Johnson asks for value for every defense dollar
President Johnson told the Joint Chiefs of Staff he seeks a dollar’s value for every dollar spent on defense. In his first meeting as commander in chief he stressed economy, echoed in his Congress address, while pressing Congress on Kennedy-era proposals. He met Roy Wilkins and spoke by phone with House and Senate leaders about tax cuts and civil rights.
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Washington
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff Today
Military High Command
Congress
White House
Joint Chiefs
Kennedy
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Andrew Hatcher
Wilkins
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Hatcher
Johnson Seeks New Greatness For America
President Johnson vowed a new American greatness while honoring John F. Kennedy. He moved to work with advisers and launched a push to end hatred and fanaticism. He renamed Cape Canaveral the Cape Kennedy and the moon pads the John F Kennedy Space Center, urging unity and forward progress.
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Johnson
America
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Quiet Thanksgiving in Chanute Area See Traffic Report
Law enforcement reported a quiet Thanksgiving in Chanute and nearby. Highway Patrol investigated two area crashes near Humboldt and Leanna road with minor injuries and limited damage. Erie County Sheriff's Office handled two non injury crashes in Parsons and Erie. Chanute police logged one wheel damage from a loose brick and a minor car park incident on South Garfield.
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Chanute
Highway Patrol
Humboldt
Thomas J. Gilreath
Miami
Okla
US 169
Diana K. Gilreath
Neodesha
Robert L. Audiss
Charles R. Wolfe Jr
S. Malcolm
Leanna Road
Erie Sheriff's Office
E. E. Damitz
Parsons
Erie
Viona L. Priess
Neosho County
Fred V. McCoy
Priess
David Kaufman
S. Wilson
Garfield
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 48 hours ending 9 am Thursday shows 40 deaths in November and 525 in 1963, compared with 548 in the comparable 1962 period. Data cites Topeka and surrounding area fatalities as part of statewide toll.
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Topeka
Kansas
Virginian Extradited To Neosho County
ERIE Claud Gene Sloan of Gate City Virginia was extradited on a Neosho County complaint and warrant charging illicit connection under promise of marriage. Sloan held at the county jail pending arraignment and preliminary hearing. He was returned from Virginia by Sheriff George Neely and Officer Charles Record of the Chanute police force after an exchange trip. The charge is a Kansas felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
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Erie
Claud Gene Sloan
Gate City
Neosho County
Sloan
Virginia
George Neely
Charles Record
Chanute
Kansas
Ottawa University Raises Funds for Chapel Auditorium
Ottawa University in Ottawa Kansas announced a fund drive raised 304,612 toward a 500,000 chapel auditorium. A promised anonymous gift of 200,000 depended on reaching 300,000 by Thanksgiving. Dr Andrew B Martin said construction would begin in 1964 or 1965.
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Ottawa, Kan
Ottawa University
Andrew B. Martin
Fatalities In Traffic Near Normal Thanksgiving Weekend
The Associated Press reports traffic deaths over the Thanksgiving period ran close to normal. From 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday the toll reached 168, near the nonholiday weekly average, with 477 deaths counted in an AP survey for comparison. A Thanksgiving fatality record was 514 in the prior year.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Fireman Freed After Car Roof Radio Aerial Rescue
Ed ward De La Violette, 40, tried to install a radio aerial in his new car in Buffalo New York. His finger was caught under the dashboard by a metal plug. Firemen and a metal expert freed him after more than an hour. the right front fender and inner metal had to be cut away.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Edward de la Violette
de la Violette
Trip by Cemetery Dangerous for Driver
A Fort Worth motorist told police two bullets hit his pickup as he drove past the cemetery where Lee Harvey Oswald is buried, the spot linked to the Kennedy assassination. Police investigated the incident after the Friday night report.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Temperatures Rise After Cold Snap With Weekend Warmth
AREA FORECAST: Fair through Saturday with mild weekend. Highs today near 40s, tonight 20s to 25. Saturday to reach mid 50s. Lows dipped to 17 in Goodland Hill City Russell. Pittsburg 29. Thursday highs 46 to 59. Five day outlook calls for above normal temps with little precipitation.
