Peace drive on Viet Nam tops global impact seen
President Jolson’s secret peace offensive shows growing diplomatic traffic as envoys like Harriman and Goldberg engage Hanoi. While no public response from Hanoi appears, safeguards and timing shaped by Johnson, Rusk, and McNamara point toward a developing strategy begun in secrecy at the LBJ Ranch on November 11.
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Jolson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Johnson
W. Averell Harriman
Arthur J. Goldberg
North
LBJ
Texas
The
Pedernales
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert
Polynesia runs aground off Bimini. 14 rescued by Coast Guard
The 135-foot schooner Polynesia with 47 aboard struck a reef near the Bimini Islands. Coast Guard helicopters from Miami airlifted 14 people to safety, while remaining passengers could be picked up by civilian boats. The vessel, part of Windjammer Cruises, faced a potential tow to shore as a commercial operation.
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Fla
Bahamas Islands
Coast Guard
Polynesia
Bimini
Mike Burke
Windjammer
Burke
Mandalay
Bimini Islands
Gun Cay
LBJ Maintains Ties With Business After Steel Deal
President Johnson emerged from a steel price dispute with a reputational win as a friend of businessmen. U S Steel cut its planned increase to 2.75 dollars per ton, offset by a reduction in cold rolled sheet steel. Gardner Ackley and White House aides hailed the settlement as broadly consistent with price and wage guidelines, avoiding a Kennedy era clash.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Johnson
White House
United States Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
John F. Kennedy
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Inland Steel
Bethlehem’s
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Bethlehem
Inland
Kennedy
U.S. Steel Corp
Pentagon
Weather satellites to expand long range forecasting
CAPE KENNEDY Fla A NASA official outlines a new era in weather forecasting with TOS and Nimbus satellites forming a global system. Two fully operational satellites will orbit constantly with one aiding local forecasters and the other feeding data to Goddard and the Weather Bureau for worldwide forecasts two to four weeks in advance.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Nimbus
Earth
TOS
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard
U. S. Weather Bureau
Space Agency
Moore Endorses Keeping Patrol in DMV
Gov Dan Moore argues it would be a mistake to move the State Highway Patrol from the Department of Motor Vehicles. He cites inter relation with motor vehicles and notes ongoing talks about hiring Lambert after his patrol commander resignation. Moore signals plans to address reapportionment next week and pushes for more marked patrol cars while acknowledging NC’s poor fatality record and need for better performance.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
State Highway Patrol
Department of Motor Vehicles
Ed Kemp
Guilford
Motor Vehicles Department
Kemp
Remember Law Enforcement
Patrol and Motor Vehicles Department
Moore
Lambert
Maj
Charles Speed
Meare
House
Senate
Lewi
Newsmen
North Carolina
Talks Move Ahead Lindsay Says Public Must Sweat It Out
New York mayor John V. Lindsay reported progress in subway and bus strike talks, but warned the public must endure a slow path to settlement as heavy rain worsened transportation chaos for 3.5 million workers. A late-night session produced a new offer amid a $187 million gap, with unions and Transit Authority negotiators still far apart.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
New
Lindsay
Transit Authority
Ayi-Cio
Transport Workers Union
Amalgamated Transit Union
Pap
New Storm Slams Into California
Authorities warned thousands of residents in flood prone northern California to be ready to flee as a new storm lashed the region. Rain swelled rivers including the Mad and Smith near flood stage while Del River remained at flood level though receding. Highways and local roads were closed in Del Norte and Humboldt counties. Three hikers were reported missing on Mt. Shasta amid heavy snowfall the heaviest in over two centuries. The Smith River north of Crescent City rose rapidly near the Oregon border.
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California
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Redwood Creek
del River
del Norte
Humboldt
Mt. Shasta
Smith River
Crescent City
Calif
Oregon
Moore reiterates opposition to Ku Klux Klan in public safety push
Raleigh AP Gov Dan Moore said he dislikes the Ku Klux Klan and that the Klan has received more publicity than it deserves. He announced a state drive against violence, naming former Atty. Gen. Malcolm Seawell to head a committee intended to target law violators and fomenters within the KKK, while using all state resources to deter violence by any group. The governor stressed protecting constitutional rights as the effort proceeds.
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Dan Moore
Ku Klux Klan
Moore
Malcolm B. Seawell
KKK
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