Storm lashes Europe with floods and deaths
A wintry storm battered Britain France and Holland threatening Parliament with floods as high tides neared the top of the Thames embankment. Six deaths were reported and a stricken freighter with 27 seamen faced mountainous seas while efforts continued to aid crew aboard the Constantis near southwest Ireland as the Queen Mary stood by.
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London
UPI
Parliament
Atlantic
Britain
France
Holland
Thames
Ireland
Constantis
Queen Mary
Soviets Orbit Mystery Satellite 99th Cosmos Flight
Tass announced the Soviet Union orbited the 99th unmanned Cosmos satellite carrying scientific instruments under a space research program. The Cosmos series remains largely secretive about specific missions, apart from one weather satellite. Waves forced the Queen Mary to consider drastic rescue actions for a stricken ship.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Tass
Apel suicide tied to East German trade pact report
West German and East German officials linked Deputy Premier Erich Apel's death to pressure over a Soviet East German trade agreement draft. Neues Deutschland noted his nervous breakdown and suicide amid coverage of the pact signing by Alfred Neumann. The article mentions Brezhnev’s possible visit but unclear connection. Severe flooding followed in London and Jersey with multiple drownings in Britain and high winds causing deaths in France.
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Bonn
UPI
Erich Apel
Moscow
Neues Deutschland
Apel
Alfred Neumann
East Berlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Professors Rally Behind U.S. Viet Policy Ad
About 190 professors from New England colleges joined an advertisement in the New York Times supporting the U.S. administration’s Vietnam policy. The four paragraph notice urged continued efforts and reaffirmed academic backing for the approach.
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New York
UPI
New England
New York Times
Viet Nam
India And U S Sign Food Pact
New Delhi India and the United States signed an agreement to ship 1.5 million tons of American foodgrains to drought struck India to ease a food crisis. The wheat valued at about $88 million could start arriving within six weeks. The accord extends Public Law 480 from Sept. 30 1964. 80 percent of rupees from these sales will be used for long term Indian economic and social development. Johnson announced a $50 million fertilizer loan as part of the package.
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New Delhi
UPI
India
United States
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Johnson
C. Subramaniam
Tashkent
Kashmir
U.S
U N Elects Seven Nations To Security Council Seats
The General Assembly elected seven countries to non permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. The council will expand from 11 to 15 members starting January 1.
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United Nations
N. Y
UPI
General Assembly
United Nations Security Council
Japan
Uganda
New Zealand
Argentina
Bulgaria
Mali
Nigeria
Jordan
Netherlands
Uruguay
Troy Police Courtesy Tickets Start This Weekend
Troy police begin issuing courtesy parking tickets from this weekend through Christmas Eve for violations at meters and in municipal and Troy Parking Authority lots. Chief James W. Doherty said the policy excludes fire lanes crosswalks bus stops and double parking.
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Troy
N.Y
Municipal and
James W. Doherty
North Viet Nam Rejects Offer For Unconditional Peace Talks
Hanoi accused the United States of delaying peace talks to widen the war. A Tokyo monitored broadcast said Washington rallied warmongering circles in Washington and highlighted recent Viet Cong victories, increased U.S. air losses, and rising anti war protests. Hanoi dismissed Secretary Rusk’s peace talk gesture as a trick and defended North Viet Nam as sovereign and independent in the socialist camp.
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Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Bates
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis
Brown
Dartmouth
Hartford College For Women
Harvard
Massachusetts
North Viet Nam
Tokyo
UPI
Hanoi
Warmongers Ing
Washington
Dean Rusk
North
Rusk
U.S
Democratic Republic of
Socialist Camp
Inside Metropolitan Opera House Nostalgia Page
Roy Marsden analyzes deer season post mortem in a page 4 feature. The item appears on the nostalgia page 3, reflecting on performances and hunting seasons within the era.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Roy Marsden
Three Acquitted in Death of Civil Rights Worker
An all white jury in Selma, Alabama acquits Elmer Cook and brothers William Stanley Hoggle and Namon O Neal Hoggle of the March death of Rev. James Reed, a Unitarian minister from Boston. The courtroom erupted in applause from whites while Negroes groaned and Sheriff Clark ordered order. Reed died from massive head injuries after an attack as he left a Negro case, while Reed’s fellow ministers Miller and Olson were involved in the incident.
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Selma, Ala
UPI
James Reed
Boston
Elmer Cook
William Stanley Hoggle
Namon O’neal Hoggle
Selma
Jim Clark
Bill Vaughn
Reeb
Orloff Miller
Clark Olson
Berkeley
Calif
Reed
Vergil Ashworth
O’neal Hoggle
Stanley Hoggle
Ala
Will Vermont Go EXPO Exhibition Takes Shape in Montreal
Vermont officials and business leaders move to join EXPO 67 in Montreal as a major tourism and cultural exhibit. The Vermont Development Board and Vermont Quebec Committee discuss a $400000 budget and a Terre des Hommes themed show to attract U S visitors and promote the state. Maine and New York also eye participation as Vermont weighs a first class exhibit plan with a Montreal location.
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Montpelier
Montreal
Vermont
Vermont Development Board
Vermont- Quebec Committee On Cooperation
Philip Hoff
VDC
Elbert G. Moulton
New England
Development Board
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Bennington
Veremont
Union
Drysdale
New York City
New York
Maine
John H. Reed
Shastri to Meet Johnson in Washington February First
Prime Minister Shastri announced in New Delhi that he will meet President Johnson in Washington on February 1. He hailed an agreement to ship about 1.5 million tons of U.S. grain to India, worth around 88 million dollars, to ease the food crisis. He said the talks with Johnson should foster closer understanding and listed a planned meeting with Pakistan's Ayub Khan in Tashkent on January 4.
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New Delhi
UPI
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Johnson
Washington
U.S
India
Shastri
America
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Tashkent
Soviet Union
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Vermont Banks See Asset Surge Through 1965
Banking Commissioner James H. Hunt reported to Governor Hoff that Vermont banks doubled assets since 1954, with total assets at 517 million for the year ending July 1. The state had 27 chartered banks in 1965, down from 38 in 1954, as assets climbed by nearly 40 million over the prior year.
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