FCC approves ABC ITT merger signals expansion plan
The FCC approves the ABC ITT merger, enabling a $140 million expansion focused on color telecasting. The compromise allows transfer of 17 ABC stations to the new ABC under ITT, with assurances that ITT will not interfere with ABC News.
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Abc-Itt
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
American Broadcasting Co
International Telephone Telegraph Co
ABC
Justice Department
Department
Atty
Donald F. Turner
FCC
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Small Business Committee
ITT
New York Stock Exchange
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
New England States Plan Joint Tourist Promotion
Plan in Augusta Maine would coordinate six New England states to supplement each state’s existing tourism programs with a unified promotional effort under a cooperative framework.
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Augusta
Maine
New England
Lame Duck Migration Begins in State Capitol
At Minnesota's state capitol the lame duck era begins for Gov. Karl F. Rolvaag and Attorney General Robert Mattson who leave office Jan. 2 after losses and retirement. Staff turnover rises as some move to new jobs while others wait for next steps. Rolvaag may pursue industry, teaching, or Washington work, while Mattson plans to rejoin his Minneapolis law firm. The governor and family will move back to Arden Hills as the governor’s mansion lease ends early.
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ST. Paul
State Capitol
Karl F. Rolvaag
Robert Mattson
Rolvaag
Mattson
Civil Service
Attorney General
Atty
Douglas M. Head
Harold LeVander
Washington, D.C
Minneapolis
Wayne H. Olson
Arden Hills
Minnesotans Inventors Drive Snow Scooters to Sea in Maine
James Langley of Anoka and Clark Dahlin of Cambridge crossed 3923 miles from Vancouver B C to reach South Portland Maine driving snow scooters with wheel kits that lift skis. They earned AA A certification for mileage and received permission from Gov. Reed to use Maine highways despite a ban on such low vehicles. A state trooper warned the risk of being unseen on the road.
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South Portland
Maine
James Langley
Anoka
Clark Dahlin
Cambridge
Vancouver
B. C
American Auautomobile Association
John H. Reed
Double Action Only Way to Protect U.S. Security Interests
U.S. officials advocate a double track approach, combining countermeasures with diplomacy to shield vital security interests amid Soviet missile defense deployment. McNamara plans to present details next year, with Nike-X research and Poseidon as potential core elements, as Rusk warns of a costly arms race. Talks with the Soviets are ongoing but formal talks await Thompson’s Moscow arrival in January.
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U.S
Washington
Administration
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Soviet Union
United States
McNamara
Johnson
Texas
Defense Department
Ther
Lelewellyn FE. Thompson
Moscow
Geneva
Civilians in Vietnam Face Uncertain Casualty Toll
Saigon reports show civilian deaths and injuries in Vietnam remain unrecorded with estimates varying. Officials say the 1964 toll may reach around 12,000 deaths, while others cite far higher numbers. observers question the accuracy amid war chaos and limited data.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Embassy windows smashed at Yugoslav consulate in Chicago
A group of five or six young men smashed a glass door and three windows at the Yugoslavian consulate in Chicago Tuesday night. The act appeared to be retaliation for a Zagreb protest against U.S. policy in Vietnam. No injuries were reported.
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Chicago
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
U.S
Vietnam
Christmas walnuts arrive for Charlene the jail squirrel
A Christmas package addressed to Charlene a pet squirrel at Wayne County Jail arrived and was being fed by deputies for several months.
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Richmond, Ind
Wayne County
Charlene
Christ-Janer elected president of Boston University
Dr Amiand F Christ-Janer, 44, was elected Tuesday as president of Boston University. He comes from Cornell College in Mt Vernon Iowa where he has led since 1961 and will assume duties July 1, replacing retiring Dr Harold C Case. He is a 1943 Carleton College graduate and is married to Rebecca Irene Butler of Madeira Minnesota.
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Boston, Mass
Amiand F. Christ-Janer
Boston University
Christ-Janer
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Harold C. Case
Christ Janer
Carleton College
Rebecca Irene Butler
Madeira, Minn
Identified wreckage linked to Nantucket radar plane crash
Wreckage raised 125 miles off Nantucket has been identified as part of an Air Force radar picket plane that crashed November 11 with 19 aboard killed.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Nantucket
Air Force
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