Eisenhower Leaves Bed as Doctors Plan Walter Reed Move
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower was allowed out of bed for the first time since a heart attack eight days earlier. Doctors consider transferring him by train from Ft Gordon to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington as his recovery continues and a timetable awaits Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton’s arrival for consultations.
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Walter Reed
FT. Gordon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Army
Leonard D. Heaton
Eisenhower
Eral
Viet Nam
New York
Denver
Colo
Fisenthower
Army Hospital
Augusta
McNamara outlines four steps to curb copper prices
McNamara discusses actions to curb copper price rises amid defense buildup in Viet Nam. He calls for holding talks with New York Exchange directors to raise copper margins toward 70 percent, cites labor unrest and market disruptions, and notes defense needs will push copper demand up. He says rollback chances are unclear and emphasizes broader inflation risks.
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McNamara
New York Commodity Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
U.S
Kennecott Copper Corp
White House
Viet Nam
Chile
United States
Rhodesia
Pentagon
Viet Nam War Update Narrows Focus With Several Actions
Viet Cong guerrillas killed three soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division near Saigon while U.S. and Vietnamese forces reported clashes across the country. In the Mekong Delta campaign, 110 Viet Cong were killed 105 miles southwest of Saigon. Reconnaissance found two North Vietnamese missile sites damaged after an air attack. Premier Ky launched a land distribution program at Tay Ninh, with Ambassador Lodge present, distributing titles to 10 peasants as part of a broader plan to distribute about 700,000 acres to 150,000 tenants.
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Cambodia
South Viet Nam
Plei Me
U.S
1St Infantry
Saigon
1St Division
da Nang
Lodge
Reform and rights clash in council debate on liberty and collective production
The council debates economic progress, individual rights, and the role of reforms. A two thirds vote is required on certain issues as abstentions shape outcomes, with calls to resist oppression within natural and evangelical law. Pope Paul VI to issue decrees on authority and revelation after sessions resume.
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Paul VI
Philip Hannan
New Orleans
Marshall
Diplomatic visit and bird migration tale cross continents
Mission Maine senators J Caleb Boggs and Daniel K Inouye spent the afternoon at a U S Embassy briefing. A South African migratory swallow ringed in Johannesburg was later found in Soviet Russia, flying about 200 miles daily and recovered near Siberia per the Witwatersrand Bird Club.
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Maine
J. Caleb Boggs
R-Del
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
U.S
Johannesburg
South Africa
Soviet Russia
Siberia
Witwatersrand Bird Club Jo
Bridge ace tests ego and nerves at trials
San Francisco reports psychiatrist Dr. Harold Rockaway, a top 50 bridge player, arguing ego and competitive drive aid success. He and partner Mervin Key seek top three at the American Contract Bridge League trials, with 340 hands over several days and a tension filled finish as they aim to represent the United States at world championships.
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San Francisco
Harold Rockaway
United States
Dr. Rockaway
Rockaway
Honston
Mervin Key
Brazil Chief Urges Revision of Defense Ideas at Inter American Session
Brazil President Humberto Castello Branco warned hemispheric leaders to reshape defense concepts to counter subtle threats from infiltration and subversion. He urged an efficient mechanism for collective action and warned against unilateral security decisions, signaling readiness to share risk in joint responses. The talks center on possible inter American peace forces amid Latin opposition, while U.S. rhetoric praised democratic resilience and growth in the hemisphere as Southeast Asia remains tense.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Humberto Castello Branca
Hemisphere
Castello Branco
U.S
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Rio
OAS
Santo Domingo
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Rusk
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Texas
Trujillo
Rus
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
McCue Probes State Legal Work Beyond Staff Attorneys
McCue voiced great concern over hiring non staff lawyers by the attorney general and the Highway Department. He cited a Charlottesville article about Albemarle School Board seeking continued use of the Battle law firm to assist with federal aid acts. He warned of two risks including costs for Civil Rights Act advice.
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Attorney General
General Assembly
State Highway Department
McCue
Charlottesville
Albemarle County
Pickup Trucks Hit Head-On Near Enfield Killing Three
Two pickup trucks collided head-on on U.S. 301 about three miles north of Enfield. The dead are Thomas C. Longo, 29, Agnes Krast Aplegate, 43, of West Long Branch NJ, and Crawford Hunt, about 55, of Red Springs. The Hunt truck was on the wrong side of the road, striking the southbound Longo vehicle. Both trucks were demolished.
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Raleigh
Enfield
C. F. Bunchi
Thomas C. ‘Tango
Agnes Krast Ap
Plegate
West Long
Branch
Crawford Hunt
Red Springs
U.S. 301
Bunch
Hunt
Longo
Africa moves shift in UN voting blocks
Analysis notes major shifts in Africa as nations switch alignment on the Peking issue. The anti-Peking side gains two new African adherents while losing nine, with several states moving to abstention and others entering the pro Peking bloc. Israel joins by switching, and new supporters include Gambia, Malta, and Malawi. France, Central African Republic, and Congo Brazzaville flip to Peking, while Dahomey abstains and Congo Leopoldville is absent.
