Cable snaps again as lost bomb remains out of reach
Palomares Spain UPI report says the steel cable lifting the missing nuclear bomb from 2500 feet below the Mediterranean surface broke yesterday, scuttling hopes of quick recovery. CURV recovery vehicle expected next week as navy salvage teams contend with uncertain location and depth.
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Johnson to push civil rights bill with housing ban
President Johnson aims to send a broad civil rights package to Congress this week. It likely includes a strong housing discrimination ban and policies to curb Jim Crow juries, while federal authority for desegregation suits and related provisions await court rulings.
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Reds Converge in Moscow for 23rd Congress of Soviet Party
Delegations from about 80 countries gather in Moscow for the Soviet Communist party congress as China along with New Zealand Japan and Albania boycott. Brezhnev to open with a four hour keynote as a five year plan from 1966 to 1970 is debated.
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Alexander Rankovic
Tito
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Demos Turned the Convention Into a 19 Hour Marathon Fight
A 1966 county Democratic convention stretched into 5 a.m. as factional lines formed over Hanley proposals and ties to Paul Laxalt. Delegates ousted three of Hanley’s measures amid late night clashes led by Teamsters Local 881 ally Dick Thomas, while Matteucci exited and tensions over the two year rule persisted.
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Curly) Price
Tom Hanley
Hanley
Jim Arnold
James
Sailor) Ryan
Chuck MeeKenna
Gene Matteucci
Paul Laxalt
Grant Sawyer
Teamsters
Dick Thomas
Tax Increase Mood Tied to Viet Nam War Policy
The Harris Survey shows Americans expect higher federal income taxes due to the Viet Nam war but oppose a tax rise overall by 49 to 44 percent. Support hinges on war strategy with escalation favoring a tax hike and negotiations favoring no tax increase.
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Amercans
U.S
Johnson
Mao Tse-tung healthy says Chinese official during visit
A Red Chinese official with President Liu Shao-chi in Rawalpindi dismissed rumors of Mao Tse-tung illness as laughably false. London diplomats had warned Mao was gravely ill and ready to step down, with Liu as likely successor, though Mao had not appeared in public since November 26.
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Pakistan
UPI
Liu Shao-chi
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
London
Mao
Liu
China
Hong Kong
Clear and Sunny Weather Report
Today's weather is clear and sunny with gentle winds. The forecast high is 75 and low 50. Noontime humidity is 32 percent with sunrise at 5 33 and sunset at 5 59.
Ousted Teach Plans To Fight Dismissal
Ousted Garside Junior High teacher Alvin Meinhold says he will appeal the board’s decision not to renew his contract. Clark County School District officials cite incompetency among several teachers. Meinhold's refusal to salute the flag and antiwar stance sparked his dismissal talk. He has support from the ACLU and plans to pursue rein statement.
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Clark County School District
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Chester T. Sewell
Garside
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Meinholt
U. S
Viet Nam
100 MPH Winds Batter England Across North Sea
Winds up to 100 miles an hour lashed the North Sea and British Isles blowing cars off roads and menacing ships. At least three people died and 43 were rescued from an oil rig amid 50 foot seas. Seven injured include the 83 year old father of Prime Minister Harold Wilson. An elderly man was swept from a boardwalk into the sea.
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UPI
North Sea
British Isles
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