Burch plans to appeal leadership stance to GOP committee
Republican National Chairman Dean Burch prepares a detailed summary of his views and a case for leadership to be sent to the National Committee in Chicago. Governors have issued a Denver statement urging broad GOP leadership while some call for his ouster.
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Washington
Dean Burch
GOP National Committee
Burch
National Committee
Chicago
Barry Ae
Goldwater
Denver
John Grenier
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
GOP
Republican National Committee
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Parade Goes On Amid Ku Klux Klan Threats
In Franklinton a planned integrated Christmas parade continued after an anonymous caller identifying as a Klansman issued threats. John Echols, parade chairman, reported threats and a bullet shattered his auto parts shop window. Louisburg held its parade without incident with 35 units and about 3,000 spectators as Gov. Sanford denounced the Klan.
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Franklinton
N.C
John Echols
Echols
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
Louisburg
Terry Sanford
Ku Klux Klan
Sanford
Bank Employee Enters Plea In Embezzlement Case
Peggy Parrish Gordon of High Point pleaded guilty to embezzlement charged at the Greensboro federal court. The High Point bank employee allegedly diverted more than 100000 dollars from a North Carolina National Bank branch. Sentencing was expected the following day before Judge Eugene Gordon.
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Greensboro
Peggy Parrish Gordon
High Point
North Carolina National Bank
Eugene Gordon
U. S, Middle District Court
Bromley Refuses to Answer Senate Probers on Baker Inquiry
Wayne L. Bromley a lobbyist and ally of Bobby Baker told the Senate Rules Committee he would not answer questions that might incriminate him. He contested the committee's authority over his role in helping a California bank obtain a federal charter in 1962 and cited multiple investigations into Baker. Myron Ehrlich, Bromley's lawyer, said his client faces a federal grand jury and IRS probe and will not testify.
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Washington
Wayne L. Bromley
Bobby Baker
Senate
Bromley
Senate Rules Committee
California
Baker
Maurice Hughett
Falls Church
Redwood National Bank
Hughett
Myron C. Ehrlich
Federal Grand Jury
Internal Revenue Service
James J. Saxon
Bromley, Baker
Ernest G. Tucker
San Rafael
Comptroller
Ehrlich
Indonesian mob storms USIS library in Surabaya protest
A thousand demonstrators stormed the U S Information Service library in Surabaya, Indonesia, burning books and furniture and wrecking the interior. No staff were harmed, but about a quarter of the library’s 16,000 books were destroyed amid protests over U S foreign policy in the Congo and Malaysia.
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Antoine Yared
Jakarta
Indonesia
America
Congo
Malaysia
U.S. Information Service Library
East Java
Surabaya
U.S
American Cultural Center
Belgium
Sukarno
USIS
Paul Neilson
Dempare Geo
James McHale
Neilson
Right Answer Obsession in a Classroom
An observer notes how a teacher tests parts of speech with three columns and a fixed idea of verbs as action. Children use guess and look and subtle cues from the teacher’s body position, revealing how chasing the right answer can misread student thinking.
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John Holt
Pitman Publishing Corp
Over Assn
Belt Buckle Standardization Aims Across Services
Three years after Lt. Gen. Andrew McNamara announced a plan to standardize a single belt buckle across the armed services the idea has not materialized. The Defense Supply Agency created in 1961 sought to cut costs by consolidating purchases and eliminating duplications across clothing, foods, auto parts and more. Despite McNamara’s decree, the all service buckle remains elusive and some doubt it will ever be realized.
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Defense Supply Agency
Robert S. McNamara
DSA
Gen. McNamara
Army
Corvinas
Navy
Air Force
Cuban Labor Minister Shoots Self After Dismissal
Cuban Labor Minister Augusto Martinez Sanchez shot himself in the head after being informed he would be dismissed. A communique signed by Prime Minister Fidel Castro and President Oswaldo Corticos said the act followed government advice noting serious administrative mistakes. Martinez Sanchez, a veteran revolutionary and former judge advocate, had served since 1959 and was acting prime minister during Fidel Castro’s U.S. visit.
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Havana
Augusto Martinez Sanchez
Fidel Castro
Martinez Sanchez
Oswaldo Corticos
Fulgencio Batista
Sierra Maestra
Revolutionary
United States
Irene Manuel Fernandez
Cuba
Communist Party
Old Guard
Tax Guide Omits Pool and Oil Well Illustrations
Washington AP notes the Internal Revenue Service left out a pool and oil-well tower illustrations from the Your Federal Income Tax guide. The omission sparked questions as 300,000 copies were printed before correcting and keeping misplaced copy for internal use.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Bertrand M. Harding
Revenue Service
Mortimer M. Caplin
Viet Cong Overrun Outpost Killing Three Americans
Viet Cong guerrillas overran a southern Viet Nam outpost 125 miles from Saigon killing three American soldiers and nine South Vietnamese. About 50 militants attacked, wounding ten Vietnamese. the clash raised American fatalities to 229 since December 1961.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
An Lao
Clement A. Wyllie
Chattanooga
Tenn
Peter R. Coggins
Manchester
N.H
Wyllie
Jagan Opposition Leads in British Guiana Election
Early results from 13 of 35 districts show Forbes Burnham’s PNC leading with 46 328 votes against Cheddi Jagan’s PPP at 33 846. United Force trails with 10 726 votes as PR seats allocate.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Cheddi Jagan
Jagan
Forbes Burnham
People’s National Congress
Japan
People’s Progressive Party
United Force
Assembly
Progressive Party
Ess
Burnham
U.S
Britain
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