Vietnamese Combat Death Toll Rises Over Week
Saigon reports 459 combat deaths this week, the second-highest toll of the war, as 1,539 Viet Cong killed in the week and U S casualty figures drop. Five other Communist attacks move through central highlands near Da Nang. Hue Phu Bai Marines engage Viet Cong with casualties on both sides.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U. S
United States
Viet Nam
da Nang
Hue-Phu Bai
Bank Robbery Hits Clemmons Northwestern Branch
An armed man robbed the Northwestern Bank in Clemmons and locked five tellers in the vault. He fled after meeting the husband of Diane Sweet outside the bank. deputies describe a white male about 5 9, 175 pounds with bushy red hair possibly a wig, wearing a beige trench coat. A 1964 black Ford is linked to the incident.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Northwestern Bank
Clemmons
Jay Sweet
Forsyth County
J. C. Stimpson Bank
Mancer
Ay Wrights
Wrights
Diane Sweet
Coe
Rights
Federal Court Orders North Carolina district realignment
A three judge federal panel orders North Carolina to realign its 11 congressional districts and state legislature by January 31, 1966 based on population. The decision allows a special primary December 18 and general election January 22 to fill the vacancy from Rep. Herbert C. Bonner’s death. The ruling shifts representation toward the Piedmont’s industrial centers and requires overhaul of both Senate and House districts to achieve population parity.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Herbert C. Bonner
D-N.c
Supreme Court
Piedmont
Charlotte
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Comn
Alton A. Lennon
Lennon
Charles R. Jonas
Congress
Sam J. Ervin Jr
U.S. Tightens Policy on Surplus Food Disposal
The United States trims surplus food disposal amid dwindling wheat reserves and foreign currency excesses. The plan targets currency excess nations including India Pakistan United Arab Republic Ceylon Burma Guinea Israel Poland and Yugoslavia with a $55 million sale to the United Arab Republic approved by President Johnson. Talks to set terms will begin in Cairo within two weeks. The policy pivots away from a garbage can approach to handling surplus wheat and rice amid limited storage and stockpiles.
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Washington
United States
U. S
India
Pakistan
United Arab Republic
U. S. Treasury
Ceylon
Burma
Guinea
Israel
Poland
Tunisia
Yugoslavia
State Department
Johnson
Cairo
U. S. Information Agency
Dean Rusk
Moore may call special session on reapportionment before Christmas
North Carolina leaders discuss an early session to implement the court ordered reapportionment of the legislature and redrawing of the 11 congressional districts. Lt. Gov. Bob Scott Rep. David Britt and Gov. Dan Moore weigh timing amid a two week deadline and calls for swift action.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
North Carolina
Bob Scott
David Britt
Robeson
Scott
Tampa
Fla
Britt
93 in First Load Airlift Brings Cubans to U.S.
Cuban refugees begin arriving in the United States in a major airlift. The first flight with 93 Cubans is due in Miami and weekly arrivals of 800 to 1,000 are anticipated as negotiations continue. Exiles will be sent to cities nationwide with one flight daily this week and two daily afterward.
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Miami
Fla
United States
U. S
U. S&s
Gromyko Calls for Halt to Bombing in Vietnam
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged a stop to U S bombing of North Vietnam as a precondition for progress on the Vietnam issue. He met with British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart for about 35 minutes in a 2 hour 45 minute discussion and backed North Vietnam’s April settlement proposals.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Viet Nam
U.S
Gromyko
Michael Stewart
Soviet Union
Washington
South Viet
U S Responds To Soviet Charge On Nuclear Warheads
The United States faced Soviet accusations that it endangers millions with a European nuclear arsenal. The U S would deny Western Europe is targeted and emphasize Soviet misstatement of Western stockpiles as debate on Africa a nuclear free zone continues.
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United States
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Soviet Ukraine
Western
Europe
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
Soviet UN
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U.S. Eastern District Court
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