First Lady Johnson Defends Vietnam War Stance
Interview with Lady Bird Johnson recounts her views on Vietnam, the Great Society, and domestic programs. She defends Medicare and Head Start, affirms support for continued social reforms, and discusses Eartha Kitt’s hostile White House remarks with a steady resolve.
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Liz
Elizabeth Carpenter
Keritha
Vietnam
Marine
Maj
Charles S. Robb
Airy
White House
J.C. Patrick J. Nugent
Arelow
Vieil
President Johnson
Johnson
Eartha Kitt
Miss Kitt
Mrs. Johnson
Apollo 8 careful plan for Pacific recovery and entry
Readable excerpts describe Apollo 8 reentry arc from Siberia toward the Pacific, with USS Yorktown recovery 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii. Details cover ascent, atmospheric burn, radio blackout, parachute deployment, water landing, and postlanding flotation. Johnson remarks on beauty of Washington and civic beautification.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Hawaii
Equator
Siberia
China
Marshall Islands
Heroic Action Costs Fugitive His Freedom
A Mobile jewelry store holdup on Christmas Eve led to a heroic attempt by customer Fred Adam Opalinski to stop the gunman. He was pistol whipped. a shopper was killed as the bandits escaped with cash and jewelry. Opalinski’s act helped FBI identify and capture the fugitive sought for over two years.
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Mobile
Ala
FBI
Fred Adam Opalinski
Opalinski
Jim Elliott
Bureau
Penn
Christ
Tomas Duy
Husband
Fred Adams
Mary E. Sherrer
Pittsburgh
Kopalinski
Cleveland
Ohio
Bus Skids Off Road Killing Three in Beaver Falls
A charter bus carrying about 40 passengers to a church convention skidded off the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Pennsylvania Ohio border, plunged 20 feet, and flipped over injuring 37 and killing three. Most victims were adults from Chicago and Evanston. The crash occurred about 11 miles east of the state line as a two-bus charter pair headed to Washington.
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Beaver Falls
Willie Wright
Johnson
White House
Wright
Taj
Bruce Blackman
Chicago
Mary Owen
Evanston
Vergie
Golden Evans
Pat Washington
Isiohis
Church
of God National
Wood
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Pueblo crewman medical update amid ship’s Nimor incident
Pueblo skipper Bucher remains under medical care with a respiratory infection and weight loss reported among crew, including fireman Higgins who lost up to 70 pounds. State Department disclosed Bucher was wounded during the North Korea incident claiming Pueblo was within 12 mile territorial waters. Bill Tully named to LaGrange College dean’s list for fall quarter. daughter of William and Mrs. Tully of Charleston West Virginia.
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M. Bucher
Bucher
Warden
John Charles Higgins
Higgins
John C. Higgins
St. Joseph
State Department
Washington
North Korea
Wonsan Harbor
Tully
LaGrange
Lagrange, Ga
Billie Jo Tully
Charleston
W. Va
LaGrange College
William Tully
West Avenue
Weather outlook with mixed precipitation and warm trend
Weather forecast across West Virginia and Ohio shows cloudy skies with a mix of sleet and rain showers, possible freezing temps in some areas, and a warming trend in the upper 40s to 60s north and south. Winds rise in Ohio. overnight lows near freezing, with snow or drizzle possible in western and northern portions.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Thursda
Virginia
Ohio
Oklahoma Moves to Oust Kerr-McGee and 87 Firms
Oklahoma Secretary of State John Rogers announced the immediate ouster of 88 corporations including Kerr-McGee for failing to file annual affidavits as foreign corporations. The action revokes their Oklahoma certificates of domestication. Kerr-McGee plans to challenge in court.
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Oklahoma City
Sec Jto
Oper
John Rogers
Oklahoma
Kerr - McGee Corp
Rogers
Kerr - McGee
Secretary of State
Saids
Strikes Kill Fifty Three Enemy Reported
Air Cavalry backed by air strikes and rocket helicopters killed 41 enemy as ground fighting was light. Soldiers found an arms cache near Saigon including rocket mortars and TNT. B52 bombers resumed air attacks across Vietnam while three U.S. prisoners held by the Viet Cong remained unresolved. Casualties fell for Americans with 151 killed and 838 wounded. total U.S. combat deaths since Jan 1, 1961 reached 30,430 with 191,306 wounded.
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Kngitum
U.S. 199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Saigon
Air Force
South Vietnam
U.S
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Spec
James W. Brigham
Ocala
Fla
Thomas N. Jones
Lynnville
Ind
Pfc
Donald G. Smith
Akron
Usc EL Culo
Spain Expels Carlist Bourbon-Parmas from Madrid
Madrid reports confirm the Bourbon-Parma family linked to Carlist claim to the throne has been ordered to leave Spain. Prince Xavier and Princess Magdalena, with two daughters, face expulsion as Prince Hugo’s line is favored by Franco for succession. Hugo and his wife Irene already reside in Paris after recent moves.
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Madrid
Bourbon- Parma
Spain
Idea Slauvey Urtvuuey Wn
Franco
House of Bourbon
Bourbon - Parmas
Carlos Hugo of
Bourbon-Parma
Carlos
Xavier
Magdalena
Maria Teresa
Maria de Las Nieves
Paris
Hugo
Irene
Netherlands
Cook at Jail Joins Own Diners Club
Fayetteville reports a cook at the Fayette County jail damaged about 20 feet of the metal guard rail along the highway while serving breakfast. Oscar Fritz, 72, and Laird A. Wood, 68, both Ramsey residents, were injured and admitted to Oak Hill Hospital. Fritz faces a drunken driving offense. Wood’s 1962 model car was demolished after he failed to navigate a curve. Wood is in fair condition with facial and ankle injuries. Mrs Fritz, 68, was in good condition.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Oscar Fritz
Laird A. Wood
Ramsey
Alvo
Oak Hill’ Hospital
Fritz
T. M
Hunsaker
Wood
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Murphy
Shatner
Nation
Kerr-McGee
U.S. Command
Eee
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Fran Tnannanalinad
Tn An
Diners Club
Brimms Ete Einer
Edad
Eason
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