Advice Column Snags on License Hurdles and Home Hacks
A reader seeks guidance on obtaining a driver's license with mild epilepsy and no car. The response outlines state medical review for license eligibility, notes employment without car options, and mentions the Mayor's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped. Additional items cover deed stamps, safe fish packing, Foster Parents Plan, NFL origins, and mildew control with practical home fixes.
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Dick Carter
Raleigh
Wesley Gaynor
High Point College
Massive American firepower breaks siege at Con Thien
U S military officials report a major breakthrough in the Con Thien artillery siege with North Vietnamese forces retreating from gun pits. General Westmoreland cites a Dien Bien Phu reverse as U S air and naval forces fly 106 missions over North Vietnam. He warns of possible renewed assaults and notes heavy enemy casualties but no sign of a full withdrawal.
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Con Thien
Edwin Q. White
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
William C. Westmoreland
Washington Star
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Red China
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U.S. Air Force
Navy
Dmz
Westmoreland
Hanoi
France
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
da Nang
Robert Cushman Jr
Vietnam
Dirksen warns GOP unity over Vietnam split
Senate GOP leader Everett Dirksen attacks critics of Johnson's Vietnam policy and challenges Morton and Percy while praising Kuchel. He warns domestic dissent could erode support and endanger U.S. allies as Republicans brace for 1968 platform drafting.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Senate Gop
Vietnam
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dirksen
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
United States
Kuchel
Senate
Percy
U.S
GOP
Morton
U.S. Concentra
Labor Party Calls For Halt To U.S. Bombing
Scarborough England AP The British Labor party calls for a total swift and permanent halt to bombing North Vietnam and urges expulsion of Greece's military government from NATO. The convention also backs wage price controls while supporting Wilson's economic measures as unemployment nears 600000.
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U.S
Scarborough
England
Harold Wilson
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Wilson
Parliament
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
George Brown
Britain
Brown
James Callaghan
Labor Convention
United States
Hanoi
LBJ Faces House Ultimatum to Cut Spending
President Johnson now faces a House ultimatum after the Ways and Means Committee backed a resolution to pause the tax bill for spending cuts. The full House narrowly rejected forcing a $5 billion cut, while it extended the Appropriations panel’s time to craft a plan to meet payroll through Oct. 10.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Tax Writing Ways and Means
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate House Conference
Knight Sets X15 Speed Record At Edwards AFB
Air Force Maj. William J. Knight walks from the X15 after flying at a record 4534 mph at Edwards Air Force Base California. The new winged craft record beats his November 18 4250 mph mark by 284 mph and cements a near seven times speed of sound milestone.
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Air Force
William J. Knight
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Pocket-Sized Fern Surges Into Mexico
In northeastern Mexico near Tampico the pocket-sized Hurricane Fern entered offshore then inland with winds near 75 mph weakening to 55 mph as it moved west-southwest. Flooding threatened Tampico area while forecasters predicted gradual dissipation tonight as mountains tear the storm apart.
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Gary Garrison
Associated Press
Brownsville, Tex
Fern
Mexico
Tampico
Inez
Gulf of Mexico
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