Ky Blasts Clifford’s Statements Over Vietnam Talks
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky criticized Defense Secretary Clark Clifford for delaying talks on Vietnam. Ky said Clifford misread U.S. and Vietnamese efforts, while Hanoi and Saigon sparred over talks procedure. Thieu pressed for an end to communist activity and for negotiations with his regime.
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Paris
UPS
Nguyen Cao Xy
South Vietnam
U.S
Clark Clifford
Clifford
Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Round Table
Creighton Abrams
HACAP Requests $528,912 in Federal Funds for 1969
HACAP seeks a $528,912 operating grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity for 1969. The request would combine with about $136,000 in local contributions to fund a three-county anti-poverty budget in Linn, Johnson and Jones counties. The plan adds two job developers and an operations manager, aiming to boost hiring of hard-core unemployed while local decisions await UCS input.
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Hawkeye Community Action Program
HACAP
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kansas City
Linn
Johnson and Jones
Beverly Davenport
Davenport
Ilinn County United Community Service
UCS
Johnson County
Johnson-Jones Legal Aid
Linn County
Spreading Flu Triggers Early College Holidays Across Cities
Hong Kong flu prompts several universities to close early and cancel visits in Boston and Washington DC with George Washington University suspending classes amid widespread illness. Cardinal Cushing confined to residence as hospitals tighten visitor access. Police and firemenabsenteeism rise in Cleveland and Milwaukee. New York predicts 300 to 400 deaths citywide.
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Hong Kong
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
George Washington University
Washington, D.C
New York City
Edward O’rourke
Hong Kong flu outbreak reported in Calhoun county Iowa
The Des Moines health department was alerted to a small Hong Kong flu outbreak in Rockwell City area Calhoun county. Dr Arnold Reeve said cases were diagnosed by symptoms without lab confirmation. He noted no colleges or schools closed and holiday scheduling should proceed normally.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Rockwell City
Iowa
Calhoun County
Arnold Reeve
Wreckage Spotted of Missing Plane Near Yunque Peak
A twin engine C-119 Flying Boxcar, carrying eight reservists, missing since Saturday, was found near Yunque peak southeast of San Juan. Coast guard and a marine detachment deployed to the scene. no survivors reported. The plane departed from Navy base for Homestead and reportedly developed radio and radar trouble.
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San Juan
P.R
Air Force
Yunque
Here
Coast Guard
910Th Tactical Air Support Group
Youngstown
Ohio
Naval Base
Homestead Air Base
Florida
Navy
Supreme Court Rejects Plea Against Reserves Call Up
The Supreme Court refused to hear 57 Army reservists challenging the government’s right to summon them for active duty during the undeclared Vietnam conflict. In a separate ruling the Court held draft registrants with doubtful exemptions must seek induction before challenging their cases, except for explicit exemptions such as divinity students.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Vietnam
William O. Douglas
Congress
Johnson
Reds May Free Pilots and U S View on Peace Moves
The United States released seven North Vietnamese seamen as a goodwill gesture in Vientiane, while Moscow Radio cited Hanoi's plan to release some American pilots at Christmas. Hanoi offered no official word on pilot releases, and U.S. officials questioned translation reports. In Saigon, B 52s pounded infiltration routes as officials eyed a potential winter offensive.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Radio Moscow
Hanoi
U. S
Vientiane
Moscow Radio
Radio
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Tokyo
Moscow
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
South Vietnam
Washington
Defense
Clifford
Iowa Attorney General limits minors’ smoking in state facilities
Atty. Gen. Richard Turner ruled most smoking by juveniles in Iowa institutions illegal under state law but allowed tobacco in forms other than cigarettes with written parental consent. The opinion clarifies that custody means a court order and does not include mere commitment orders, affecting canteen sales and supervised smoking at Eldora and Toledo facilities.
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DES Moines
Richard Turner
Iowa
Turner
State Training School
Eldora
Toledo
Philip J. Juhl
Juhl
FBI Chief's Age Waiver Continued
President elect Nixon announced that J Edgar Hoover will remain FBI director and Richard Helms will stay as CIA director. Hoover, 73, would have retired at 70 in 1964 but an exemption was granted, with Nixon to honor it.
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Washington
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
New York
Ronald Ziegler
Hoover
Helms
G.O.P
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Johnson
Congress
Ray Bliss
G.O.P. National Committee
Challenges Slow Oregon Recount
More than eight percent of counted ballots in Oregon's U S Senate recount have been challenged, delaying completion. Democrat Wayne Morse, seeking a 24 year Senate seat, trails by 3 445 votes to Republican Robert Packwood with no significant changes yet.
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Portland, Ore
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Robert Packwood
Campuses Guarded as Student Unrest Spreads Nationally
ROTC patrols at Kansas State University for a second night while California's San Mateo College is ordered reopened as an armed camp. Fire marshal Ramey says Nichols gym blaze was set and another ROTC guard deterred arson. San Mateo declares armed campus after rampage by about 150 students. Police guard entrances. colleges report threats and disturbances across the nation from Manhattan to San Francisco to St. Louis and Boston.
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Kansas State University
California
College of San Mateo
Kansas
Arthury Ramey
Nichols
Kansas State
Farrell Library
San Mateo
Robert Ewigleben
Manhattan Kan
San Francisco State
San Francisco
American Federation of Teachers
Washington University
St. Louis
Boston
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Harriman
Mr. Clifford
By Dale-Kueter
Jonson and
Jones Counties
Iowa City
The
Associated Press
Virginia
Central Michigan University
Northern Michigan University
Maryland
Cleveland
Cardinal Cushing
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Dean Rusk
William P. Rogers
Rusk
Rogers
Reeve
High Court
James Oestereich
Cheyenne
Wyo
Justice Department
Oestereich
Los Angeles
Sirhan
B. Sirhan
Reds
George Esper
Conrad Ossian
Red Oak
House
Republican Task Force
New York Times
ROTC
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