Soviet Union Challenges U S Role in Mediterranean
The Soviet Union declares itself a Mediterranean power and challenges the U S Navy 6th Fleet in the region. Vice Admiral Smirnov says Soviet presence guarantees peace, while Western allies fear expanded Soviet naval power in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, and Norwegian Sea, with NATO debating stronger defenses amid concerns over Czechoslovakia and nuclear arms race.
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Russia
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Europe
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NATO Military Committee
Bergen
Norway
Arctic
Straits of Gibraltar
Czechoslovakia
John Sherman Cooper
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NATO Moves To Meet Possible Aggression
NATO leaders in Brussels plan a major package of measures to bolster defense amid Soviet uncertainty. They will review alliance contributions, tighten Mediterranean controls, and assess flexible response and nuclear posture as Warsaw Pact tensions rise after the Prague invasion.
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UPID
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U.S. forces trap Viet Cong in Mekong Delta village
About 2,000 American soldiers surrounded a Cai Lay area village and captured 153 suspected Viet Cong. Six enemy fighters were killed as troops conducted house to house searches and interrogations. U.S. Navy swift boats also damaged 143 Viet Cong warehouses and 141 supply boats. A Marine A4 Skyhawk was shot down and its pilot killed in the latest clashes.
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France Grants Charles Munch State Funeral
France will hold a state funeral for Charles Munch the former Boston Symphony Orchestra musical director who died in Richmond Virginia at age 77. Munch retired from the Boston Symphony in 1962 and held the honorary Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor post guiding the state ceremony.
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Paris
UPI
Charles Munch
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Richmond
Munch
Boston Symphony
Legion of Honor
Unrest Grows in Mexico Narrows Political Voice
Foreign analyst PHIL NEWSOM notes rising student protests in Mexico gaining broad middle class support against the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party. He cites campus autonomy debates, corruption charges, and fears of Communist infiltration as both sides claim justification while the opposition remains an evolving idea.
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Mexico
IRP
Institutional Revolutionary Party
CNED
National Demo
Cratic Students Central
Apollo 8 Mission to Circle the Moon In Flight Plan
NASA officials briefed on a December 1968 plan to launch Apollo 8 using the Saturn V with astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders. The flight would loop Earth twice then orbit the moon about 20 hours 10 lunar orbits at under 69 miles altitude before returning to the Pacific for Christmas Eve splashdown.
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UPI
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Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Cape Kennedy
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
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Moon
Pacific
Lunar
Dog fashion and luxury pets sweep urban life
In New York urban areas dogs become fashion statements with rare breeds and upscale accessories. George Rosenthal of American Kennels reports 300 pedigree dogs on display and about 80 prime pets sold weekly after veterinary checks and showroom grooming.
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New York
UPI
Japan
George Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Smoke Bombs Drive Sit-In Off Hyde County Courthouse
Police fired smoke bombs into an upstairs room as about 20 Negro students occupied a Hyde County Courthouse room. Mamie Harris, 17, was injured leaping from a second floor window to escape the smoke. Police then cleared the building amid cries and protest from the crowd. Local high schools Davis and Peay saw vandalism during earlier disruptions, tied to a long-running boycott of classes by Negro students over discrimination in the school system.
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N.C
Whitey
Hyde County
Mamie Harris
Fairfield
Charlie Cahoon
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New First Family Given Tour of the White House
President elect Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon toured the White House with Lady Bird Johnson guiding, viewing spaces unseen during Nixon's eight years as vice president. Mrs Nixon received blueprints and photos, praising the house as one that shows care and welcomes changeover detail.
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Washington
UPI
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Pat Nixon
Lady Bird Johnson
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