NATO warns Soviet Union over Europe and Mediterranean aggression
NATO leaders from 15 nations urge Moscow to refrain from force and interference as I NATO condemns Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia and calls for unity to safeguard security. France signals continued alliance support while West Germany's Willy Brandt welcomes the firm warning.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
Europe
Mediterranean
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
Council of the Alliance
Czechoslovakia
NATO
Council
Michel Debre
Charles de Gaulle
Willy Brandt
NATO alert system fault acknowledged during invasion
Allied military officials privately acknowledged that NATO alert systems were faulty and largely ineffective during the Russian-led invasion. Orders have been issued by the supreme command in response.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organizations
Czechoslovakia
Supreme
Com
Eisenhower granddaughter Barbara Anne weds Fernando Echavarria Uribe
Anne Eisenhower, 19, married Fernando Echavarria Uribe, 25, at Washington Memorial Chapel Valley Forge National Park. About 150 guests from two continents attended while Dwight D. Eisenhower’s grandson was unable to attend due to the President’s heart attack recovery. Mamie Eisenhower and Mrs. Richard Nixon attended.
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Valley Forge
Barbara Anne Eisenhower
Fernando Echavarria-Uribe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge National Park
Anne
Fernando
Bogota
Colombia
Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Groppi resigns from Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council
The Rev. James E. Groppi, noted for leading open housing marches, resigns as adviser to the Milwaukee Youth Council of the NAACP effective immediately. He says the departure is not due to internal moves to oust him for being white.
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James Groppi
Milwaukee
James E. Groppi
Milwaukee Youth Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Groppi
Jewelry Theft Hits Onassis Visit at English Estate
Burglars stole jewelry worth 12000 dollars from a country house in Turville Heath England where Aristotle Onassis and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were staying. The gems belonged to Princess Lee Radziwill. Police and Scotland Yard sent detectives to the estate as Mrs Onassis arrived Thursday night with no special protection.
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Turville Heath
England
Aristotle Onassis
Joan F. Kennedy
London
Princess Lee Radziwill
Gunmen seize hall at Venezuelan university
Seven men armed with submachine guns seized the main lecture hall at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas and urged about 500 students and staff to boycott presidential elections. Police exchanged gunfire as they fled. no injuries were reported. The attackers issued a communiqué identifying themselves with the National Liberation Armed Forces allied to the outlawed Communist party.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela
National Liberation Armed Forces
Communist Party
Army trains in Cairo amid popular defense volunteers
Akhbar reports the high command of a newly formed Popular Defense army is distributing arms and ammunition to 92,000 volunteers. The volunteers are being trained in resistance tactics and the Cairo governor says they constituted the popular army in Cairo only.
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Cairo
Popular Defense Army
Akhbar
Seize Man in Slaying of 3 British Girls
Scotland Yard arrests Raymond Morris, a 39 year old engineer, charged with Christine Darby’s murder and linked to the Cannock Chase killings of Diane Tift and Margaret Reynolds. A huge chase followed in Britain as public outrage grew and detectives pursued the case.
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London
Scotland Yard
Raymond Leslie Morris
Christine Darby
Morris
Christine
Cannock Chase
English Midlands
White House Housewarming Tales of Two First Ladies
A lighthearted reflection on the transfer of the White House from Lady Bird Johnson to Pat Nixon. The piece jokes about conversations between the first ladies, noting the unusual topics for such a visit and the practical differences of presidential life from ordinary households.
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White House
Laird Johnson
Pat Nixon
Pat
Thieu Boycott Eases Conditions for Paris Peace Delegation
South Vietnamese President Thieu appears to relax rules for sending a delegation to Paris peace talks. The move signals a potential shift in stance amid ongoing negotiations and pressure from allies.
