Senate committee studies Tonkin Gulf logs and incident
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee orders Navy logs of the Turner Joy and Maddox examined amid questions over whether North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked in August 1964. Fulbright warns that preliminary log analyses are inconclusive while Bundy recalls contingent drafts of a Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
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Tonkin Gulf
William P. Bundy
Gulf of Tonkin
Bundy
Congress
Inside Editorial on School Sex Education Arguments
Column by George Gordon examines sex education in schools and the ensuing debates. The piece argues for balanced coverage and cites public attitudes, while noting potential curriculum concerns and policy implications. Page references indicate broader discussions across the newspaper.
Johnson speaks to airmen before secret Vietnam stops
President Johnson addressed about 2,000 U S Air Force men at Korat Thailand then departed for unknown stops in Vietnam. The jet left the base near Bangkok at 6 a m local. He told the crowd the airmen help hasten the time of peace. He had spoken Friday night to 200 pilots at the officers club.
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Korat
Thailand
UPI
Johnson
U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
U.S
Bangkok
Australia
No Bombing by U.S. Planes During Truce Periods
UPI reports that the United States and allies agreed to 24 hour ceasefires in Vietnam on Christmas and New Year and a Tet truce later in January. Despite this, U.S. warplanes bombed targets near Hanoi and Haiphong using radar guidance, while 101st Airborne troops engaged Viet Cong guerrillas in a jungle mission northeast of Saigon. President Johnson addressed airmen at Korat, awarding six pilots with Distinguished Flying Crosses and leaving for Washington soon after.
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United States
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Kep Mig
Yen Bai
U.S. 101St “Screaming Eagle
Vietnam
Korat
James R. Bassett
Ithaca
N.Y
Winford Bazzel
Ft. Walton Beach
Fla
William Grieger
Goldsboro
N.C
Myron L. Savage
St. Genevieve
Lloyd W.W. Boothby
Washington, D.C
George H. Kinney, Jr
Bessemer
Ala
Phyllis
LBJ
Texas
Johnson
Washington
Pope Urges Bomb Suspension During Rome Visit
In Rome for talks with Pope Paul VI, President Johnson is urged to halt bombing North Vietnam “in the name of the defenseless.” The Pope calls for frank peace negotiations and asks Hanoi for serious intent. Johnson may meet Italian President Saragat during a five hour stopover as Italian communists urge large anti Johnson protests.
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Vatican City
UPD
Johnson
Rome
Posi
Paul VI
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Communist Party
Giuseppe Saragat
Vietnam
Roman Curia
L’unita
West
L’anita
U.S
Mrs Gordy Killed In New York Throughway Crash
Mrs. Ann Marie Gordy 70 of Bennington was killed in a two car crash on the New York Throughway south of Albany near Southern Boulevard. Also dead was Mrs. Rose Garten 70 of Brooklyn. A second car containing Maurice 57 Rosen and Mildred 52 Roseman of Far Rockaway brought to Albany Medical Center with undetermined injuries. Gordy lived on Overlea Road after moving from Vermont. funeral arrangements pending.
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Selkirk
N.Y
Ann Marie Gordy
Bennington
New York
Southern Boulevard
Albany
Rose Garten
Brooklyn
Trenton
N.J
Garten
Maurice Rosen
Mildred
Far Rockaway
Albany Medical Center
Gordy
Roseman
Center Mall
Vermont
Overlea Road
Jane
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
John Poljacik
John T. Carmody
Hill
Hanson-Walbridge
Gang Members Paid By Antipoverty Funds
CHICAGO UPID Five youth gang members awaiting trial on rape to murder charges have been paid up to 6500 a year as teachers and administrators in a federally financed antipoverty program. Three of the teachers, high school dropouts free on bond on rape charges, remain at work. The project aims to upgrade literacy and job qualifications for teens 16 to 24, with more than 200 attending classes. Other staff earn 5200 to 6500 annually. some face serious charges. Officials say the program is risky but showing progress in attitudes among participants and community. The program is Washington financed and unique nationally.
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Chicago
UPID
South Side
Arthur M. Brazier
Woodlawn
Charles E. Bey
Eugene Hairston
Brazier
Jeffrey Fort
Brazie
Engineers Inspect Cave-In Tunnel Near Tehachapis
Safety engineers inspected a caved in water project tunnel in Gorman California where 17 men trapped for over 17 hours were rescued. An escape passage was cut through earth as the north end work continued on the five mile long tunnel part of the 2.8 billion dollar California water project.
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Gorman
Calif
UPI
Tehachapi Mountains
Here
The
State Division of Industrial Safety
Henry J. Harrison
William Gianelli
State Department of Water Resources
California
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Maddox
Fulbright
George Gordon
Beavers
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
101St
William C. Westmoreland
Pope
Merry Christmas
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