Jubilee Urban Renewal Gets Final Federal Approval
The Urban Renewal Administration approves a 3.35 million grant and a 4.5 million temporary loan for a 61 acre Jubilee project in Pittsfield. Land purchase, tenants relocation, site clearance, and preparation begin immediately, with six years expected to complete. Ralph Froio notes delays but expects January land acquisition to start after a second appraisal.
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The
Urban Renewal Administration
URA
Pittsfield
Silvio 0. Conte
Washington
Froio
United States and South Vietnam Halt Fire for 30 Hours
U S and South Vietnamese forces will observe a 30 hour cease fire from 6 p.m. December 24 to midnight December 25, with orders that allied troops may fire in self defense. Curfew for Americans in Saigon lifted on Christmas Day, normal local curfew applies afterward. Leaders Westmoreland and Vien authorized the cease fire and no mention was made of the Viet Congs 12 hour Christmas truce proposal.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
William €. Westmoreland
Cao van Vien
Westmoreland
Viet Nam
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Udall relaxes residual fuel oil imports meet mixed views
Secretary Udall announced a substantial relaxation of the residual fuel oil import control program, drawing mixed reactions from Maine Senator Muskie and the New England Council. The action raises imports for the East Coast by 35 million barrels this year, with further liberalization planned from April 1, while coal interests oppose easing quotas.
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Washington
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
New England
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Congress
Udall
Boston
New England Council
Adadl
Ellington
Buford Ellington
Office of Emergency Planning
Canada
Mexico
West
Conte Hails Relaxed Oil Import Quotas
Rep Conte welcomes Udall plan to liberalize residual oil imports next year increasing eastern access by about 389000 barrels daily. He argues there is no reason for any restriction, noting the oil supports power and heat for New England institutions and industry. Critics say policy benefits coal and domestic producers.
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Silvie O. Conte
Interior
Stewart Udall
Udair
Venezuela
New England
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Udall
Buford Ellington
National Office For Emergency Planning
Conle
House unit bars Volpe sixth tax plan
The Democratic chaired Ways and Means Committee averted Gov. John A. Volpe's sixth sales tax plan. Rep. Anthony M. Sci ¬belli polled members and reported opposition within the committee. Four Republicans dissented as labor groups urged lawmakers to vote against the temporary 3 percent tax, calling it regressive and unfair.
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Volpe
Boston
House
Ways and Means Committee
John A. Volpe
Anthony M. Scibelli
Springfield
Organized Labor
Massachusetts State Labor Council
Andes Landslide Kills Fifteen in Peru Highlands
In Ancash region villages Acopara and Tacuacuami Olayen, a massive landslide after heavy rains swept down from 12,008 feet, killing fifteen and injuring others. Officials and the Peru vian air force rushed doctors, nurses, clothes, and food to the scene as early reports fluctuated between 13 and 200 dead.
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Lima
Peru
Andes
Luis Lopez Ramos
Ancash Department
Ancash
Acopara
Tacuacuami
USA Pledges Wheat Aid as India Faces Famine Threat
Indian minister Chidambaram Subramaniam announced Washington will supply wheat to India to avert a famine seen as potentially the largest relief effort. Officials caution India’s ports may bottleneck imports. estimates project a large deficit despite aid. Subramaniam met with President Johnson and U.S. officials to discuss volumes and timing.
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Washington
United States
India
U.S
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Chidambara Subramaniam
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Orville L. Freeman
Subramaniam
Pope Paul presses peace in Christmas message
Vatican Pope Paul VI urged leaders to modify their path toward peace amid the Viet Nam crisis. He framed the church as backing all talks and warned against overreliance on weapons, calling for equitable negotiations and restraint during the Christmas broadcast. He praised the Ecumenical Council and noted his UN visit.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
United States
Viet Nam
Counntries
Paul
St. Peter's Square
Pope Paul
Hanoi
South Vietnm
Ecumenical Council
United Nations
New York
Bob Hope
Bhumibot Adulyadej
Sirikit
Bangkok
Thailand
Hope
Associated Press
New England Clergymen Offer Christmas Faith Amid War Evils
Boston based clergymen from Catholic, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist, Congregational, Unitarian and Universalist groups address Christmas 1965. Cardinal Cushing, Bishop Stokes, Sturges, Mathews, Penner, Greeley and Greeley urge peace, justice, and faith to withstand global conflict including Viet Nam. They call for righting wrongs, prayer with action, and hope for truce despite ongoing hostilities.
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New England
Anson Phelps Stokes
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Christ
Paul Lee Sturges
Massachusetts Baptist Convention
Dana McLean Greeley
Unitarian Universalist Association
Viet Nam
Worcester Submariner Sentenced for Life
John Paul Anderson of Worcester Massachusetts was convicted of deliberately drowning his wife at Folly Beach last June and was given life in prison by the jury in Charleston DC.
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Charleston
D.C
UPI
John Paul Anderson
Worcester
Mass
Folly Beach
Rome Deputies Quiz Fanfani on Peace Feelers
Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani returned from New York as a Chamber of Deputies foreign affairs commission met to seek an explanation of his role in reported North Vietnamese peace feelers. The panel aims to hear how he relayed the overtures to President Johnson and the circumstances surrounding the matter.
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Rome
Amintore Fanfani
New York
Chamber of Deputies
Hanoi
Fanfani
Legislative Commission On Foreign Affairs
Johnson
Kennedy Memorial Stains Spark City Row Over Repairs
In Grand Army Plaza New York the John F Kennedy Memorial covered by a construction shack shows brown stains on white Vermont marble. Mayor Abe Stark halts $2,100 final payment to Port Morris Tile until discoloration is fixed as the Port Morris firm bars access. Marble firm cites rust and iron content. Vermont Marble Co claims no quarry defect. analyst cites iron oxide from moisture.
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New York
UPS
John F. Kennedy
Vermont
Grand Army Plaza
Abe Stark
Brooklyn
Port Morris Tile and Terrazzo Corp
Stark
Port Morris
Thomas Lee
Vermont Marble Co
Proctor
Foster D. Snell, Inc
New York City
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Vatican
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Jesus Christ
James K. Mathews
Albert J. Penner
Massachusetts Congregational Christian Confer
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