January Thaw Breaks Across East With Warmer Weekend Hopes
The January thaw arrives with temperatures rising from frigid depths to the 50s and 60s in the east, led by Washington’s 57 and Richmond’s 61. Weather officials credit a high pressure system and expect milder conditions through the weekend, with little precipitation forecast.
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East Central States
New England
Washington
Richmond
Boston
New York
Associated Press
Virginia
Weatherman
Weather Bureau
Bluefield
Mercury
Blackstone
Norfolk
Newport News
Quantico
Roanoke
Charlottesville
Bristol
Danville
Lynchburg
Clifford Namara nominates Clifford Johnson for defense post
President Johnson moves Clifford Johnson to Pentagon as McNamara departs. Johnson praises Johnson and McNamara while detailing Johnson's long service from World War II through Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations. Johnson has advised on defense, diplomacy, and intelligence, and Johnson’s appointment signals continuity in national security policy.
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Namara
Toon Rick
Thasanny Bots Wilu Lad
Clifford
Defense
Senate
Johnso
Pentagon
McNamara
Clifford Johnson
Vietnam
Johnson
State Department
Rusk
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Foreign Relations Advisory Board
Washington
Kansas
St. Louis
U.S. Naval Reserve
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy
Truman
White House
Defense Department
John P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Nerve shaking quake felt across Eureka coast area
Seismologists placed Friday's underground nuclear test near the Nevada site at magnitude 5.75 to 6.5 with later estimates up to 6.5 as a strong quake. The blast 3,200 feet underground released energy equivalent to nearly one million tons of TNT and formed a dust cloud above the snow covered valley. Radiation remained contained underground and authorities evacuated residents within 12 miles of the shot point. A separate Yucca Flat test produced 20,000 to 200,000 tons of TNT energy and was reported independent of the main event.
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Eureka
California
Nevada
University of Utah
University of California In Berkeley
Berkeley
Atomic Energy Commission
Hot Creek
Commission
Las Vegas
Hat Creek Ranch
Mphey
Yucca Flat
AEC
Heart Patient Undergoes Third Surgery at Stanford
At Stanford Medical Center Mike Kaep ving ana underwent his third major operation in less than a week. Doctors described his condition as extremely critical as surgeons removed his spleen to prevent further internal bleeding while the transplanted heart from a deceased donor continued to function normally.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kaep Ving
Perday
Stanford Medical Center
Kas- Iperak
Vietnam War actions widen frontline scope and losses
Reported attacks target supply lines around Bac Giang power plant Ken air base and Ha Gia bridge near Hanoi as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces clash with North Vietnamese units amid Tet truce talks. Marines suffer heavy combat near DMZ with 162 killed and 35 wounded. U.S. planes tally losses and incidents include a Mekong Delta bombing aftermath and Lang Vei blast investigation.
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Dar
Bac Giang
Ken Air Base
Ha Gia Highway
Hanoi
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Con Thien
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Mekong
North Vietnam
Ree Giang
Lang Vein
South Vietnam
Lang Vei
Americn Air Force
MI6
Air Force
Marine Corps
Ocean Sprinter Rescued After Atlantic Gale Tragedy
A battered Ocean Sprinter, eight days out from Prince Edward Island, was rescued by the U S Coast Guard Absecon after a fierce storm. Survivors including a woman and 11 others were taken aboard, while the captain and three crewmen remained aboard until rescue. The ship, en route from Madrid to Rotterdam, faced ice, high seas, and exposure before relief arrived in treacherous conditions.
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Paget One
Chayter
U.S. Coast Guard
Film
Chaver
Coast Guard
Prince Edward Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Ocean
Sprinter
A. Solleveld
Clyde
Absecon
The
Atlanfish Co
Madrid
Spain
Scheyepvaarl Maats Vries Express
Groningen
Netherlands
Rotterdam
New York
Arevo Nas
Summerside
Canadian Coast Guard
SAM batteries move across Vietnam to deter U S aircraft
The article notes mobile SAM batteries, numbering around 74 battalions with six launchers each, shifting among sites to avoid U S bombs and cover North Vietnamese facilities. Most are in Hanoi and Haiphong, with others near the Demilitarized Zone and along the Vinh to Than Hoa route, complicating U S reconnaissance and forcing evasive maneuvers.
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U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vinh
Than Hoa
South Vetnam
Inner Circle Klansmen trial names delegates and acts
Trial records list defendants from Kannapolis Concord and China Grove including Wayne Dayvault Stewart Wagoner Outen Davis and Hill. The government accuses them of bombings arson threats and cross burnings tied to the Inner Circle klan unit with Davis cited as deceased and Hill labeled as witness and trigger man.
