Senate Cloture Schedule Tangles Taft Hartley Fight
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield outlines a two day cloture plan to end a filibuster on the Taft-Hartley Section 14b union shop bill. Vote Tuesday and Thursday after a Friday filing with no session Saturday. Proponents doubt a two thirds majority. Dirksen led bipartisan resistance since Jan. 25.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
Majority
Mansfield
Eveerett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
U Thant Pleads for Geneva Peace Talks in Viet Nam Crisis
U Thant engages in private discussions as nonaligned nations may aid a peaceful settlement. Reports say Hanoi welcomed a new Geneva conference and U.S. officials weighed risks of seeking a Security Council action amid resumed bombing.
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Red China
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Goldberg
Hanoi
Roger Seydoux
Geneva Group
United States
Security Council
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
North
Johnson
Rusk
Ask
Council
Assembly adopts Farley amendment on revoking by the drink license
The Assembly discussed revoking a liquor license for three years after sales exceeded food sales. A motion to send the bill back out failed to reach a two‑vote majority, even with Bristol Del. James Fugate absent who opposed the bill in committee. Levin eyed revival by reconsidering the vote, requiring a member who voted against to switch sides and return the bill to the floor.
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Farley
Del
James Fugate
Bristol
Levin
Planes Involved in Incident Near Tucson Area
Phoenix Mayor Milton Graham said the converted World War II aircraft had taken off from Marana airfield about 20 miles north of Tucson. The field was used for training pilots during the war.
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Minor Burns
Phoenix
Milton Graham
Marana
Tucson
Frainge
Four Killed As Truck And Bus Collide
BROOKSVILLE Fla AP A school bus veered onto a rock laden trailer truck at a rural crossroad. Four people died including bus driver Lillian Hicks 51 and three of 35 children aboard. At least 12 children hospitalized others treated and released. Autopsy planned for Hicks to explore collapse illness. Bus and truck drivers gave differing accounts as the jammed wreckage was cleared near U S 83 and State Road 41.
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Brooksville
Fla
Hernando County
Lillian Hicks
Hicks
Basil
Randy Ander
Kim
Spring Lake
Moton School
Branks
Jet stream shift brings heavy snow across states
Weather expert Dr. Jerome Namias explains that a southward shift and undulation of the jet stream has set up strong west to east winds aloft. This self aggravating weather pattern favors more snow over many regions while arctic air intrudes south and storms ride the jet.
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United States
Jerome Namias
The
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
California
Namias
Jacksonville
Fla
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Arctic
Teeland
Greenland
Gulf of Mexico
Villian
Canada
Viet Nam War Campaign Updates Across Three Fronts
Viet Nam operations unfold with Masher Van Buren and Double Eagle actions near Tuy Hoa Quang Ngai and Bong Son sectors. Casualties include 1 982 Viet Cong killed 153 captured and 1 132 suspects. NATO allies report light losses while North Korea and Red China oppose UN Security Council action.
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Peking
New China News
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North Korea
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Red China
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Council
Japan
Masayuki Yama
Tokyo
Nzuyen Thang Thai
United States
First Full Time Weather Satellite Zips Into Orbit
The ESSA 1 weather satellite launched aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy and entered an elliptical Earth orbit. Ground controllers planned to switch on its cloud imaging cameras on Friday as the craft settles into a 439 to 522 mile high path over Earth.
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Miami
Fla
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Pacific
Quito
Ecuador
National Aeronautics and ‘Space Administration
Three Miners Die In State Drift Mine Fall
Arcus Adkins of Clintwood reports three miners Marvin Baker 21 Cecil Baker 25 and Avery Rose 31 were killed when slate roof collapsed in a mechanized drift mine near Clintwood about three miles from the entrance. One man injured and three others escaped. Bodies removed after about three hours using hydraulic jacks. The Betty Bee Coal Co mine formerly Blue Diamond Coal Co, opened again four years ago by Earl and Grady Baker. The accident occurred at 11:15 a m.
