Major Resumption Of Ground Warfare Expected When Cease-Fire Period Ends
AP News Analysis says a year end lull will yield to major ground battles after Tet. North Vietnamese units reportedly move to gather harvest rice, while U S forces face decisions on air operations. Tet truce Jan 19-23 tests the Saigon cease-fire as Washington weighs bombing pause and peace prospects.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Syear
U.S
Quang Ngai
No Commitments In Tidewater Sales Tax Talks With Gov Godwin
In Richmond on Tuesday Gov. Godwin met with a Tidewater legislative group led by Sen. Edward Breeden to discuss local sales taxes. The delegates reported no commitments were made and urged counties to be allowed to impose the tax while seeking a uniform statewide law. Rural opposition remains to the proposed 1 percent local share based on taxation and population.
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Gov. Godwin
Richmond
Godwin
Edward L. Breeden Jr
Norfolk
Hampton
Roads
Tidewater
Formwa
Del
Sam Pope
Southampton
Breeden
March 31 Strike Threat Looms in Rail Firemen Dispute
Washington AP Reuters reports the AFL CIO Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen warns a national rail strike could erupt by March 31 if negotiations fail. Union seeks restoration of job cuts under a 1963 compulsory arbitration law set to expire. Six railroads named for bargaining aim for a pattern agreement before broader action.
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Washington
Jong
White House
Congress
H. E. Gilbert
Gilbert
Aflcio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
U.S
J. E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Brotherhood
Union
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville
Nashville
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Nigeria reports up to fifty officers executed in power struggle
Lagos AP reports a military coup in Nigeria led by Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi collapsing into an armed struggle with as many as 50 officers executed. An attempted assassination on Ironsi failed while loyalty pledges spread. London confirms recognition as a body count and arrests rise. A former finance minister Festus Okotie Eboh and five others were found buried near Lagos, heightening fears for kidnapped ex Prime Minister Balewa.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Aguiyi Iransi
Transi
Ironsi
London
Festus Okatie Eboh
Pen Probably Saved His Life in Rural Shootout
Spartanburg AP report says policeman Jimmy Powell faced six shots from suspect Ernest Lee Pack. A 59 cent ball point pen over Powell’s heart deflected a round, likely saving his life. Pack was wounded in the left hand and hospitalized. Powell’s chest was lacerated and his undershirt bloodstained.
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Spartanburg
Jimmy Powell
Ernest Lee Pack
Powell
Pack
Johnson orders rise in savings bond interest rates
New York AP report says President Johnson directed an increase in interest rates on Series E and H savings bonds "as of the earliest feasible date." Treasury Secretary Fowler outlined the plan to raise rates from 3 3/4 percent on the remaining $49 billion in bonds and on new issues. The move, the first since 1959, aims to keep savings bonds competitive with other forms of savings amid Viet Nam costs. Fowler cited a letter from the President urging timely action and noting that existing bond holders should not be forced to cash in to gain the higher rate. The exact increase size was not disclosed. See BONDS, Page 2-4.
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New York
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson
U.S
Fowler
New York State
Dustrial
Viet Nam
Savings and Loan Associations
Indira Gandhi Favored as Desai Holds Run for Prime Minister
In New Delhi congress leaders failed to oust Morarji Desai from the prime minister race while Indira Gandhi, 48, gained favored status. A secret ballot seemed likely as President Kamraj urged Desai to withdraw. Desai refused, warning of unhealthy precedents. Desai believes he has parliamentary support, while Kamaraj noted most MPs back Mrs. Gandhi, who previously stepped aside in 1964 to allow Shastri to take office. Desai’s stance keeps a contest alive for the ruling Congress party’s leadership after Nehru’s era.
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New Delhi
India
Congress
Morarji Desai
Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehbru
Desai
Gandhi
Shastri
Congress Party
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Kumaraswami Kamaraj
Nehru
Molandas K. Gandhi
Southern Train Derails Near Hot Springs N C
Seventeen cars of a Southern Railway freight train derailed Tuesday near Hot Springs North Carolina. No injuries reported. Lead cars of train No 51 bound from Asheville to Knoxville derailed along the French Broad River due to an unspiked rail. A boulder had tumbled earlier blocking the line and crews worked ten hours to clear the tracks and restore traffic.