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Topeka
Goodland
Hill City
Russell
Pittsburg
Senate Recesses After Tiny Thanksgiving Week Session
Washington AP reports the Senate met for about 45 seconds with three of 100 members present and recessed until Tuesday noon to grant a long weekend after Thanksgiving. Acting presiding officer Sen Metcalf read two documents. Hayden ordered Metcalf to sign legislation for the White House during the recess.
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Washington
Senate
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Metcalf
Sen
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
White House
House
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted letter is dated with a personal note to Cha. The writer mentions the turkey being better today and not as filling, closing with a casual sign off Yours.
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Cha
Living Costs Peak in October
Washington AP reports the consumer price index rose to 107.2 in October, a seasonal 0.1 percent uptick, with food prices down 0.5 percent offset by gains in transport housing and clothing. The average Thanksgiving turkey dinner cost $6.40, 30 cents cheaper than 1962, and November is expected to rise beyond seasonal.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Liberal Democrats in revolt target Congress for loyalty
Rep Richard Bolling leads a revolt of liberal Democrats aiming to strip Southern defectors of party seniority and chairmanships for not backing the national ticket. He says reform must restore confidence in Congress and preserve democratic governance amid President Kennedy’s death and Johnson’s rising leadership.
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Washington
Johnson
House
John F. Kennedy
Congress
National Party
Kennedy
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Bolling
Ing. Bolling
Erie Oil case awards Madi couple two thousand forty five
Erie District court jurors awarded $2,045 to Mr. and Mrs. John Cyril Madi of Walnut Grove township in their damage suit against Erie Oil and Gas Co. The verdict covers $1,045 actual damages and $1,000 punitive damages. Defendants seek a new trial with hearing set for next Wednesday. Trial opened Monday at 9 a.m. and jury impaneled by 10:30 a.m. The jury returned its verdict.
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Erie — District Court
John Cyril Madi
Walnut Grove Township
Erie Oil and Gas Co
Madi
City proposes $628000 in revenue bonds for power system upgrade
The city proposes issuing 628000 in revenue bonds to finance two dual fuel diesel generating units and a building for remote control gear and a substation to connect with the municipal power system. The unit cost is 434000 from Fairbanks Morse and Co with the balance for construction. A 15 day protest period follows publication, with protest by 20 percent of qualified electors required for sufficiency.
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Fairbanks, Morse and Co
Red Star Blames Britain for Intensifying Cold War
The Soviet armed forces newspaper Red Star accused Britain of boosting military prep and sharpening Cold War tensions. It condemned Britain’s move to merge the army navy and air ministries into a single defense ministry as intensifying imperialist aggression and increasing military influence over policy and spending.
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Moscow
Red Star
Britain
Army
Navy
Air Ministry
Defense Ministry
Algeria Tunisia sign economic accord on Sahara riches
Algeria and Tunisia signed an economic accord promising that Algeria will share some Sahara riches with its western neighbor. No specific commitments were made on oil and gas access. France is developing Sahara oil and gas.
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Algiers
Algeria
Tunisia
Sahara
France
Britain to extend fishing limit to 12 miles
London reports the Times says Britain will abandon its 3 mile offshore limit in retaliation for extensions by others. An announcement expected at the International Fisheries Conference in London beginning Tuesday will extend waters barred to foreign fishermen to 12 miles.
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London
Britain
Times of London
Italian barber acquitted over accidental cheek cut
In Fossano Italy a young barber Antonio Sanua was acquitted of injuring a customer by an imprudent stroke after a March 1 shaving left a one inch cut on businessman Giuseppe Buzzi’s left cheek. Plainclothes inspectors tested Sanua’s technique and found him skilled. defense argued skin roughness or a sudden movement caused the damage.
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Fossano
Italy
Giuseppe Buzzi
Antonio Sanua
Sanua
Buzzi
Glass Eater at Roebuck Pub Sparks Clash
London AP report describes pubkeeper Reiginald Johnson clashing with Stanley Raynor a 50 year old RAF veteran who drinks a half pint and eats a glass nightly at the Roebuck Pub. Johnson warns of glassage while Raynor contemplates paying or bringing his own glass as a bet history emerges.
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London
Reiginald Johnson
the Roebuck
Stanley Raynor
Raynor
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