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Olis
Marx Wayne Dayvault
Kannapolis
Donald Hall Stewart Jr
Concord
Johnny Gene Wagoner
Charles Alexader Outen
China Grove
James Wayne Davis
Rowan County
Blackwelder
Till
FBI
Hill
Stanley
Supreme Court
Micrluus
Bank Robbery Suspect Flees After Cash Grab
J T Bailey of Eureka saw the bandit escape with cash after an NC bank robbery. Bailey obtained the license plate ED-6414 from the getaway car, a late model blue vehicle heading toward Goldsboro about 18 miles away. Beeton described the bandit as calm and confident, suggesting time was no factor. This marked the third North Carolina bank robbery in 1968, following a Sharpsburg heist where a woman in male clothing took $14,050.
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Page Ge
J. T. Bailey
Eureka
Becton
Bailey
J. T
Goldsboro
Beeton
North Carolina
Sharpsburg
Bias in Housing Ruling Highlights Civil Rights Challenge
A federal brief supports Joseph Lee Jones, a Black man, and his white wife Barbara Ja, in a suit accusing developers in Paddock Woods of racial discrimination. The document cites restrictive covenants and anti Jewish exclusion as pervasive issues, noting "No Jews" signs and segregated housing practices across states and regions. It stresses housing discrimination harms the Negro and cites examples from Delray Beach to Bronxville and New York City coop sales.
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Barbara Ja
Wlrich TV
Absivis
de Joneses
Suse
Ant Saph
Council of Churches
Delray Beach
Fla
Bronxville
N.Y
District of Columbia
New York City
Police Station Bombed Bank Robbery Plains Kansas Detective Killed
Overland Park Kansas dispatch: Metcalf State Bank robbed by two men shortly after a police station bombing. Sgt Eldon Miller of Kansas City Kansas killed. a suspect shot in the stomach and captured. Police cornered suspects in an apartment building at 8455 Robinson Avenue. A state trooper Bud Jackson and an officer Chester Sandbye were injured in the chase. Three nearby elementary schools kept students after dismissal.
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Overland Park
Kat.1
Metcalf State Bank
City Hall
Eldon Miller
Kansas City
Kan
Ing
Henry Floyd
Brown
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Criti-Police
Overland
Highway Patrol
Bud Jackson
Chase
Robinson
Iik Dits
Jip
Chester Sandbye
Pix Lice
Virginia lawmakers press tax relief and education grants debate
Assembly continued with proposals after the Supreme Court ruled against a tuition grant to preserve segregation. Del. Clive DuVal and colleagues pitched tax credits to offset food sales tax, plus higher cigarette and beer taxes to cover a projected 17 million dollar revenue loss. Other bills seek to exempt food from sales tax, expand highway safety measures, and require truth in lending disclosures.
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Page Oss Hagen
U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
Tidewater
Virginia
Del
Clive DuVal
Fairfax
William J. R. Durland
Durland
del. Harrison C. Mann
Arlington
Senate
Leroy S. Bendheim
Senate Rules Committee
Finance Committee
Sen
Edward §. Willey
Richmond
State Hospital Board
Willey
del. A. L. Philpott
Henry County
Virginia Bankers Association
Congress
William Proxmire
Man Prays Before Surgeons After Hand Severing Accident
In Ridgefield New Jersey AP report, 1-year-old printer Edward McKee fed by prayer before his hand was reattached at Englewood Hospital after a paper cutter severed his right hand in the mission basement. Doctors anticipate two days to judge success. McKee and staff prayed for wisdom and effort. Spiros Zodhiates aided by wrapping a tourniquet and transporting McKee with a hand in a towel. McKee is married. his wife expects their third child.
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Ridgefield
Englewood Hospital
Edward McKee
Fishlawn
Spiros Zodhiates
American Mission To Greeks
McKee
Zodhiates
Constantine Kalonaros
MecKee
Expanded Airport Financing Pushed by Officials
An unnamed official said Congress will vote new financing methods for a decade long expansion of the airport and airways system. The administration plans higher or new taxes on both commercial and non commercial users and possibly an air freight tax. Proposals failed in the last session. Requests for more air traffic control equipment and air safety personnel are also expected.
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Congress
Eartha Kitt sparks clash at wartime women’s meeting
At a New Jersey luncheon about women’s roles in crime prevention Mrs. Johnson invited about 50 wives and mothers. Miss Eartha Kitt criticized peers for lacking wartime insight and pot remarks sparked rebuttals from Mrs. Richard Hughes. The White House received protests as Kitt defended her stance amid antwar pickets.
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Miss Kitt
Johnson
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Air Force
Vietnam
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