De Gaulle Defends US Ties Amid Viet Nam Policy Rift
Paris AP reports President Charles de Gaulle told a national audience he does not approve of the U.S. Asia policy but is not anti-American. He defended France’s alliance with the United States, noting past wartime cooperation with Churchill and presidents. Mitterrand attacked De Gaulle’s domestic policy after the broadcast.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Asia
de Gaulle
United States
France
Francis Mitterrand
Michel Droit
Figaro Litteraire
Hitler
Pearl Harbor
de Gauille
Mitterrand
Mitterand
Space Doctor and Two Missing in Colorado Search
More than 80 planes scoured 30,000 square miles of Colorado and New Mexico for Dr W Randolph Lovelace II his wife Mary and pilot Milton Brown after they left Aspen Sunday in a twin engine plane. The hunt crossed several states as families and officials await news of their fate.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Colorado Mountains
America
Space Medicine Program
W. Randolph Lovelace II
Mary
Milton Brown
Aspen
Colo
Colorado
Texas
Arizona
Gunnison
Tom Bojack
Farmington
Lovelace
Bojack
Ron Robinson
Lovelaces
Office of Manned Flight
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wright Field
Ohio
U.S
Administration witnesses sought on Fed action probe
Curtis charged administration spokesmen dodging a full airing by guerrilla sniping at the Federal Reserve Board. He said privileged officials attack the board from sanctuaries while Patman noted no invites yet, and may arrange witnesses later. Curtis warned it would be a grave dereliction if executive branch officials do not testify.
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Curtis
Federal Reserve Board
Patman
NATO ministers clash over special committee status
Rusk threats to peace outside the NATO area concern alliance members. French minister Maurice Couve De Murville and German foreign minister Gerhard Schroeder disagreed on the special committee’s status. Couve De Murville called it provisional, Schroeder said it should decide its own future. France and four other allies do not participate in the committee’s study of spreading nuclear responsibility among smaller nonnuclear powers.
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NATO
Maurice Couve de Murville
Gerhard Schroeder
Couve de Murville
Schroeder
NATO Council
France
Norway
Luxembourg
Portugal
Iceland
Ayub Meets Johnson in Friendly Talks on Asia Peace
President Johnson and Ayub Khan meet on the White House grounds for talks focusing on Asia peace strategies ahead of January Tashkent talks and February JohnsonShastri sessions. The luncheon ended late, with cordial exchanges and remarks on U.S. friendship versus big powers.
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Ayub
India
Soviet Union
China
White House South
State Department
White House
Johnson
United States
George W. Ball
Asia
Willring Ayub
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Tashkent
Shastri
Red China
U.S
Viet Nam
Ayab
Liberty police cleared in fatal shooting of Tucker
A Pickens County coroner jury in Liberty ruled the December 4 shooting by officer Jack Stewart of Willie Tucker a justifiable act. Tucker, 28, a Brooklyn resident, wrestled with officer James Brummitt and Tucker allegedly grabbed a rifle before being disarmed, leading to Stewart firing his service revolver. Brummitt testified he feared for his life and called for help. The inquest lasted about 2.5 hours as spectators watched. NAACP calls for federal review were noted but the coroner stated the case is closed.
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Liberty
S. C
Pickens County
Liberty Town
New York
Willie B. Tucker
Christopher Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
Clement Smith
Jack Stewart
Tucker
James C. Brummitt
Stewart
Brummitt
Liberty High School
Herman E. Curtis
Curtis
Alabama
Greenville County
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Greenville
Smith
NAACP
Drought Deepens Across Virginia Says Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau reports Virginia drought growing more severe with scant relief from recent rains. Coastal areas saw up to three quarters of an inch, Danville near half an inch, while other regions had trace to under a quarter inch. Pastures may modestly improve where rainfall occurred, but many areas remain dormant and unlikely to recover soon. Palmer Drought Index shows Tidewater and Eastern Piedmont severe, Central Mountains severe, Northern extreme, with other regions moderate.
