Bubbles of Discontent Over India Pakistan Pact Surface
In New Delhi and Pakistan, divisions over the Tashkent peace declaration emerged. Rehabilitation Minister Mahavir Tyagi resigned opposing interim Prime Minister Nanda's pledge to honor the pact. Ayub Khan sought calm via radio as protests rose in Lahore and beyond. Shastri had died. Nanda took over promising to honor the agreement while Kashmir remained a point of contention.
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New Delhi
India
Tashkent
U.S.S.R
Mahavir Tyagi
Gulzari Lal Nanda
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
West Pakistan
Lahore
Alexei Kosygin
Ayub
Kasygin
Lal Bahadur Shastri
South Asia
Kashmir
Shastri
Tral Asian
Tyagi
India-Pakistan
Nanda
Congress Party
Y. B. Chavan
Indira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Kumaraswami Kamaraj
Tass
Kabul
Afghanistan
Kosygin
Cold Rains Continue In Southland
A narrow band of subzero cold lingered along the Canadian border as the southland endured a second day of cold rains. Miniature readings showed 14 below at International Falls with a 38 below morning low, while Great Lakes areas faced 10 to 20 below forecasts. The rain stretched from Texas to the Carolinas, turning to snow in the Appalachians, with light snow in Salt Lake City and the Great Lakes region. Southwest sunny and mild contrasted with the bitterly cold north.
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Associated Press
Canadian
Southland
International Falls
Minn
Weather Bureau
Upper
Great Lakes
Minot
N.D
Bemidji
Duluth
Superior
Wis
Texas
Carolinas
Middle Atlantic States
Appalachian Mountains
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rockies
Lee Shores
Southwest
California
Arizona
Godwin to Take Office as 67th Governor in Virginia
Governor elect Godwin plans Saturday inauguration as the 67th chief executive if counting only unique holders since independence. He names Isle of Wight banker Shirley T. Holland as special assistant for legislative liaison and confirms key aides from Gov. Harrison era.
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Gmia
Commonwealth
Godwin
Patrick Henry
William Smith
Billy
Virginia
Richmond
Erect Godwin
Shirley T. Holland
Isle of Wight
Holland
Carter Co. Lowance
John H. Wessells Jr
Plane wreck fragments found after hunting trip impact
Fragments of the plane’s wings hung in tree limbs after a crash beneath a wet leaf covered ground. A red leather seat lay about 30 feet from the wreckage while a child’s toy or item rested nearby. Dr. Porter, a Lynchburg native, was among the hunters Elam and Holmes who had taken part in the trip.
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Porter
Lynchburg
Elam
Holmes
Peace talks urged as Vietnam turmoil rises global tensions
A Moscow dispatch reports Brezhnev appealing for Communist unity to counter U S aggression in Vietnam while Washington notes North Vietnamese factories and railways being rebuilt for China. Marines overrun a Viet Cong mortar position near Da Nang and a Crimp drive is repelled at night. In Korea and Vietnam an economic conference ends with pledges to strengthen cooperation and medical teams being sent. Martin Luther King Jr leads a three mile march in Atlanta with SNCC leader James Forman as clashes erupt around the Capitol.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Mongolia
U.S
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
North Viet Nam
Johnson
Washington
Saigon
Red China
Leatherneck
da Nang
South Korea
South Viet Nam
United States
King
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Bond
America
Atlanta University
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King I
Capitol
James Forman
Junius Griffin
Associated Press
SCLC
Drop-Off Of Commie Aggressive Actions Follows Seasonal Pattern
In South Vietnam the decline in Viet Cong incidents mirrors a seasonal pattern as peace talks loom. After a peak of 1,133 incidents the week after Christmas, weekly totals fell to 373 and are expected lower. Tet begins January 20, with fighting typically easing.
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Commie
Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Johnson
Pentagon
Saigon
Wehrle Cleared of Rape and Robbery Charges in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE RP Richard T Wehrle a 24 year old Duke graduate was found not guilty on all counts in the July 27 attack on the widow of a prominent insurance executive at her Foxcroft home. The grand jury deliberated 1 hour 45 minutes before returning Not guilty on first degree burglary rape and robbery. Wehrle testified he never met Mrs Brooks and had an alibi with Wake Forest student Join Kitchin. Jury proceedings and defense witnesses followed a week of testimony including character witnesses from Duke.
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Charlotte
Richard T. Wehrle
Promilent Insurance
Mecklenburg County
Wehrle
Duke University
W. i B. McLean
W. Lester Brooks
Foxcroft
Soviet Support and Peace Demands in Vietnam Crisis
The Soviet Union provided technical aid, free economic assistance, and trade credits to Hanoi while reaffirming full support for the Vietnamese struggle against U.S. imperialism. A Vietnamese Communist party delegation will attend the Soviet party congress starting March 29, signaling Hanoi's backing in the Pekin Moscow dispute. The communique reiterated support for the four point peace demands of North Vietnam and the National Front for Liberation in South Vietnam, which the United States has refused to accept.
