Northwest battered by mammoth snowstorm and high winds
A massive late autumn snowstorm with 70 mph winds slammed the Northwest causing near zero visibility, school closures in multiple states, and widespread travel disruption. Temperatures plummeted with record lows in Montana Wyoming and Colorado as snowfalls reached up to 12 inches and dust swept Kansas.
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Duke of Windsor undergoes 67 minute abdominal operation
The Duke of Windsor, 70, had a 67 minute abdominal operation at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Dr. Michael DeBakey removed a large aneurysm from his aorta and the hospital said a full recovery is anticipated. The Duchess remained near the Duke as reports were sent to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth
Barbers Ordered to Serve Negro Customers in New Jersey
The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights ruled Philip's Barbershop in Madison discriminated by refusing to cut Negro hair. The barbershop must serve two Negro complainants at regular prices and hours, while a separate East Orange shop’s complaint was dismissed. The action follows a June hearing and cites public accommodations provisions of state civil rights law.
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Division On Civil Rights
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Kennedy Leaves Hospital for Palm Beach After Recovery
Senator Edward M. Kennedy walked out of New England Baptist Hospital to cheers from about 600 people in freezing temperatures. He had been immobilized in an orthopedic frame for six months after a June plane crash and planned to attend the new Senate session opening in January.
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New Jersey Industrialist Named Commerce Sec y
President Johnson announced the resignation of Luther Hodges as secretary of commerce and named New Jersey industrialist John T. Connor to succeed him. Connor will take office January 15 and has led Merck & Co. since 1955.
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Dillon Expected To Resign As Treasury Secretary
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon plans to resign in a few months. Potential successor candidates include Donald C. Cook of New York, David Rockefeller of Chase Manhattan Bank, and Robert B. Anderson, a former Treasury secretary and Johnson ally. Rockefeller’s appointment seemed unlikely due to party ties.
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New York
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Chase-Manhattan Bank
Robert B. Anderson
Johnson
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Car Makers See Good Business In 1965 Outlook
Ford Motor Co led optimism for 1965 with a forecast of US car and truck sales near 10.1 million, while Townson and GM projected totals around 9.5 to 9.2 million. Ford cited an 8.7 million domestic car market, and planned $700 million of a $1.6 billion modernization push in 1965 amid costly labor disruptions.
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Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
United States
Ster
Lynn A. Townsend
Frederic G. Donner
General Motors
Ford Board
Donner
Ford
Chrysler
McNamara says NATO already powerful enough for nuclear force
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told NATO ministers that the alliance is powerful in both nuclear and conventional forces and does not need large new investments. He cited 800 ICBMs, 300+ Polaris missiles, and hundreds of U.S. aircraft ready for intercontinental missions under NATO command.
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PARIS
Defense Sec
Robert S. McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
McNamara
NATO
North Atlantic
United States
Polaris
Johnson Plans Night Address to Congress on Jan 4
President Johnson will address the 89th Congress at 9 p.m. EST on January 4 in a prime time radio and television slot. Republicans criticized the timing as a bid for a big show while some senators called it unusual yet acceptable.
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Johnson
89Th Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Republican Policy Committee
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Tower
Milton R.young
R-N.d
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