McNamara Heads to South Viet Nam for Peaceful War Strategy
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara plans a trip to South Vietnam to press for a return to a steady war effort focused on Vietnamese capability. He opposes large scale North Vietnam incursions and believes U.S. troops will not be sent to South Vietnam, aiming to win countryside support for Saigon.
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Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
McNamara
North
Red
Saigon
Pentagon
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
U.S
Castro Water Offer Declined By U S
Fidel Castro proposed restoring Guantanamo water but Washington rejected the offer. Washington aims to make the base self sufficient via desalinization next year. Castro praised Goldwater while predicting a Democratic loss and peace desires in the United States.
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U. S
Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Guantanamo
Washington
State Department
Pierre Salinger
White House
Cuba
Guantanamo Bay
United States
Goldwater
Unemployment in Augusta Rises 21 Percent
The Maine Employment Security Commission reported a 21 percent rise in unemployment in Augusta from mid December to mid January. Despite the jump the rate remains 500 fewer than a year earlier at the same period.
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Augusta
Maine
Employment Security Commission
Bible Quiz Results Spur New Study
In Newton Massachusetts public school five classes of college bound juniors and seniors faced a Bible literacy test. Results showed widespread misconceptions about biblical figures and gospel authorship prompting English teacher Thayer S Warshaw to use the Bible as a humanities source book rather than a religious text.
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Sodom
Gomorrah
Matthew Mark Luther
John
Jesus
Supreme Court
Warshaw
English Journal
Security Council backs Cyprus peace plan and mediator
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to authorize Secretary-General U Thant to establish a Cyprus peace force and appoint a mediator. Russia supported the plan with reservations on force creation and control, while France ultimately joined the vote amid concerns over composition.
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U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Cyprus
Soviet Union
France
Roger Seydoux
Greek protests and Cyprus peace plan move clouded by unrest
In Athens thousands chant against the United States and Britain as 2000 Greeks burn an effigy of Johnson amid protests over Turkey. On Rhodes 3000 high school students attack U S nearby sites while Greek Premier Papandreou orders police restraint. U Thant seeks Security Council approval for a Cyprus peace plan and an international force with a mediator to resolve Greek Turkish tensions.
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Exer
Nikolai Fedorenko
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Aegean
Athens
Johnson
U.S
United States
Britain
Dea
Rhodes
U.S. Information Agency
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Courier
Voice of America
Cyprus
Papandreou
U Thant
Security Council
Sanford Boy Dies In Blaze In Sanford Mill District
A one year old, Jerry Chadbourne, died in a four family tenement fire in Sanford's mill district. Six adults and 12 children escaped. the mother Sharon Chadbourne was slightly burned while attempting to save the child. Firefighters reported heavy damage to the second floor. Police sought the father Bradley Chadbourne, a truck driver, reportedly away at the time. State Police contacted about the missing parent.
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Sanford
Jerry Chadbourne
Sharon Chadbourne
Chadbourne
Bradley Chadbourne
Ruby Pleads Innocent In Oswald Murder Trial
Jack Ruby appeared before a jury of four women and eight men and pled innocent by reason of insanity to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. The indictment dated November 26 accuses Ruby of killing Oswald with malice aforethought.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dist
Atty
Henry M. Wade
Ruby
Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Brown
J. Frank Wilson
Texas Supreme Court
Texas
Austin
John F. Kennedy
Dallas City Hall
Melvin M. Belli
San Francisco
Hoffa Jury Returns To Work In Chattanooga
In Chattanooga the Hoffa trial jury resumes after lunch with six weeks of testimony. Jurors deliberated nearly three hours previously and face possible convictions for Hoffa and four co defendants if the government proves an attempted jury tampering. Conviction carries up to 15 years and 15000 dollars. others face up to 5 years and 5000 dollars.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
James R. Hoffan
Teamsters
Hoffa
International Teamsters Union
Nashville
Wilson
Tax cut benefits show up in checks tomorrow nationwide
Federal tax cut effects begin Thursday for millions of workers with an average 19 percent reduction for 80 million Americans. Employers report few issues adjusting payroll systems and most workers want the extra take home pay, though some request unchanged withholding or higher amounts.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Internal Revenue Service
Manley Eubank
Raleigh
N.C
Eubank
North Carolina
U.S
General Motors Corp
Salt Lake City
Mountain States Telephone Co
Pittsburgh
Norman Reichert
Philco Corp
L Aw
Reichert
Philco
Maine
Maine Medical Center
Secret All jet program kept from most lawmakers
President Johnson disclosed the existence of a secret 2,000 mph All jet, stating testing aims to prove long range interceptor capabilities. He noted only a handful of Congress members and CIA-linked officials were informed, while McNamara’s secretary fight for extra research funds proceeded without full committee knowledge.
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Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Department
Pentagon
CIA
House
Johnson
Armed Services Committee
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