Deletion in Transcript Sparks Morse Senate Protest
Senator Morse protests censorship of a Gulf of Tonkin hearing transcript as the State Department recommended deleting his questions on raids on North Vietnamese islands. Morse argues the deletions erase security information already public and questions were not sourced from official material.
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Washington
State Department
Morse
Senate
Gulf of Tonkin
Oregon
Rusk
Reby
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Gulf
Sen. Gruening
Alaska
Maddox
Carlson R-Kan
Defense
McNamara
Douglas MacArthur Ii
MacArthur
Department
Committee
Fulbright
Doctor Tells Of Kennedy Sketch Error
Dr J Thornton Boswell said a hastily drawn autopsy diagram mislocated the back wound of President Kennedy. He cautioned the sketch was rough notes not part of the final report and that the written autopsy and Warren commission testimony placed the wound correctly.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
J. Thornton Boswell
Boswell
Warren Commission
FBI
Kennedy
Texas
John Connally
Cold Front Stalls Over Iowa With Widespread Fog
A stalled cold front over Iowa from the northeast to Lamont brings fog and drizzle across nearly the entire state except the northwest and southeast corners. Temperatures vary from the 30s in the northwest to the 60s in the southeast with highs mostly in the 40s to 60s and a slow clearing expected by Friday afternoon.
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Iowa
Cormer
Lamont
U.S. Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Road Program Slashed 17.5 Percent
The federal government ordered a 17.5 percent cut in this year's highway program to curb inflationary pressure from the Vietnam war. Telegraphed to regional highway engineers, the cut reduces available authority for federal aid contracts. total cut is about 700 million dollars for the current fiscal year.
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U.S
Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Johnson
Bureau
Four Sleepers Hurt After Train Derails Freight Cars
Four people sleeping in a stalled car were injured when a Pennsylvania railroad freight train derailed 38 cars about 3% miles east of Plymouth Indiana. The driver Carlos Ketchen 21 Chicago and Jeanne Taylor 20 Elmwood Park Ill were in fair condition. Mary Alice Evang from Williamson W V and her son Michael 2 were in poor condition. State police said the car turned onto the tracks, climbed a steep incline and became lodged, leaving the occupants unaware of the danger as they slept until dawn.
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Plymouth
Ind
Carlos Ketchen
Chicago
Jeanne Taylor
Elmwood Park
Mary Alice Evang
Williamson
W. Va
Michael
Free Kids Movie Morning in Downtown Cedar Rapids
Downtown Cedar Rapids offers a free morning for children under 12 with films at the Paramount World and Iowa starting 8 a.m. and running to 12 30 p m Parents may attend with kids while stores stay open late A Santa Claus appearance is planned at the old Woolworth building with candy for youngsters
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
World
Paramount
Jerry Lewis
Steve Reeves
the World
Mr. Limpet
Don Knotts
Central Retail Merchants Bureau
Santa Claus
Woolworth
Second Avenue
Two Die In West Iowa Plane Crash Near Elk Horn
A fog bound crash in a corn field near Elk Horn, Iowa, killed two Colorado State University students Vernon Dishman and Chad Arnold. Two others, Cedar Falls resident James Maucker and Elmhurst, Illinois resident Melinda Rosdail, were seriously injured and hospitalized in Atlantic and Omaha. The Cessna 172 belonging to Loveland Flying Service was en route to Waterloo when it collided with the field on the Howard Anderson farm about six miles southeast of Elk Horn.
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Elk Horn
Here
Vernon Dishman
Campo
Colo
Chad Arnold
Fort Collins
Colorado State University
James Maucker
Cedar Falls
J. W. Maucker
State College of Iowa
Colorado State
Melinda Rosdail
Elmhurst, I
Cass County Hospital
Atlantic
Loveland Colo.) Flying Service
Waterloo
Maucker
Howard Anderson
Santa Arrives Lindale Plaza by Batcycle Parade
Santa Claus rides in on the Batcycle at Lindale Plaza Friday morning at 9 45, shipped to Chicago and trucked to Cedar Rapids for the parade. WMT TV's Mambo sails in a 1913 Model T while Emerald Knights perform. Lindale stores plan extended hours during the holiday season.
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Santa Claus
Lindale Plaza
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Batman and
Robin
KCRG
Wmt-Tv
Santa
Emerald Knights
Lindale Plaza Mall
Lindale
Fugitive Held After Roof Job Near Juvenile Court
Memphis officers who had pursued Fletcher Handley, 45, on non support charges for months found him hiding overhead while a crew repaired the roof at the juvenile court building. He was arrested on the spot.
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Memphis
Fletcher Handley
Ambush on Page Communications convoy near Dalat toll disputed
Viet Cong attacked a civilian Page Communications Engineers convoy with military escort on Highway 11 near Dalat, causing between six and eight American deaths and around 20 casualties. U S defense said last week totals included 100 Americans killed in action and 749 wounded with no missing or captured.
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Saigon
U. S
Central Highlands
U.S
Page Communications Engineers, Inc
Dalat
Page
Long Toan
Go Cong
First Cavalry Division
Blackout hits downtown Seattle area causing citywide disruption
A large section of Seattle’s downtown business district lost power for over six hours after underground electrical fires. The outage affected stores, the courthouse, and city offices, with traffic signals dark and jail meals delayed. City Light estimated damage in the thousands and could not confirm a precise cause.
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Seattle
City Light
D. D. Denise
Denise
Thanksgiving in Vietnam Not Like Home for Airmen
Air force captain in Vietnam notes weather and distance mute the holiday mood while over 360000 U S personnel in Vietnam receive limited holiday touches at Da Nang air base on Thanksgiving. Captain Richard Decker, 34, of Austin Texas, on duty as usual reflects the quiet observance abroad.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Seventh Fleet
Navy
South Vietnam
Saigon
Vietnam
Richard Decker
Austin
Texas
da Nang
Comedienne
Martha Raye
Field Force One
Robert Ohman
Second Corps
Turkey
Thanksgiving in Vietnam Brings Troop Feasts and Awards
Troops in Vietnam mark Thanksgiving with parachute drops and helicopter shuttles delivering turkey and ham. Marines and allied units share meals in field settings as officers attend a special award ceremony at Phu Loi. General Westmoreland urges gratitude and dedication to preserve freedom for future generations.
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Qui Nhon
Ronald Crown
Seat Pleasant
Catherine Mary Ward
Virginia Beach
Robert Sweeney
Farley, Iowe
Marie Frances Bates
U.S. Army
Iran
Phu Loi
Saigon
Japanese financier elected first president of ADB
TakeshiWatanabe aged 60 wins election as the inaugural president of the Asian Development Bank during the organization's first meeting in Tokyo. The selection names the banker as leader of the new regional development institution.
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Tokyo
Takeshi Watanabe
Asian Development Bank
Chuckle Daughter to Father on Allowance Drop
A lighthearted quip where a daughter tells her father that her allowance has fallen below the national average for teens. The line captures a humorous domestic exchange about budgeting.
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