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Brazzaville
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Mauritania
Ethiopia
Kenya
Singapore
Zambia
Israel
Gambia
Malta
Malawi
Cameroon
Chad
Chile
Cyprus
Iran
Jamaica
Libya
Rwanda
Senegal
France
Central African Republic
Congo
Peking
Dahomey
Leopoldville
Africa
Princess Margaret and Snowdon Guests at White House
Royal visitors Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon were feted at the White House during a U S tour with 140 dinner guests and 30 dancers. The evening included music by the Marine Band, Army Strings, and Peter Duchin, plus gifts of paintings and a dogwood tree from Luci Johnson.
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Bill Wiliam
Princess Margaret, Earl of
Snowdon
White House
Margaret
Great Britain
Earl of Snowdon
United States
Johnson
Sharpe Health School
Hubert H. Humphrey
Carl E. Sanders
Georgia
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
John B. Connally
Texas
John
Luci
Lynda
University of Texas
Austin
Johnsons
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
San Antonio
Tex
U.S. Marine Band
U.S. Army Strings
Peter Duchin
Polecat Special Equipment Aboard Flight To South Pole
The Polecat mission used special gear to stay in contact with Collins Radio Station in Cedar Rapids Iowa as Dr Edward Sweeney of Washington DC president of the National Aeronautics Association called the trip the last great exploratory flight. Forty crew and passengers left Honolulu including 13 crew 9 scientists 5 newsmen and 13 observers. Robert Prescott of Hollywood California Flying Tiger president left in London after his son died in a crash near India California. Scientists conducted over a dozen experiments under Dr Serge A Korff of New York University. They measured ozone and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere infrared radiation and produced photographs to be correlated with the Tyros weather satellite. Captain Robert N Buck described the daylight flight over the South Pole from 37000 feet viewing radar antenna and Navy buildings at the southern tip. The route went Honolulu London Buenos Aires Lisbon Buenos Aires Christchurch and back to Honolulu.
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Collins Radio Station
Cedar ‘Rapids
Iowa
Edward €. Sweeney
Washington, D.C
National Aeronautics Association
Honolulu Oe
Robert Prescott
Hallywood
Calif
Flying Tiger
Korff
Robert N. Buck
Pipersville
South Pole
U.S. Navy
Buck
Honolulu
London
North Pole
Buenos Aires
Lisbon
Portugal
Christchurch
Unsettled Weather Drags On Across Western States
Weather unsettled across the Western states brings widespread rain and mountain snow from the Rockies to the Pacific. A new storm off the Pacific coast is forecast to hit Thursday, while California endures an 80 year wet spell tied to a four day stretch of rain. Mt Wilson reports 149 inches in six hours, with totals 8.61 inches in recent days. Morning temps fall to below zero in parts of the northern Great Plains while 82 degrees is reached in Brownsville Texas and West Palm Beach Florida.
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Rockies
Pacific
Florida
California
Mt. Wilson
Los Angeles
Great Plains
Roseau
Minnesota
Havre
Mont
Brownsville
Tex
West Palm Beach
Fla
North Carolina Senate Defeats Speaker List Amendment
The North Carolina Senate defeated Morgan’s bid to require college and university presidents to submit a monthly list of campus speakers by a 27 to 21 vote. Debate covered trustees, governors, and proposed audits of speakers including restrictions on Communist or Fifth Amendment pleas. Trustees defended the university’s speaker policy as adequate, while senators questioned its reach and timing.
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Morgan
Boards of Trustees
Senate
Sen. Vont Gilmore
Moine
Gilmore
White
University of North Carolina
Polbcy
Herbert Hyde
Bunscombe
Julian Allsbrook
Halifax
Hanes
Sickly Looking Youth Fires Pistol on Airliner Over Gulf
An 18-year-old from Brownsville Texas fired a pistol five or six times into the floor of National Airlines DC8 over the Gulf of Mexico. A passenger disarmed him. no one injured. FBI to charge Thomas Robinson. Plane returned to New Orleans, landed safely, then resumed toward Melbourne after the incident.
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New Orleans
National Airlines
FBI
Thomas
Plaeger
Strike Continues as Machinists Reject McDonnell Contract
Ten thousand plus machinists threaten a walkout after a four day wildcat strike. 8383 to 3036 vote against the offer. Old contract expired Nov. 7. McDonnell proposed nine cents an hour annual raises for three years with fringe benefits, while union leaders vow a midnight strike if no deal.
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McDonnell
Tom Stipe
International Association of Machinists
AFL Cio
Manned Orbiter Laboratory
OE Prortame
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George Hamilton
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Princess Margaret
Patrick Nugent
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