Dirksen profile on ABC TV airs from Capitol to Pekin
Everett Dirksen, the Illinois senator, anchors a polished ABC TV hour with Howard K. Smith. The program blends a Capitol tour with personal reminiscences, highlighting his humanity, republican values, and enduring influence. Also reviewed Rowan and Martin Laugh-In debut, praised for fast, topical, boundary-pushing humor.
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Republican seeks House control and GOP president win
Gross says he will campaign across all 16 counties in his district in a bid to gain House control and elect a Republican president and governor. He aims to retain Senator Hickenlooper's seat with support from the Gross for Congress committee led by Herman Faber of Parkersburg.
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Johnson administration accused in 13.3 million three wheeled mail truck deal
Rep H R Gross charges that the Johnson administration overruled experts and awarded a 13.3 million contract to Universal Fiberglass Corp of Two Harbors Minnesota for three wheeled mail trucks. He says the firm failed, delivered 4224 trucks, and collapsed, costing taxpayers millions with the final tally still unclear.
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Miller Warns of Red Infiltration In South America
Sen. Jack Miller reports widespread communist influence in Latin American universities, press, and intellectual circles after an 18 day Senate trip to Venezuela Brazil Argentina Chile Peru and Panama He urges Congress to rethink foreign aid penalties tied to arms purchases and warns of potential strain on hemispheric relations.
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Unbuilt mail truck program drains funds and guards kept
The government has disbursed 2.1 million in progress payments for mail trucks never built and faces about 1 million more in SBA loans. It continues paying guards around Universal's locked railroad round house to shield the facility.
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Basketball All Star Game on KCRG TV Color Broadcast
Basketball's greatest stars face off in an NBA All-Star Game Tuesday night at 7 30 aired in color on KCRG TV Channel 9.
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Khe Sanh Area Tensions Grow as U.S. Pressures ViETNAM
U.S. airpower intensifies strikes on North Vietnamese buildup near Khe Sanh while marines report fears the small allied force in the town may not hold. North Vietnamese casualties are tallied. Cambodia reports casualties after a brief incursion by U.S.-South Vietnamese forces.
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Vietnamese professors urge extended lunar cease fire for talks
Five South Vietnamese university professors on Tuesday urged all belligerent parties to extend the coming lunar new year cease-fire indefinitely and begin peace negotiations.
Medal of Honor for Pilot's Deed
The Pentagon to award the 24th Medal of Honor of the Vietnam war to Air Force Captain Hilliard Wilbanks for flying a light unarmed plane to rescue a South Vietnamese battalion near Dalat. Wilbanks was killed last February. his widow Rosemary Wilbanks of Glen Allen, Mississippi, will receive the medal at the Pentagon.
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Exiled Athens Mayor Arrives in New York for Greek King Support
George Plytas the self exiled mayor of Athens reached New York from London to mobilize backing for King Constantine of Greece.
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Republicans to reply to Johnson State of the Union
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen misses show due to flu and hospitalization at Walter Reed. House leaders Gerald Ford and eight GOP senators and eight GOP representatives will appear in an hour long televised reply carried by CBS radio and TV at 9 p.m. Senator George Murphy of California directs the program.
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Fuji MC HaLeys Navy Tuesday Discoveries on KCRG
Capt. Binghamton at Jong discovers Fuji MC Hale's Navy program airing Tuesday at 6 00 PM on KCRG TV Channel 9.
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