Five Democrats Urge Kennedy Not to Go to Dallas 1963
William Manchester writes in The Death of a President serialized in Look Magazine that five prominent Democrats urged President Kennedy to avoid Dallas in November 1963. The group included senators Hubert Humphrey and J. William Fulbright, Texas chairman Byron Skelton, Rep. Hale Boggs, and Adlai Stevenson. The caption notes the presidential motorcade after fatal shots were fired.
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Kennedy
Dallas
Hubert
Boggs
Louisiana
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Manchester
Kennedy Dallas Tour Patchwork Feud Highlighted in Manchester Book
The Death of a President by William Manchester portrays Kennedy seeking to mend a Texas political feud before his Dallas visit. It cites warnings from five Democrats including J W Fulbright, Hubert Humphrey, Hale Boggs, Adlai Stevenson, and a Texas official about danger and opposition to the trip.
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John F. Kennedy
Texas
Dallas
William Manchester
The Death of a President serial sparks debate over revisions
Look magazine begins serializing a 60 000 word account. Mrs Kennedy withdraws objections to publication but does not authorize passages. The first installment alleges an altercation between Kennedy and Johnson in a San Antonio hotel suite with raised voices. Johnson is described as furious and hot tempered.
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John F. Kennedy
Gardner Cowles
Betwen Kennedy
Johnson
San Antonio
Marines Push Campaign In Delta Bloodier War Prospects
U S Marines and Vietnamese troops launch Deckhouse Five in the Mekong Delta to crush Viet Cong bands totaling about 100 000 amid heavy civilian risk. The delta's swamp and water challenge the 4000 man task force as operations begin 55 miles south of Saigon with limited enemy sniper fire.
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Peenens
Delta
White Beach
Saigon
U.S
Wrong Drug Kills Patients In Charleroi Hospital
A heart drug was mistakenly given to cancer patients at the Arthur Gailly Institute in Charleroi Belgium. Belga reports the death toll may be high with unofficial sources citing about 20 fatalities. The drug digitalin was mislabeled by a Belgian firm and used as a cancer hormone preparation rather than its cardiac use.
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Charleroi
Belgium
Belga
Brussels
Derniere Heure
Arthur Gailly Medicochirurgical Institute
Red Guard and State Workers Clash in NanHedene
Reports from Peking say eastern Chinese city Nan Heden e is under siege by anti Red Guard forces amid bloody clashes. Posters claim 6 000 arrested and 54 killed with 900 wounded as Mao loyalists fight to defend Tao Chu and Beijing authorities.
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Tokyo
Nan
Peking
Yomiuri
Mao Tse-tung
Nanking Proletariat Revolutionists Organization
Explosion Seen In Personal Crisis At Orbit Inn Las Vegas
A three story Orbit Inn motel in downtown Las Vegas was destroyed by a blast at 1 25 am killing six and wounding eight. Police tied the explosion to a dynamite device lit after a gun was fired from a .25 caliber pistol found near a severed hand in the alley. A Florida registered car led to owners Mr and Mrs R J Paris of Hollywood California. Debris included wires from the back seat of the car. Authorities consider the act a possible death by own action. The motive remains under investigation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Orbit Inn
R. J. Paris
Hollywood
Calif
Florida
Dist. Atty
George Franklin Jr
Franklin
Soviet Policy Shift Reflects Uneasiness Over China
Moscow reports an important shift in Soviet policy signaling a more serious view of China as a potential threat. Pravda hints at the change with briefings across European Russia and Siberia about the December Central Committee meeting and Brezhnev’s unpublished speech.
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Moscow
China
Kremlin
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Pravda
European
Russia
Siberia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Mikhail A. Suslov
Leningrad
Brezhnev
Turlington 90th Birthday Inked In Dry Era Stand
Zebulon Vance Turlington, who pushed the 1923 Turlington Act making North Carolina dry, turns 90 in Mooresville. A longtime lawyer and former seven session NC legislator, he remains a staunch teetotaler and active in public life despite calls to reform the law.
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Mooresville
N. C
Zebulon Vance Turlington
Johnston County
Turlington
North Carolina
Iredell County
al Smith
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Sen. J. W. Fulbright
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Jfic
Byron Skel
Lock Magazine
Mekong River
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Penh
Gulf OF Siam
Kompong Thom
Ike
Leng Xouy
iNem
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SeDec
Sandan
Cambodia
Khenh
Vinh
Loc Ninh
Vung Tan
South Chine See
Mekong Delta
Red Guard
Nanking
Shanghai
CTK
Prague
Tokyo Shimbun
Tao
Red Guards
Liu Shao-chi
Mao
Lin Piao
Lin
Chou En-lai
Defense Ministry
Red Star
Hussein
Turlington Still Teetotaler
North Caro
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Ing
Recorders Court
William Grist
Charlotte
North Carolina Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Z. V. Turlington
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