Critics of Viet Policy Lose Trick in Senate Fight
Washington AP reports critics failed to force a Senate Foreign Relations Committee exemption from the rule barring meetings while the chamber is in session. Republican Leader Dirksen of Illinois blocked Fulbright of Arkansas on reopening attacks on Vietnam policy.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Dirksen
Ill
Fulbright
D-Ark
Appropriations
Johnson
North Vietnam
Clark
D-Pa
Southeastern Asia
Dean Rusk
Mansfield
Mont
Papal Trumpet of Peace Could Travel for Vietnam Talk
Pope Paul VI was reported Wednesday to be weighing dramatic steps to end the Vietnam war possibly by making a new peace trip outside Italy. The move would mark a high profile Vatican effort to press for peace.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Italy
Circus Aerialist Falls 45 Feet Injured in Detroit Show
The Great Murillo, Ringling Brothers aerialist, fell from a 45 foot height during a Shrine circus in Detroit's State Fair Coliseum. He sustained a fractured pelvis and head injuries and was in critical condition.
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Detroit
Murillo
Ringling Brothers Circus
Luis Murillo
Severe Ohio Snowstorm Biggest in Half Century
A severe snowstorm swept southern Ohio and parts of Kentucky Indiana and Illinois marking the worst in nearly 50 years. The system caused closures cancellations and traffic chaos with Cincinnati recording 13 inches and Dayton 10 inches. Across the region deaths tied to weather reached 157 nationwide.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio River
Illinois
Ohio Valley
Appalachian
Weather Bureau
University of Cincinnati
Southern Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Louisville
Belleville
Ill
St. Louis
Dayton
Evansville
Ind
Indianapolis
Tennessee
West Virginia
Frankfort
Lexington
Covington
Johnson Seeks Global Aid For Education And Health
President Johnson asked Congress to authorize 524 million dollars for worldwide education and health programs. He urged international cooperation, student exchanges, and a Peace Corps reverse with 5000 volunteers to teach in the U.S. An international career service would place health experts at diplomatic missions, and efforts would target training manpower, fighting hunger and disease, and overpopulation challenges.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Peace Corps
U.S
Groundhog Shadow Forecast For Iowa Winter Extension
The report notes a groundhog shadow in Iowa and a cold wave headed in with subzero to single digit overnight lows. Cedar Rapids recorded 24 degrees at 2 p.m. with a low near 10 previously, and forecasters expect a brief warmup starting Thursday.
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Iowa
Kosygin Ready To Shun First Use Of Nuclear Arms
Premier Kosygin said the Soviet Union would refrain from being first to use nuclear weapons if other powers do the same. The message to the Geneva disarmament conference, released by Tass, also urged immediate treaty action to prevent nuclear spread and a ban on underground tests with national detection methods.
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Kosygin
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Russia
O Donnell Runs For Governor
Kenneth O'Donnell announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor of Massachusetts. He formerly served as appointments secretary to President Kennedy and was noted as a political strategist for Kennedy and Johnson. This marks his first bid for elective office.
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Boston
Kenneth O’donnell
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Johnson
President JohnsonCalls For Comprehensive Highway Safety Act
President Johnson proposed a broad highway safety bill to reduce the yearly carnage on American roads. He cited nearly 1,000 deaths weekly and 70,000 injuries, urging federal standards for vehicle design, licensing, and driver testing to curb a crisis he called anarchy on wheels.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
American Trial Lawyers Association
New York
Vietnam
Anarchy On Wheels
Federal
Bureau of Driver Licensing
U.S
Trial Lawyers Urge Action On Highway Safety
New York NEA report from the American Trial Lawyers Association warns highway deaths could reach 100000 annually by 1975 without federal action. The group requests a national safety czar to coordinate a broad highway safety program and launches a public education drive.
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New York
NEA
American Trial Lawyers Assn
Washington
National “Safety Czar
Vietnam
France approves Luxembourg agreement ending seven month crisis
Paris reports that France formally approved the Luxembourg accord after Cabinet briefing by Foreign Minister Couve de Murville. The compromise ends the seven month Common Market crisis sparked by agricultural terms and supranational actions, with France noting delimited commission powers and favoring European political cooperation.
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Paris
France
Luxembourg
Couve de Murville
Executive Commission
Europe
Nineteen Puerto Rican workers die in Florida bus crash
Nineteen Puerto Ricans die when a farm labor bus collides with a Seaboard Air Line engine near Miami. Fifteen others are injured as the bus is crushed, with wreckage scattered along a rural crossing and floodlights helping authorities remove bodies.
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Miami
Florida
Edward Shaw
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Shaw
Allies Report Masher Losses Top One Thousand One Hundred
In Saigon on Wednesday U S and allied sources said Operation Masher produced more than 1100 killed or captured in the central coastal plains. American spokesman described the battle as among the bloodiest of the war as fighter bombers targeted bridges rail lines truck convoys and storage depots amid weather delays.
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Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
57 Americans killed in action in Vietnam last week
A US spokesman announced on Wednesday that 57 Americans were killed in action in Vietnam last week, 11 missing or captured and 281 wounded.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Mass Thai bombardment and ground operations on Vietnam front
Seventh fleet carriers flew 20 combat missions while air force units hit Ben Thuy port near Vinh on the South China Sea. In Bong Son region allied forces pressed Operation Masher into its ninth day with 13 square miles of fighting. hundreds of enemy bodies were found and total Viet Cong casualties reported. US tanks overran a tunnel complex near Saigon in Operation Mallet as the search and destroy campaign tallies 17 killed, 11 captured, 70 sampans and 10 base camps destroyed.
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Seventh Fleet
Ben Thuy
South China Sea
Vinh
Hanoi
U.S
Bong Son
Saigon
Guam
Cambodia
U.S. First Infantry
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