Thieu May Attend Peace Talks If No Coalition Is Asked
President Thieu edges toward attending the Paris peace talks if Washington guarantees no coalition with the Communists. He seeks promises from Johnson as cabinet reshuffles loom. Huong’s resignation rumored but not decided. DMZ clashes: 34 North Vietnamese soldiers killed as U S bombers strike bunkers. Ky seeks greater cabinet influence amid Thieu and U S friction.
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Bishops Approve Birth Ban Compromise for Married Catholics
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a compromise on birth control allowing married couples who use contraception to remain eligible for the church sacraments. They urged reassessment of Vietnam policy and draft exemptions for conscientious objectors, while backing nuclear disarmament and questioning nuclear superiority.
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Associated Press
Washington
Vietnam
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Paul VI
Patrick Cardinal O’boyle
Nixon Names Murphy as Liaison for Transition
President elect Nixon will have Robert D. Murphy, a veteran diplomat, oversee foreign policy during the Johnson to Nixon transition. Johnson will consult with Nixon before acting abroad, and Murphy may assume the post within days. The arrangement covers Vietnam policy and U.S. positions at NATO, with no anticipated major policy actions blocked by Nixon.
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Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
State Department
Nixon
Robert D. Murphy
Murphy
Policeman Charged With Simple Assault in Minneapolis
A Minneapolis police officer, Douglas Danielson, 29, of Bloomington, was charged with simple assault for allegedly beating a 16-year-old Indian youth after arresting him and a 16-year-old female companion on a traffic violation. The youth was also charged with assault and possessing alcohol.
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Donald S. Burris
Douglas Danielson
Bloomington
Danielson
Moon flight turtles return from Zond 5 voyage
Soviet scientists report the first living beings to circumnavigate the Moon and return were two turtles along with wine flies and meal worms aboard Zond 5. They landed in the Indian Ocean on Sept 21 after a week in space and arrived at a Moscow lab in good condition. They lost about 10 percent weight but showed no major health issues. A 21 day postflight check noted glycogen and iron rises in liver tissue and spleen changes, details of significance not explained.
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Pravda
Minnesota Faces $12 Million Highway Funds Freeze
ST PAUL AP The federal government has frozen another $12 million in highway funds for Minnesota. Gov Harold Le Vander said Minnesota will receive only $1 million instead of $13 million scheduled for release after Jan 1. The governor's office warns the state will be about $62 million short of federal funds by June 30 of the next fiscal year.
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Harold LeVander
Minnesota
Balance of Payments Surplus Reported in U S
The Johnson administration announced the first quarterly U S balance of payments surplus in over three years totaling 35 million dollars. Officials see it as evidence the crash program begun in January is helping reverse a worsening trend.
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Washington
U.S
Johnson
Vatican Plans Wider Catholic Jewish Contacts
The Vatican Secretariat for Christian Unity said it will expand its program to foster broader ties between Roman Catholics and Jews. This follows the secretariat's first full session as a permanent group since Pope Paul VI established it on March 1.
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Vatican Secretariat For Christian Unity
Secretariat
Paul VI
Optimism for Nixon by Corn Association Leader
Robert C. Liebenow president of the Corn Refiners Association told 300 National Grange delegates in Peoria that President-elect Nixon has a chance to speed farm economics as farmers and leaders are ready to listen and act. He urged a Hoover style reorganization to reshape the Department of Agriculture and called the farm belt mandate a path to a new agricultural economics era. He criticized the agriculture department as unwieldy with overlapping functions and faulted Secretary Orville Freeman for hampered progress despite his imagination and diligence.
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Ill
Richard M. Nixon
Robert C. Liebenow
Corn Refiners Association, Inc
Washington, D.C
Chicago Board of Trade
National Grange
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Nixon
Department of Agriculture
Red Lake Grant Funds Builder Training for 3700 Reds
The federal Office of Economic Opportunity approved a 73139 grant to the Red Lake Tribal Council in Minnesota. The home builder training program aims to benefit 3700 residents of the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Beltrami and Clearwater Counties.
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Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Red Lake
Quie Puts Off Nixon Agriculture Cabinet Talk
Rep. Albert H. Quie of Minnesota says he has not been asked by President-elect Nixon for the Agriculture post and would try to discourage any such suggestion. He notes he has other preferred names and would be relieved if no cabinet offer materializes.
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Richard M. Nixon
Albert H
Quie
Dennison
Nixon
Conrad To Resume Solo Flight From Ice Island T-3
Barrow Alaska AP report says pilot Max Conrad plans to leave Ice Island T-3 near the North Pole late Thursday to continue his solo around the world flight with a 1000 mile leg to Tromsø Norway.
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Hanoi denounces U S charges as smoke screen in Vietnam
North Vietnam accused the United States of using charges of demilitarized zone violations as a smoke screen to intensify the war in South Vietnam and to justify ongoing reconnaissance flights. Nguyen Thanh Le, Hanoi’s Paris peace talks spokesman, said bombing had ceased unconditionally and urged prompt expansion of talks with a separate NFL delegation.
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South Vietnam
State Department
United States
U.S
Johnson
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Saigon
NLF
Johnson to Help Nixon Awaiting Jan. 20 Hand Over
President Johnson said he will make necessary decisions before January 20 as Nixon takes office. He urged Americans to put party aside and assist, and discussed Viet Nam peace talks progress. Johnson introduced Robert Murphy as Nixon’s foreign affairs liaison and affirmed coordination on policy before Jan. 20.
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Johnson
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
White House
Murphy
Secretary of Defense
Western Leaders Condemn Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
NATO ministers, including Dean Rusk, Michael Stewart, and Willy Brandt, condemn the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in August. Stewart calls for a clear signal against further action. Rusk and Brandt stop short of backing strong punitive steps. Rusk invites allied leaders to a 20th birthday NATO meeting in Washington next spring, leave open summit possibility.
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Michael Stewart
Willy Brandt
West Germany
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Rusk
Brandt
NATO
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Inaugural Balls and Parade Planned for Nixon
Nixon aides dismissed a subdued inaugural, with J Willard Marriott confirming five to six inaugural balls and a two hour parade with bands and floats under the theme Bring Us Together. The event aims to let all the people participate in a national occasion.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
J. Willard Marriott
Marriott
Johnson
Roosevelt
White House
Variable clouds with possible rain or snow Saturday
Weather forecast notes variable cloudiness tonight and increasing clouds Saturday with a slight chance of rain or snow by Saturday night. Tonight low 18 to 26, Saturday high 40 to 46.
Dougherty Expects Hollywood Film Classification Success
Eugene G. Dougherty, newly installed head of the movie industry self regulation system, told reporters in Hollywood on Thursday that he expects success in guiding Hollywoods new film classification program designed to keep...
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Hollywood
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