Army Faces Largest Share of McNamara Budget Freeze
The Pentagon disclosed a $620 million cut in military construction with the Army taking $206,323,000 of the total, followed by Air Force $132,101,000 and Navy $121,391,000. About 8,500 family housing units were deferred, totaling $160 million, while Nike X antimissile and a proposed nuclear carrier faced possible postponement.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Army
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
McNamara
District of Columbia
Defense
U.S
Austin
Defense Department
Roger Nelson
Red Missiles Miss as Jets Hit Near Haiphong
U S planes pressed the air war toward Haiphong and Hanoi within 12 miles of the port. Navy planes from the Kitty Hawk hit a major highway bridge near Hai Phong and the Yong Bi power station, while an Air Force strike cut a quarter of Hai Phong’s power. Rescue operations recovered two Americans and a Vietnamese driver from a GI ambush, with a Dutch captive killed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Yong Bi
Hanoi
North Viet
di An
Kitty Hawk
Haiphong-Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
John S. Ruffo
Mount Morris
N.Y
China
Guam
1St Air Cavalry Division
Binh Dinh
Hiep Duc
da Nang
Michigan Men Bring Load of Toys to Iowa
Two Michigan men delivered a truckload of toys to Keokuk Iowa for children of victims from the Thanksgiving eye explosion and fire at the National Guard Armory. The death toll reached 21 as two more critically injured died in Keokuk hospitals. Gary Glazier and Laverne Lietzke from St John Michigan brought toys from a Lansing area toy maker and $50 for the Swing-Ezy Disaster Benefit Fund.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Michigan
National Guard
Gary Glazier
Laverne Lietzke
St. John
Mich
Lansing
Dick Kenyon
School Board Sells 12.8 Acres to Gulf for 72500
The Austin School Board sold 12.9 acres east of 14th Street NW, part of the Junior College tract, for 72500 to Gulf Oil Corp after a prior 75000 bid that would cover the realtor’s commission. The board expects rezoning to semi commercial and a service station or motel restaurant. Taxpayers see net gains and savings to the district from avoided street and utility improvements.
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Gulf
14Th St. NW
Austin School Board
Gulf Oi Corp
Gulf Oil
G. L. Hartson
S. L. Coombe
GOP Leaders View Viet Peace Prospects
In Washington, Sen. George D. Aiken urged pursuing any Viet Nam peace feelers despite their weakness, warning negotiations beat a costly long war. Rep. Melvin Laird backed escalating bombing and a Kennedy style quarantine to force talks, while noting top leadership seeks unconditional discussions. Aiken lamented Hanoi rejection of a conditional offer and said peace steps may come from lower levels.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
United States
Aiken
Senate
Foreign Relations
Vermont
House
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Laird
North Viet Nam
Ter
Hanoi
State Department
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Ho Chi Minh
Indictments in Davenport city case set aside
Davenport officials including Mayor Ray T. O'Brien see indictments for private use of public property set aside by Judge Nathan Grant. Motions to dismiss and to overturn single indictments fail, while cases against three others are continued for a week. The derelict trash pickup at the Masonic Temple figures in the dismissed counts.
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Davenport
Scott County District Court
Nathan Grant
Ray T. O’brien
Grant
Ira Kiser
Scott County
David Miller
Masonic Temple
Rex D. Mathews
Carl R. Martin
Arnold Kuehl
O'Brien
A.L. Perkins
Kermit Blair
City Refuse Department
Gene Perkins
O’brien
Durwood W. Dircks
City At
Torney
Matthews
Kiser
Ehlert
Eckhardt
Moon Landing Possible Before 1969 Says Mueller
Dr. George E. Mueller, head of the U.S. man in space program, thinks Americans may land on the moon before the end of 1969. He stated that the lunar landing could be carried out if all goes well.
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Washington
U.S
George E. Mueller
Soviet North Viet Nam pact aid and credits agreed
The Soviet Union signed agreements with Communist North Vietnam for undisclosed additional technical assistance and credits and an exchange of commodities. In Minnesota a Maple Plain bank was robbed of about 4000 dollars, with road blocks and a pursuing helicopter. Prime Minister Wilson announced a February visit to the Soviet Union and a Kosygin visit to England.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Maple Plain, Minn
Maple Plain State Bank
Hennepin County
London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
House of Commons
Kosygin
England
Titan 3 Carries 4 Satellites Aloft
Cape Kennedy Fla AP Titan 3 rocket launches with four satellites aimed at a 21 000 mile equatorial orbit. Two carry experimental communications gear one will measure deadly radiation and one will serve amateur radio operators worldwide.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
West Germany says no nuclear weapons seeks greater say
AP reported West Germany states it does not seek its own nuclear arsenal and wants a bigger say in possible European use. Karl von Hase cited closer coordination and ongoing consultations with President Johnson after talks with Chancellor Erhard. Johnson discusses nuclear policy and end goals with emphasis on European position and potential co op for space.
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Washington
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Karl Guenther von Hase
Germany
Early Morning Crash Kills 2 Near Willmar
Two young men died and two were injured in a highway crash on Route 71 near Willmar. The 3 a.m. wreck, discovered at 8 a.m., left Rue and DeWayne Stene dead. Heveron and Orin Stene were hospitalized. The car left the road and struck a tree, and the toll for Kandiyohi County rose to 20 this year.
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Willmar
Willmar, Minn
Jerry Rue
Eagle Lake
DeWayne Stene
John L. Heveron
Spicer
Minn
Orin Stene
Rue
Alexandria
Stone
Kandiyohi
Muskrat Hunters Profit From Higher Fur Demand
Lawrence Johnson and his son James of Weaver Minnesota trapped around 1000 muskrats along the Mississippi and backwaters this fall. Muskrats sold for up to 1.50 per animal, with Johnson reporting higher profits as prices rose from 68 cents a year ago and demand increased.
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Lawrence
Bill) Johnson
Weaver
Minn
James
Mississippi
Johnson
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Lewisburg
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1St. Infantry Division
Bien Hoa
93Rd U.S. Army
Armed Services
By Thomas A. Reedy
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
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South Burnaby
B.C
Canada
Edwin D. Jones
el Centro
Calif
Henry Hudson
Menlo Park
Hudson
van Xuong
R.M.E. International
Jones
Zone D
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Milwaukee
Wis
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Shulton
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Ior College
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Mathews
Roy Eckhardt
Robert Ehlert
Public Works Department
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Sonic Temple
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