Nixon taps Rogers as secretary of state and others
President-elect Nixon announces Cabinet picks with Rogers named secretary of state and Kennedy to head the Treasury. Democratic leaders praise Rogers as a principled choice while Georgia Rep. Julian Bond criticizes a all white cabinet for neglecting Negro representation. Confirmation hearings set after January 20.
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Johnson
Rogers
Senate
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Georgia
Julian Bond
Nixon
New York
Washington
Hisenhower
Mitchell
Satin Nixon
U.S
White Turkey
House
Viet “Cong
National Liberation Front
Nixon aides named for top posts in Vietnam talks efforts
Reports list allies Laird Mitchell Blount Hickel Shultz Volpe and others as potential U S or cabinet posts as preparatory talks with North and South Vietnam stall over seating and speaking order Saigon rejects equal delegation while U S prefers a two sided setup NLF names Tran Buu Kiem and Nguyen Thi Binh to lead its delegation in Paris talks
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New York
Shapement
Eisenhower
Nixon
Gatamerica
North Vietnam
Ha van Lau
Saigon
U.S
NLF
Tran Buu Kiem
Kiem
Central Committee
Communist Party
Mme
Nguyen i Thi Binh
Parlig
Apollo 8 Countdown Sets Stage for Moon Flyby
Apollo 8 readies a 102 hour terminal countdown to lift off at 7 51 a m est Dec 21 as astronauts scout and photograph lunar landing sites amid challenging conditions. Missouri election results show Republican gains but Democratic sweep statewide with Clay first Black congressman in state history and Symington winning in St Louis area.
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Ed Bonitt
Joplin
Missouri
Nixon
Hagleton
Hearnes
Senate
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Troy
Buell A. Baclesse
Estia
City
26Th District
LeRoy Snodgrass
David Donnelly
U.S
Stuart Symington
St. Louis County
James W. Symington
Washington
Cape Girardeau
Borman
Lovell
Anders
Partici-Ars
Leonor K. Sullivan
Louis
Homer McCracken
St. Lowis
Building in Sedalia destroyed by fire
SEDALIA, Mo. AP An early morning blaze leveled a two story downtown building. Firemen fought the six hour fire as high winds threatened adjacent structures. The Downtowner Cafe on the ground floor and several apartment units on the second floor were lost. The fire began on the ground floor around 7 a.m. with the restaurant closed.
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Sedalia
Unloaded convoy moves toward border posts at Tay Ninh
A military convoy arrives from the states at Tay Ninh and is sent to division troops along the Cambodian border, as photographed by AP.
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Tay Ninh
Plans to appear before regional commission in January
Fulton Mayor W. C. Murphy says Drummond plans will go to the full commission in January. The regional body expects $68,647 from the federal government, $28,402 from participating subdivisions, and $10,000 from the state, which has already granted $4,000. The $28,402 from member cities and counties is based on a $15,875 per capita assessment using 1960 census figures.
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Fulton
W. C. Murphy
Regional Commission
Officials reject number appeals in city traffic plan
Residents along Swift's Highway meet Rackers and Ben to discuss renaming Moreau Drive and street numbering. City officials insist on consistency, denying Norris Drive residents' request to keep current numbers, citing plan requirements and a single numbering system for the area.
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Swift
U.S. Marines Enter DMZ in Two Nov Battles
Allied forces moved into the DMZ on November 1 and by November 26 U S Marines with South Vietnamese infantry swept into the zone engaging North Vietnamese troops in two battles seven miles apart. No American casualties were reported in either clash.
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Ring of
North Vietnam
Dmz
U.S
Passengers on hijacked plane return from Cuba
AP reports passengers and crew returned to Miami after the hijacked Trans-World Airlines jetliner was diverted to Cuba for a nine hour stay. Eldridge and a woman companion remained in Varadero while authorities assessed the incident.
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Miami
Fla
Hnside
Dmz
Vana
Cleaver
Kansas City
Ritter
St. Louis
San Francisco
Kansas
Rians
Eldridge
Varadero
Merger and wartime fighting reported at Saigon front
A corn cob pipe maker merges with an old-line cigar firm while on the Saigon front South Vietnamese and American forces battle entrenched enemy positions. In the fighting 400 South Vietnamese paratroopers and two American soldiers are killed or wounded with several enemy forces reported dead or captured. Air power and artillery support are used as U S forces skirmish with enemy platoons near the Cambodian border and Saigon. Influential figures linked to the hijacking case are noted in separate Cuba related coverage.
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Saigon
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S
25Th Division
Washington
Liv
Missouri
Ritter
FBI
Chaum Co
Eldridge Clearlof
Jer
Cuba
Pendrich Industries Inc
Evansville, Inc
Christmas Lights Stolen From Doctor's Home
About two dozen Christmas tree lights were reported stolen from the home of Dr. Everett Sugarbaker at 2113 West Main Street. Dr. Sugarbaker told investigators the lights were taken between midnight Tuesday night and mid-afternoon Wednesday.
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Everett Sugarbaker
W. Main St
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