Mao Issues Final Ultimatum to Enemies in China
Mao Tse tung orders a complete reorganization of the armed forces cultural revolutionary committee and calls on the army to crush his foes. He wins pledges of loyalty from units outside China as Shanghai fights flare and a nationwide purge intensifies.
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Tokyo
Mao Tsetung
China
Mao
Peking Radio
Cultural — Revolutionary Committee
Communist Party
Liu Shao-chi
Shanghai
Lin Piao
Peking People’s Daily
Red Flag
Liu
Revolutionary People
Bombers Pulverize Iron Triangle as U S closes in
Jet bombers pummel the iron triangle while armored units press a fifth day ground sweep north of Saigon. U S forces report near 200 enemy dead and 40 prisoners as American troop strength rises to 395000 and weekly casualty figures show declines in both sides.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
Iron Triangle
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Witness claims Baker received funds for campaigns in 1962
A California savings and loan leader testified he delivered two envelopes with 50 100 dollars in cash to Bobby Baker in a Washington hotel room in October 1962. Stuart Davis said the money was intended as campaign contributions for senators up for reelection.
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Martha Cole Washington
California
Childs
Baker
Sens
Carl Hayden
D-Arkz
Thruston B. Morton
Everett M. Dirk Sen
Ill
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Frank Carlson
Kan
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Wilbur D. Mills
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Savings and Loan
Smathers
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Sung
Howard Ahmanson
The
Home Savings & Loan Association
Los Angeles
Ahmanson
Early Consideration Of Pension Plan Set
Congress moves toward early hearings on President Johnson's Social Security benefit increase plan. A 20 percent average rise is proposed with higher minimum payments and extended Medicare. A payroll tax rise and potential income tax hike are debated while Medicaid limits and debt-ceiling considerations shape a busy legislative week ahead.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Vietnam
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Hiring of Negroes Assessed
An EEOC official reports limited progress in Negro hiring in the South’s textile and related industries. Donald G. Hollowell urges aggressive recruitment and placement for qualified Black workers, while industry officials resist discussing the forum.
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Hollowell
Lodge Sees Downturn in Vietnam Casualties Ahead
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge predicts a downturn in American casualties in Vietnam in 1967 as success against hard core terrorists progresses. He notes four war fronts in South Vietnam including conventional combat and political development, with US forces around 400,000 and inflation suppressed, but offers no date for ending the war.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Johnson
U.S
Jean
Lodge
South Vietnam
Permanent Press Wool Nears Ready Wash for Allgarments
The era of washable wool suits looms as Deering Milliken introduces what it claims are the first all wool and wool blend permanently pressed fabrics. Sears Roebuck adds a permanent press index for wool products as Americans embrace washable cotton and related items.
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New York
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Deering Milliken, Inc
Signs of Easier Credit Emerges Across Banks
Washington AP reports tighter money remains in many areas while easing signs appear. Minnesota’s isolated rate cut from 6 to 5.75 percent at a small bank, plus First National City Bank’s cut on long term CD yields, mark the first moves toward lower rates. Provident Savings Bank lowered down payments on new and old homes, as the Federal Home Loan Bank Board releases 1 billion to mutual banks and thrifts for mortgages.
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Washington
Minnesota
Treasury
Department
Johnson
Cale
Minneapolis
First National City Bank
New York
First National City
Provident Savings Bank
Baltimore
Provident
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan Associations
$200000 Soul Proof Prize Attracts 1000 Applicants
A Superior Court hearing set for March 6 in Phoenix to decide beneficiaries of a $200,000 estate for proving a soul leaves the body at death. Judge Robert L. Myers has received over 1,000 applications, many from foundations, though no individuals have shown proof. James Kidd of Miami, Arizona, vanished years ago and was legally declared dead in 1950. his will directs the prize to scientific proof of the soul, unclear if Kidd is truly dead.
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American Newspaper Alliance Phoenix
Ariz
Robert L. Myers
James Kidd
Miami, Ariz
Myers
Kidd
Superior Court
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Tron
Kenneth E. Childs
Senate
Democratic Majority
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Nui Dat
Rach Kien
14Th Infantry
U. S
25Th Infantry Division
Mekong Delta
Ambas
Sador Henry Cabot Lodge
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National City Bank of
Treasury Department
Hal D. Steward
India
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