North Carolina Faces Redistricting Challenge in 1967 Session
NC legislators return to Raleigh to redraw 11 congressional districts under a federal court mandate. The plan targets compact, equal-population districts, with potential shifts of Nash County from the 4th and Wake-Durham pairing into a single district. Incumbents Gardner and Kennon may be drawn into new contests in 1968.
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Aleigh
Carolina
General Assembly
Raleigh
U.S
4Th
Nash County
David Britt
D-Robeson
Granville
Vance
Warren
Franklin
Halifax
Edgecombe
Wilson
Johnston
Greene
Lenoir
L. H. Fountain
Scotland
Bladen
Hoke
Cumberland
Robeson
Columbus
Brunswick
New Hanover
Alton Kennon
Britt
James Gardner
Victor
Harold Cooley
Rocky Mount
Gardner
Wake County
Durham County
Durham
North Carolina
Nick Galifianakis
Bob Scott
House
Eye Catchers Parade Down Saigon Streets For Lunar New Year
Crowds line a Saigon street as shoppers prepare for Lunar New Year celebrations. The holiday begins February 8 and local markets offer fashion and grooming to welcome the festive period.
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Saigon
Johnson proposes overhaul of U.S. coin production and mint funding
President Johnson plans to ask Congress for a $76.246 million revolving fund to finance a new mint and coin production. Officials forecast lower costs per coin with a leaner output, cutting dime and nickel production and shrinking total coins minted to about 6.645 billion versus this year. Eva Adams cited coin weariness and the Kennedy portrait coin’s sentiment as factors shaping the plan.
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Eva Adams
Glenn Cunn
Kennedy
Hanoi Presses for End to Bombing in Hanoi Talks Shun Offer
Washington and Moscow report Hanoi remains unmoved on a permanent halt to bombing despite Johnson s offer to go further toward peace. Rostow warns probing talks are delicate while Kremlin protests China s anti Soviet demonstrations escalate.
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Washington
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Johnson
United States
Walt W. Rostow
Rostow
South Vietnam
Red China
Moscow
Kremlin
China
Peking
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Communist Party
Mao Tsetung
Liu Shaochi Liu
Tasi
Tass
Marines Lead Counterattack Near Quang Ngai
U S Marines faced a Viet Cong assault after being landed by helicopter on a hill south of Quang Ngai. Lance Corporal David E Verdyn commanded the patrol amid heavy fighting as 60 enemy troops attacked. Two Americans were wounded in the clash and replacements will be needed.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.S. Army
Long Binh
U.S
Phan Rang
David E. Verdyn
Lenox Dale
Mass
da Nang
Verdyn
FBI undercover campus probes target illegal drug sales
FDA commissioner Dr. James L. Goddard said undercover agents posing as students are used on college campuses to disrupt LSD amphetamine and sleeping pill goof ball sales. He noted the effort aims to strike at illegal supply sources and profits without criminalizing students.
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Washington
James L. Goddard
The
Food and Drug Administration
Goddard
Wrc-Tv
FDA
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
Bureau
Louis P. Lasher
Lunar Orbiter 3 Begins Moonward Flight From Cape Kennedy
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Lunar Orbiter 3 blasted toward the moon Saturday night to photograph potential Apollo landing sites. Officials expected orbit around the moon by Wednesday and a 30 day film run to determine safe lunar touchdown areas amid the Apollo 1 tragedy eight days earlier.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Lunar Orbiter 3
U. S
America
Reds Reassess War Strategy Amid Allied Firepower
U.S. and allied forces overwhelm Viet Namese Communist units with massed infantry and air power. Analysts note a shift back toward guerrilla tactics as commanders like Maj. Gen. DePuy declare the enemy digging in for survival, using deep bunkers and cratered zones across Lam Dong, Quang Duc, and Saigon regions.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Munist
Saigion
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Bird
Bong Son
25Th
Cedar Falls
William E. DePuy
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
DePuy
Binh Duong
Lam Dong
Quang Duc
Iron Triangle
Pro Proposed Auto Emission Standards Aimed at Evaporation
Washington announced new federal rules to curb air pollution from cars and light trucks by limiting evaporation from fuel tanks and carburetors. The standards would apply to 1969 model year vehicles and aim to reduce hydrocarbon emissions and gasoline waste.
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Washington
John W. Gardner
Gardner
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United States Mint
LBJ
Young Marine
Vietnam
High Point
Bewee
Peewee
Reds
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
Kennedy Airport
New York
Czechoslovakia
Margaret Heckler
Massachusetts
Kazan-Komarek
Cambridge
Prague
Paris
Dope’ Sale
Lunar Orbiter
Ia Drang Valley
Laos
Cambodia
Demilitarized Zone
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