LBJ Sets Defense Budget And Air Force Realignment
Tokyo reports the United States plans to move 3 500 air personnel and 78 aircraft from Japan to the United States including the last operational B57 bomber wing as part of a major realignment. The withdrawal aims to improve efficiency while honoring the U S Japan security treaty commitments.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
United States
Maurice A. Preston
Washington
Pentagon
New Year Greeted With Merriment and Prayer Drive Chair Named in Cass County
Eugene Figgins of the News-Telegram was named 1964 March of Dimes Cass county drive chairman. The campaign runs through Jan. 31 with boxes in stores and restaurants for donations. Figgins cites the charity’s work against birth defects and arthritis, and the polio vaccine research funding, as reasons for community support.
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Eugene Figgins
News - Telegraph
Cass County
March of Dimes
Figgins
Wet New Year In Iowa Brings Liquor Service To Bar
Iowa marks its first wet New Year since 1916 with legal liquor served across bars. Police patrols, unmarked cars, and high patrols will monitor drunken driving through the night while New Year events unfold at YMCA, clubs, and homes. Services, church masses, and post office holiday schedule accompany celebrations as Atlantic forecasts mid 40s temperatures and school resumption rules.
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YMCA
Atlantic Golf and Country Club
Zion Lutheran
Grace Baptist
St. Paul’s Latheren
Frozen Park Des Moines Sees Toboggan Accidents After Freeze
A hard freeze at Waveland Park turns hills icy and causes toboggan crashes. Seven children are injured in collisions on Monday, with four hospitalized for broken bones.
Weather Outlook Warm With Stable Temps Through Thursday
Partly steady and warmer conditions persist into Tuesday night and Wednesday. Temperatures rise with highs around the lower to mid forties in the east and into the mid thirties in the west. Little change is expected Thursday as the pattern holds.
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Lews
Volunteer Savings Draw 20 Million Peso Monthly from Cuban Paychecks
The Revolutionary Workers Federation reports that Cuban workers are forced to make voluntary savings totaling about 20 million pesos monthly. It cites red tape hindering withdrawal and notes average deposits of 10 pesos per worker from about 2 million laborers.
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Miami
Fla
Katy Meredity Named 1964 Maid of Cotton in Memphis
Katy Sue Meredity, 21, from Andalusia Alabama, chosen the 1964 Maid of Cotton over 19 candidates in Memphis Monday night. She stands 5 8 and 130 pounds, with a 93 academic average. She is a senior at Alabama State majoring in home economics.
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Memphis, Tenn
Katy Sue Meredity
Andalusia
Ala
Memphis
Alabama State
Buffer Zone Security Keeps Nicosia Quiet After Nine Days of Violence
British troops guard the neutral buffer line in Nicosia as the city marks its first 24 hours without shooting. GreekCypriot sectors reopen amid talks to restore telephones and recover the dead and wounded. Archibishop Makarios and Fazil Kutchuk agree to the buffer zone and free movement for British troops to enforce the truce.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Nicosia
Cyprus
Makarios
Fazi) Kutchuk
Dr Gould Proposes Hangover Remedy With Cognac Champagne
New York physician Dr Herbert L Gould president of the Physicians' Wine Appreciation Society offers a hangover prescription. Drink one ounce cognac in three ounces champagne to provide stimulation and tone for the day.
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NEW York
Herbert L. Gould
Gould
The
Physicians’ Wine Appreciation Society of
Smith will not seek office in 1964 in Iowa
Prof. E. B. Smith of Iowa State University says he will not run for any office in 1964, planning to concentrate on teaching and two biographies. He leaves open a possible candidacy in 1966 and will support Gov. Hughes and Neal Smith's re-election. He notes no Democrat has announced for lieutenant governor.