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Hanoi
United States
Vietnamese Communist Party
Soviet Communist Party Congress
Peking-Moscow
North Viet Nam
South Vietnamese National Front For Liberation
Vieting
U.S
South Viet Nam
Floods devastate towns across Argentina and Paraguay
Descriptions detail widespread flood damage with warehouses flooded and utilities knocked out. The text notes low cost relief efforts directed at families with damaged homes. No damage total is available as rivers surged and rains persisted through the period.
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Frome
Humberto Castello Ragco
Ana
Paraguay
Firestone heir and Bailey linked in Beverly Hills kidnapping
In Beverly Hills a kidnapping plot unraveled as Bailey and Scalia were shot at the Firestone home. Bailey died. Scalia died hours later. Investigators cite police accounts of a larger ring, with $2 million sought, blue paper cryptic calculations, and potential involvement of 10 to 20 accomplices. Firestone, a Northern California magnate, expressed distress and praised police.
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Hawkins
Scalla
Los Angelse
Hankins
Scalia
B. L. Cork
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Firestone
General Hospital
California
San Francisco Chronicle
Francis Moffat
Pebble Beach
San Francisco
Stuart Heatley
Monterey
Canf
White Stucco House
Polly
Slayings probe clash with Mississippi Klansmen balking
Washington AP report details two alleged Mississippi Ku Klux Klan members refusing to answer questions about the slayings of Charles Moore and Henry Dee. Charles Marcus Edwards and James Ford Seale cited constitutional grounds as investigators outlined reported flogging incidents and bodies found in the Mississippi River.
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Meadville
Miss
Charles Marcus Edwards
Edwards
Donald T. Appell
House Committee On
Appelt
Mississippi State Highway Patrol
FBI
Charles Moore
Henry Dee
Moore
Dee
Mississippi River
Philadelphia
Highway Patrol
Appell
James Ford Seale
Edwin E. Willis
D.la
Seale
Willis
Clyde Wayne Seale
Cyclops
Ee Klavern
Earl Hodges
Clyde Seale
Alton Alford
Alford
White Christian Protective Association Defense Fund
Sam Bow
North Carolina General Assembly approves redistricting measures
The North Carolina General Assembly ends a special session with a 9-2 Democratic majority in the U S House and a House approval of a constitutional amendment to increase membership from 129 to 150. The Senate rejected a similar increase, and a multi member county seat numbering plan was defeated by both chambers. Governors and leaders praised swift action and courage.
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North Carolina
U. S. House
Senate
House
Dan Moore
General Assembly
David Britt
Robeson
Bob Scott
Pat Taylor
Northern Virginia gains P&E spots as Republicans seek better House posts
The Privileges and Elections Committee emerges as a focal point with minority representation urged by Turk. Sen Burruss notes Republicans secure five major committee slots while House assignments remain uncertain. Northern Virginia senators, led by Hirst, celebrate a 16th District boost and broader regional influence as the Senate schedules a joint session for the governor inauguration.
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Privileges and Elections Committee
Turk
Robert S. Burruss Jr
Lynchburg
Senate
P&e
Education
Burruss
House
Finance Committee
Courts of Justice
Virginia
Sen
Hirst
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Commonwealth
House of Delegates
Powell Seeks More Job Corps Funding After Unemployed Grads
Powell criticizes poverty programs including Job Corps and Neighborhood Youth Corps for failing to place graduates in work. He cites that of 300 recent Job Corps graduates only about one third found jobs. He urges expanding Job Corps and youth programs and coordinating closer with Sargent Shriver and Wirtz. Labor Dept already runs Youth Corps for CEO at 149 million annually and operates large on the job and vocational training under manpower law.
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Job Corps
Powell
OEO
OEFO
Sargent Shriver
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Humphrey Kosygin Discuss World Affairs On Trip Home
Vice President Humphrey reported to President Johnson that he and Soviet Premier Kosygin discussed the whole scope of affairs in this troubled world during their talks in New Delhi. He and Rusk will prepare a fuller account after briefing the president, with emphasis on Viet Nam peace efforts and Soviet mediation.
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Humphrey
Kosygin
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
India
Alexei N. Kosygin
New Delhi
Presidential Palace
Dean Rusk
United States
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Rusk
Saigon
Viet Nam
Johnson
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
S i
Tashkent
Pakistan
Shastri
Hussain Shafi
United Arab Republic
Shafi
U.S
Rome
Vatican
Colosseum
Roman Forum
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