Harris to resign Congress for judgeship next Feb
Rep. Oren Harris announced his resignation from Congress to become a federal judge in Arkansas, effective February 3. The 24 year Democratic veteran and former Commerce Committee chair cited legal questions and district changes under the one man one vote ruling, with no clear plan for a successor or possible special election.
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Rep. Harris
Congress
Washington
Rep
Oren Harris
Arkansas
House Commerce Committee
Arria
Harris
Johnson
Senate
Supreme Court
Norman Swindell
Jack
East Carit
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Flo
Harley Staggers
D-W. Va
Commerce Committee
the Power Commission
Federal Aviation Agency
Communications Commission
I Interstate Commerce Commission
Food and Drug Administration
el Dorado, Ark
ECC Player Missing On Hunting Trip In N C
Eastern District small college football title scene overshadowed by a hunting accident on Lukins Island near New Bern. John William Foxx 22 was found after a skiff carrying Swindell and Foxx washed ashore. Bill Ramsey described the trip and disappearance as search efforts intensified with Coast Guard boats and helicopters.
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New Bern, N. C
East Carolina College
Coast Guard
Lukins Island
South River
New Bern
John William Foxx
Swindell
Bill Ramsey
Ramsey
Foxx
Fort Macon
Couple Finds Room Filled With Papers
RALEIGH AP reports R D Bragassa and his bride returned from a five day honeymoon to a bedroom stacked with crumpled newspapers. Friends filled the apartment with paper from floor to ceiling along with balloons and waste, as the couple wondered who was behind the prank while plans for a career in aerospace hang in the air.
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Raleigh
R. D. Bragassa
Bragassas
Williamsburg
Johnson
Defense Department
McNamara
Washington
Aspen
Colo
LBJ
Laitin
Viet Nam
Bragassa
North Carolina State
Survivors Describe Sinking Cruise On Marana Vessel
Survivors recounted a skindiving cruise aboard the Marana that ended when the boat sank in light seas. One woman, Miss Burke, was knocked overboard as a lifejacket was placed on her. Two boats and a 20 man raft aided the ten crew and passengers.
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Burke
LaChance
Chicago
Marana
Studying Tip From Constable Amid Family Balance
A Constable explains his study system saying most courses run morning noon and night, enabled by support from his employer and wife with children. He reads quickly then reviews, noting a first reading is not enough and family life brings focus and responsibility.
Viet Nam observers note Viet Cong truce as propaganda
Amid Lunar New Year observances in Vietnam both sides show caution toward Viet Cong offers of a Tet truce. Moscow signals Alexander Shelepin to head a Hanoi delegation as China and Cambodia clash with the United States. Western observers debate motives and potential actions while reports of a temporary bombing lull continue.
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Moscow
Alexander Shelepin
Soviet Communist Party
Hanoi
Tass
Shelepin
South Asia
Red China
United States
Cambodia
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Viet Nam
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Ho Chi Minh
International Control Commission
Red Front
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White House
Joseph Laitin
Austin
States Department
Vatican City
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Vatican
Britain
Foreign Office
London
U.N
New York
U Thant
Thant
Johnson Budget Edges Toward Sixty Billion
Reported discussion of a new military budget for Johnson with estimates suggesting Viet Nam war costs may reach 60 billion dollars, about 10 billion above the current year's proposal. McNamara commented on the lull in bombing in Viet Nam, saying no casual explanation appeared.
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Viet Nam
U.S
McNamara
Humphrey Appeals to Japan for Help in World Peace Efforts
Vice President Humphrey, on a Asian tour stop in Tokyo, urged Japan to assist in the search for peace and in Viet Nam issues. He met Prime Minister Sato and Foreign Minister Shiina, calling for greater Japanese support within constitutional limits, while protests occurred outside the airport.
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U.S
Tokyo
Vice Press
Hubert
H. Humphrey
Iggo
Warmak
United
Ition
Eisaku Sato
Etsusaburo Shiina
United States
North
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Asahi
Sato
Ttwo
Edwin O. Reischauer
State Department
John
White House
Jack Valenti
Hirohito
Shiina
Japan
South Viet Nam
South Korea
Formosa
Philippines
Marcos
Police massed on highways for holiday DUI crackdown
States deploy troopers to roadways for holiday safety. Indiana channels 500 troopers into high risk routes and assigns wolf packs for ruthless enforcement. Georgia plans 24 hour duty with feared crashes, estimating 442 accidents 182 injuries and 13 deaths. Massachusetts pulls retired troopers to desk duty to free patrols.