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Richmond
USS
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Bureau
Environmental Science Service
Danville
Piedmont
Tidewater
Viet Nam Viet Cong push and heavy air strikes noted
Viet Nam war report shows a 3 700 strong Communist force thwarted a pre Christmas effort to overrun three government strongholds. U S Marines bombed Viet Cong positions in Death Valley and the Chang River area as ground and air forces continued operations with modest casualties.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Pleithu
U.S. Air Force 123
Qui Nhon
Nha Trang
Death Valley
Laos
Guam
Hiep Duc
Strategic Air Command
Marine Task Force
Jonas Pratt
da Nang
Lewis Walt
Chang River
Powell Transfer Allegedly Dodges Libel Judgment
Powell fled to dodge payment after a libel verdict against him. Mrs James won $211,500 at trial on April 4, 1963, later reduced to $46,500 on appeal. Her lawyer Raymond Rubin says Powell has paid $13,500, leaving $33,000 still due on the original award.
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Powell
James
Raymond Rubin
The
Cour
Bank Holdup Suspect Sought in Maryland DC Case
FBI identifies Albert E. Ehrenberg in linkage to Alexandria bank robbery of 5100 dollars at the Colonial National Bank branch on Duke Street. Brue, an army technician, captured after the heist and held on 25000 bond. Police pursue further charges from Maryland robbery cases.
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Bil Willems
Maryland
D.C
Alexandria
District of Columbia
FBI
Albert E. Ehrenberg
Washington Avenue
Silver Spring
Ehrenberg
Frederick Anthony Brue
Colonial National Bank of Alexandria
Brue
Walter Reed
Hospital
Washington
Ts Ehrenberg
Blaie Plaza
Citizens Bank of Maryland
FBE
Public National Bank
Eastern Ave
Colonial National
Duke St
Robert James Morean Jr
Pvt
Ronnig Bove
Bove
Roscoe Price
Army
Cameron Station
Are Bester
Harrison eyes new term and tax debate in Virginia
Governor Harrison reflects on leaving office to resume law practice while keeping ties to Richmond and his Brunswick County home. He argues a new man should lead after four years, cites tax shifts for roads, James River deepening, and expansion of higher education. Virginia Retail Merchants Association campaigns against an automobile titling tax, proposing a state sales tax with local option to replace merchant licenses.
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Virginia
Lawrenceville
Brunswick County
Richmond
Washington
Harrison
Senate
James River
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
General Assembly
Assembly
Merchants Association
Father Fails In Efforts To Save Son
Dallas AP reports Louis Smith, 19, a North Texas State University freshman, died after his physician father, Dr Louis S Smith, tried emergency heart surgery at home and in hospital. Louis collapsed from illness. his brother Richard aided with mouth to mouth and Mrs Smith summoned help. The heart team operated but the youth died at 8 29 am of cardiac standstill.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas
Louis Smith
North Texas State University
Louis S. Smith
Gemini Earth rendezvous drama rocks Carnarvon sky
Astronauts aboard Gemini 7 and Echo 2 balloon satellite created a scare in Carnarvon Australia as they appeared to collide, a optical illusion with Echo 2 orbiting 434 miles higher. Lovell reports two minutes of radiometric tape on the Minuteman re entry amid high closing speeds.
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Carnarvon
Australia
Echo
Lovell
Kwajalein Island
Borman
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Schirra
Stafford
Election attorney lauds state budget surpluses and prudence
An election attorney with 18 years in the field defends the state Democratic administration's conservative budgeting as prudent, noting large surpluses in the treasury that may top $100 million by next June while education and highway needs grow.
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Page One
Robinson
Shopping rebounds as excise tax cuts take hold
Merchants across major cities report mixed but rising Christmas spending as midyear tax cuts push purchases, especially silver items, while weather forecasts varied. Executives in Boston Chicago Detroit Kansas City and Los Angeles note higher consumer activity and optimism with year over year gains in multiple departments and stores.
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Los Angeles
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Atlanta
Cyrus H. Adama II
Carson, Pirie Scott&Co
Dallas
Denver
J. B. White
Wanamaker’s
Philadelphia
New York
A Thought to Remember Pre Christmas Reflections
A Christmas meditation notes both gladness and sadness of the season. It recalls the Nativity and the slaughter of infants, urging readers to pause and consider what would please the Babe of Bethlehem. Dewey Swicegood of Swicegood Funeral Home signs, with a teaser about Frank’s column next week.
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Babe of Bethlehem
Dewey Swicegood
Swicegood
Danville, Va
Frank
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