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Nora
Dickenson County
Arcus Adkins
Clintwood
Betty Bee Coal Co
Marvin Baker
Cecil Baker
Avery Rose
Adkins
Blue Diamond, Coal Co
Earl
Grady Baker
Conference urged urgency in talks on nuclear Nonproliferation
The British delegate pressed negotiators to meet more often to hasten Soviet and U.S. draft treaties on nuclear nonproliferation. At the 237th session since March 1962, Poland’s Mieczystaw Blusztajn denounced renewed bombing of North Vietnam. Foster criticized the denunciation and noted the 37 day pause aided the aggressors by boosting supply lines.
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U.S
Poland
Mieczystaw Blusztajn
Viet Nam
Foster
Weather Alerts Signal Storm Impact From West Coast to Plains
Weather years show ice 10 inches thick hindering a James River channel to Richmond. Ice spread to Upper Chesapeake Bay and Baltimore Harbor. A Pacific storm approached, with rains reaching Washington State Oregon and Northern California coast. Gale warnings issued along the seaboard as the storm would bring rain or snow inland across Idaho Utah and western Montana.
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Richmond
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Harbor
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Oregon
California
Weather Bureau
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Utah
Montana
Soviet Moon Landing Report Praises But Reveals Uncertain Surface Claim
Space officials and politicians react to the Soviet lunar achievement noting it proves the moon’s solid surface and offers encouragement for the U S program. Critics cite unconfirmed details and caution that Russia’s seven earlier attempts may indicate broader challenges.
Financing Blocked Until Enactment of Lok Lye Bill
The report notes financing is not available and loan benefits would become effective only upon enactment of the Lok Lye bill, outlining the condition for access to loan support and the legislative trigger required.
Communists Build Missile Sites During Bomb Pause
North Viet Nam used the 37 day bombing moratorium to construct about 60 surface to air missile sites and strengthen air defenses. They repaired bridges and roads while moving supplies toward Communist units in South Viet Nam. Reconnaissance photos from high flying aircraft confirmed the new sites could host Soviet era missiles on short notice. Intelligence indicates linked North Vietnamese regiments with the Viet Cong total about ten, with recent clashes involving U.S. forces on the central coastal plains. The pause also aided jet pilot training near Hanoi and could see MIG-21s in future engagements against U.S. aircraft.
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Viet Nam
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Luna 9 Moon Landing Marks Soviet Space Milestone
Russia reports Luna 9 soft landed in Ocean of Storms near Reiner and Maria on Feb 3 1966 with reliable radio link at 183 538 megacycles. Tass praises the feat as vital progress toward a manned lunar mission, while noting US leads in other space metrics and predicting further Luna data may aid landing site selection.
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Fla
U.S
Russia
United States
Reiner
Maria
Tass
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
Alsoft
Earth
Moon
Another 109 Americans Killed In War
Washington AP reports U S battle death notifications rose by 109 in the week ending last Monday midnight, raising the cumulative toll since Feb 1 1961 to 1902. Wounded totals climbed 391 to 3952, with 149 listed as missing.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Pentagon
Saigon
Senate clash over Tonkin resolution support debate gains pace
Senate debates Johnson Viet Nam policy as Javits and Morse press for Congress to authorize or at least clarify authority. Leverett Saltonstall expects swift floor action on war funds, Morse criticizes Rusk claims of a clear commitment, and Morse welcomes UN Security Council involvement but laments delayed recognition of obligations.
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Viet Nam
Gulf of Tonkin
Johnson
Javits
Senate
Congress
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Sen
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Massachusetts
Armed Services Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Rusk
United States
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Morse
UN, Security, Council
Snake bite details at zoological gardens and serum救
A coworker recalls Vaughan cutting flesh around a black mamba bite. The antidote serum, sourced from the St. Louis Zoo, was flown from Fort Worth to Jefferson City and then delivered by Missouri Highway Patrol to aid McDaniel at Humphries Hospital. McDaniel recovered gradually after four hours.
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Max Alten Zoological Gardens
St. Louis Zoo
Glen Wineinger
Nickerson Farms
Marshall Humphries
McDaniel
Humphries
Tuscumbia
St. Louis
Chicago
Jand Fort Worth
Tex
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