Johnson Declines Discussing Kennedy Book Dispute
President Johnson refused to discuss the Manchester Death of a President book and told staff to avoid the subject. Press Secretary George Christian said Johnson did not talk to Newsweek and disputed attributed remarks. Johnson attended Floresville funeral of a longtime political ally.
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Women rise but men still top drinkers says study
Dr. Ira H. Cisin of George Washington University reports that as women gain first class citizenship they become light drinkers while men remain heavier drinkers. The 1964 65 survey finds abstainers 32 percent infrequent to moderate 56 percent and heavy drinkers 12 percent, with heavy drinkers defined as three or four drinks per sitting at least three to four times weekly.
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Dream Comes True For Stricken Girl
Six year old Suzy Dewey, battling leukemia, left for a dream trip to Disneyland with her parents and sister. The journey, funded by a anonymous Los Angeles donor, follows a prior hoax claim about Jerry Lewis. Gifts and a wig had already arrived as nationwide support grew for Suzy’s Christmas wish.
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Weather extremes record lows and highs in mainland US
The U.S. Weather Bureau reports the coldest mainland US reading was 20 below at Fargo North Carolina, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, while the hottest was 71 degrees at Miami Florida.
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Dallas Hosts Most Life Insurance Co Offices
Dallas houses the headquarters or home offices of 126 life insurance companies the most of any city in the nation. Phoenix follows with 103 and Chicago with 51 in the tally.
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Political bloodletting in GOP primaries for 1968 landmark
WASHINGTON UPI. GOP leaders fear the 1968 presidential primaries will fracture the party as Barry Goldwater’s 1964 nomination did. Rumors center on a two man contest between George Romney and Richard Nixon with Illinois Nebraska Ohio as early battlegrounds and possible favorite son strategies to avert a convention split.
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