President to Light Tree Tonight During Ceremony
President and Mrs. Johnson will flip a switch at 5 40 p m CST to illuminate the 72 foot national Christmas tree behind the White House. The Pageant of Peace continues with 50 state spruces six National Zoo reindeer a creche and a yule log pit. A Capitol tree will also be lit by Sen. Carl Hayden earlier in the event.
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Woman Regains Sight After 17 Years in Dallas
A blind woman in her 60s regained vision after bumping her head on a cupboard door. Friends say the episode, described as a possible gift from God, came while she was alone at home and had previously adapted to braille and independent living.
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Regents Debate Free Speech Policy at UCLA Meeting
At UCLA on campus today the UC regents convene to decide Berkeley free speech issues tied to civil disobedience. Demonstrations have included an all-night Dec 3 sit-in resulting in 814 arrests, with students and instructors taking part in Hyde Park rallies and a march on the administration building.
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West German government welcomes NATO reunification talks
Chancellor Erhards spokesman welcomed Atlantic alliance ministers promise to focus on West German reunification. The statement signals Western support for easing reunification issues amid Cold War tensions.
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Ludwig Erhard
Atlantic Alliance
Red China Faces Slow Economic Progress in 1964
AP reports Communist China showed some economic gains in 1964 but population and new expenses limited growth. The 1958 Great Leap Forward and natural disasters stalled the economy for years, though Beijing avoided the worst of the downturn. Its notable achievement was an atomic bomb, costly enough to restrict other essential investments.
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KU Plans Multiple New Dormitories Near Campus Center
The University envisions two to four new dorms at the northwest corner of 19th and Naismith, west of a proposed privately funded dormitory. Wescoe credits EU Endowment Association members for securing the land. Chancellor notes the community center shifts south toward Twenty Third Street as dorms rise southwest of campus. EU suggests growth to the north and east of the campus.
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Rusty Springer
Warren Rhodes
Jim Clark
Robert Oyler
M. S. Winter
Don Metzler
Keith Lawton
John Crown
Russell Mosser
Raymond Nichols
Odd Williams
Kenneth Thompson
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Virgil Holdredge
E. R. Zook
KU Housing Plan Faces City Financing Debate
City leaders and university officials discussed privately financed dormitories to relieve a looming housing shortage near KU. Officials projected 1,000 off campus rooms needed by 1968, with enrollment reaching 22,000 by 1971, and weighed tax impacts and bonds as mechanisms, while stressing cooperation between the city and university.
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