Mr Fixit Takes On The War Rumors
The piece discusses persistent talk about who will lead the Department of Defense as McNamara departs. Curr orp, a longtime Johnson friend and adviser, is poised to become secretary, promising White House–Pentagon unity. The piece argues for U S victory in Vietnam and a stable South Vietnam governance with Americans aiding postwar reconstruction.
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Virginias Grim Highway Toll Reflected In Dead List
A year after Christmas a vigil lists 1,219 dead on Virginia roads and laments that most were missing this Christmas. The feature, a joint effort with the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and the Richmond Times Dispatch, urges bold traffic safety measures as 43,000 were hospitalized in 1967 and the 1968 toll looms.
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Virginia Traffic Safety Study Commission
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TI agrees to joint venture in Japan for circuits
Four years of bargaining ends as Texas Instruments reaches a joint venture with Cony Corporation of Japan to manufacture integrated circuits for radios and televisions. MITI conditions included local majority ownership and shared patent access while restricting production for a time. The deal signals a potential surge of Japanese made circuits to both the U S and Japanese markets, with broader comments on trade policy and domestic inflation.
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Danville Register Subscription Rates And Info
The Danville Register lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with carrier and mail options, plus single copy prices. It notes AP news republication rights and advertising representatives, and reminds readers to renew before expiration.
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Associated Press
Air travel replaces snail mail by 1969 says post office
The post office department forecasts all first class mail will move by air by 1969, raising questions about the fate of current dedicated snail mail carriers. The American Association for the Advancement of Science convention again touches on sex, a common topic at such gatherings, while future communications envision recordings talking to recordings amid ongoing Hanoi Washington talks.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Balance Sheet on Vietnam War by Peace With Freedom Group
A special Peace With Freedom committee led by General Bradley Eisenhower and Douglas argues for an eventual bombing pause followed by de escalation of ground forces. They suggest such a pause could encourage NLF openness to talks and hint that dissident NLF elements may favor political solutions if Hanoi signals restraint.
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Baal
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Asia
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Hansi
Hanoi
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Buus
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
NLF
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Stalin
Defiance and antiwar sentiment at Harvard poll
An excerpted piece discusses a Harvard Crimson survey showing student willingness to go to jail rather than fight in Vietnam. It cites figures on tax shares, class backgrounds, and lists schools with strongest antiwar or prowar leanings, noting the price of heroism and the Justice Department's stance, while highlighting disparities between poorer and wealthier students and naming institutions in the debate.
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Devouring Its Children A Chinese Revolution Dilemma
John Chamberlain argues Mao’s Red China teeters as old heroes like Chen Yi and Chou En-lai navigate the Cultural Revolution. He likens China to France and Russia, noting Mao's age and the fate of veteran leaders while assessing potential successors and the risk of purge.
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