Johnson II Declared Normal After Full Physical
President Johnson underwent a complete physical Friday with Dr. George Burkley reporting everything within normal range. Laitin said the President appears fine, though muscle twinges occur on sudden movements. weight is 190 to 195 pounds, the lightest since taking office, and he plans to watch Gemini 7 from Cape Kennedy with ambassadors from 78 countries attending aboard Johnson’s jet transport.
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City
Tex
George G. Barkley
Navy
Joseph Laitin
Burkley
Laitin
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Jack Valenti
Washington
Chiefs of Mission
Yugoslavia
Lailin
Paratroopers Get Viet Hazard Pay With Waiver
President Johnson signed an order to grant full hazard pay to paratroopers in Viet Nam even if they miss the quarterly airborne jump in combat. Secretary McNamara proposed the waiver, with enlisted men receiving $55 monthly and officers $116. Affected units include the 173rd Airborne Brigade, elements of the 101st Airborne, and paratroopers of the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division.
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Johnson City
Texas
Johnson
Viet Nam
Roberts
McNamara
173Rd Airborne Brigade
101St Airborne
Cavealry
White Killer Of Ala Negro Gets 10 Years
Hubert Damon Strange, 25, a service station attendant, was sentenced to 10 years for second degree murder in the July killing of a Negro foundry worker in Anniston Alabama. The white jury conviction marked the first murder conviction of a white man for a Black man’s slaying in recent Alabama history. An appeal was noted and bond set at 10000 dollars. defense sought probation and a hearing was scheduled for January 7.
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Anniston
Ala
Hubert Damon Strange
Alabama
Robert M. Parker
Strange
J.B. Stoner
Parker
Friends
Inductions Held Up No Draft at Christmas
Washington AP reports the Army will halt sending inductees from Dec 22 to Dec 27 to reception centers to avoid Christmas disruptions. The move supports a policy to spare young men from induction before Christmas. The notice follows a protest linked to a planned Dec 23 induction. The draft quota for January was set at 38,280.
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Washington
Army
Pentagon
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Wis
Death penalty for Duane Pope in bank killings
A federal jury ordered Duane E. Pope to die in the electric chair for the Farmers State Bank murders in western Nebraska. The 22 year old, a former McPherson College football co-captain, faced six counts with the death penalty on three. Defense argued insanity, later to appeal to the Supreme Court if needed.
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Neb
Duane E. Pope
Big Springs
Nev
Robert van Pelt
Roxbury
Kan
Farmers State Bank
Nebraska
Pope
McPherson
Robert Crosby
U.S. Supreme Court
China Charges U S With Raids on Boats
Tokyo dispatch says the New China News Agency reported Communist China accused the United States of air and sea space violations. It claimed an American warship twice entered Chinese waters near Chungwu in Kukien Province and an American plane violated air space over Hungshing and Tung Islands in Kwantung province, calling the acts cold blooded murder.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
United States
New China News Agency
Chungwu
Kukien
Hungshing
Tung Islands
Hsisha
Kwargtung
Negro girl elected Mount Holyoke freshman president
Sandra Green, 17, of Cleveland is elected freshman class president at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts. She is one of about two dozen Negro students in a class over 500 and would be the first Negro woman to head the incoming class. Green, who goes by Sandy, was student council president and valedictorian at East High School in Cleveland and plans science, likely zoology, as a major. She serves as chair of the Civil Action Group’s civil rights committee and says involvement is key to college. future in politics is uncertain.
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Mass
Sandra Green
Cleveland
Mount Holyoke College
Sandra
Sandy
East High School
Mount Holyoke
The
Civil Action Group
Civil Rights Committee
Peo
Democrats Push Tax Concurrence In Massachusetts
Boston AP reports Senate leaders plan decisive action next week to pass a tax package and a budget exceeding 600 million, backing the 116.5 million House bill with possible new levies. Governor Volpe vowed a veto, while House Democrats unite on income and excise taxes to meet a 200 million revenue goal.
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Boston
Senate
John A. Volpe
Maurice A. Donahue
D-Holyoke
House
Donahue
Volpe
Olpe
Commonwealth
Quote on public involvement in politics and knowledge
A speaker advocates broad political engagement, stating that everyone should be involved and informed about ongoing affairs. She stresses the value of civic participation and awareness in political processes.
Stokes Objects After Legion Slur On Rabbi Award
Boston AP Bishop Anson Phelps Stokes Jr declined an American Legion post award after the Crosscup Pishon post cancelled plans to honor Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn and Archibishop Cushing and Cardinal Cushing planned to attend. The post cited Rabbi Gittelsohn’s participation in a Viet Nam peace march and the bishops reaction supported upholding the government position while preserving American rights to peaceful protest.
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Boston
Episcopal Church
American Legion Post
Post
United States
Viet Nam
Roland B. Giggelsohn
The
Jewish War Veterans
Episcopal
Massachusetts
Anson Phelps Stokes Jr
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Rabbi Gittelsohn
Temple Israel
Iwo Jima
William B. Curran
American Legion
Gittelsohn
Washington
Stokes
Nevada A Test Largest of 1965 Sealed Underground
The biggest announced nuclear test of 1965 was conducted Friday at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada site. Described as intermediate yield, the blast equaled 200000 to one million tons of TNT. It was the 22nd weapons test announced that year, with one Plowshare test and another for detection methods also noted.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
May Craig to retire after 30 years on capital beat
Portland Maine AP reports May Craig Washington correspondent for Guy Gannett papers will retire at year end after more than three decades. Jean Gannett Arnzen says Griffin Larrabee News Bureau led by Donald R Larrabee will replace her. Craig known for Meet the Press and presidential press conferences.
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May Craig
Washington
Guy Gannett
Maine
Craig
Jean Gannett Arnzen
Griffin-Larrabee
Donald R. Larrabee
Arnzen
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