Truce Talks Dominate As U S Airlifts Troops
Truce talks pervaded Vietnam as the United States airlifted a 3rd Brigade of the 25th Tropic Lightning Division into the central highlands. The six day North air war moratorium continued with Hanoi offering no peace feelers. U S and Vietnamese air forces pressed strikes in the South while Viet Cong raids hit Quang Ngai and Minh Long.
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U. S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Washington
Viet Nam
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Saltonstall ends long public career with Senate retirement
Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts announced his retirement from the U.S. Senate at the end of his current term in January 1967. The 73-year-old Republican spoke at a news conference in a federal courthouse and named potential successors and allies, including Edward Brooke, John Volpe, Elliot Richardson, and several Massachusetts congressmen.
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Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
U.S. Senate
Saltonstall
Federal
Edward M. Brooke
John A Volpe
Elliot L. Richardson
Massachusetts
U.S
F. Bradford Morse
William H. Bates
Hastings Keith
Silvio O. Conte
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Laurence Curtis
Senate
GOP
Larry Curtis
John F. Collins
Endicott Peabody
Fanfani Rebuffs Call to Withdraw Resignation
Rome Italy Amintore Fanfani rejected Premier Aldo Moro's appeal to withdraw his resignation as foreign minister. He denied ties to anti American remarks by Giorgio La Pira and disputed La Pira's party remarks and his wife’s party. Fanfani said he would stay on until a Foreign Affairs Commission hearing and then resign effective Jan 6.
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Giorgio la Pira
Fanfani
la Pira
Florence
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U.N. General Assembly
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Ter
Italy
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Hanoi
Moro
Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Commission
Vase Twa
U S Diplomats See No Hanoi Response To Bombing Pause
U S diplomats report no Hanoi reply as a five day bombing halt nears end. Washington views the lull as potential for peace talks but cites no concrete responses from North Vietnam. Senate leaders and officials debate the impact of Soviet activity and U S strategy in the stalled Viet Nam conflict.
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Viet Nam
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U.S
Senate
Republican
Alexander Shelepin
North Viet Nam
Moscow
Peking
State Department
Robert J. McClosky
U. S
Hanoi - Peking
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Pentagon
Dean Rusk
Shelepin
Alexei N. Kosygin
Johnson
Smokers joke about weight gain after quitting
A humorous line notes ex smokers see weight gain as they quit. One speaker claims to limit smoking to six cigarettes a day after meals, reflecting a lighthearted take on cessation struggles.
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WRR
Fea. Corp
Viet Nam peace hopes rise as truce talks near New Year
AP notes U S and South Vietnamese forces may accept a Viet Cong offered cease fire for Tet but Hanoi has not replied. Humphrey tours Asia. Dirksen and Case argue funding for domestic programs. Rhodesia unrest shifts to smaller cars. Alabama civil rights gains cited. Arkansas Democrats plan a special primary for Rep. Harris's seat amid party rivalries.
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Associated Press
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Hanoi
Hubert H. Humphrey
Manila
U.S
Pentagon
Clifford P. Case
Everett M. Dirksen
Aldo Moro
Amintere Fanfani
Zambia
Alabama
Arkansas
Oren Harris
Kohler Seeks Courtesy Meeting With Soviet Leader Podgorny
U S Ambassador Foy D Kohler met for about an hour with President Nikolai V Podgorny in Moscow in what officials called a courtesy call The meeting followed Podgornys December 9 accession and occurred amid heightened Viet Nam war diplomacy including Shelepin planned Hanoi trip and Harrimans Warsaw mission.
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Moscow
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Kohler
Viet Nam
Podgorny
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Government pressure to end crippling Olin strike in Illinois
Washington reports intensified federal effort to resolve a 29 day strike by AFL CIO machinists at Olin Mathieson Chemical Co in East Alton Illinois. The plant supplies gunpowder for U S rifles and 20 mm shells and a fast settlement is urged to avoid ammunition shortages for Vietnam combat units.
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U.S
Viet Nam
William E. Simkin
Afl-Cio
Olin Mathieson Chemical Co
East Alton
Ill
Simkin
White House
Johnson
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Stanley R. Reser
Illinois
Olin Mathieson
Army
Wirtz
Olin Mathie
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