LBJ Eyes New Peace Mission Amid Silent White House
The White House announced a fresh peace mission to Canada with McGeorge Bundy meeting Canadian PM Lester B. Pearson and Moyers signaling more envoy travels. President Johnson touted peace as the main U.S. goal in Asia while noting Bolster efforts include Gold berg and Harriman missions and calls for world leaders to hear his views. The president’s physician reported Johnson in excellent condition after a recent examination and weight reduction.
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Canada
Poland
India
International Control Commission
Viet Nam
White House
Moyers
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pope Paul VI
W. Averell Harriman
Warsaw
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Harriman
Asia
United States
Joseph Laitin
Laitin
Johnson
Goldberg
George G. Burkley
Laiting
Burkley
Woaides
Washington
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Bill D. Moyers
Dean Rusk
United Arab Republic
John W. Gardner
Gardner
McGeorge Bunday
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Moscow
U.S
United Nations
Rome
Paul VI
Mystery Surrounds Travels of Envoys Peace Bid Push
Fireman Lawrence Renft successfully gave artificial respiration to Terry the Lisle family’s pet. Mrs Lisle reentered the smoke filled home to search for the animal and died later of a cardiac seizure.
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Lawrence Renft
Terry
Harry Lisle
Alliance, Ohio
Lesle
Peace efforts amid Hanoi denouncement escalate diplomacy
White House officials announced new missions to Canada and renewed talks with leaders in Poland Yugoslavia and Italy as President Johnson seeks a path to peace in Vietnam amid Ho Chi Minh's harsh denunciations. Harriman Goldberg and Moyers led efforts while Hanoi denounced U.S. aims and pressed for unconditional talks.
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Ing
Viet Nam
Harriman
Hungary
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Washington
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Raio Hanoi
Johnson
White House
Goldberg
Europe
Moscow
Foy D. Kohler
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexander N. Shelepin
Red China
South
Weather Outlook Dark Clouds With Rain to Snow
Cloudy conditions with heavy fog and rain this evening. Tonight's low near 25. Friday turns colder with a mix turning to snow and a high around 25 to 39.
Massachusetts AG Brooke Announces Senate Candidacy
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke declared his bid for the U S Senate after Senator Leverett Saltonstall said he would retire. Brooke, the nation’s highest ranking Black official, aims for the Republican nomination with a June GOP convention and September primary.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Brooke
Leverett
Volpe
Elliott L. Richardson
Saltonstall
Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Mississippi
Hiram R. Revels
B. K. Bruce
Gemini 6 7 Astronauts Recall Historic Rendezvous in Space
Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford recount a one foot proximity with Gemini 7 during the Dec 15 rendezvous, while Frank Borman and James Lovell describe long 14 day flights and fuel cell challenges. The crew circled the globe 206 times, proving endurance and spaceflight feasibility for a lunar mission.
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Schirra
Stafford
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Borman
Air Force
Chris Kraft
Lovell
Earth
Charles A. Berry
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Berkeley
Calif
Plant Pay Rises 3 Cents Hourly for Local 9
Local 9 members will see a 3 cent per hour wage boost starting Monday as the Consumer Price Index climbs 1.2 percent between May 15 and Nov 15. Starting rate becomes 2.75 for men and women with a 3.72 weekly clothes allowance.
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Local 9
U.S. Department of Labor
Frank W. Schultz
Schultz
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Illinois Woman Killed in Highway 63 Head On Collision
An Illinois woman, Bessie J. Turner, 32, returning from St Marys Hospital Rochester, died in a head on crash with a loaded semi on wet foggy Highway 63, four miles from the Mower Fillmore line. Semi owner Gateway Transportation Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. Driver Harry Douglas, 51, Marion Iowa, injured lightly.
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Illinois
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Spring Valley
Bessie J. Turner
Roadhouse Rt. 3
Ill
Gateway Transportation Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Harry Douglas
Marion
Iowa
Mower-Fillmore County
Douglas
Spring Valley Community Memorial Hospital
Bodies of Marines Killed After Capture in Quang Ngai
In Quang Ngai Province near Ba To three U S Marines and eight South Vietnamese soldiers captured on Dec 16 were found murdered. Bodies showed close range gunshot wounds. the 18th North Vietnamese Regiment was blamed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Quang Ngai
Ba To
Quang Ngai City
Tu Chong
Chinh Luan
Minh Long
Minnesota joins early signatories in education compact
ST. PAUL AP Minnesota becomes one of the first states to join the interstate compact for education by executive order of Gov Karl Rolvaag The move follows a July national governors conference and requires 10 state ratifications for full effect Rolvaag plans to seek legislative approval in 1967 and to fund ongoing membership with about 11000 annually The compact aims to boost local state initiative and cooperation in education and was proposed by James Conant
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Karl Rolvaag
Minneapolis
Arkansas
New Jersey
The
Virgin Islands
Hawaii
Danforth
Carnegie
Rolvaag
James Conant
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Traffic Deaths State Today and Past Years
A brief item notes traffic death counts for Iowa with figures listed as today and year-ago comparisons. It records nationwide context showing state totals and historical parallels for perspective.
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Iowa
State Dept Eases Travel Rules for Key Communist Nations
Washington reports the State Department eases travel controls for professional people to certain Communist nations including Red China North Viet Nam North Korea Cuba and Albania. Hollywood coverage notes Joan Tabor Crawford wife of actor Broderick Crawford files for divorce claiming he sometimes becomes violent and inflicted grievous bodily injury.
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Washington
State Department
Red China
North Viet Nam
North Korea
Cuba
Albania
Hollywood (Ap
Broderick Crawford
Joan Tabor Crawford
Beverly Hills
Mayo heirs donate Mayowood home to historical society
Dr and Mrs Charles W Mayo give Mayo wood and about ten surrounding acres to the Olmsted County Historical Society. Mayowood is a 40 room residence built in 1910 by Dr Charles H Mayo, father of Charles W Mayo.
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Rochester, Minn
Charles W. Mayo
Mayowood
Olmsted County Historical Society
Charles H. Mayo
Charles W
Youth’s Draft Status Changed in Iowa City Trial Testimony
A witness testified in U.S. District Court that Stephen Smith’s draft status was changed to class 1A after he learned his draft card on October 20 in Iowa City. The trial proceeded Thursday.
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Des Moines
Stephen Smith
Iowa City
U.S. District Court
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