Court split: Georgia to choose governor by legislature
The Supreme Court upheld a 142 year old Georgia rule allowing the legislature to pick between Callaway and Maddox when no gubernatorial candidate wins a majority. Maddox called it a victory for Georgians while Callaway urged returning the decision to the people. The legislature convenes Jan 9, 1967.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
Howard
Bo) Callaway
Lester Maddox
U. S
Hugo Black
High Court
Atlanta
Tower Court
Black
Georgia House
Callaway
Maddox
Athens
Legislative Institute
General Assembly
G.O.P
New Orleans
Carl Sanders
Sanders
Africans Narrow Rhodesia Oil Ban Demands at Secret Meet
At a secret strategy session African nations failed to agree on adding an oil embargo to a broad Rhodesia trade ban. Nigeria's Adebo said seven nations prepared a comprehensive ban covering all exports and imports including oil, but no resolution was presented to the Security Council.
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Rhodesia
Security Council
Arthur Goldberg
U.S
Britain
Adebo
Nigeria
Seven
Kennedy's Florida Trip Delayed By Illness
Former ambassador Joseph P Kennedy 78 remained hospitalized in Boston after Dec 6 skin lesion surgery and will not make his annual Florida trip as planned. He is described in satisfactory condition at Baptist Hospital.
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Boston
UPI
Joseph P. Kennedy
New England
Testimony Links Farber Death to Larynx Fracture in Coppolino Trial
In Freehold New Jersey AP report, Dr Milton Helpern, former NYC chief medical examiner, testifies Farber died in 1963 from a double fracture of the larynx. Mrs Farber testifies Coppolino suggested beating Farber with a bat before administering a lethal drug. The trial includes allegations of an affair and a forged letter clearing Coppolino of responsibility.
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Freehold
N. J
William Farber
Milton Helpern
Carl Coppolino
Farber
Dr. Helpern
City of
New York
Bailey
Coppolino
Mary Gibson Coppolino
Mrs. Farber
Carmela
Eisenhower Reported In Good Condition After Surgery
Former President Dwight Eisenhower, age 76, is said to be in good condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital after gall bladder removal. Officials announced the operation began at 8 a.m. and the president returned to his room at 10:05 a.m. EST, with newsmen informed at 11 a.m.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Forn Preson
Private funds to back Remagen bridge planned in Bonn
A Remagen bridge project would be the Rhine’s first privately funded span. Engineer Rudolf Schulz estimates a 10 to 15 million dollar cost and a 10 000 to 12 000 car daily capacity. The railway bridge was seized by Allied forces on March 7 1945 and collapsed ten days after capture.
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Germany
Remagen
Rudolf Schulz
Bad Godesberg
It Wasn’t Much of a Proposal She Says
Comic note reports a girl recounting a failed proposal where the suitor suggested pooling pay envelopes and a joke about shared wages, reflecting light hearted office humor.
Flow of Oil Across Syria Is Cut Off
Damascus radio reports the Iraq Petroleum Co halted crude flow across Syria to the Mediterranean after Banias storage tanks filled. IPC says Syrian authorities refused tanker loading. pumping continues to Tripoli terminal as supplies arrive from Syria.
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Iraq Petroleum Co
IPC
Syria
Mediterranean
John Page
Banias
London
Eugenie
Tripoli
Lebanon
Nebraska Guard Receives Offutt Base for Training Use
Washington officials say the surplus Offutt air force base at Mead is being transferred to the army for Nebraska National Guard training. Senators Curtis and Hruska were notified. the transfer covers about 1,185 acres. The site was declared surplus by the air force last year.
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Mead
Army
Carl Curtis
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
Air Force
Bombing Cleared Ho Chi Minh Trail and Mekong Delta
American B 52s struck the Mu Gia pass and North Vietnam aims to halt Hanoi fuel and arms supplies. U S jets and helicopters sank 63 junks in the delta while others destroyed 21 sampans south of Saigon. Over 440 U S aircraft have been lost since August 1964 with heavy fighting continuing near Tay Ninh and Dong Hoi.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Trai
South
Mekong
Mu Gia
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Russia
Rung Sat
Bien Hoa
Vietnarmean Air Force
Vietnam
U.S. First Infantry Division
Tay Ninh
Tay ‘Ninh
Sangon
Dong Hoi
Ruby Cancer Not Necessarily Hopeless Case
Dallas doctor in charge of Jack Ruby's treatment says his cancer is not necessarily a hopeless case. Dr. Jay Sanford notes primary source investigation may take more than a week as Ruby, 55, faces ongoing medical evaluation amid national attention.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Jay Sanford
Southwestern Medical School
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Dallas Times Herald
Court Rules Informer Permissible in Hoffa Conviction
Supreme Court upholds 1964 James Hoffa conviction for jury tampering, ruling use of secret informers not per se unconstitutional. Justice Stewart notes Partin was present with Hoffa and conversations were not covert. Justices Warren, Clark, and Douglas dissenters. Hoffa jailed in Tennessee for eight years and fined 19000 dollars.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James ‘Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Potter Stewart
Hoffa
Teamsters
Chattanooga
Tenn
Edward ‘Grady Partin
Baton Rouge
Joseph Fanelli
Partin
Nashville
Red Schools Face Official Criticism in USSR and China
Moscow reports Soviet high schools under pressure as Pravda notes high failure rates, outdated physics teaching, and a push for universal 10 year education by 1970. Chen Yi asserts university degrees drop to four years with two years factory or farm training. China closes schools for cultural revolution revisions while reform moves target middle and high school curricula.
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Soviet Union
Communist China
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Chen Yi
Russian Federation
Mikhail Prokofyev
Federation
Communist Party
Pravda
Peking
Nihon Kewai
Irom
Steel Uni
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