Invasion plot in Haiti foiled by Florida arrests
A Miami Key West raid halted a heavily armed Cuban exile band planning a Haiti invasion tied to overthrow of Duvalier and Castro. Rolando Masferrer led the operation, claiming 50 escaped by boat. authorities detained 70 or more exiles and a Haitian priest among the arrestees.
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Charles Jones Indian Fighter Dies at 93
Cedar Rapids remembers Charles G. Jones 93 a survivor of Civil War era Indian uprisings who hunted the Apache Kid in Arizona and New Mexico from 1894 to 1896. He spent his final years at an area nursing center and remained one of three living veterans of that era.
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Twenty-eighth Street
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the Gazette
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Boston
Reginald Bradley
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Big Four Say Safety Standards Unworkable for 1968 Cars
Ford Chrysler General Motors and American Motors told the federal government they cannot meet all 23 proposed safety standards for 1968 autos. They cited unworkable requirements and need for more time to prepare for 1968 models. William Haddon planned a final draft around January 41.
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President Johnson Returns to White House After Texas Trip
President Johnson resumes duties at the White House after a all day Texas ranch visit. His first official act is a luncheon with Secretary of State Rusk and Secretary of Defense McNamara.
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Johnson
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McNamara
Phantom Fights Over Hanoi Mark Major Aerial Battle
Air Force Col. Robin Olds led a large Phantom flight north of Hanoi in the war’s first deliberate fighter sweep. Seven Mig-21s were shot down, with no US losses, as Phantoms engaged in swift dogfights across multiple flights. Also present were Capt. John Stone and Lt. Gen. William Momyer, who called the action a major success.
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Coffeyville, Miss
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Eighth Air Force
Europe
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Second Army Air Force
Powell Fires Wife From Payroll Amid Irregularities
The House Administration Committee ordered Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's wife removed from a $20,500 payroll position. The panel found widespread irregular travel by Powell and aides and forwarded the findings as a House document to justice and other agencies. Chair Burleson noted no vote to send to justice, but the document automatically reaches government departments. Rep. Hays called the firing of staff unprecedented.
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Texas
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Justice
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Hays
Ohio
GIs Aid Fallen Buddies Sons With Fund Raising Drive
In Vietnam's First Division, soldiers have raised over 50000 for college scholarships for sons of fallen comrades through poker dice and beer events. The drive honors Sgt. Ralph Nunez, whose radioed air strike saved teammates before he died, and has awarded a dozen scholarships with 80 more pending.
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Depuy
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Mags Boys
Chris Noel
Record Viet Cong defections in 1966 reach new high
U S officials report a 1966 total of 20 242 Viet Cong defectors, with a late year surge. December alone adds 2 516 defectors, nearly doubling 1965 figures and marking four years of Chieu Hoi program gains. Minor skirmishes persist while air raids increase on North Vietnam. Tet truce talks loom as Ky weighs extending February cease fire.
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North Vietnam Rejects British Peace Talks Proposal
North Vietnam rejected the British plan for talks with the United States and South Vietnam, accusing Britain of forcing the Vietnamese to accept terms set by U S imperialists. The United States and South Vietnam responded favorably to Foreign Secretary George Brown's proposal.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Poland Halts Flammable Dolls for U.S. Market
Jan Ziemski of the Polish cooperative foreign trade trust said the U.S. will receive only non combustible dolls in the future. Shipped to the U.S. for 12 years without complaints, the dolls will now use new nonflammable synthetics for face and hair after ministry approval. Samples were sent to New York for inspection.
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U.S
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Polish Co- Operative Foreign Trade Trust
Ministry of Chemical Industry
New York
Ziemski
Chuckle About a Real Friend Across the Fence
A lighthearted quip notes a true friend will keep talking over the back fence even while missing his favorite television program. The joke plays on friendship and shared small annoyances.
Ruby Dies in Dallas Jail After Cancer Declared
Jack Ruby 55, the man who killed accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died Tuesday at Parkland Hospital after a three week illness deemed cancer. He had been treated for a bad cold, diagnosed as pneumonia then cancer spreading to lymph glands lungs and pancreas. Doctors said X rays and surgery would do no good. Ruby’s death ends a tumultuous life once spent in Chicago slums and marked by his dramatic Oswald shooting on November 24 1963. He left behind a sister Eva Grant a sister Eileen Kaminsky and brother Earl Ruby. He had repeatedly sought another lie detector test to prove no conspiracy but doctors said cancer rendered it invalid.
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