Conservative Leader Uses Viet Nam War In Hull Campaign
In Hull north a Conservative campaign blamed Labour for weak Viet Nam policy and blamed Prime Minister Wilson on Rhodesia and the Common Market. Sir Alex Douglas-Home attacked Labour’s Hanoi talks and noted a Labour victory could shrink government majority and trigger a general election. An independent leftist candidate opposes Labour, potentially slicing its margin.
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Hull
England
Viet Nam
House of Commons
Alex Douglas Home
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Rhodesia
Alex
Harold Davies
Hanoi
Davies
Ho Chi Minh
Labor
U.S
Hull North
Working Against Labor
Richard Gott
Gott
U.S. Viet Nam
Senate Filibuster Hinders 14B Repealer Effort
Senate debates over the 14B repealer continue as Dirksen denounces the move and Mansfield uses abridged adjournment to wear down the filibuster. Cooper laments Viet Nam remarks being blocked. Dirksen predicts tactics shift and vows to persevere, framing the fight as a matter of principle.
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Johnson
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
John S. Cooper
R-Ky
Congress
Viet Nam
Dirksen
Senate
Italian driver rammed car up St Peter's Basilica steps
Italian motorist Giovanni Pomponi, 37, rammed a modern sedan up the 13 steps of St. Peter's Basilica, crashing at the Portico before a marble column. Police freed him and sent him to a Rome hospital for treatment and mental examination as tourists and priests looked on. No motive was given.
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St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican
Giovanni Pomponi
Rome
St. Peter's
Pomponi
NC Weather Alert Snowfall Reaches North Carolina
A Gulf of Mexico storm brings snow and rain from Rocky Mount to Cherry Point with Wilmington wet. Snow is forecast to continue to Wednesday night with highs near 30s mountains and 40s coast. Tuesday night lows in upper 20s to low 30s. Thursday will be cold and clear. Several western counties face school closures Wednesday due to hazardous roads. The system is moving from the northern Gulf of Mexico up the coast by Wednesday.
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Rocky Mount
Cherry ‘Point
Wilmington
Watauga
Avery
Alleghany
Buncombe
The
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Death Toll Rises in Vietnam War Crises and Attacks
Reports indicate 81 Vietnamese soldiers and four U S crewmen died when a U S Air Force C123 crashed near Nha Trang. A separate harbor incident killed Marines and sailors. Viet Cong mortars struck Da Nang as contact with North Vietnamese regiments waned, amid speculation on peace talks.
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Saigon
U.S
Hong Kong
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
U S
da Nang
Red Arsenal
Maj
King D. Thatenhurst
Twentynine Palms
Calif
Sth Marine Regiment
Thu
Duc
la Drang
Central Highlands
Hanoi
Rural Planning Aims To Lift Communities And Economy
The text argues that poverty and rural hardship can be eased through coordinated planning using local, state, and federal resources. It says planning will expand public services, create economic and cultural opportunities, attract business, provide vocational training, and make rural areas livable. It notes mobile units may be more efficient than building libraries and hospitals in sparse areas.
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Johnson
America
Two Killed As Auto Hits Pupils Near School Bus
Greensboro AP report says a car veered off N C 61 near Whitsett and struck a group of children waiting for a school bus before crashing into an oak. Nancy Bradsher 13 died at the scene and Richard Howard Sharpe 60 died at Moses Cone Hospital. Injured were Michael Clapp 17 and Vance Shoffner 41. The driver Shoffner was hospitalized with undetermined injuries. no charges yet. The incident occurred between Greensboro and Burlington in Guilford County.
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R. F. Shaw
Nancy Bradsher
Ben Bradsher
Rt. 1
Whitsett
Richard Howard Sharpe
Burlington
Michael Lynn Clapp
Ferry Clapp
Vance H. Shoffner
Clapp
Shoffner
Shaw
Moses Cone Hospital
N.C. 61
Guilford County
Bradsher
Gibsonville School
Calvin Ray Isler
Sharpe
Vietnam Infiltration and Bombing Pause Talks Scrutinized
The administration weighs evidence of North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam via Laos, including up to 1,000 infiltrators in Quang Tri on Christmas Day. Photographs show 200 plus trucks in North Vietnam heading toward routes 1A and 15 and near Mugia Pass, with refugees reporting 500 trucks moving south between Dec 27 and Jan 14. White House briefing with Senate and House leaders reviewed national security matters, stressing confidentiality and no clear word on resuming bombing. Goldberg briefed 77 House Democrats on UN involvement in peace efforts. attendees kept the session discreet.
