Piedmont Plan Would Shift NC House Representation
A tentative North Carolina plan by a 16 member committee would shift House seats to the Piedmont and surrounding counties. If adopted districts would create six county Northeast districts and western districts, with Wake, Guilford, Forsyth, and others gaining seats. The plan targets a total per member population around the federal standard.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Piedmont
House of Representatives
Ahen
Pat Taylor
General Assembly
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Forsyth
Cabarrus
Catawba
Davidson
Durham
Gaston
Rockingham
Wake
Camden
Currituck Chowan
Gates
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Rep
Seeeae
Hyde, Tyrrell and
Actiegien
Fresh Marine waves hit Mekong delta hill fight near Saigon
Two U S Marines landed by helicopter in a blood stained valley south of Da Nang as Viet Cong units engaged with machine gun and recoilless rifle fire. Government claims 140 Viet Cong killed, 20 captured, 49 weapons seized amid broader drives northwest of Hue. Weather hampered air ops over North Viet Nam. Navy planes bombed targets near Da Nang, while tensions rose from a beheaded Buddha incident at a Khue Bac pagoda.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Mekong
U.S
Hue
Imperial
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Kitty Hawk
Bon Homme Richard Arrance
Borie
Khue Bac
Johnson Rests For Return To Busy Capital Schedule
President Johnson postpones official duties to rest at his Texas ranch before returning to Washington. Moyers says the leader is regaining strength and spirits as he plans to depart for the capital. White House notes about a million schoolchildren will be honored for physical fitness next year.
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Johnson
Austin
Tex
Washington
Johnsona City
Bill D. Moyter
Erhard
West Germany
Moyers
American Association of Health, Physcal Education and Recreation
Meg
Viet Cong Peace Gesture Remarks Stir Mixed U.S. View
AP reports a Viet Cong proposal for a 12 hour Christmas Eve cease fire in Vietnam draws tepid support from U S officials who view it as propaganda rather than a genuine peace offer. Past Viet Cong declarations on holidays have not halted fighting.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Viet Nam
U.S
Brink
Schirra Stafford Set for Gemini 6 Mission Rendezvous
Gemini 6 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford prepare a Saturday launch at Cape Kennedy to pursue Gemini 7, achieve a close orbital rendezvous, and possibly photograph Gemini 7 as both craft maneuver from the Gulf of Mexico to the Indian Ocean rendezvous corridor.
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Sumatra
Indian Ocean
Schirra
Sunday In Space Busy For Pilots
Gemini 7 pilot James A. Lovell Jr and Air Force Lt Col Frank Jones reported tracking a signal from Earth as they head for a world endurance mark. Mission control described excitement over the flight with Gemini 6 aimed to launch Sunday in a 103000 mile sky pursuit.
Somerset Maugham In Coma At Nice Hospital
British author W. Somerset Maugham aged 91 lies in a coma in a Nice hospital after being rushed from his villa. His doctor warned he may have only days to live as age and ailments burdened him, while secretary Alan Searle noted his declining health and weariness.
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Hawaii
Somerset Maugham
Nice Hospital
Nice
France
W. Somerset Maugham
Maugham
Lier
Mediterranean
Alan Searle
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South
Ameri
Can
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Stafford
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Fla
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Thomas P
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Air Force
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Gulf of Mexico
Borman
Lovell
Brazil
No. 4
Mission Control Center
Houston
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Earth
John Carlton
Space
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