CBS News President Fred Friendly resigns over Vietnam hearings row
Big, burly Fred W. Friendly, 50, resigns as CBS News president after a clash with John A. Schneider over suspending live coverage of Senate hearings on Vietnam. Friendly calls the move a mockery of CBS News independence and criticizes the top-level shakeup that installed Schneider as corporate head over news and broadcasts.
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Unclear TV Listings and Weather Fragment
A fragmented OCR listing shows assorted TV programs and weather notes with stray captions and misreads. It mentions programs like The Flintstones and Three Stooges alongside weather and sports tags, but lacks coherent structure or complete details.
Five Negroes Sentenced to Death in Shelby Trial
Memphis dispatch reports that in Shelby County's longest trial, five Black men were sentenced to die in the electric chair after convictions in a major case. The death row at Nashville state prison had been empty since last year when Gov. Clement commuted five death sentences to life imprisonment.
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Seven Executed in 1965 Case Stuns Nation
Washington reports seven Americans were executed in 1965, the first year below ten. Five men were given death sentences for the assault on two girls, with juries and judges naming Charles Hunter and others to die. The governor’s stance on pardons remains unsettled as appeals loom.
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Space Walk Set For March 16
Houston AP reports astronaut David R. Scott will conduct a space walk on March 16 during the Gemini 8 mission with Neil Armstrong. The three day mission launches March 15 from Cape Kennedy at 10 40 a m CST and returns to the Atlantic after about 70 hours 40 minutes. Scott will be in space two hours 15 minutes covering 17 500 miles per hour.
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Mead and Johnson Quote on War and Great Society
Anthropologist Margaret Mead warns that fear of major wars makes controlling minor ones harder, while President Johnson asserts the nation is strong enough to pursue global goals and build a Great Society at home. The quotes reflect Cold War era debates on foreign policy and domestic reform.
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Study Unit Sees Long War If Strategy Not Changed
Washington AP A House study mission led by Rep. Clement Zablocki warned the Vietnam war would be long and costly without a major shift in U S strategy and escalation. The eight member panel urged considering military action to pressure North Vietnam but cautioned against widening the war and warned of civilian losses if dams and dikes are attacked. The group criticized press coverage of Viet Cong atrocities and noted some photographs are posed, while urging more accurate reporting.
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Two Linemen Die Struck By Burlington Train Near Lockridge
Harold Tyler 24 of Shoals Indiana and Mark Fesler 22 of Mount Vernon Ohio were killed when struck by an eastbound Burlington freight as they walked the tracks near Lockridge. Both men were Western Union linemen on a crew operating between Galesburg Illinois and Ottumwa Iowa. The engineer reported seeing the workers and blowing the whistle but they did not respond.
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Des Moines Flagman Kenneth Craft Killed in I 35 Crash
Des Moines highway crew flagman Kenneth Craft, 54, was struck and killed on Interstate 35 near the second avenue interchange when a car slowed and was hit from behind by Curtis Ketner, 23, of Independence. Ketner and his wife Linda, 21, sustained minor injuries. The crash remains under investigation.
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Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi visits Vienna for medical checkup and ski trip
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran arrived in Vienna for a medical checkup and a skiing vacation in the Austrian Alps. The visit situates him in the capital as he pursues health scrutiny and leisure amid ongoing international scrutiny.
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Large Size Americans Need Bigger Bathtubs
New York United Press International reports medical authorities confirm Americans are taller and heavier. The Tile Council of America notes bathtubs are being made larger with standard sizes now five and a half to six feet long, up from four to five feet.
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Tile Council Sets New Standard Width at Sixteen Inches
The Tile Council announces a new standard width of sixteen inches for tiles, two inches wider than the prior standard. This change affects manufacturing guidelines and installation practices across the industry.
Three Girls Die In House Fire In Hobart Ind
Three girls sleeping upstairs in a Hobart Indiana residence suffocated early Friday as smoke from a smoldering couch on the first floor ignited by a dropped cigarette. Five men reported safety officials said smoke caused the fatalities.
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Holmes and Watson Foil Thief in Terror by Night
Holmes and Dr. Watson foil a jewel thief in Sherlock Holmes a Terror by Night on KCRG TV Channel 9 Movie at 10 25 PM Friday.
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