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Laos
Quang Tri
North
Viet Nam
Mugia Pass
North Viet Nam
White House
Senate
House
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ahn F. Raborn
Central Intelligence Agency
George Ball
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Asbert 4H
Humphrey
Moyers
Congress
Mansfield
Congressional
U.S
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Goldberg
Court Keeps Virginia Poll Tax Case Alive in 1964 ruling
A three judge U S district court in Alexandria continued the Virginia poll tax challenge in November 1964. Allison W Brown Jr of the A C L U argued the tax discriminates against poor voters. He cited 1960 census data showing over half of non white families earned below 3000 dollars. The 24th Amendment, adopted in 1964, barred poll taxes in federal elections.
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U.S. District Court
Alexandria
Virginia
Allison W.brown Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
Chinese science manpower study outlines long road to parity
A 588 page report by Dr. Chu-yuan Cheng for a foundation finds Communist China far from catching up to world science by 1967. Economic factors and cooling China Soviet relations cited as reasons. The study, based on hundreds of periodicals and journals, covers 1949 to 1963 with notes on 1964 onward. Cheng, linked to Seton Hall and University of Michigan, compiled the work while at Seton Hall University.
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Red China
Chu-yuan Cheng
Cheng
Union Research Institute
Hong Kon
Setin Hall University
University of Michigan
China
Decision Delayed to Spring for Air India Victims
In Chamonix France officials postponed recovering Mont Blanc crash victims from the Air India disaster until spring. With 117 dead, gusty winds and 30 below zero hindered helicopters and investigators. Experts noted the wreckage appeared intact, and radar loss or sudden snowstorm may explain the crash near the summit.
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Chamonix
France
Air India
Mont Blanc
Europe
U.S. Peace Offer on Viet Nam Surfaces in Cairo Talks
A disclosed U.S. proposal to discuss Hanoi four points includes withdrawal of U.S. troops, Viet Cong participation, and a moratorium on bombing until a reply. The plan raises questions in Washington as officials deny knowledge of a new peace offensive while the UAR and U.S. seek prisoner releases.
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Battle
Mohamed Hassan el Zayyat
Nguyen Xuan
Cairo
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
United States
North
Viet Nam
Hahoi
Hanoi
Washington
Johnson
U.A.R
Crash witnessed as SR-71 rumors swirl over New Mexico
A witness described two explosions and a plane descending in wide spirals near the Texas border in northeast New Mexico. The crash reportedly occurred near NM Highways 65 and 102 with two parachutes seen, as authorities cordon off the site and await Cannon AFB staff. Weaver survived with minor injuries. one crewmate died in his parachute. Ground and air responders, including a Beale AFB linked SR-71 project, investigate the wreckage and classify the material aboard.
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Ing
Roy
New Mexico
Texas
Mitchell
Weaver
Tucumcari
Santa Fe
Cannon Air Force Base
Clo‘Vis
Herb Wattley
Edwards
Virginia Eyes Sales Tax Shift for Local Needs
Carter urges directing most sales tax proceeds to localities to fund needs now, as merchants oppose repealing license taxes. Senate Finance Committee backs a $34 million catch up building program for colleges and mental hospitals, plus unemployment benefit increases. Northern Virginia delegates push a constitutional amendment to borrow for capital outlay to expand state services, amid a near $100 million two year capital outlay plan.
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Carter
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
J. D. Hagood
House
Senate
Northern Virginia
Del
William R. Durland
Fairfax
Virginia
Babbitt and Dupray in Court Over Threat Letters
In a courtroom hearing Babbitt wore dungarees and cowboy boots and relaxed with FBI agents. Dupray, taller and better dressed, appeared with hands cuffed over his face as he was led out. The FBI linked a threatening letter to Dupray mailed from Brattleboro VI and noted a series of telephone threats to the railroad with no payment made.
Motely Named to Federal Judgeship Succeeding Dawson
Mrs Motley a New Haven native earned her law degree from Columbia in 1946 and has worked with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund since 1945. She argued the case admitting the first known Black student to the University of Mississippi. She will be a $30,000 lifetime federal judge succeeding Archie O. Dawson.
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Page
Motley
New Haven
Conn
Columbia University
Legal Defense and Education Fund
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University of Mississippi
Archie O. Dawson
McNamara Defends Manned Bombers as Long Term Hedge
McNamara said manned bombers would be retained indefinitely and kept ready for use if missile forces prove less reliable than estimates suggest. He argued that the current U S force of 255 late model B52 bombers is an adequate hedge against Soviet defenses.
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McNamara
U.S
Bridges and Dormitory Bonds Raise Interest Rates
A recent discussion notes that self liquidating revenue bond projects for bridge and tunnel systems toll roads and college dormitories carry bonds funded by the projects themselves rather than direct state obligations. This structure tends to keep interest rates somewhat higher on these bonds.
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D'Ga
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