Princess Margaret Hosts Gala for Sir Winston Churchill Fund
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon head a 1200 guest tribute at the Waldorf Astoria to inaugurate the Winston Churchill Memorial Fund with honorary chairman Dwight D. Eisenhower unable to attend due to a hospital stay. Guests include Nelson Rockefeller Arthur Goldberg and British diplomats. Eisenhower sends a telegram praising the fund. The event features a £3000 beef feast and marks Margaret’s first full day in New York amid a bomb threat and UN reception boycott. The couple also tours Empire State Building and UN with a brief, crowded city view on a clear day.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria
Britain
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Patrick Dean
Dean
Eisenhower
Gen
Lauris Norstad
Winston Churchill
U.S.A
Pilgrims
United States
Churchill Memorial Fund
Margaret
U.N
Rhodesia
Fifth Avenue
Empire State Building
United Nations
Town House
New York Herald
Families Find Strength While Husbands Serve Overseas
In the month since her helicopter-pilot husband went to Viet Nam, Mrs. Curtis Hutto leans on her five children and faith. The Huttos and squadron wives, led by Maggie Stockton, organize church gatherings and “husband care” boxes, keeping loneliness at bay with shared meals, slides, and support networks.
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Viet Nam
Curtis Hutto
Mrs. Stockton
Council Divides Over Religious Liberty Declaration Vote
The council failed to placate conservatives who sought suppressing the declaration. The drafting commission had moved a statement asserting Roman Catholicism as the only true faith to the top, provoking progressive objections. The final vote, 1,656 to 45 in favor with 523 bishops with reservations, indicated broad approval but not united opposition.
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Council
Drafting Commission
New Orleans
Philip M. Hannan
St. Peter’s
Hanna
Legal clash over McCarran Smith Act penalties
The article outlines party leaders arguing against registration under the 1950 McCarran Act to avoid prosecution under the Smith Act for advocating violent overthrow. It notes a voided 1962 conviction with a $120,000 fine and that a conviction on 23 counts could bring up to $230,000 in fines.
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McCarran
Unitarian minister leaves Mississippi after assassination attempt threats
Reverend Donald Thompson, 59, a civil rights activist and secretary of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations, flew to New York after threats linked to his work. He was wounded last August by a shotgun blast. police have questioned over 100 people with little progress.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Donald Thompson
New York
Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Mississippi Council On Human Relations
Kenneth Dean
Dean
McDonnell Strike Threatens Gemini Rendezvous at Cape Kennedy
A four day wildcat strike by 85 of 235 McDonnell machinists at Cape Kennedy halted Gemini work. NASA warned of possible postponement as Gemini 7 launch set for Dec 4 faces fuel cell delays and schedule shifts. Union seeks wage, benefit and no strike clause concessions amid talks in Washington.
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St. Louis
McDonnell
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington
Walter Maggiolo
Simkin
Maggioro
White House
Defense Department
TAM
Eugene Glover
Cape Kennedy
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Gemini
Walter M. Sehirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Cane Kennedy
NASA
Merrittheen Moonport
Dist
Cape
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
Fla
Space Agency
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
InterNational Association of Machinists
W. J. Usery
IAM l
Space
Senators See Kosygin No Surprises Reported
In Moscow Sen Mike Mansfield and four colleagues met with Premier Kosygin for two hours and twenty minutes. The talks covered many aspects of Soviet American relations and yielded no surprises, Mansfield said.
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Moscow
Mike Mansfield
U.S. Senate
Viet Nam
Alexei N. Kosygin
Mansfield
U.S
Senate
Kosygin
Kremlin
Painter Held In Threat Against LBJ
A Summerville, Georgia house painter, Billy Ray Pursley, 31, was ordered held for action by a U S District Court on charges he threatened the life of President Johnson. Bond reduced from 15000 to 7500 as witnesses linked Pursley to the rifle purchase and threat.
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Atlanta, Ga
Summerville
U.S
Johnson
Billy Ray Pursley
Charlotte
N.C
Pursley
Bobby Lee Cook
Vernon Lee Drum
Drum
Cook
Billy Pursley
Frank Holden
Holden
Johnson Sees Progress As He Recovers From Surgery
President Johnson walks more each day and varies pace after surgery. Dr. Barkley and Dr. Cain report ongoing sensitivity around the operation scar. Johnson announces William Gorham to be assistant secretary of HEW for program coordination. Gorham is deputy assistant secretary of defense for manpower. Valenti cites Johnson’s positive reaction to Anaconda Copper Co price rollback as evidence of Statesmanship.
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Dent
Dr. Barkley
Jack Valenti
Valenti
Johnson
Cain
Barkley
William Gorham
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Gorham
Anaconda Copper Co
Rusk Urges Broad Front Defense and UN Charter Faith
Rusk argues defense against threats requires political economic social and moral action, not just military means. He warns against World War III and urges universal support for the United Nations Charter to uphold rule of law and shared human interests across nations.
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Rusk
Community of Nations
United Nations
U.N
Missing Atlanta Woman Mary Little Sighting Linked to Gas Credit Card
Atlanta police report a development in the disappearance of Mary Shotwell Little as a woman used her gasoline credit card in Charlotte and Raleigh a day after she vanished. FBI analysis is underway on handwriting and receipts while detectives widen interviews with friends and co workers.
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Bill Willans
Casoline
Carolina
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Mary Shotwell Little
Clinton Chafin
Lanta Department
Charlotte
North Carolina
Chafin
Roy H. Little Jr
Viet Nam battle hinges on US and Viet Cong clash
In the central highlands a Viet Cong assault was repelled by US forces including the 1st Cavalry after a siege at Plei Me. American relief columns lifted the siege and Viet Cong countermeasures failed to break the defenders.
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Page One
Associated Press
Richard Merron
Central Highlands
Plei Me
1St Cavalry
U.S
Rhodesia Judges Refuse Oath Amid Independence Crisis
Rhodesia's judges, staying at Government House with Gibbs, face a possible oath refusal that would challenge Smith's regime after the break with Britain. Beadle avoided denial, citing no authority for publication. Britain seeks safeguards for African majority while sanctions loom. GATT suspends relations. Nasser blocks Rhodesian shipping. Beira-based Portuguese shipping cited.
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Dle
Government House
Gibbs
Johannesburg
South Africa
Rhodesia
Smith
Beadle
Britain
Geneva
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal
Beira
Portugese
Mozambique
Africa
Lisbon
Lusitania
Robbery Suspect Boothe Linked to Martinsville Work
FBI spokesman said Boothe, released on parole from a Lewisburg Pennsylvania reformatory, had worked in Martinsville but did not report for work this week. Boothe and a brother were previously convicted in a 1960 bank robbery. $5850 was stolen.
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Roanoke
FBI
Boothe
Federal Reformatory
Lewisburg
Martinsville
Round Hill
Hamilton
Bluemont
Winchester
Robert W. Legard
Marines court martial and later parole of McKeon
McKeon was convicted by a general court martial for negligent homicide and drinking on duty during a Marine Corps disciplinary march. He received a bad conduct discharge and nine months in prison, later reduced to three months in the brig and a rank reduction. After release he served in clerical assignments, rose to corporal in 1958, then was found unfit for duty in 1959 and left the Corps in 1961 to Worcester, Massachusetts seeking work. In August 1961 three drill instructors were cleared by Maj Gen Ennis after reviews of recruit testimony.
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Ribbon Creek
McKeon
Secretary of the Navy
Cherry Point
N.C
Marine Air Station
Ennis
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