15 Nov 1968
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1968
Page
1
The piece details how the U.S. government maintains overseas offices from New Delhi to Frankfurt with engineers, teachers, and administrators. It notes budget figures and job cuts, including a Frankfurt project losing four positions, while arguing for sharper efficiency across foreign posts. It cites opinions from ambassadors, former officials, and Peace Corps critics on staff levels and effectiveness.
Negotiations between U S and North Vietnam stretch over five months as officials cite a halted bombing in exchange for a broader conference. State Department says wider talks will include two sides one with United States and South Vietnam the other with North Vietnam and the NLF both sides to organize themselves as they choose.
The French bishops resumed closed deliberations on a pastoral letter permitting personal conscience for Catholics on birth control. Bishop Wright confirmed the birth control section was sent for final typing and would align with church teaching. The panel debated the Vietnam war conscience issue and the possibility of draft objections, while a fertility research foundation was approved to study conception and rhythm methods.
British Defense Secretary Healey announced that all NATO members except France and Iceland pledged substantial increases in their defense contributions. U.S. official Clifford detailed MIRV developments and warned that NATO faces a stronger Soviet threat following the Czechoslovakia occupation. Rusk urged a modest yet forceful allied response, while France remained outside military talks in Brussels.
Mrs Shirley Paige Manuel widow of actor Victor Moore won an uncontested divorce from Solon Manuel in Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Thomas A Aurelio. She testified he forced her to breakfast nude and often locked up her clothes, abusing her when she objected. The couple married January 13 1967.
The Associated Press reports heavy snow across the central and southern Rockies with 11 inches at Hawley Lake Arizona and 5 inches in Cheyenne Wyoming. Snow ranges 4 to 8 inches in Colorado and New Mexico, while lower levels face hazardous driving from mixed rain and snow.
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