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Paris
Thieu May Back Paris Talks With U S Leading Role
Thieu signals possible delegation to Paris peace talks if Washington guarantees a leading role and allows the delegation to address the Communist side while rejecting NLF as a separate entity. Ky reportedly asked to head the South Vietnamese team amid cautious U S optimism. In combat, U S forces report repeat DMZ violations, 46 enemy killed in two border fights, and a sunk salvage boat with one dead two wounded.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Washington
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Thieu
NLF
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
Lam
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
North
1Stair
Dmz
United States
Artificial Blood Circuit Used to Treat Hepatitis
A 3 year old child in Atlanta was put in a coma after a procedure that purified her blood through a chimpanzee liver. She was connected to the animal for six hours via two tubes and doctors reported signs of improvement. A prior similar case used a baboon. The child is breathing on her own and has active reflexes after the operation for a severe hepatitis.
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Atlanta
Joe Patterson
Soviets Launch Proton 4 Big Unmanned Spacecraft
The Soviet Union launched Proton 4 described as the world’s largest unmanned spacecraft with a 17 ton payload. The 12.5 tons are scientific equipment and studies cosmic rays and their nuclei interactions. Zond 6 returns from Moon orbit and may land in the Indian Ocean tomorrow per Jodrell Bank trackers.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Proton 4
Jodrell Bank
England
Earth
Indian Ocean
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Lovell
Protestants and Catholics plan Londonderry march defying ban
In Londonderry Northern Ireland Catholic leaders announce a defiant protest march against alleged discrimination in jobs and housing by the Protestant city council. Over two thousand worshippers prayed for peace as authorities worry IRA militants could trigger violence amid the planned weekend march.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Riot Delays Session at German Right Wing Party Convention
Demonstrators clashed with police in Siegen as National Democratic party delegates faced delays. Police sealed the hall with several hundred officers while about 100 of 500 delegates entered as the convention opened ninety minutes late.
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Siegen
Germany
National Democratic Party
Light Rain and Snow Flurries Forecast for Kansas City
The Weather Bureau predicts occasional light rain or drizzle tonight with a chance of a few snow flurries tomorrow morning in Kansas City and surrounding areas. Winds stay light from the north at 10 to 20 mph, turning colder. Precipitation probability is 30 percent tonight and 20 percent tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Johnson and Nixon Seek Swift Senate Action on Nuclear Treaty
President Johnson and Senate leaders agree not to call a special session if the Congress promptly takes up the nuclear nonproliferation treaty after inauguration. Senate Republican Dirksen backs expediting passage with Mansfield as Democratic leader, while Aiken notes an uphill fight before January 20. Nixon previously lagged but now signals readiness to proceed despite concerns.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Aiken
Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Dirksen
Coast Guard Reopens Search For Etnefjell Crew
The Coast Guard resumed the search for 25 crewmen who abandoned the crippled Norwegian tanker Etnefjell in rough North Atlantic waters on October 31. The Takara reported red and white flares in the area where the men left the Etherjell in two aluminum lifeboats, prompting investigations by two aircraft and the cutter Absecon.
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New York
Coast Guard
Etnefjell
North Atlantic
Takara
Absecon
Prague Faces Strikes As Dubcek Fights for Reforms
Suburban Prague and Olomouc see protest strikes amid a power struggle within Czechoslovakia s Communist leadership over Dubcek's reforms. The central committee meets amid a ban on demonstrations with military and police alerts, while student leaders plan peaceful sit ins and factory actions to support democratic centralism.
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Prague
Olomouc
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Party Central Committee
Central Committee
Charles University
Dubcek
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Large Fire Destroys Building in Downtown Quincy
A downtown Quincy blaze destroyed Brown's drug store and heavily damaged three other shops including Andes Candies and a women's apparel store and a Kresge. The estimated loss exceeds one million dollars with no injuries reported. An explosion at 3 AM sent flames through the roof and walls. the cause remains undetermined.
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Quincy, Ill
Quincy
Brown’s Drug
Andes Candies
Kresge
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