Kennedy Letter to Khrushchev Revealed in Look Serialization
Mrs. John F. Kennedy wrote to Premier Khrushchev saying the United States and the Soviet Union, though adversaries, were united in preventing a nuclear catastrophe. The letter appears in Look magazine as part of William Manchester's Death of a President serialization. The Kennedy spokesman confirmed the letter's inclusion and notes support for the Warren Commission finding that Gov. John Connally was hit by the same bullet as Kennedy.
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New York
John F. Kenned
Nikita Khruschev
White House
Kennedy
Johnson
Look Magazine
William Manchester
Associated Press
Manchester
Warren Commission
John Connally
Texas
Dallas
Connally
Kennedy Era Shifts and Johnson Book Reactions
Charles Barletttold Defense Secretary McNamara he heard from President Kennedy about becoming secretary of state in a second term. Schlesinger noted Kennedy planned to replace Dean Rusk after the 1964 election and Robert F. Kennedy might seek an inter American affairs post. A Kennedy family source quoted Mrs. Kennedy thanking Johnson for his considerate behavior after the assassination.
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Manchester
Rusk
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Feds Raise Social Security Tax to Support Medicare
The federal tax on earnings rises from 4.2 to 4.4 percent on January 1 to fund higher benefits, mainly elderly medical care. The total jump adds about $1 billion to Social Security funds in 1967, with a maximum individual increase of $290.40. President Johnson backs broader benefit gains and tax increases through 1987, with further rises possible if Congress expands benefits.
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Washington
Johnson
Hostage Released Unharmed After Abduction to Baltimore
Charles Steen a 34 year old Hendersonville North Carolina plant supervisor describes being abducted at gunpoint by three Asheville escapees, driven to Washington and Baltimore, then freed from a hotel room. Steen recounted being held in a trunk and later tied to a bed with tape and coat hangers before escaping and contacting authorities. Berube, Harden, and Byrd remain at large. Berube faces April trial for a First National Bank of Shelby robbery.
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Charles Casey Steen
Hendersonville
N.C
Buncombe County
Asheville
Washington
Steen
James Perube
Fall River
Mass
Clifford Harden
Howard Byrd
Cliff
Louis Hotel
Ing
North Carolina
Berube
First National Bank
Shelby
Atlanta
FBI
Harden
Byrd
Three Ships Form U S Navy Task Force Off Vietnam
The U S Navy announced Task Force One now includes the Enterprise, Long Beach, and Bainbridge near Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin as ground fighting eases ahead of the New Year truce. The 1st Cavalry Airmobile faced a Vietnamese force in mountain rice fields 280 miles northeast of Saigon with light U S casualties reported. Viet Cong deaths were listed at 89 from air strikes and infantry actions through the first two days.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Bainbridge
Enterprise
Long Beach
Yankee Station
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Navy
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S
Mekong
Rivers Calls to Flatten Hanoi for Victory in War
U S House Armed Services chairman L Mendel Rivers urges bombing Hanoi to win the Vietnam war and dismiss world opinion saying the nation should use air power fully. Senate counterpart Richard Russell backs superior force to pressure Communist negotiators amid war talk.
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Washington
L. Mendel Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
United States
Hanoi
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Armed Services Committee
Rivers
South Carolina
Charleston
S.C
North Vietnam
Dwight Eisenhower
Air Force
Curt LeMay
Asia
Russell
Atlanta
China Nuclear Test Raises Tensions Between Russia and Beijing
An AP analysis notes China has detonated another nuclear device amid worsening Soviet-Chinese ties. The test heightens Moscow's anxiety and could pressure a peace push in Vietnam. Peking vows to break the nuclear monopoly and rebuff nonproliferation efforts, signaling broader global fragility.
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William L. Ryan
China
Peking
U.S
Kremlin
Vietnam
Moscow
Nuclear Club
Peking People’s Daily
Red China
Man of the Year for High Point Named by The Enterprise
The Enterprise selects a leading figure who drove significant progress in High Point during 1966 as its first Man of the Year. The identity will be revealed in The Enterprise Sunday issue, highlighting urban renewal, growth, and community efforts.
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High Point
Sears
N. Main Street
Enterprise
All-Out Hate Soviet Campaign Alleged
MOSCOW AP reports that Beijing has ordered an all-out hate Soviet propaganda campaign in the Chinese army. The Soviet defense ministry said the Red Star article claimed Chinese propaganda aims to cultivate hatred for the Soviet Union among service members and equates Soviet and American imperialism.
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Moscow
Peking
Defense Ministry
Red Star
China
Soviet Union
Doctor Levy Accused of Disloyalty in Vietnam War Stance
Army doctor Howard Levy captain and chief of dermatology at Ft. Jackson faces charges for willful disobedience and making disloyal statements about U.S. role in Vietnam. He says his stance reflects morality and he refused to train aidmen in basic dermatology.
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Columbia, S.C
U.S
Vietnam
Howard Levy
Ft. Jackson Army Hospital
Levy
U. S
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