Johnson to Meet Governors as Democratic Rift Eases
Democratic governors cooled a revolt against President Johnson with a presidential invitation to meet after Christmas at the LBJ ranch. Iowa Governor Harold Hughes said the meeting would likely be after Christmas. Texas Governor Connally and New Jersey Governor Hughes weighed in on the party split and future 1968 directions.
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Iowa
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Texas
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
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Michigan
George Romney
Vietnam
Washington
Romney
C R Williams Arrested for Assaulting Daughter in Iowa City
Mrs. Percy Williams, 41, of 1103 Sixth Street NW, was arrested on a warrant charging assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. Her 10-year-old daughter Jackie Rae Oliphant suffered a mild concussion and facial injuries after an incident at their home last Saturday night. The child was treated at St Luke's hospital and released. Williams posted $1,000 bond and was freed pending further proceedings.
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Ceder Rapids Hews
Percy Williams
Sixth Street
Lincoln officer dies in motel gun battle with forgery suspects
In Lincoln Nebraska a police sergeant Frank Soukup 53 died after being shot by a suspect in a motel room firefight following forgeries cases. Three others including two Sacramento Calif suspects Ronald Myers and Donald Rodgers were killed. Four others including Kenneth Franklin and Dale King were detained on forgery charges.
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Joseph Carroll
Frank Soukup
Ronald Myers
Donald Rodgers
Sacramento
Calif
Lowell Sellmyer
Dale King
Gerald Koen
Eleanor Rollins
Kenneth Franklin
Omaha
Carroll
Franklin
Midtown
Soukup
Paul Jacobson
Roger le Page
Rodgers
Myers
R. H. Peters
Don Richardson
Lincoln Police
Romney surprised at backing after governors meet
Michigan Governor George Romney said public support for his 1968 GOP presidential bid was growing faster than expected after the National Governors Conference in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. He noted he did not solicit governors but acknowledged unexpected polls backing. Governor Nelson Rockefeller called the conference a good one and backed Romney as a needed GOP candidate.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Michigan
George Romney
G.O.P
Romney
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Trekking for Funds For Crippled Children
About 40 Kappa Delta Rho fraternity brothers from Indiana University of Pennsylvania walked 65 miles to Pittsburgh to raise money for crippled children. They aimed to collect donations along the route for Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh and hoped to reach 1,000 to 1,500 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital
Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Geoffrey Kraynick
Kraynick
Cedar Rapids Boy 18 Dies After One Car Crash
Dale John Steichen 18 of 5524 J street SW Cedar Rapids was fatally injured in a one car crash on old highway 218 a mile south of Shueyville around 145 am. Passenger Harry Alan Miller 17 of rural Swisher was listed in fair condition at Mercy hospital with back injuries. The state police said Steichen lost control on a curve and the car rolled over. He died about two hours later in Cedar Rapids. His death followed his father Arthur Steichen being seriously injured in a car pedestrian crash 32 days earlier and remaining in Mercy hospital in fair condition.
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Dale John Steichen
J Street
Cedar Rapids
Shueyville
Harry Alan Miller
Stefan Miller
Swisher
Mercy Hospital
Steichen
Johnson County
Dale Steichen
Arthur Steichen
First Street
C Street
Park rules out two Korea reunification under any circumstance
Seoul President Park stated on Saturday that South Korea will never accept reunification based on a two Korea concept of communist domination under any circumstance, signaling firm stance amid Cold War tensions.
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Seoul
Park
South Korea
Hope Show Debuts at Wake Island During Christmas USO Tour
Bob Hope opened his Southeast Asia Christmas show on Wake Island with Vic Damone Phyllis Diller Joey Heatherton and Les Brown's orchestra. The troupe will tour Thailand Guam the Philippines and Vietnam during the two week trip joined by Gen Emmett Rosie O'Donnell head of the USO. Evangelist Billy Graham had left for Tokyo shortly before.
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Vietnam
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Reita Faria
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Rosie) O'Donnell
USO
O'Donnell
Wake
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Bella Faria
Diane Shelton
Les Brown
Hope Troupe
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Thailand
Guam
Philippines
Father and four children die in house fire
Pittsburgh AP report says a father and his four children perished in a house fire on Saturday. His pregnant wife escaped by leaping from the attic of the one and a half story dwelling.
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Pittsburgh
U.N. Imposes Rhodesia Sanctions Despite Oil Embargo Flaw
The United Nations Security Council votes 11 to 0 with four abstentions to impose mandatory sanctions on Rhodesia’s major exports, including an oil embargo, while rejecting a full oil ban and without a force option. South Africa and Portugal reject the measure. Africans push for broader oil restrictions and naval action. An emergency landing in Athens follows an engine fire on a French airliner with 56 aboard.
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Security Council
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Soviet Union
France
Bulgaria
Mali
Britain
South Africa
Portugal
U.N
Council
Salisbury
Tan Smith
Africa
Athens
Goldberg Urges Space Treaty Path to Nuclear Ban
U S Ambassador Arthur Goldberg voiced hope at the U N General Assembly that the outer space treaty banning warlike uses could lead to a broader nuclear weapons ban. He cited Antarctic and partial test ban pacts as steps in a peace-building sequence and urged progress toward a fourth item prohibiting proliferation.
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United Nations
U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Outer
U.N. General Assembly
Johnson
Outer Space
Goldberg
Tso Long
Space
Earth
U S Cavalry Surround Viet Cong Battalion Near Saigon
U S First Air Cavalry units said they surrounded a Viet Cong battalion about 300 miles northeast of Saigon after more than 12 hours of fighting. They reported 17 enemy killed and moderate American casualties. Air strikes and artillery were called in as reinforcements moved in.
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Saigon
U. S. First Air Cavalry Division
U. S
Thayer II
Refund Check Sent to President Johnson by Taxpayer
Dearborn Heights resident Frank Slomzenski sent a $320.96 federal income tax refund to President Johnson with a note saying he needs it less than the president to ease an impending tax hike. He included a Christmas greeting and forwarded the check due to a mix-up.
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Dearborn Heights
Mich
Frank Slomzenski
Johnson
Slomzenski
Chuckle Cartoon Punchline About Youth and Keys
A humorous caption notes the best way to recapture youth is by taking the car keys from him. The line delivers a lighthearted quip on aging and independence with a playful tone.
Tina Marie Help Call Reveals Cincinnati Family Crisis
A five year old girl Tina Marie Triplett called GE’s Cincinnati office saying her mom was asleep and could not be woken. Operators kept her on the line and alerted deputies who found Mrs. Triplett groggy but alive after fainting from heart trouble. GE workers offered to buy Christmas presents for the children.
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General Electric Co
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Murray Solomon
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Santa
Fey
Mrs. Triplett
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