Johnson backs informal talks with Viet Cong in Vietnam
President Johnson endorsed informal discussions between Saigon and the Viet Cong as a potential first step toward stopping the Vietnam war. He cautioned no recognition of the VC, outlined five essential elements for a fair solution, and urged urban job creation to address unemployment.
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Johnson
Saigon
Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Ment
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Australia
Demilitarized Zone
Geneva
Laos
Bridge Tragedy Kills Towns Yule Spirit
In Point Pleasant West Virginia Christmas lights glowed faintly as the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River. Divers searched wreckage for missing and dead while residents canceled celebrations and feared the toll could reach eighty. Authorities recovered the cab of a Roadway Express Co tractor trailer and identified two victims Julius Bennett and Gene Mabe. Police reported 35 missing and 23 found, with a flotilla of boats assisting in debris recovery as survivors faced the loss of family. Traffic across the bridge constrained by fear of further collapse and nearby closures prompted immediate inspections of three other Ohio River spans.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Main Street
Silver Bridge
Ohio
Julius Bennett
Walnut Grove
N.C
Gene Mabe
High Point
Roadway Express Co
Winston-Salem
Howard Boggs
Huntington
W.va
South Point
St. Marys
Navajos Isolated By Storm
Storm isolating large Navajo Nation area prompts air and land rescues. Five deaths reported, 40,000 to 50,000 families need food and fodder. 8,000 stranded require 130 tons daily for five days. 21 helicopters and 60 to 77 tons of food planned, pending weather.
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Window Rock
Ariz
UPI
Public Health Service
America
George Bock
U.S. Air Force
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Phoenix
Raymond Nakal
Johnson
Doctors Say Chances Good For Washkansky Recovery
CAPE TOWN South Africa UPI doctors say Louis Washkansky shows improvement after his historic heart transplant. Surgeon Christian Barnard notes a strong heart and reduced lung damage though white-blood-cell loss caused pneumonia like symptoms requiring transfusions and continued therapy.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Louis Washkansky
Christian Barnard
Washkansky
Barnard
M.C. Botha
Botha
Indian great-grandson leads at Ft Lewis in mile run
Pvt John Wooden Legs, a great-grandson of an Indian who aided Custer’s forces, dominated his company by running the mile fastest and earning the highest physical combat proficiency score ever recorded at Ft Lewis.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
Upid
George A. Custer
Uncle Sam
Pvt
John Wooden
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Ohio River
Salem’s
Seiad
Main St
DIAL
Bennington
Uwash
Seovtan Oforth Leary CO
Reat Brow
Old Crow
Bennington Banner
Banner’ Publishing Corporation
United Press International
U.S
Shauim
Guerlain
Drug Store
Michael Stern
Robert Bruce
Mallaroy and
Stetson
Jayson
Burt Bros
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