De Gaulle Edges in Primary Vote Yet France Keeps Betting
Paris report notes De Gaulle won 44 percent in the first French presidential primary with six candidates, while Mitterrand leads anti Gaullist sentiment among intellectuals. Soustelle discusses an omelette coalition idea uniting left and center while excluding communists and Vichyites. France faces a youthful surge and questions of age affecting the incumbent’s appeal.
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Berlin Wall Opens For Christmas Visits
Berlin and East German authorities will open the Berlin wall on the upcoming Saturday for West Berliners to visit relatives in East Berlin during the Christmas holidays. The wall will close again on January 3, marking the sixth one way holiday opening since 1961. About 800,000 West Berliners have received passes valid from 7 a.m. to midnight on two designated days under an agreement between West Berlin and the East German regime.
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Dominican Troops Break Capital Riot
Dominican troops and police dispersed 200 rioters in Santo Domingo who blocked traffic near Duarte Bridge. U S aid mission cars were set afire, paratroopers injured. one with a broken jaw. Provisional government ends four day sugar strike tied to a decree cutting the Christmas bonus.
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Population grows by 1100 each hour in India
Health Minister Mrs. Sushila Nayar announced that India's population is rising by about 1,100 people per hour. She praised growing support for family planning and stated it is essential for progress. A separate Tokyo report notes a cold wave and blizzards disrupting air, sea, and land transport across Japan.
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Cyclone Toll in East Pakistan Could Reach Thousands
Gov Abdul Bronem Khan reported 750 dead or missing after the cyclone along East Pakistan's coast. Daily Pakistan said 6,000 bodies were recovered near Cox's Bazar and about 20,000 people were missing as a 12 foot wave caused widespread destruction from Cox's Bazar to Chittagong.
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Labor Wins By One Vote In Parliament
In London the Labour government won a one vote House of Commons margin to defeat a Conservative motion opposing a government bill to abolish the territorial army. With Prime Minister Harold Wilson away in the United States the 292 to 291 vote kept Wilson from facing an election call and left Labour with a nominal two vote majority over the opposition combined.
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American troupe performs nude ballet on Swedish TV
An American Workshop Company dance group performed in the nude on Swedish television, with seven members undressing, dancing on a large sheet of paper, and tearing it into pieces in a trance-like routine. The Swedes found the performance boring.
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Ismay Dies, Wartime Adviser to Churchill
Lord Ismay, 78, former wartime military adviser to Prime Minister Churchill, died at his Broadway Worcestershire home after a short illness. He served as NATO secretary-general postwar and held key roles from India to Commonwealth relations before becoming NATO chief executive in 1952.
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Upgrading Of Dissenters Near Showdown
At least 1¢ University of Michigan students who joined an Oct. 15 sit-in at the Ann Arbor Selective Service office have been reclassified to 1-A from 2-8. Protests draw a U.S. senator, university president, veterans group and law professors as draft officials cite law penalties for interference while no federal charges yet filed.
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Johnson and Wilson push Rhodesia oil embargo action
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson wrap two days of talks with a decision to impose an oil embargo on Rhodesia under rebel Prime Minister Ian Smith. The plan, announced in Washington and London, aims to pressure Rhodesia while aiding Zambia’s transport links to the sea. Smith criticized Western allies for backing communism as Rhodesia’s independence from Britain nears, warning of potential clashes at the Zambezi River border.
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Geneva accords shape Vietnam and Hanoi talks
The 1954 Geneva agreements established independent Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia with unification not fulfilled North Viet Nam talks surface as Rusk says the United States would negotiate on basis of Geneva accords while disputing the four points. Fanfani reports Hanoi receives their comments awaits Hanoi reaction from State Department notes.
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St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Draft Boards Impose Punishment Without Trial, ACLU Says
A spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union, defending nine of ten reclassified students, contends draft boards are imposing punishment without trial. The dispute centers on how students labeled as conscientious objectors or classified under new rules are treated.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Interest ceiling on home loan savings rises to 4.75%
Washington AP Federal Home Loan Bank Board loosened rules to allow savings and loan associations to pay up to 4.75 percent on certain savings deposits. The move comes as the industry fears losing deposits to banks, which near a 3.5 percent time deposit ceiling set by the Fed. The prior ceiling on time deposits of 30 days or more was 4.5 percent.
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Nine Indian Soldiers Killed on Ceasefire Line
A Pakistani spokesman said nine Indian soldiers were killed in clashes on the ceasefire line over the past two days, amid ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan.
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