President Reads Mail on Viet Nam Policy Daily
President Johnson receives and reads a daily sampling of Viet Nam letters amid a surge in mail. A 15 member Civil Service staff opens letters, drafts replies, and routes items to Johnson or staff. Servicemen relatives’ letters often reach the President, with most replies generated at the White House.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Here
White House
Viet Nam
Paul Popple
Popple
Armed Forces
James A. Cross
St Paul Tot Loses Left Foot in Crash
A year-old St Paul boy, Tommy Gaye, lost his left foot and fractured an arm in a Wednesday crash on U S Highway 67 near Festus Missouri. He was admitted to a St Louis hospital. His sister Patricia Ann age 5 was treated and released. The parents Theodore 26 Minnie 27 and son Theodore Jr 7 escaped unharmed when the car overturned.
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St. Paul Tot
Festus, Mo
St. Paul
U.S. Highway 67
Festus
Tommy Gaye
St. Louis
Patricia Ann
Theodore
Minnie
Theodore Jr
Britain Proposes 12 Nation Appeal to End Viet Nam War
Britain proposed a twelve nation appeal to Communist North Viet Nam to quit fighting and negotiate a peace. The draft message, sent to the Soviet government, asks Moscow to join in circulating it among Geneva participants and Viet Nam Control Commission members. The note accuses North Viet Nam of increasing aid to the Viet Cong and violating Laos neutrality, with Moscow pressing a parallel anti American statement.
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London
Britain Today
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Laos
Britain
Soviet Union
Geneva
Moscow
United States
U.S
Viet Nam
Reading Cues and Editorial Highlights for Today
This page teases editorials on why the Viet Nam war is fought with three reasons and illustrations by Dan Oakley. It also notes a Santa Claus children’s story by Lucretia on page 19 and warns that misusing barbiturates with alcohol is dangerous, referencing a full story on page 16.
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Viet Nam
Dan Oakley
Santa Claus
Lucretia
Schedule of Pages Late News-2 Area-13 Editorial-4 Sports-14
The page list outlines sections for Late News area 13 editorials sports society and markets plus comics. It indicates page allocations and order for the edition.
Former Minnesota Senator Leo Lauerman dies at 74
St. Cloud Minnesota AP reports former State Sen Leo J Lauerman of Olivia died Wednesday night of a heart attack while attending a lecture at St John’s University Collegeville He was 74 Lauerman a well known attorney served in the Minnesota Senate from 1947 to 1962
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ST. Cloud
Major Kremlin Shakeup Sees Mikoyan Replaced
The article reports a major Kremlin shakeup with Mikoyan replaced and includes U.S. President Johnson ordering a faster wheat shipment to India and a $50 million fertilizer loan. It covers White House briefings, international aid details, and upcoming high level talks with British and German leaders alongside domestic economic calls for wage and price restraint.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
India
Orville L. Freeman
LBJ
Here
White House
Austin
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Chidambaram Subramaniam
United States
Washington
Harold Wilson
Ludwig Erhard
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
Soviet Shuffle Elevates Podgorny to Presidency
Alexander N. Shelepin moves to a top party post while Nikolai V. Podgorny ascends to the presidency at age 62. Mikoyan, 70, steps back after years in top leadership as Brezhnev and Kosygin retain their posts. The Supreme Soviet approved the changes, with Mikoyan elected to a parliamentary vice presidency role.
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Moscow
Alexander N. Shelepin
Communist Party
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Shelepin
Pary
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Supreme Soviet
Caucasus
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Ukraine
Khrushchev
Committee
Committee For Party and State Centre
Committee of People’s Control
Pavel Kovanov
Weather outlook with clouds and fog tonight
Considerable cloudiness and fog develop tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Winds stay light and variable tonight. Lows tonight near 20 to 30 degrees and highs Friday around 32 to 42 degrees.
Gemini 6 Crew Told to Ready for Sunday Liftoff
AP reports Cape Kennedy preparations advancing a day for a Sunday morning liftoff of Titan 2 to launch Gemini 6 in pursuit of Gemini 7 crew Frank Borman and James Lovell. Gemini 7 continues its 14 day mission as Gemini 6 aims for a historic rendezvous in space.
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AP Aerospace Winter
Borman
Lovell
Eugene Kranz
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
United States
Earth
U.S
Kraft
Charles A. Berry
Gemini Flight
Berry
Marilyn Lovell
Susan Borman
Houston
Schirra
Stafford
TV Repairman Declines Testimony in Boston Minister Murder Trial
In Selma Alabama a prosecution witness invoked the Fifth Amendment during the murder trial of three white men linked to the slaying of Boston minister Rev. James J. Reed. The state sought a recess to locate an eyewitness and determine if a missing witness was en route from Mississippi.
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Selma
Ala
Boston
James J. Reed
L.S. Moore
Virgil M. Ashworth
Greenville
Miss
Ashworth
Billy Dowd Edwards
Selma Tractor Company
Namon O’neal Hoggle
William Stanley Hoggle
Elmer L. Cook
R.B. Kelly
Kelly
Reed
Reeb
Alabama
Blanchard McLeod
Cook
Hoggle Brothers
AFL-CIO president Meany to receive 25000 annual raise
The AFL-CIO Executive Council approved a 25000 per year pay rise for President George Meany. The increase, over 50 percent of his 45000 salary, awaits full convention approval opening today in San Francisco. Separately in Fargo North Dakota two prisoners, Darwin Coryell and Lee Bestman, remained at large after escaping Cass County jail with a jailer’s keys.
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San Francisco
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
George Meany
Walloping
Meany
Fargo, N.D
Cass County
Darwin Coryell
Fargo
Lee Bestman
Shelby
Iowa
Art Frojen
Frojen
Iowa Beef Packers earnings rise on higher beef prices
Iowa Beef Packers reports 1965 sales of 185.2 million up from 181.7 million and net earnings of 3.859 million versus 2.725 million in 1964. Increase largely due to higher wholesale beef prices. In Mason City, Citizens for Educational Freedom urges mediation to resolve the Amish school dispute and asks Buchanan county to extend the moratorium until next school year.
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Denison, Iowa
Iowa Beef Packers, Inc
Mason City
Iowa
Citizens For Educational Freedom Today
Buchanan County
Carpenters Find 1949 Heralds in Remodeled Home
Edwin W. Hanson uncovers old 1949 Heralds behind a wall while contractors remodel his recently purchased house at 1309 6th Ave NE. Hanson, who was in the house, discovers a wedding account from Osage dated October 1949. He remarks on the coincidence with amusement.
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6Th Ave
Edwin W
Phizz) Hanson
Hanson
Osage
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Ludwig Fihard
West Germany
Defense
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sobieski
Little Falls, Minn
Anton E. Olson
Sobieski Area
Morrison County
John Stack
Andrew P. Herlitz
Nikolai Podgorny
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