Soviet Pushes Vietnam Peace Linking U S Troop Withdrawals
United Nations role rumor fades as Soviet Ambassador Fedorenko insists peace talks hinge on U S troop withdrawals and Washington abandoning aggressive Vietnam policies. Bancroft hints Soviet influence could ease hostilities. Cuba and Latin American critics press U S. continuation of intervention claims.
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United Nations
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Nikolai Fedorenko
General Assembly
U.S
Britain
Washington
Fedorenko
U.N
Vassily Kuznetsov
New York
U Thant
Harding Bancroft
Bancroft
Cuba
Latin America
Mexico
Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada
U. S
Fidel Castro
Alarcon
Organization of American States
Governors Say U S Tired of Promises in 1968 Race
Republican governors at a two day Colorado Springs meeting urged unity to back Michigan Gov George Romney as 1968 standard bearer They accused the Johnson administration of losing public confidence and urged action on urban sprawl health education and other issues While Ronald Reagan backed a total mobilization against North Vietnam he declined to commit to a presidential bid and pledged to back the GOP nominee
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Jack Belt
Colorado Springs
Johnson
Michigan
George Romney
GOP
John Love
Colorado
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
U.S
Hanoi
Vietnam
Eisenhower
John
James Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Post Office Hours Bring Extended Cedar Rapids Service
The main Cedar Rapids post office and the Federal building station on First Street SE will offer early mail service today from 2 to 5 p.m. Officials say the extra hours align with the Christmas rush and are designed to speed parcels and stamps.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Building
First Street
Bliss: GOP split healed as Bliss touts 1966 gains
Madison Wisconsin AP National Republican Chairman Ray Bliss says GOP gains in 1966 came from the bottom up and that the two year split is healed. He notes a new party unity at a Wisconsin University event before a youth recruitment program and declines to comment on personalities. He leaves open Romney as a 1968 candidate.
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Madison
Wis
Ray Bliss
G.O.P
Bliss
University of Wisconsin
Republican Party
Michigan
George W. Romney
Barry Goldwater
Dean Slightly Injured in Fall From 4th Floor
Paul L. Selby Jr., dean of West Virginia University College of Law, fell from a hotel window in Charleston from the seventh floor to a roof below. He was not visibly injured but admitted for X ray examination after the four story drop.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paul L. Selby, Jr
Morgantown
West Virginia University College of Law
Selby
Daniel Boone
Montgomery Ward
Ohio State Uni
Freeman resigns as Planned Parenthood publicity chief in Phoenix
Phil lip Freeman has quit as publicity chairman for the Planned Parenthood Organization in Phoenix citing demands of his time. He serves as director of customer relations for a diaper service.
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Phoenix
Phillip Freeman
Planned Parenthood
Brandt's Son Joins German Youth Rally Against Vietnam War
About 800 German youths demonstrated in Berlin including Peter Brandt, 18, son of vice-chancellor Willy Brandt. They voiced antiwar messages, burned or confiscated banners and heads, and police kept groups from disrupting shoppers. A second march sang civil rights songs and targeted U.S. and South Vietnamese leaders.
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Willy Brandt
Berlin
Vietnam
Johnson
North Vietnam
Brandt
Peter Brandt
West Berlin
Bonn
Eld
Er Brandt
Social Democrat Party
Amerika Haus
U.S
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Nguyen Cao Ky
Skyhawk pilot survives after arm amputation in Vietnam combat
Cmdr. Wynn Foster recalled a July incident in Vietnam when a 57mm shell blew off his right arm. He steered the A 4 Skyhawk back to sea landing on a destroyer and parachuting to safety before medical care. Foster earned the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and 19 Air Medals across three wars.
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Norfolk, Va
Cmdr
Wynn Foster
Foster
Vietnam
Naval Aviation Safety Cen
U. S
Bright Meteor Seen Over Iowa
Police stations across Iowa received numerous calls Saturday evening about a large bright meteor flashing across the sky. The sightings were reported in several cities, prompting residents to describe a vivid fireball trail.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Jack Ruby Suffering From Cancer Diagnosed at Parkland
Dallas AP report states Jack Ruby 85, former club operator and Oswald slayer, is hospitalized with a tumor and pneumonia. Parkland administrative assistant Jim Maxwell says a lymph node biopsy under local anesthesia found a tumor. site to be determined. Further studies will define treatment and tumor location. Ruby’s condition is listed as serious but improved.
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Dallas
Jacek Ruby
Lee Harvey l Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Ruby
Jim Maxwell
Parkland
Maxwell
Flip of Coin Chooses Tombstone Marshal
Everett Brownfey, a Republican, won Tombstone marshal by a coin toss after tying with Democrat Joe Perotti at 1B votes apiece in the general election. The frontier town agreed the coin decision settled the race.
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Tombstone, Ariz
Tombstone
Everett Brownfey
Republcan
Joe Perotti
U N debated sanctions over Rhodesia on force issue
Africans draft amendments to a British resolution urging the UN Security Council to deploy mandatory sanctions including oil embargoes and broader trade bans against Rhodesia. The British plan seeks to expand voluntary measures to mandatory forms while avoiding military force, amid tensions with Portugal and South Africa.
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United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Britain
Rhodesia
Portugal
South Africa
Council
U.N
U. N
George Brown
Africa
Mozambique
Tan Smith
Brown
Smith
Turkey Rocked By Earthquake Off Western Black Sea Coast
An earthquake of undetermined strength struck Turkey's western Black Sea coast near 200 miles northeast of Istanbul on Saturday night. Reports said there was no serious damage or casualties.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Black Sea
Chuckle About Sleeping in Church Condensed
A light joke notes that if all churchgoing sleepers stretched out they would be more comfortable, with a playful punchline about Convriant.
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