Envoy to Europe and NATO Tensions Reported
State Department disclosed envoy plans for Europe with trips to Berlin for the German American conference November 12 to 15 and to Paris for OECD talks December 23. No meetings with de Gaulle were planned. discussions focus on NATO unity and nuclear strategy amid Western European strain.
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Ball
Berlin
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
Paris
OECD
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
Europe
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Organization of
Council
Rod
Spaak
Dean Rusk
Britain
U.S
Oto
France
Romney Opens as GOP Strong Man in Shattered Party
Washington dispatch notes Michigan Governor George Romney emerges as a leading Republican voice after a party split by President Johnson's landslide. Romney gains 40 percent of Negro vote in Detroit and broad support beyond southern states, while Barry Goldwater contemplates 1968 and faces GOP power struggles including calls to replace RNC chair Dean Burch.
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Washington
Michigan
George Romney
Johnson
Arizona
Romney
Detroit
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Goldwater
John Martin
Republican National Committee
Dean Burch
Burch
Technology May Create New Shortage Women
In Chicago AP, a medical educator warns technology could generate a new shortage of mankind: women. Dr Shel Berger argues infant mortality differences could tilt survival toward females, noting a birth ratio of about 106 males per 100 females and that by age 30 the ratio evens out as males die and women live longer.
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Chicago
Sheladult
Berger
Goldwater Heads Back to Washington to Lead GOP
Sen Barry Goldwater returns to Washington to handle Senate mail and other duties after relinquishing his Senate seat for his presidential bid He vows to keep the GOP on a conservative course and strengthen the party while not seeking employment in Washington and plans a vacation with his wife in an undisclosed location
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Walter R. Mears
Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
Republican Party
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Goldwater
Arizona
Paul Fannin
Goldwater Hypocrisy Exposed as Johnson Wins Big in Raleigh
AP reporting from Raleigh notes President Johnson's sweeping victory and its impact on race politics. The article quotes Goldwater stressing the race issue remains secondary to voters, while conceding its historical influence in Southern campaigns and party dynamics.
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Phil Corner
Associated Press
Raleigh
Dus
Johnson
Rice
Beheen
Barry Goldwater
Prej Goldwater
Mariner 3 Launch Preparations at Cape Kennedy
Cape Kennedy Florida AP The United States readies Mariner 3 a robot explorer on an Atlas Agena D rocket scheduled to lift off between 1 and 3 17 am for a close Mars encounter next July 17. NASA expects near Mars flyby data though life detection not possible.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
U.S
Mars
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner 3
Uni
Earth
Space Agency
Mariner 4
Mariner Project
Jack N. James
NASA
Det Propulsion Laboratory
James
Turnout Falls Short In Tight 1960 Election Returns
Incomplete returns show turnout well below 71.1 million expected for 1960. President Kennedy leads with about 300 votes to 3,449,960 for Nixon, as the two party total sits near 68.49 million. Elector totals overall reflect 1960 patterns across major and minor candidates.
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Washington
Iosa
Barry Goldwater
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Dashes Off Family Joke
Local item notes a humorous family joke involving Barry and a handwritten card. The fragment mentions a mistaken phrase and a lighthearted tone within a family setting.
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Barry
Health Care Appalachian Aid Prospects Brightened
In the wake of a Democratic landslide in Congress the White House expects momentum for elder care and Appalachian aid. Final returns show a net gain of two Senate seats and about 40 House seats, heightening hopes for Social Security health coverage and a $1 billion Appalachian development bill.
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Washington
Congress
Appalachian
White House
Johnson
Senate
House
Viet Cong Cap Capt. Floyd Thomsson Says U S Troops Should Withdraw
The Viet Nam News Agency reports Capt. Floyd James Thomsoon of the U S Special Forces was captured after his L19 plane was shot down March 26 in Quang Tri Province. He says the Viet Cong seek peace and independence and urge a U S troop withdrawal to allow a cease fire. Thompson, a native of Englewood New Jersey, describes his treatment as fair with adequate medical care and food.
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Tokyo
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam News Agency
VNA
South Viet Nam
Floyd James Thomsoon
Special Forces
Quang Tri Province
Ment
Liberation Radio
Thompson
Englewood
N.J
Ft. Bragg
N.C
South Viet
Prisoner's Wife's Prayers Answered
Mrs Floyd James Thompson and her four children learned their Army captain husband is alive, held by the Viet Cong in South Vietnam. Thompson, part of the U S Special Forces, was captured on a flight with Capt Richard L Whitesides near the North Vietnamese frontier. The family remains at Fort Bragg with details of the capture still unrevealed.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Floyd James Thompson
Viet Nam
U.S
Thompson
Resto
Thompsons
Laurie
Ruth
Jimmy
U.S. Special Forces
Viet ‘Nam
U.S. Air Force
Richard L. Whitesides
Whitesides
Bergenfield, N.J
7Th Forces Group
Ft.Bragg Reservation
Deep South Voters Push GOP Gains Across States
In a regional wave the GOP expanded influence in the Deep South with Florida North Carolina Kentucky and Tennessee voting for Goldwater in some cases while Alabama Georgia and South Carolina saw notable GOP seat pickups. Democratic leaders blamed the shift on a backlash to Johnson era policy and local chairmen celebrated marginal gains as signs of a changing political landscape.
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Atlanta
Old Confederacy
Goldwater
Florida
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
GOP
Arizona
South
Alabama
Tommy
Georgia
Joe Tribble
Savannah
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Yancey McLeod
Russell B. Long
D-La
Johnson
McLeod
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