Congressmen blame newsmen for lack of true Viet picture
Rep. David D. King after a 214 week visit to South Viet Nam told reporters the American public lacks a true view of the war. He faulted U.S. newsmen for overemphasizing North Vietnamese participation and combat while ignoring efforts to win non Communist South Vietnamese loyalty. In Italy Silvano Masseroni, 29, attempted suicide on railroad tracks, survived a brake test, then later drowned in a canal.
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Director Stands Firm On Draft Reclassification Policy
Washington based Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey defends immediate reclassification and induction for those who burn draft cards or stage illegal sit ins at local boards while preserving deferments for lawful political demonstrations. He responded in a letter to Rep Emanuel Celler amid a growing challenge to the draft law. The dispute follows arrests in Ann Arbor on Oct 15 and signals possible legal action by the ACLU as Congress weighs changes.
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Der Alte May Retire From Active Politics
Bonn reports former German chancellor Konrad Adenauer at 90 may retire from politics. He will not seek re election as CDU chairman and urged a grand coalition with the SPD for a limited period to pass emergency powers. His move eases pressure on Ludwig Erhard as successor.
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Engineers Seek Titan Failure Cause
Engineers examined tracking reports on the Titan 3D rocket failure after six hours in orbit. Two 8,000-pound thrust engines on the third stage failed to fire, leaving three hitchhiker satellites in a long, unusable path and the fate of the fourth unknown. The setback jeopardizes Air Force plans to orbit eight military satellites next spring and summer as part of a 24-satellite global network.
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Radiation Tests For Air Passengers Safety Study Opens
Washington reports a new government project to assess cosmic radiation exposure for passengers aboard superso nic airliners. The Air Force will fly RB-57 jets to 40 000 to 80 000 feet, collecting data on radiation levels during expected Supersonic routes.
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Washington
NEA Urges Speedier Integration of Southern School Facilities
NEA task force charges racial discrimination against Negro teachers as 452 or more were fired or demoted this year due to closing all Negro schools and barriers to hiring in white schools. It calls for a crash training program and stronger federal action under the Civil Rights Act. Robert L. Cousins notes faculty integration lags behind classroom desegregation.
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Winter Travel Encouraged By New Mont Blanc Tunnel
Washington reports the Mont Blanc tunnel, opened July 1965, cuts winter driving time between Rome and Paris by about 20 hours. The 7.2 mile underground highway links Chamonix France and Courmayeur Italy, with 5,800 cubic feet of fresh air per second and emergency facilities every 1,000 feet amid a center peak 4,300 feet high.
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Sainthood Proposal for Mother Seton in Vatican Steps
The Vatican opened the path to sainthood for New York born Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton founder of the first Catholic American sisterhood. She would be the first native American Saint. beatified in 1963, her canonization case was presented by Enrico Cardinal Dante to the Congregation of Rites Tuesday morning after a process begun in 1940.
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