Piedmont gains seats in NC House under reapportionment plan
A North Carolina reapportionment plan would tilt power to populous counties, giving the Piedmont 11 new seats. Mecklenburg Guilford Forsyth Wake and Durham would gain, while eastern and western regions face shifts. The plan, drafted by a legislative committee, will be reviewed Jan. 10 as the General Assembly meets to realign the 120 House seats and 50 Senate seats under federal court orders.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Piedmont
General Assembly
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Sanders
Rockingham
Forsyth
Iredell
Catawba
Lincoln
Gaston
Vance
Franklin
Wake
Harnett
Cumberland
Hoke
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Durham
Scott
Bearded Spacemen Inch Toward Rendezvous in Space
Astronauts Borman and Lovell aboard Gemini 7 report itching from spaceflight as they near day ten of their 14 day mission. Orbit paths vary between 183.6 and 187.5 miles with a 4 million mile milestone reached and hopes for a Gemini 6 rendezvous set for later.
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North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Borman
Lovell
Jim
Cape Kennedy
Mission Control
Earth
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Fla
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Philippine Islands
Manila
Oea
Space Agency
Rusk urges greater Allied support over Viet Nam
U S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged stronger Allied understanding and backing of the Vietnam war at the NATO ministers meeting. He warned a Communist victory there could invite new advances elsewhere and called U S commitments a pillar of peace. Den is Healey backed the argument.
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Paris
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
Orison
Rusk
Denis Healey
Michael Stewart
U.S
Southeast Asia
Europe
Marines Launch Heavy Air Strikes Near Viet An
U S Air Force B52s pounded targets near Viet An thirty two miles south of Da Nang as Brig Gen Jonas Platt led Marines in air and artillery assault. Marines reported suppressing river movements and clashes with Viet Cong. casualties cited on both sides amid ongoing operation in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Jonas Platt
Viet An
da Nang
Viet An Tor
Chang River
Laos
Acros
Search Conducted For Plane Missing Over Colorado New Mexico
An extensive air search was launched for a twin engine plane carrying Dr. W Randolph Lovelace II his wife Mary and pilot Brown. The Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque expected a positive outcome as weather improved along the 282 mile Aspen to Albuquerque route. Planes from multiple bases and Civil Air Patrol units coordinated the effort after the missing flight was not reported until Monday.
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Albuquerque
N.M
U.S
Space Medicine
Colorado
New Mexico
W. Randolph Lovelace
Mary
Brown
Aspen
Colo
Lovelace
California
Florida
Civil Air Patrol
Hamilton Afb
Calif
Luke Afb
Ariz
Eglin Afb
Fla
Kirtland Afb
North American Air Defense Een
Colorado Springs
Lovelaces
Asplan
Alvin Eurich
Aspen Institute
Gen Sink Dies At Ft Bragg
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Robert Sink, 60, who helped form the paratroops in World War I and STRAC forces, died Monday night at Womack Army Hospital Ft Bragg after illness at his Lexington home. He was known for sticking with his men and served in many assignments.
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Lexington
N.C
Robert ¥. Sink
Womack Army Hospital
Ft. Bragg
Sink
Womack
STRAC
18Th Air
Senatorial plan cuts North Carolina districts to 33
A special legislative committee proposed a reapportionment plan reducing NC Senate districts from 36 to 33 with major East and West shifts. The tentative plan, unveiled Monday, will be reviewed by a special session of the General Assembly January 10. The plan aims to keep districts near the 91,123 population target with a 15 percent tolerance.
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Raleigh
North Carolinas
North Carolina General Assembly
Bob Scott
Senate
Supreme Court
Aedee
Washington County
Martin County
Edgecombe
Pitts
Warren
Halifax
Selected Force to be ready for crisis duty by June 30
National Guard Bureau chief Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson said the 150000 man selected force of Army National Guardsmen and Reservists will meet the eight week mobilization readiness goal by June 30. The force includes 119000 guardsmen and about 31000 reservists with units already at over 97 percent of active strength and underway extensive training nationwide.
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Washington
National Guard Bureau
Army National
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
National Guard
Fiieon
4 Associat
Wilson
Guardianna
Teague forecastes early passage of Viet Nam GI bill
Representative Olin Teague predicts quick approval for a bill extending education and home loan benefits to Vietnam era veterans. He cites administration talks to ease objections and says costs could reach several hundred million dollars in the first year.
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Washington
Olin E. Teague
Viet Nam
Teague
Texas
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Waxahachie
Tex
Congress
Senate
Johnson
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