McNamara Declares Base Closings Irrevocable
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced the closure of 95 obsolete bases and plants as irrevocable, citing 30 years of decisions and saving about 477 million dollars in the defense budget. He noted 80 bases will close by mid-1966 across 33 states and D C, with 150 ICBMs retired by mid-1965.
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Robert S. McNamara
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District of Columbia
United Eereet
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
McNamara
United
Crannes
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Texas
Washington State
Case
Ford halts car production amid local plant strikes
Ford Motor Co will halt all auto production tonight due to local plant strikes tied to a national unity pact. The Mustang line at Milpitas California will stop after tonight’s shift, ending Ford’s output of about 10 000 cars daily. Additional stoppages affect Wayne Michigan plants and a Wayne truck facility, with 1 100 workers idle.
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Ford Motor &Co
Ford
Mustang
Milpitas
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Wayne
National Fort Unit
Bitter Cold, Snow Sweep Midwest and Great Lakes
Bitter cold shattered an Indian summer as blizzard like conditions hit the Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa with near zero temperatures. Winds up to 70 mph roared in Nebraska and 60 mph in Iowa, with several inches of snow in Minnesota and zero visibility in some areas. Hazardous driving and gale warnings spread from the Dakotas to Michigan and Wisconsin as storms cut across the region.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Mercury
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Grand Island
Neb
Sioux City
Mankato
Minn
Albert Sea
Austin
Great Lakes
North Central
Chicago
Grant Park
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Lower Michigan
Wisconsin
Arizona
Midwest
Johnson Defends Great Society On San Marcos Visit
President Johnson, returning to his 1930s college, defends his great society as realistic and attainable. He outlines two goals to remove barriers for racial, poverty, and educational gaps and to improve urban living and education while stressing the program will do more. He spoke to the Committee for Economic Development before Thanksgiving at his hill country ranch.
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Frank Cormier
San Marcos
Tex
Johnson
San Marcos State Teachers College
Thareday
Washington
Thursda
Committee For Economic Devslogment
Politicians Indicted in Charlotte Police Probe
Mecklenburg Grand Jury indicted Police Chief John S. Hord and seven Charlotte officers on 37 counts, mostly neglect of duty, stemming from a five month probe. Hord faced 14 counts, Capt. W. A. McCall six, and former detective Bernie Stogner six. A 38th indictment charged former resident Helen Virginia House Kuhlman with murder.
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N. C
Mecklenburg Grand J
John S. Hord
Hord
W. A. McCall
Bernie Stogner
Ming Tae Pene
Dale
Stan A. Gallon
Helen Virginia House Kuhlman
Kuhlman
McCall
Liquor Store Operator Robbed in Charleston
A Charleston liquor store operator was robbed of about $9,000 in cash today at approximately 10:15 a.m. by a single assailant who fled on foot after the theft. Police investigated the robbery at the Bel Liquor store, where the operator and staff described the suspect and the alleged method of the crime.
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Charleston
S.C
Accence
Sam Gibbs
Bene Ts Bel
Renken
Las Nenine
Viet Cong Emerge From Tunnels In Brushfire Clash
Viet Cong guerrillas surfaced from a vast tunnel system to hit two paratrooper battalions in Boi Loi Forest, about 35 miles northwest of Saigon. Thirty paratroopers were wounded and ten killed as a medical evacuation helicopter was shot down. advisers noted the tunnel network complicates clearance amid Operation Brushfire.
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Boi Loi Forest
South Viet Nam
Ees
Carman Negaard
Lawton
N.D
3Rd Airborne
Saigon
Negaard
Neg Hees Seeman
Verrazano Narrows Bridge Opens to Traffic
New York opens the 4 260 foot Verrazano Narrows Bridge linking Staten Island and Brooklyn the world s largest and heaviest single suspension spans traffic for the first time.
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New York
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Advisers Oppose Big Operations in Vietnam War
American advisers oppose grand Viet Nam offensives like Brushfire I in the Saigon region. They warn such bets cost many lives and money and offer little lasting gain. The plan risks alienating villagers and tipping advantage to the Viet Cong as it unfolds in northwest Saigon.
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Viet Nam
U.S
Saint Cyr
Congolese Troops Advance Toward Stanleyville Amid Tensions
Congolese forces under Gen. Mobutu move north from Kindu toward Punia and Stanleyville, with 180 miles to go. Rebel threats surround American missionary Paul Carlson as the U.S. and OAU seek a peaceful resolution and possible talks. Major Hoare’s mercenaries also advance as fighting looms.
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Kindu
Punia
Stanleyville
Lowa
Yumbi
Christopher
Paul Carlson
Carlson
Joseph Mobutu
Michael Hoare
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Radio
Gbenye
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
Organization of African Unity
Special Commission
Kenyatta
U.S
United States
G. McMurtrie Godley
Tobacco Dispute Erupts at Flue-Cured Growers Meeting
AP reports a heated exchange among Georgia and North Carolina tobacco growers at a flue-cured farmers meeting. Advocates backed acreage cuts by stabilization receipts while some Georgia delegates argued for proportional cuts, amid accusations of discrimination and concerns over world demand and overproduction.
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Beener Beg
Georgia
North Carolina
Adrian Hardin
Georgia- Florida Warehouse Association
Dorsey
Matthews
Hardin
John Senter
Harnett
N.C
Virginia
Carolina
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