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Hot Springs
N.C
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Southern
Asheville
Knoxville
French Broad River
Vast Mechanization Program To Improve Mail Service Across Nation
Washington AP postmaster general Lawrence F. O'Brien announced a vast mechanization program to modernize mail handling in 109 city post offices handling 60 percent of the nation’s 74 billion annual pieces. The $65 million plan by June 30 aims at next-day delivery and includes recruiting through a five year college program and studies with Dartmouth, Michigan State, and Southern.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
O'Brien
O’brien
Dartmouth College
Michigan State
Man Shoots Trip Then Kills Himself At Brookhaven Lab
On Tuesday on Long Island, Michael Maresca, 34, an evaluation engineer at Brookhaven National Laboratory, shot and wounded three coworkers with a shotgun before turning the weapon on himself. He had appeared depressed after reporting to work, and police seek motive as coworkers and guards recount the events in the laboratory parking area. First victim James Powell, 37, an engineer from Rocky Point, was among those attacked.
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Maresca
Research Personne
Nuclear Laboratory
James Powell
Rocky Point
N.Y
Ex-Klansman Testifies to Bombings of Negro Homes in Mississippi
Washington AP A young ex Klansman told a House committee he helped bomb the homes of three Negro civil rights workers in McComb Mississippi He stated he and 10 other Klansmen were arrested and he pled guilty to three counts of illegal use of explosives and one of conspiracy receiving a 154 year sentence with only the jail term suspended and a $500 fine retained He said he remains under heavy probation and forbidden to engage in violence The witness noted civil rights groups provoke violence and vice versa Committee members offered federal protection as hearings paused until February 1 to allow contempt citations against seven Klan leaders to proceed
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Washington
House Committee
McComb
Miss
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Ku Klux Klan
Billly Wilson
Tafe
Actly
Mississippi
Wilson
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Willis
Committeeem
Congressional
House
Congress
Paul Wilson
Charles Bryant
Donald T. Appell
Bryant
Curtis Bryant
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Homce
Stirling
Gillis
Refugee Center Attacked Ahead of Lunar Cease-Fire
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a refugee center south of Da Nang just hours before a four day lunar new year cease-fire begins. About 40 refugees were killed or wounded. The assault at Pam Ky followed other harassing actions as both sides prepared for the truce. Separate incidents include two U.S. servicemen wounded near Can Tho and Viet Cong attacks on Thu Duc, Tam Ky, and Thang Binh district headquarters along Highway No 1. Casualties reported as light to moderate. Viet Cong losses unclear.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Pam Ky
U.S
Can Tho
Thu Duc
Latt
Tam Ky
Thang Binh
Murtar
Viet Nam
Buddah Mountain
Quang Ngai City
Ex-bank robber charged in Raleigh holdup
A former bank thief, Granada Wheelous, was arrested at a Raleigh roadblock after allegedly taking 4089.50 at gunpoint from a teller at the North Side Branch of First Citizens Bank. Loot recovered. wheelous to be arraigned. bond recommended at 25000. linked to a previous Durham Bank hold up in 1959.
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Raleigh
Northside
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
FBI
Granada Thomas Wheelous
Robert Murphy
Charlotte
Wheelous
U.S
Revan Rothrock
Weldon A. Hollowell
Murphy
Wheeleus
Durham Bank & Trust Co
Youngville
Weather summary for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia experiences mostly sunny skies with highs in the 30s and upper 20s in the mountains on Wednesday. Lows range from 12 to 20 degrees except 5 to 12 in northern mountains, with a cold Wednesday night and a Thursday of partly cloudy skies and colder conditions. North Carolina stays partly cloudy and cold with highs near 32 in the mountains and mid 40s along the south coast, increasing clouds Wednesday night and a chance of snow in the southwest, spreading rain or snow across most areas Thursday.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Downtown Weather Log: Tuesday Temperatures and Winds
Downtown weather report shows Tuesday records with 32 30.10 SW-5 at 7 pm 27 30.11 SW-5, and 1 am readings 26 30.11 Calm. The 24 hour low was 223 and high 38 with no precipitation in the 21 hour window.
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