Pentagon predicts manpower surge in South Vietnam to 382000 by December
Pentagon sources forecast U S manpower in South Vietnam rising from 336000 to over 400000 by January with the 9th Infantry Division and support units headed for deployment. Outlook beyond early 1967 remains unclear as budget planning and Saigon recommendations push toward larger forces, possibly up to 600000 or more.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
South Viet Nam
9Th Infantry
9Th
Saigon
Negro Vote Could Be Pivotal in This Year’s Elections
AP report notes sharp rise in Negro voter registration in the South and nationwide, with potential pivotal influence in major contests. Estimates vary. DOJ cites 687,000 to 1,016,800 registered in five states after the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Civil rights drives also boosted registration nationwide.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Republican National Committee
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Johnson
Tornadoes Hit Raleigh Cause Severe Damage and Injuries
A series of small tornadoes struck Raleigh areas including Weston's Trailer Court near Garner causing extensive damage and injuring at least four people. The Raleigh Country Club Wake Memorial Hospital and Forest Hills Shopping Center were damaged while the library glass wall collapsed at Wake Memorial. Police traced the storm path moving from southeast Raleigh to Cloverdale across the golf course.
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Raleigh
Weston
Garner
Raleigh Country Club
Wake Memoriat Hospital
Forest Hills
Linda Anderson
Gladys Williams
Jean Neal
Wake Memorial Hospital
Earl Tyndall
Tyndall
Raleigh Police Department
Raleigh Golf Association
Cloverdale
C. L. Wilkerson
Storm Forecast Hits North Carolina Mountains With Snow
A vigorous system moving from Georgia brings up to four inches of snow to the North Carolina mountains with temperatures in the 20s tonight and hazardous driving warnings. Elsewhere, rain and thunderstorms prevail with coastal lows in the 60s to 80s.
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North Carolina
Georgia
Asheville
Wilmington
New Bern
Durham
Weather Bureau
California
Los Angeles International
North Dakota
North Korean ambush kills six Americans in Korea
North Korean troops ambushed a U S patrol near the demilitarized zone east of Libby Bridge, killing six American soldiers and one South Korean. One American survivor was wounded and reported in good condition. The incident occurred hours before President Johnson left Korea.
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John Roderick
Seoul
South Korea
Armistice Line
Johnson
Korea
United States
U.S. 2Nd Infantry Division
U.S. 8Th Army
United Nations Command
U.N
Kimpo
North Korea
Erhard Pressed to Quit as CDU Leaders Move to Choose Successor
Bonn AP top CDU leaders agreed to press Chancellor Ludwig Erhard to resign while ensuring he participates in selecting a successor. He would likely back Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder, with the plan to maintain policy continuity as Erhard helps shape his successor’s program. The party faces a 1967 budget gap of 725 million to 1 billion dollars, including 450 million for armaments purchases.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Christian Democratic Party
Gerhard Schroeder
Erard
Konrad Adenauer
Free Democratic Party
United States
Johnson Promises Firm U S Stand in Alaska
President Johnson returning from a 31,000 mile Pacific swing addressed an Anchorage breakfast crowd urging a hard line against Communists in Asia and Viet Nam. He praised the Manila talks as a step toward peace and said the United States will work to push North Viet Nam to the negotiating table.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Johnson
Pacific
Manila
Asia
United States
White House
South Korea
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Viet Nam
Altough
South Viet Nam
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Seoul
Washington
Briton Seized In Spy Probe
Scotland Yard seized real estate agent William Cecil Mulvena in an early morning raid at Westcliff on Sea and charged him under Britain's Official Secrets Act. The arrest followed FBI action in Los Angeles against U S Air Force sergeant Herbert Boeckenhaupt for allegedly conspiring to share defense secrets with Russia. A foreign diplomat in London was also reported under surveillance as a suspected link to Boeckenhaupt.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
William Cecil Mulvena
Westcliffon Sea
FBI
Los Angeles
Herbert Boeckenhaupt
U.S
Boeckenhaunt
Kennedy Autopsy Photos Turned Over to Archives
Kennedy family donates 65 autopsy related pictures and 14 X Rays plus 26 color transparencies to the National Archives. Navy pathologists say the items corroborate testimony given to the Warren Commission and were prepared as medical legal evidence for Oswald trial. The pictures were not reviewed by the commission and will be kept from public view for years.
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Gaylord Shaw
Washington
John F. Kennedy
National Archives
Warren Commission
Justice Department
Department
J. Thornton Boswell
Cmdr
James J. Humes
Boswell
Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Humes
Commission
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Democratic National Committee
Louis Martin
South
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D-Ill
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Douglas
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University of Chicago
Pati
THE
Associated Press
Charles H. Bonesteel
LBJ
SUA Betes
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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