Sanford seeks more state funds for North Carolina schools
Gov. Terry Sanford announced he will ask the General Assembly on February 8 to provide substantial additional education funding from first grade through graduate school. He noted NC slipped from 33rd to 35th in teacher pay and 4th to 44th in per pupil spending, urging passage of a school tax and broader support across the state. He praised Forsyth County voters for boosting local education funding.
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Raleigh
Terry Sanford
General Assembly
Sanford
North Carolina
New York
Michigan
California
Boards of County Commissioners
Boards of Education
Forsyth County
National Education Association
Meredith to enroll at Ole Miss for spring term
James H. Meredith announced at a Jackson news conference that he plans to enroll for the spring semester at the University of Mississippi. He weighed national opinion and campus tensions as threats from segregationists rose and other students withdrew.
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James H. Meredith
Sechianen D.c
Meredith
America
Germany Remembers Nazism Seventy Years On
In Berlin a historical program commemorates the Nazi era and the fall of the Third Reich marking 30 years since Hitler’s fall. The government notes the piece is strictly historical and avoids comment on current Nazi ideologies.
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Hanns
West Germany
Eressee
Three Miners Feared Dead In Illinois Mine Fire
In Benton Illinois three miners were feared dead after a fire at Freeman Coal Co Orient No 5 mine near Benton. About 70 workers were evacuated while several remained 64 feet underground to fight the blaze. The mine opened in 1961 and employs about 250 men in the town of 7900.
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Benton, Ill
Illinois
Freeman Coal Co
Orient No. 5
Benton
Three Planes Crash and Two Missing Off Atlantic
An AP report details a four engine Navy patrol plane based at Patuxent Maryland that crashed about 230 miles southeast of New York with 14 aboard. Liferafts debris and markers were sighted but survivors were not confirmed as weather hampered search efforts.
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New York
Atlantic
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Maryland
Navy
Richard Frank
Coast Guard
Absecon
Carp
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Patuxent
Wasp
Mora
Santa Fe
Nicholas Horangic
Air Force
Horangic
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
N.M
Federal Aviation Agency
McNamara Outlines U S Readiness to Strike Back
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara tells Congress the United States would retaliate in kind if hit by a Soviet nuclear attack. He describes a flexible second strike plan targeting Soviet military bases and urban centers, emphasizing a deterrent option and noting high potential casualties even with defenses.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Congress
Soviet Union
Russia
House Armed Services Committee
U.S
Unon
Airman Gerald M Anderson Freed After 10 Months in Jail
Airman Gerald M Anderson is released after almost ten months in confinement on murder charges. His attorney seeks inquiry into Air Force treatment as another man confessed to the killings of Nancy Johnson and her son Danny. Anderson hopes for an early discharge while resuming duties in the orderly room.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
Gerald M. Anderson
Air Force
Anderson
Mountain Home Force Base Stockade
Office of Special Investigation
God
Nancy J. Johnsson
Danny
Johnsons
Andersons
Johnsson
Theodore Thomas
Boise
Dickie
Archie J. Olds Jr
15Th Air Force
March Air Base
Calif
U.S. Faces Heavy Defense Burden in NATO Leadership
Secretary McNamara told Congress the United States bears a large share of Western defense and should see allies shoulder more burden. He outlined a five year plan with a 56 billion dollar defense budget, 51 billion for military forces, and warned of potential deployment to South Vietnam if North Vietnam attacks. He urged urgent development of a new ICBM defense missile.
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Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
North
Free World
McNamara
America
Europe
U.S
Atlantic Alliance
Congress
House
Armed Services Committee
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
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Temple
Germany
Kansas City
Continental Airlines
Joseph William Smith
Dallas Tex
St. Clark George
Dallas
Ann Lewis
R. C. Lewis
Kilene
Tex
Mary Ann Stewart
Strategic Air Command
Robert Ritchie
Dobbins Air Force Base
Atlanta
James A. McAvoy
Georgia Tech
Ritchie
McAvoy
Tahoe
Buxton
Outer Banks
AP Wirepmeto
Walter R. Mears
Defense Secretary
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