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Smith
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Neal Smith
E. B. Smith
Gov. Hughes
Spy Georgiev Sentenced to Firing Squads in Bulgaria
Sofia AP) Former Bulgarian diplomat Ivan Asen Christof Georgiev was sentenced to death by eight firing squads for spying for the CIA. He pleaded guilty after a six day trial, admitting $200000 earnings and use of funds for mistresses. He held high level positions in Bulgaria's UN delegation and various agencies. A protest demonstration outside the U.S. legation preceded the verdict, straining U.S.-Bulgaria relations.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ivan Asen Christof Georgiev
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Supreme Court
Georgiev
U.N
CIA
New York
United States
Copper and oil finds expand in western Iowa study
Government geologists report a newly identified 10 000 square mile belt in central and southwest Iowa may host copper and oil beneath the surface. A lava formation belt 45 miles wide and 150 miles long extends from Fort Dodge to Redfield and Thurman with gas deposits found between Redfield and Thurman. Copies of the Iowa Geological Survey report are available for public use.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Geological Survey
H. Garland Hershey
Herlen
Fort Dodge
Harlan
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Iowa Falls
Redfield
Des Moines
Thurman
Hershey
Upper Michigan Peninsula
The
John R. Henderson
Isadore Zietz
Walter S. White
U.S
Washington
Congress Ends Longest Peacetime Session
Washington AP report says Congress closes its longest peacetime session with warnings of tough choices ahead. Senate Leader Mansfield calls the 1963 session only a beginning, citing civil rights, tax cuts, and the test-ban pact as major gains despite criticism of a slow year. The Senate approved a $3 billion foreign aid bill, including credit guarantees for Soviet bloc sales, before adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Soviet Bloc
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
Unmarked Iowa Patrol Targets Drunken Driving New Year
Iowa Highway Patrol will deploy 75 unmarked cars on New Year's Eve to catch drunken drivers. Rural taverns clubs and dance halls will be watched as Patrol Chief Ted Mikesch says there is no justification for drunken driving and enforcement will be maximum.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
Ted Mikesch
State Auditor Akers to Seek 14th Term
C B Akers announced he will run for a 14th term as State Auditor. The 15 year old Republican was first elected in 1938 and lists Ottumwa as his residence.
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Des Moines
C. B. Akers
Ottumwa
Ottumwa liquor raid suit against city judge dismissed
A $90 000 damage suit filed by Betty Francis of Ottumwa against the city judge and eight others was dismissed in U.S. District Court. Francis, arrested December 16, 1962, at Woody's Boat and Dinner Club, was convicted of frequenting a dis orderly place and has appealed.
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DES Moines
Ottumwa
U.S. District Court
Betty Francis
Woody
Francis
Motherson Chronology in Aurora Births spans Three Decembers
Mrs Florine Cherry welcomed a second child on December 20 1951 12 years after her first birth on the same date The first child a daughter named Jackie Sue later married Roger Deal The Cherry family shares a birthday pattern with another son born on Sunday December 20 through the years.
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Aurora, Colo. (Ap
Florine Cherry
Jackie Sue
Roger Deal
Johnson Tours Austin Before Synagogue Dedication
President Johnson spent six hours in Austin visiting beauty salons real estate offices and jewelry shops while attending Nellie Miller's funeral and an Austin synagogue dedication. He discussed a 51 billion defense budget with the Joint Chiefs while McNamara noted a planned one billion saving and no reduction in national defenses.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Big City
Nellie Miller
Tom Miller
Commodore Perry
Congregation Agudas Achim
Johnson City
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
McNamara
White House
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Joint Chiefs
Defense Department
Congress
Cold Spell Grips Nation as Warmer Weather Nears in Midwest
A winter cold snap grips the eastern half of the nation with subzero readings in the Midwest and Northeast. Watertown New York logged 33 below, while Chicago area airports reported 14 below and Lebanon New Hampshire marked 20 below. A warm trend is expected to spread across the central states and California coastal regions sees unseasonably warm 82 degrees in San Diego.
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Associated Press
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Midwest
Gulf Region
Watertown
N.Y
Mercury
Lebanon
N.H
Lone Rock
Wis
Illinois
Rockford
Chicago
O'Hare
Plains
California
San Diego
Argoud Given Life Prison Term For Algerian Revolt Role
Paris AP reports former Col Antoine Argoud jailed for life for aiding the 1961 generals revolt in Algiers and leading the terrorist secret army. Argoud did not attend the final session as lawyers argued the trial illegal, claiming kidnapping in Munich and forcible transfer to France by French secret police.
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Paris
Antoine Argoud
Algiers
Argoud
Munich
Germany
France
Madrid abandons search for Castillo de Montjuich freighter
Spanish officials have given up on the 10,146 ton freighter Castillo de Montjuich and its 37 crew after a 10 day overdue voyage from Boston with general cargo. The Ministry of Marine said the search had been abandoned.
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Madrid
Spain
Castillo de Montjuich
Ministry of Marine
Boston
Nationalists Call Out Special Troops Taiwan
Formosa dispatch reports that Chinese Nationalist police plan to keep a large unit on special riot duty to handle anti-Japanese protests over Japan's decision to deport Communist defector Chou Hung-ching to Peking. The defector quit a Peking mission in Tokyo last September and sought temporary asylum in Formosa before choosing to return to Red China. The incident deepens tensions between Nationalist China and Japan as trade relations with Red China grow.
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Formosa
Japan
Peking
Chou Hungching
Tokyo
Red China
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