East German authorities sign an agreement allowing West Berliners to visit relatives in East Berlin over Christmas. About 400,000 residents may cross the border as permits begin Wednesday at 12 West Berlin points with East German post office handling applications.
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Korber
Thut
West Berlin
Fresh Snowfall Covers Iowa State
Fresh snow drifted across Iowa as frigid weather eased. Western Iowa saw an inch or more, with similar amounts likely statewide Tuesday. Snow expected to continue into Wednesday as temperatures rise slightly. lows range 8 to 18 depending on region while highs reach into the teens. Snow coverage is widespread with highways heavily snowpacked across most of the state.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Lenox
Burlington
Ottumwa
Dubuque
Waterloo
Davenport
Charles City
Mason City
Highway Commission
Missouri Valley
Carroll
Ames
Chariton
Bloomfield
Poll Indicates U S Public Prefers LB Over GOP Men
New York AP report shows a Newsweek poll by Louis Harris & Associates that 64 of 100 respondents favor President Johnson over five leading Republican contenders in the 1964 race. Johnson holds a 64 36 lead, up seven points in two weeks.
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New York
Johnson
Newsweek Magazine
Louis Harris & Associates
Truck Train Collision Derails 10 Cars Near Clovis
In Clovis New Mexico a Santa Fe Railway truck train collision derailed ten cars of the San Francisco Chief. Eight people remained hospitalized with Warren J. Neill 18 Portales NM listed among the injured. The train was moving about 75 miles per hour. Neill suffered only minor head lacerations and bruises.
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Clovis
N.M
San Francisco
Warren J. Neill
Portales
Santa Fe Railway
Neill
Reservoir Breach Roars as Los Angeles Flood Hits Baldwin Hills
A reservoir above Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles burst with a roar and unleashed a flood that swept away at least 50 homes and flooded hundreds more. Police and fire crews ordered evacuations saving hundreds of lives as the reservoir cracked and the line of the flood trace remains where homes once stood in the $80 000 to $100 000 class.
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Baldwin Hills
Los Angeles
Carson Youth Killed In Crash Near Oakland
John Lloyd Kullbom aged 3 percent from Carson was killed when his northbound station wagon hit the rear of a fuel oil semitrailer on U S 59 three miles south of Oakland during a snowstorm. Eldon Gardaman driver of the transport escaped injury.
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Oakland
John Lloyd Kullham
Carson
U. S. 59
Eldon Francis Gardaman
Clarinda
Iowa Highwray Patrol
Northwest Missouri State College
Maryville
Lloyd Kullbom
Delbert Kullbom
Atlantic
Kullbom
Ford
Retsel, Inc
St. Paul
Minn
Highway Patrol
Johnson pledges unswerving peace effort at UN
President Johnson spoke in the United Nations General Assembly pledging support and a renewed push for peace. He recalled Kennedy’s death carrying the idea that the tragedy did not alter the nation’s purpose and urged a universal peaceful revolution to raise human welfare and dignity.
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United Nations, N. Y
America
Johnson
United Nations
General Assembly
John F. Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
Widow Tells Of Baker Stock Profits in Senate Probe
Mrs. Gertrude Novak testified that she and her late husband invested $12,000 for stock in Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co of Milwaukee and split a $54,889 profit with Robert G. Baker, who allegedly invested no money. The case opened during public hearings into Baker's outside dealings after his resignation as secretary to the Senate Democratic majority.
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Washington
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Gertrude C
Trudy) Novak
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
Alfred S. Novak
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Novak
Jets Roar Over Kitty Hawk Air Tribute
In Kitty Hawk North Carolina the Air Force Thunderbird precision team led a parade of military aircraft in a tribute to Orville and Wilbur Wright marking the 1903 flight anniversary. The two day observance culminated at the dunes where they flew a craft 10 feet off the ground.
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Kitty Hawk
N.C
Wright Brothers
Air Force
Thunderbird
Precision
Orville
Bur Wright
Wrights
Farm Wives Receive Wallace Award in Des Moines
Six Iowa farm women were honored Tuesday with the Master Farm Homemaker award by Wallaces Farmer for outstanding homemaking and community service. Recipients include Mrs Ray Cornie Morning Sun, Mrs Nathan Frederick West Branch, Mrs Howard Pearson Williams, Mrs Hugo Schneckloth Eldridge, Mrs C D Spear Indianola, and Mrs C E Werlund Fort Dodge.
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Des Moines
Wallaces
Iowa
Ray Cornie
Morning Sun
Nathan Frederick
West Branch
Howard Pearson
Williams
Hugo Schneckloth
Eldridge
C. D. Spear
Indanola
C. E. Werlund
Fort Dodge
Quintuplets To Leave Hospital For Home In Venezuela
Efren and Ines Prieto will take their five newborn sons home Saturday just over three months after their birth. The Prieto quints, born Sept. 8, leave from the hospital to a large El Paraiso house after previously living in a shoreside shack. Doctors say a graduate nurse will monitor the quintuplets at home. they are thriving and require no special diet.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Prieto
Efren
Ines Prieto
el Paraiso
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Chicago
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la Paz
Oruro
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Catavi
Douglas Henderson
SANTA
U. S
Farm Wives
Rush
Tokyo
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