Johnson Peace Mission Drives Extend Search For Asia
The White House confirmed President Johnson has started broad peace missions to seek a viable path to talks on Vietnam. Moyers said the moves support the U.S. aim for an Asia settlement and that more journeys by Harriman Goldberg and others will follow as leaders in Europe Asia learn the President’s views. Bundy flew to Ottawa for talks with Lester Pearson and reported a fruitful exchange.
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U.S
Viet Nam
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Harriman
Goldberg
W. Averell Harriman
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Asia
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Stiffer draft deferment rules eyed in Vietnam era
Washington AP Selective Service officials weigh tougher student draft deferment standards to boost manpower for the Vietnam war. Directors from Southern, Northeast, Midwest, and Western states meet across three conferences starting Jan 9 in Fort Stewart Georgia, Jan 19 in Washington, and Feb 7 in San Diego to review manpower needs and potential policy changes. The talks consider reestablishing Korean War era criteria and possible reexamination programs, though no policy changes have been made yet.
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Washington
Selective Service
Viet Nam
Lewis B. Hershey
Ft. Stewart
San Diego
Calif
Pentagon
Psychological dangers noted as costs rise in November
Washington AP reports living costs rose two tenths of a percent in November with a new CPI high of 110.6. Deputy Commissioner Robert J. Myers of BLS warns of a psychological danger in getting used to price hikes while noting most major items increased except food and predicting higher December prices. He says the Viet Nam war had little influence and hopes the steep rise can be moderated.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
Viet Nam
Gov Wallace Breaks Wrist in Miami Beach Gym
Alabama Governor George A. Wallace, once a Golden Gloves bantamweight champion, fractured his right wrist while punching a hotel gym bag in Miami Beach. A cast was applied and expected to stay four to five weeks. he may be unable to sign state papers but will not be otherwise hampered.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George A. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Nebraska
Gemini 7 crew say space life possible without limits
Gemini 7 astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman told reporters at Houston that there is no limit to how long humans can exist in space when properly supported, though future craft should favor crew comfort beyond mere survival. They recounted the famed rendezvous with Gemini 6A, described as almost classic, and noted a fuel cell issue that nearly ended their mission a day early.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Inman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Frank Borman
Borman
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Manned Spacecraft Center
Schirra
Stafford
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United States
Goldberg flies to Paris to discuss Viet Nam peace
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg arrived in Paris after Rome talks to confer with President de Gaulle on moves toward peace in Viet Nam. He carried Johnson’s message via Pope Paul VI and noted no formal Washington Vatican peace bid was planned, while Ho Chi Minh’s reply to the Pope’s Christmas truce was studied.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
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Harriman in Yugoslavia to meet Tito on Viet Nam
W Averell Harriman arrived in Belgrade from Warsaw to press Tito on how to end the Viet Nam war. He plans talks with Tito, aimed at opening peace discussions after the bombing halt. He will travel to Ljubljana and Brdo Castle for further talks.
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Yugoslavia
W. Averell Harriman
Warsaw
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Viet Nam
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Harriman
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Slovenia
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Brdno Castle
Adam Rapacki
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Johnson
Secret Viet Nam talks show no Soviet policy shift
Secret talks between U S Ambassador Kohler and Soviet officials revealed that Moscow is unlikely to alter its hard line on Vietnam. Sources say the Kremlin will push for North Vietnamese negotiation terms including full U S troop withdrawal, while avoiding direct peace initiatives.
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Viet Nam
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
North Viet Nam
Kohler
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Gambler Stole 1.59 Million Then Lost It Gambling
Howard L. Raley a mild mannered accountant told a Baltimore judge he has no money left from the 1 585 800 he stole over three years He claimed a compulsive gambling binge began with a $5 bet on the Colts He cried as he spoke and pleaded for restitution Judge Foster sentenced him to 60 years after guilty pleas to five counts of larceny and one of altering a check The money came from Ramsey Scarlett Co a shipping firm and its auxiliary stevedoring unit He admitted stealing blank company checks signed by officials and filling in amounts up to 30000 before cashing them on page 2 A
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Baltimore, Md
Howard L. Raley
Baltimore Colts
Raley
Dulany Foster
Baltimore Criminal Court
Foster
Ramsey Scarlett & Co
Guerrilla attack kills American. Viet Cong strike Dalat billet
In South Viet Nam, Red guerrillas slipped into an enlisted billet at Dalat and fired explosives, killing one American and wounding ten. The violence marked a new spike as U.S. bombing pauses continued and diplomacy swirled around peace talks. Air gunships sank a Viet Cong barge and five sampans while Viet Cong and Vietnamese detachments clashed near Da Nang and other fronts.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dalat
U.S
North Vie Nam
US S
Gunpowder strike near end after tentative pact
Washington AP reports a tentative agreement by three unions to end a 30 day gunpowder strike at Olin Mathieson Co in East Alton Illinois. The pact, reported to White House and agencies, awaits ratification by AFL CIO unions and Western Employes Trades Council with production to resume if approved.
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Washington
Viet Nam
William E. Simkin
White House
Defense Department
Labor Department
Simkin
Olin Mathieson Co
East Alton
U.S
Pentagon
Afl-Cio International Association of ‘Machinists
Afl-Cio International ‘Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Western Employes Trades Council
The Gentleman Was Some Liar Wins Liar Contest
Burlington Wisconsin AP reports the world's champion liar contest winner is Lester Connally of McGregor Texas for 1965. Honorable mention goes to Merlin Vergens of Juneau Wisconsin for a rain story about nightcrawlers hanging on a clothesline to dry off.
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Burlington
Wis
Lester Connally
McGregor, Tex
Merlin A. Vergens
Juneau, Wis
GI Joe Sees 65 as Survival Marker in Vietnam War
The 21 year Army veteran halves the year with grim humor, noting 1965 survived, while 1966 looms as the tough test. The piece examines the paradoxes of an undeclared war in South Vietnam, with U S forces bombing North Vietnam while fighting Viet Cong in the south, ceasefires dissolving, and the political fragility of the conflict.
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South Viet Nam
Joe
North
Viet Nam
News
U.S. Air Force
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Weather readings from Register Building station
Virginia reports fair and warm conditions Friday with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s and Saturday mostly warm with a chance of mountain showers. North Carolina shows partly cloudy mild Friday with highs 58 to 67 in mountains and around 70 elsewhere, then cloudy with scattered mountain showers Saturday.
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North Carolina
Downtown Weather Log for Thursday and Friday
The Downtown Weather log records hourly temperatures and barometric pressure from 7 pm to 1 am with calm wind. Observations show 52 at 7 pm, 48 at 9 pm, 44 at 11 pm, and 41 at 4 am, with a 24-hour low of 30 and a high of 64. Precipitation remains none.
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