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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1964
Page
1
Federal Aviation Administrator N. E. Halaby said turbulence remains a serious jet travel problem but noted encouraging progress in developing methods to avoid or cope with it. He commented on an article describing storm-related turbulence as dramatizing the issue.
House Republicans gathered for an internal strategy conference to seek a mechanism uniting factions while avoiding two hot topics. Rep. Gerald R. Ford indicated no decision on challenging Halleck, and debate over endorsing the Denver governors' statement was postponed due to missing copies.
In Saigon, Buddhist pressure from hunger strikes and noncooperation shakes Premier Tran Van Huong's Weds backed administration. Two resignations cited, with others possible as Pagoda politics menaces stability in the war against the Viet Cong.
The Navy conducts periodic destroyer patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin where past shooting incidents occurred, declining to discuss the operations. Patrols, typically two destroyers, remain outside the 12 mile limit while tracking North Viet Nam movements through electronic surveillance.
In central Viet Nam the Anlao Valley fell to Viet Cong insurgents after three days of swift attacks. A government militia of 500 men fled as Communist forces pressed attacks, ending a key local defense. In New York the waterfront labor pact ended a 60,000-strong strike threat on East and Gulf Coast ports. The AFL-CIO International Longshoremen's Assn agreed to smaller work gangs amid pier automation after five years of deadlock.
Reports from Vientiane Laos indicate increased military and propaganda activity along the Lao-Thai frontier. Observers believe the communist leadership may prepare a large scale push into Thailand’s northeast to undermine the pro Western government, with signs pointing to a distant but plausible future operation.
The Johnson administration set a target date of the end of January to draft a comprehensive anti proliferation policy. Roswell L Gilpatrick heads the committee created in November after China tested an atomic device. The panel limits membership disclosures while tackling preventing spread and peaceful use in non nuclear nations.
A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicted three former Defense Department employees for embezzling about 66,000 dollars over three years. Defendants are J Robert Loftis, 52, former secretary to defense secretaries. William H Godel, 48, ex deputy director for ARPA management. and John A Wylie, 57, former head of the budget and finance unit.
Mayor James Dworak two city councilmen a former planning board member and a real estate man were arrested in Omaha on indictments accusing bribe taking or soliciting bribes. The charges stem from Chicago real estate broker John Coleman who pushed a zoning change for a million dollar housing project.
Moscow reports indicate Red China may convene a parallel world communist party meeting to challenge the Soviet gathering slated for March 1. Observers note Beijing signaled such a counter meeting last August by publishing a New Zealand Communist party resolution backing China.
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