First Snow in Years Surprises Rio Grande Valley Residents
Corpus Christi and south Texas towns woke to a rare snowfall with palm trees white and children building snowmen. The storm dumped six to nine inches in parts of the Big Bend, the heaviest in decades, as onlookers reported unusual winter conditions across the normally warm region.
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Laredo
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Zapata
Rio Grande
Georgia Parties Name New Governor Today
ATLANTA UP I Democrat Lester Maddox was set to be named Georgia governor by a Democratic legislature in a joint session after the November vote. The process ends a three time bid history as Callaway trailed in a high stake race with Republicans limited to a small minority in the General Assembly. Television networks planned live coverage of the decisive session.
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UPI
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Georgia
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Hower
Bo) Callaway
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Callaway
Ellis Arnall
Congress
Barry Goldwater
House
Dutch Princess Weds Commoner in Hague Ceremony
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands married college sweetheart Pieter Van Vollenhoven in a civil ceremony at The Hague city hall. The couple’s wedding marks the first time a Dutch princess wed a commoner in the royal family's 150 year history. The groom retained the title Mister.
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Pieter van Vollenhover
Johnson to unveil Great Society plans in State of the Union
President Johnson will address the 90th Congress tonight outlining his 1967 agenda to expand the Great Society while pursuing Vietnam. He faces calls for increased taxes to fund war and domestic programs, with GOP and liberal lawmakers weighing in on defense of poverty and urban development efforts.
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Podgorny’s Vatican Visit Signals Soviet-Vatican Thaw
Soviet president Nikolai Podgorny plans to visit Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, a historic first by a Soviet head of state to meet a pope. The move signals a gradual Vatican Soviet rapprochement begun in 1963 with Pacem in Terris and evolving through talks with Soviet officials and church leaders as both sides seek dialogue.
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Adzhabet
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Andrei Gromyko
Slipyi
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John
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Church of Silence
Brooke Becomes First Popularly Elected Negro Senator
Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts takes the oath as the first popularly elected African American U.S. senator. At 48, the Republican faces a white-majority constituency and long Senate tenure ahead, planning cautious, informed remarks and an apprenticeship in the chamber. His family and supporters attend the oath as Kennedy greets the new colleague at a private luncheon.
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UPI
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