Peace Offensive Pushes Ahead in Viet Nam Talks
President Johnsons peace emissaries met leaders on two continents as Moyers said the administration seeks to bring about conditions for peace. Harriman and Goldberg pursued talks in Warsaw Rome Belgrade and Ottawa with Gomulka Pearson Moro and other officials as the U S aims to broaden international support for peace in Viet Nam.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Asia
Moyers
Aus
Texas White House
McGeorge Bunday
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Poland
India
International Control Commission
Jolson
Pearson
Harriman
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Belgrade
Moscow
Goldberg
U. S
United Nations
Rome
Paul VI
Aldo Moro
U. S. Air Force
Adam Rapacki
Communist Party
Yugoslavia
U S Watching Reds From Air Resuming Traffic Routes
The report notes U S air observers tracing repairs on bridges ferries and highways damaged by bombs and rockets to gauge first targets if wartime traffic resumes toward South Vietnam. It says daylight movement was halted before the pause and nocturnal sites remained limited. In the five days before the pause Air Force and Navy jets flew nearly 600 combat sorties against North Vietnam targets.
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U. S
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Navy
North
Viet Nam
Gemini 6 and 7 Space Rendezvous Inches Apart
Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford steered within about one foot of Gemini 7 during the December 15 space rendezvous. Schirra disputed claims that two craft could rendezvous from farther apart, noting they did not touch.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force Maj
Thomas P. Stafford
Schirra
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Brooke Announces Senate Candidacy in Massachusetts
Boston AP Edward W. Brooke Massachusetts attorney general and prominent African American political figure announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. He emphasizes qualification and policy at a pivotal moment in state politics.
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Brooke
Senate
Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Ho Chi Minh and the Hanoi Power Struggle
Ho Chi Minh at 75 faces a feuding Hanoi leadership as Truong Chinh pushes a pro Chinese line. The aging revolutionary appears boxed in by Moscow aligned policy and Beijing backed factions, with peace prospects shaped by internal splits and external pressures from the United States and China.
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Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Uncle Ho
North
Moscow
Red China
Orient
Peking
Cal Ho
Hanoi
Truong Chinh
Viet Nam National Assembly
Chinh
Dang Xuan Khu
Mao
China Main
U. S
Washington Silent as 1966 Approaches Fears Reach Capitol
In a somber mood Washington awaits 1966 with fear about Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam. The Capitol hushes as Congress pauses until January 10 and the nation eyes a potential shift in war and peace signals. LBJ is away at Pedernales, while Ho Chi Minh’s remarks loom over policy debates.
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Washington
LBJ
Pedernales
Humphrey Visits Wounded Soldier in Viet Nam Hospital
Vice President Hubert Humphrey visited an 18 year old medicated soldier in the Clark Air Base Hospital in the Philippines. He spoke with Pfc. Steve Mabry of Gaffney South Carolina and expressed concern as the aircraft prepared to carry casualties to the United States.
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Manila
Hubert H. Humphrey
South Viet Nam
Steve O. Mabry
Gaffiney
S.C
Humphrey
Douglas
Clark Air Force Base Hospital
Viet Nam
Ferdi Humphrey
Air Force
United States
Viet Cong Attacks Near Da Nang Mark Seventh Day Moratorium
Viet Cong fighters struck around Saigon and near the Da Nang Marine base as the seventh day of the U.S. air war moratorium unfolded. In Quang Ngai Province three captured Marines and eight South Vietnamese soldiers were murdered, with bodies found in shallow graves. Saigon journalist Tu Chong was shot dead while riding home.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Quang Ngai
Ba To
Quang Ngai City
Nalist
Tu Chong
Chinh Luan
Living cost rise continues in November
The Labor Department reports a two tenths of one percent rise in the consumer price index, lifting costs for housing clothing transportation and medical care while food held steady. The index reached 110.6, showing a 90.4 cent value for the 1957 59 dollar. Deputy Commissioner Myers cautioned price gains may moderate but December could bring another rise.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
Maid of Nancy Bernard Wins 1966 Cotton Maid Title
Nancy Bernard of Lubbock wins the 1966 Maid of Nancy title in Memphis beating out Judy Hill of Fort Worth. The Texas Tech freshman and Chi Omega pledge accepts the role as goodwill ambassador for the cotton industry, carrying lucky penny and blue elephant charms.
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Ron Alford
Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Nancy Bernard
Lubbock
Cotton Lad
Nancy
Judy Hill
Fort Worth
Richard
Texas Tech
Chi Omega Sorority
University of Texas
Cotton Dustry
Plains of Texas
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Tin
W. Averell Harriman
Arthur J. Goldberg
Vatican
William L. Ryan
Capitol Hill
Congress
Texas
Pentagon
North Viet Nam
Pacific
Peter J. Heller
Texas Beauty Maid of Cotton
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