Global conflict and regional tensions dominate brief
The report notes intensified fighting in South Vietnam ahead of the Tet lunar new year beginning Feb 6, with Allied troops on alert. It also covers Israeli advances near the Sinai Peninsula, Ireland’s Northern protests and Catholic evacuation, Thalidomide victims' settlement offers, and ex-Czech leader Ota Sik seeking asylum in Switzerland, reflecting a mix of war, politics, and humanitarian stories.
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South Vietnam
Bern
Switzerland
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Ota Sik
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Ving
Alexander Dub
National drive aims to test safe crash car in three years
In Worcester, Massachusetts, officials announced a government program to build a “mobile crash laboratory” car that could be rolled over at 70 mph with passengers intact and tested within three years. The vehicle promises safer handling, braking, visibility, and lower pollution, with plans to incorporate safety improvements into production models.
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Mass
John Volpe
Volpe
Near Accord Seen in GE Strike Talks
Tentative settlement looms in a three month, multimillion dollar dispute at General Electric. About 130,000 workers across two unions may win wage concessions as government labor conciliator J Curtis Counts calls key officials to a special meeting amid a news blackout on progress.
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General Electric
Colleup
J. Curtis Counts
Von Braun to Plan New Space Ventures in Washington
Notable moves in science and politics include Werner von Braun being brought to Washington to help plan future NASA missions and stations as deputy associate administrator for planning. NASA chief Paine praises his record shaping space exploration. Meanwhile White House uniforms for state occasions debut, and art sales highlight French impressionist works once private. Firestone heir Roger Firestone dies at 57, and Sen Ralph Yarborough seeks reelection promising peace and environment.
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Washington
von Braun
NASA
Thomas Paine
Wernher Vor Braun
Vor Braun
Solar System
White House
Nixon
Harold Wilson
Estes Sues Over Back Taxes In Texas Suit
Billie Sol Estes, once a West Texas multimillionaire, seeks parole from federal prison Friday. Texas filed a suit Tuesday for 4376 in back taxes on 252,527 paid in wages during the first quarter of 1962, tied to employee contribution taxes. Rector, who lived an extra -10 a the two,
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Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Ike Gathering Honors Medical Center Dinner in New York
Marie Eisenhower attended a SL-000-a-plate dinner in the Waldorf Astoria New York to benefit Eisenhower Medical Center. About 1,400 guests included Mrs. Eisenhower, her grandson David, his wife Julie, Cardinal Terrence Cook, Raquel Welch and Gov. The event aimed to support the hospital’s planned 128 beds, patient care, research and training programs in Palm Desert, California.
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Marie Esenhower
New York
Eisenhower Medical Center
Eisenhower
David
Julie
Waldorf Astoria
Cardinal Terrence Cook
Raquel ‘Welch
Military watchdog Fitzgerald hired to crusade against wasteful defense spending
A. Ernest Fitzgerald, the Pentagon efficiency expert who lost his job for testifying on para raiding costs of the C 5A cargo jet, is hired by the Businessman's Educational Fund to advocate budget cuts. He will speak nationwide about Pentagon waste and aims to start a California tour next month, earning $30,000 for three quarters time.
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Pentagon
Congress
Costa
Fitzgerald
Air Force
Businessman's Educational Fund
California
Grabbing Deaths Highlight Sierra Plane Crash Survivors
Two Fresno men Gene Edell 33 and Robert Starr 17 survived a Sierra Nevada crash 16 days without solid food eating cream spinach mashed potatoes and egg nog Tues day after being snowbound. They yielded to starvation after hospital treatment. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority chairman Willam E. Miller, a 1964 vice presidential candidate on Garry Goldwater’s ticket, was confirmed by the New York State Senate.
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Gene Edell
Robert Starr
Fresno
Jackson Hospital
Robert Paulsen
Willam E. Miller
Garry. Goldwater
Niagara Frontier
Transportation Authority
New York State Senate
Risky Surgery for Marty Robbins in Nashville
Country star Marty Robbins underwent a five hour heart operation in Nashville to replace three congested arteries. A family spokesman called the surgery a success while wife Merona and son Ronnie monitored from the hospital. Doctors labeled the procedure risky rather than delicate. An American physicist, Dr Ernest Sternglass of the University of Pittsburgh, said fallout from nuclear weapons testing has killed about 300,000 infants in Britain and the United States, a claim linked to a television documentary previewed in London.
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Nashville
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Britain
Ernest Sternglass
University of Pittsburgh
London
Sternglass
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