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Indiana
Tennessee
Kansas City
Lowell Conner
Georgia Highway Patrol
Conner
Georgia
Massachusetts State Police
Roanoke Tax Proposal Faces Mixed City Council Support
Tax would apply to items costing 15 cents or more with a $4 limit per item. Five of seven council members back the plan while Mayor Benton Dillard remains undecided and Republican Councilman Robert Garland opposes it. Exemptions for groceries and prescription medicines sought by retirees, and for delivered items outside city limits, may be considered at Monday’s council meeting.
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Roanoke
Benton Dillard
Robert Garland
Ipersons
Council
Federal Pressure Brought In Strike That Threatens Shortage Of Ammo
Federal mediation pressed for a settlement in a strike at Olin Mathieson Chemical Co East Alton Illinois where AFL CIO Machinists have been on strike for nearly a month The plant reportedly is the sole producer of ball powder used in M16 rifles M4 tracers and M60s with Badger Army ammunition plant in Wisconsin as the only other US facility able to produce it Experts warn it could take six months to bring Badger online The White House had not intervened and negotiations continued with potential Taft Hartley Act court injunction options discussed by officials
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Viet Nam
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Olin Mathieson Chemical Co
East Alton
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Pentagon
Illinois
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Mam
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Wisconsin
W. Willard Wirtz
William E. Simkin
Simkin
White House
Wirtz
Eugene Glover
Chicago
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Machinists
Frank O'Connell
New York
Viet Nam trip cited by magazine official amid war talks
The National Front for Liberation, Viet Cong political arm, is cited by magazine officials who say negotiations aim for a national reconciliation government in South Viet Nam and eventual reunification. The State Department will decide on federal charges for unauthorized travel by three travelers, including Lynd representing the magazine.
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National Front For Liberation
State Department
McDermott
Lynd
National Liberation Front
Democratic Republic of
North
Viet Nam
South
Lynch
Aptheker
Hanoi
Finland
New York
Fanfani Resigns Over La Pira Inquiry Issue
Fanfani insists he will not back down from passing the La Pira report to the U S government while criticizing La Pira at a party. The dispute centers on Borghese quotes about Rusk and Moro with La Pira denying an interview and Borgiese defending the quotes. Lynd and Hayden seek to clarify the peace feeler affair and Moro's resignation becomes effective January six as France and U S officials discuss Italy's stance.
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Fanfani
la Pira
U.S
New York
Borghese
la Fira
Rusk
Moro
Borgiese
Italy
Interna
Lyndh
Hayden
Indi
Chamber
Lynd
Robert Iies
Helen M. Lynd
Middletown
Midman
Viddletown
Gical Studies
Muncie
Ind
Mora
Harvard
Jong Solidarity
Fanfanis
U.S. Mare
Chris
Telephone rate cuts save millions across state lines
Local rate reductions for the companies totaled over 123000 in 1984 and over 34000 in 1965. The commission noted this as the fifth major intrastate rate reduction in four years, with four prior orders yielding about 4.5 million in service benefits and 7.5 million in annual revenue decreases for C P. Net savings reach 5.9 million yearly for customers since 1961, while mileage charges drop to eight dollars maximum and short haul tolls are eliminated across multiple exchanges broadening local calls in Leesburg Middleburg Herndon Bluemont Lavettsville Purceville Hamilton Waterford Hillsville and more.
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LCC
C&p
SCC
Leesburg
Middleburg
Herndon
Bluemont
Lavettsville
Purceville
Hamilton
Waterford
Hillsvoro
Suffolk
Chuckatuck
Salem
Shawsville
Christiansburg
Soviet troubleshooter Shelepin trips through Cairo and Hanoi
The article says Alexei Shelepin, long time Soviet troubleshooter, visited Egypt after Khrushchev’s ouster and has official visits to Mongolia and North Korea. It notes a Hanoi trip is planned with a Soviet delegation led by Shelepin but gives no exact role. The piece links these moves to shifting Egyptian relations with West Germany and broader Soviet diplomacy in the region.
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Shelepin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Egypt
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Cairo
Mongolia
North Korea
Soviet Union
Hanoi
Alexan ‘der Shelepin
Presidium
Commuunist Party
Ito
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
S.O.S
Constable
Romine Enail
Purdum Paint Co., Inc
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Sinois
I'hs
Glover
Ma Tist Lee Dels
American Institute For Marxismt Studies
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Communist Party In America
Rallou Park Shopping Center
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