Official Returns Show New Records
The AP tally from 50 states and DC shows President Johnson with 61 percent of 43,126,218 votes, Goldwater at 38.5 percent and 27,174,898, plus other totals. A record 70,621,479 votes were cast, Johnson’s margin near 16 million, and he won 44 states plus DC. Johnson carried DC with 85.5 percent. Goldwater won five of six states.
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McNamara outlines major economy moves in defense plan
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara reveals proposals to abolish the Army Reserve and shift functions to the National Guard for about 150 million dollars a year in savings. He also suggests removing about 5,000 top government officials and 100 members of Congress from the ready Reserve, arguing they would be more useful in wartime. He orders Congress travel to be centralized on a multiservice basis to curb overseas trips.
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Planners Call Off Meeting In Newark
Newark Planning Commission cancels its December 22 session due to lack of quorum. A work session is rescheduled for January 9 at 7 p.m. in city offices at 7187 Rich Avenue.
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Dirksen Critics GOP Strategy After Defeat
Senator Dirksen says the Republican National Committee flubbed its job of projecting the party image after the defeat. He blames weak campaigning for failing to present a clear Republican record on civil rights, the test ban, and Social Security. He singles out leaders for not selling the party and notes Goldwater’s positions provoked fear among voters. He avoids taking sides on Burch’s future and emphasizes uniting Senate Republicans for the coming session.
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German Nun Pleads for Help in Fresno Bears Fund Drive
A West German nun, Sister Anna Gegenfurtner, appeals to Fresno listeners to donate $5,000 to save her five adopted children from eviction. She says she borrowed a home for orphans and now must buy it or be forced out by July 1965, asking Christmas supporters to aid her family in need.
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Students Send 5 000 Letters On Campus Demonstrations
In Sacramento AP report, more than 5 000 letters arrive to Gov Edmund Brown from students parents doctors lawyers and alumni. The letters largely support Brown action to deploy law enforcement to the University of California Orkley campus amid demonstrations.
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Leap From GG Span Marks 270th Death Plunge
A Mill Valley man, 33 year old Warren C. Gustafson, leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday in the 270th known death plunge from the span. Gustafson, a former YMCA social worker, drove to the bridge after seeking a Mill Valley post office job. Witness Howard Lighty of Tiburon saw him jump from the west side and the Coast Guard recovered the body.
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Man Nabbed As Murder Suspect In Grocery Slaying
A Los Angeles man, identified as Gilbert Cooper, 27, was arrested Saturday after detectives traced his car license plates in connection with the fatal shooting of grocery clerk Benjamin G. Senna, 57, during a holdup at Robbins Grocery on South Holmes Avenue. Cooper admitted being on the scene but denied knowledge of the robbery or killing.
Strong Leaves Medical Center San Francisco
Edward W. Strong, chancellor of the Berkeley campus UC, left the universitys San Francisco Medical Center Friday after admission for a gall bladder attack. Doctors reported the condition improved and that no operation is needed.
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