Navy says Military Code of Conduct is toothless in practice
AP report notes Navy acknowledges the Military Code of Conduct is a moral guide rather than a legal standard in Pueblo captivity. Violations are not criminal. misconduct would be handled under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Analysts suspect the case may prompt a reexamination of the code and its binding force.
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Navy
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Code of Conduct
U.S
Gilbert H. Wood’ward
United States
Panmunjom
Woodward
Dean Rusk
McCormack Leads As Udall Hopefuls Rally Support
Wilbur D Mills and Udall backers push McCormack as top choice in the caucus while the Democratic Study Group stays on the sideline. Udall calls for broader member involvement and better scheduling, vacations, and caucus consultation to empower rank and file lawmakers.
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Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
McCormack
Democratic Study Group
Udall
Albert
Mills
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
PSG
Nixon aides outline 1969 policy timing on treaties defense
An unnamed aide recounts Nixon discussing timing for U S ratification of the nuclear weapons treaty and possible talks on missile defense. He notes no deadline for decisions and says final plans will be outlined after the inauguration as advisers draft options for Viet Nam and other foreign policy issues.
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United States
U.S
Nixon
Czechoslovakia
Uon
Vietnam
Johnson's Farewell Message Guides Democratic Conduct
Johnson in a party publication urges Democrats to act as a responsive majority, outlining a code of political conduct that echoes his six years as Senate majority leader during the prior Republican White House tenure. The remarks frame a call for disciplined party unity and strategic behavior amid shifting power.
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Athens Airport Raid Tied to Arab Attacks This Year
The Athens airport raid followed a prior El Al hijacking from Rome to Algiers on July 23 claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Lebanese government denies blame for Athens attack as police identify two Palestinian suspects living in refugee camps in northern Lebanon. The suspects Mahmoud Issa and Hussein Yamani, 27 and 19, were captured. prosecutors said they face charges of homicide and arms interference.
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Paye Qne
Athens
el al
Rome
Algiers
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Lebanon
Mahmoud Mohammed Issa
Hussein Yamani
Beirut
el' al Boeing
Popular Front
Tel Aviv
Romie
Apollo 8 Returns From Moon Orbit Aboard Yorktown
The Apollo 8 crew rode a carrier voyage after splashdown 1,000 miles south of Hawaii. They then toured the damaged command module and shared a candlelit dinner with Yorktown officers, praising the reentry and mission as beautiful and historic.
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Pacific
Here
Hawaii
Hickama
Borman
Boston Brink's holdup recounts loot transfer and escapes
In a Boston armored car heist, bandits seized a truck containing cash, manacled guard Haines, then transferred loot to a station wagon within minutes. The incident, near Filene's and Jordan Marsh, followed by fog and rain, echoes the 1950 Brink’s heist as authorities investigate.
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Raymond’s
Filene’s
Boston
Haines
Danvers
Lower Basin
Eugene Innocenti
George McGarrity
Innocenti
McGarrity
Edmund L. McNamara
Brink's
Air Safety Experts Probe Chicago Plane Crash
National Transportation Safety Board investigators arrived at O Hare International Airport to lead the probe into a North Central Convair 580 crash. The twin engine airliner struck a hangar in fog and drizzle Friday night killing 26 people, injuring 19 others including eight drum corps members. Flight 458 originated in Minneapolis with stops in Green Bay Wausau Manitowoc and Milwaukee.
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Weather continues with snow across Sierra and Midwest chaos
A weather update notes heavy snow from the Sierra to Truckee with 8 to 36 inches, while a cold front brings arctic air to the Northwest and widespread rain. In cities, fog and delays hit New York, flights show turbulence at O’Hare, and a Midland Pennsylvania tornado-like event triggers power outages and shattered windows.
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Ohio
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Vietnam says session military only on prisoner release
The broadcast stressed the Paris talks remain stalled as Saigon rejects recognizing the Viet Cong National Liberation Front as a separate entity. It noted the session would not free prisoners and urged delegates to come unarmed. Names of prisoners Brigham Jones and Smith listed.
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Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Saigon
Hanoi
Paris
NLF
South Vietnam
United States
Neeling
U.S
James W. Brigham
Ocala
Thomas N. Jones
Lynnville
Ind
Donald G. Smith
Akron
Czechs Push Decentralization in Economic Reforms and Defense Shakeup
The article describes slow decentralization moves in economic reforms to free industry from central planning and grant regional authority to the Czechs and Slovaks. A revised federal plan adds seven ministries and faces Russian objections. In the military, Lt. Gen. Frantisek Sadek will replace Maj. Gen. Stanislav Prochazka as head of the western military group, with Prochazka reassigned.
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Defense Ministry
CTK
West Germany
Frantisek Sadek
Military’ Academy
Soviet Armed’ Forces’ General Staff
Stanislav Prochazka
Prochazka
Vance Gives No Hint Of Any New Allied Move To End Paris Impasse
U S officials say Washington has not signaled a new move to break the Paris stalemate. Secretary Vance and President Johnson spoke of seeking progress but no immediate date for talks with North Vietnam or the Vietcong. Saigon urged both sides to advance, while Hanoi pressed for terms to begin the four way conference before Nixon’s inauguration.
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U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Washington
Johnson
Nutit
South Vietnam
America
Vietnam
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Tors
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Nixon
Jiee Lam
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Pueblo sailor recalls North Korean threats during capture
Bucher tells how captors threatened to execute crew members one by one to force a confession. He recounted empty gun drills and terror tactics aimed at breaking the crew after the Pueblo was seized January 23 off the North Korean coast. US sources note a North Korean radio letter accusing the vessel of intruding into waters at multiple points over ten days.
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Midway Island
Howard
Edward Bland
Leggett
Calif
U.S
Johnson
United States
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