Highway Shakeup Approved in North Carolina Legislature
The Moore administration backed a measure to shrink the State Highway Commission from 18 to 14 members after House concurrence with Senate amendments. The bill stalled briefly over technical errors before returning to the Senate and then the House for final approval. Also noted were moves toward civil service for state employees and a sales tax exemption proposal for small blind owned businesses.
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Raleigh
N. C
Moore
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
House
Senate
Highway Commission
Ity
F. D. B. Harding
Yadkin
William Wood
Gordon Hanes
Irwin Belk
State Commission For the Blind
Sen. Belk
State funds for pensions requested by firemen group
State funds for pensions requested to boost by $260 000 per year above existing act levels for 33 000 volunteer and full time firemen who work night and day to protect property. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clifton Moore met with officials to discuss the issue.
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Supreme Court
Clifton Moore
Newspapers Increase Circulation 1964 Rise 1.5 Million
New York AP reports editors say daily newspapers in the United States boosted their 1964 circulation by 1.5 million copies the largest annual gain since 1946. Total 1964 averaged 60 412 266 a 2.5 percent rise over 1963 and 20 percent above the first postwar total in 1946.
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New York
Editor
United States
Flying Objects Probed By Air Force Report
After 18 years and 663 sightings, the Air Force says 8908 sightings from 1947 to 1964 were investigated. No object reported posed a national security threat, and there is no evidence that any sightings are extraterrestrial vehicles.
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Air Force
Associated Press
Attempt to Engage Reds Fails in South Viet Nam
Reinforcements fly into Saigon area as a major offensive east of Saigon fails to engage the Viet Cong. Westmoreland and Johnson oversee a briefing amid heavy combat reports. A helicopter assault near Phuoc Tuy with 3,000 South Vietnamese troops yielded no contact, while airstrikes caused civilian and military casualties. An American Special Forces unit near Cam Duc suffers casualties, with ongoing searches for downed pilots near Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Viet
Viet An
da Nang
Nha Trang
Phuoc Tuy
U.S
Rung la
Pglp
Maycoc
Hayden J. Lockhart
Springfield
North Viet Nam
Lockhart
Moscow protests U S Viet Nam actions amid urging for détente
The Moscow note warns U S air attacks on North Vietnam threaten peaceful coexistence and hint at possible Kremlin moves. It urges Washington to ease pressure and recalls concern over international consequences, while hinting at possible Geneva conference efforts with France and others.
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William L. Ryan
Moscow
United States
Kremlin
Viet Nam
U.S.S.R
U. S
France
Washington
Viet Cong Gain In East Saigon Area
U.S. advisers report a Viet Cong victory 50 miles east of Saigon with overrun town of La. The capture follows dawn clashes and a night of uncertain fighting, as authorities scramble to assess the situation and lossses.
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Xuan Loc
South Viet Nam
U.S
Red
Ne Ee
Aung- la
Paratroop Battalion Advances After Jungle Toll
A 3rd Battalion unit moves along Route 1 preparing the way for the 6th Battalion as casualties mount from a last week battle with Viet Cong. Approximately 500 panshe and comrades were killed wounded or captured in 1964.
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Panshe
Rusk Briefs Latin Ambassadors on Vietnam War
Secretary of State Dean Rusk reported to Latin American ambassadors on Vietnam war developments in Washington as part of a wider outreach to gain international support. The State Department said similar meetings would follow with other nations as Rusk argued the conflict represents a new kind of war.
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John M. Hightower
Washington (Ap
Dean Rusk
State Department
Rusk
New York
Johnson urges economy expansion amid manpower report
Johnson calls for growth to trim unemployment to three percent from five percent, touting talent development and equal opportunity. The manpower report also notes the $11.6 billion tax cut now in effect as part of the administration’s economic push.
Lent(en) Guideposts by Bob Morgan
Hollywood stunt man with thirty years of danger recalls a near fatal location accident when fifteen thousand pounds of timber crashed on him and a flatcar struck him. He describes the moment he thought he would die and reflects on nerves physique and a man’s soul.
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Bob Morgan
Hollywood
Faith as reaching for a goal beyond belief
The speaker reframes faith as striving toward a target despite evidence. He recalls near death, describes despair, and explains setting a new goal to recover. He mentions his wife Yvonne De Carlo and references a page note for more.
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Yvonne
Gan- Se Tae
Yvonne de Carlo
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Hoffman
U.S. Army
Mage
Combs
Rung-la
Bungla 7
Viet Cong
Eddie Adams Lee
Asia
Harold K. Johnson
Tan Son Nhut Rt
William C. Westmoreland
Johnson
Hang
Bob
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