Hawks Win Out in Vietnam Policy Shift After McNamara Exit
Washington sources indicate Robert McNamara’s likely departure from the Defense Department will harden the Vietnam war effort. President Johnson's aides lean more on Rostow, the hawkish national security adviser, as McNamara shifts toward the World Bank after nearly seven years in the cabinet.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
McNamara
World Bank
Vietnam
Rostow
Johnson
Army Private Arrested In Slaying Of Cop Near Erwin Tenn
FBI arrested Army Pvt. Earl Hill Jr., 26, on a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder in the killing of Washington officer Pvt. Lowell Bailey and rape attempt against his wife near Erwin Tennessee. The incident occurred after a car stop on a hillside near Erwin. Bailey died, his wife was shot while trying to escape.
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Earl Hill Jr
Ft. Stewart
FBI
Washington
Army
Tennessee
Erwin
Tenn
Ft. Stewart Ga
Hill
Johnson City
U. S
Savannah
Pvt
Lowell Edwin Bailey
Bailey
Baileys
Johnson City Memorial Hospital
Greeks Fail To Reach Agreement With Turks
An urgent Greek Cabinet meeting failed to yield approval of Turkish demands over the Cyprus crisis. Western mediators planned new talks with Ankara and Nicosia as envoys pressed for a breakthrough amid a delicate and dangerous stalemate involving evacuation of Greek troops and NATO diplomacy.
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Athens
Greece
Cyprus
Western Alliance
Ankara
Turkey
Panagiotis Pipinelis
Pipinelis
Manlio Brosio
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Brosio
Vance
Mercer County Bond Vote Fails For Third Time
Mercer County voters rejected a $7.7 million school bond, 55 percent in favor to 60 percent needed, with about 13 000 ballots cast. Beaver Pond Bluefield led support with 65 percent, while Rock District opposed strongly at 26 percent.
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Mercer County
Beaver Pond
Bluefield
East River
Princeton
Rock
Plymouth
Jumping Branch
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Cooke
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corp
Rock District
McNamara Nomination for World Bank President Reported
The World Bank confirmed Tuesday night that Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara had been nominated as bank president. Officials cautioned that formal action by the bank’s executive directors was uncertain and could depend on responses from member governments. The White House said McNamara’s departure would not alter Vietnam War conduct, though some Congressional quarters predicted a possible step up in the war.
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White House
McNamara
Pentagon
Haiphong Harbor
Johnson
Congress
Washington
World Bank
Robert S. McNamara
Bank
George D. Woods
Stepup
North Vietnam
Defense Department
Vietnam
Notable Classified Snippets Highlight Local Topics
Fragments indicate a page section listing various topics from society to sports. Readable items mention comics, editorials, and a Princeton segment. Details are sparse, with limited names or events identifiable in the OCR-provided text.
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Dennis
Graham
Princeton
Society
Rocket Shifts Hit Bu Dop and Haiphong Air War Escalates
Communist rockets overran Bu Dop district headquarters near Cambodia and attacked a U S Special Forces camp as U S troops raced to Phuoc Long province. North Vietnam air strikes hit Haiphong area and targets inside the DMZ while Dak To fighting quieted. Brig Gen Nguyen Ngoc Loan reportedly offered to resign as Thieu sought his removal.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Bu Dop
Phuoc Long Province
Cambodia
Dak
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
Marine Corps
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Dak To
Central Highlands
Laos
Hanoi
Vietnam
Kien An
Kep Ha
Yen Bay
North
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Loan
Nguyen Cao Ky
Eisenhower backs hot pursuit across Indochina warned
Former President Eisenhower told CBS he would approve invading the DMZ in Vietnam and pursuing Red forces into Laos Cambodia and possibly China by ground or air. He urged sending 100000 more troops to Vietnam and dismissed a fixed map boundary as sacrosanct.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Red China
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
CBS
Omar N. Bradley
U.S
Bradley
China
Harry Reasoner
Russia
Restart Permitted On Antipoverty Programs
Congress granted a temporary spending authority to restart about 40 antipoverty programs until December 2. The action allows federal agencies, notably the Office of Economic Opportunity and foreign aid, to pay staff while regular appropriations are delayed. Lawmakers signaled resistance to funding the full 2.06 billion Johnson request, aiming to reduce it to the 1.6 billion House baseline.
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Washington
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
Johnson
House
Senate
OEO
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Baisden Man Killed by Accidental Shotgun Discharge
Clyde Jackson, 44, of Baisden was killed when a shotgun held in the lap of a 14 year old girl apparently discharged. He was at a friend's house in Baisden when the blast struck his leg, severing an artery and causing death.
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Baisden
W. Va
Clyde Jackson
Jackson
Okie Cline
Health Project Areas Designated By Agency
Seven Appalachian Regional Commission health project areas will share 14 million dollars over seven months. Areas span North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Ohio Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia. Each gets 200 000 planning funds plus 2 million for approved projects to build clinics hospitals and care centers. West Virginia counties listed include Fayette Logan McDowell Mercer Mingo Monroe Raleigh Summers and Wyoming. The planning grant funds the Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council to train nurses dental hygienists and other health personnel at WV Tech Bluefield State Concord College and county vocational centers.
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Washington
Appalachian Regional Commission
W. J. Bryan Dorn
D-S. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Dorn
Fayette
Logan
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Southern
West Virginia Regional Health Council
Appalachian
West Virginia Tech
Bluefield State
Concord College
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Bostow
Walt W. Rostow
Lowell Edwing Bailey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Haiphong Docks
Cyrus R. Vance
Nicosia
Makarios
Constantine Kollias
Panayiotis Pipinelis
Board of Education
Ike
Dmz
John N. Cornell
Ramsey St
Earl Thomas
Clifford St
Fred B. Horne
W. K. Bourne
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