Village in Dak Pek Symbolizes Viet Cong Defeat
In Dak Pek village 310 miles north of Saigon, U.S. Army specialists help Montagnards build fortified "defense villages" along Route 14. Supplies and medical teams arrive as government influence expands, aiming to deny Viet Cong food and mobility and shift administration to Vietnamese hands.
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Horst Faas Dak Per
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Kontum
Dak Pek
U.S. Army
Peter Skamser
Disillusionment Over Mao Era Grows In 1962 China
In 1962 Hong Kong reports widespread disillusion with Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward. Data show no published budget, scarce production targets, and a shift to smaller production teams. Diets remain near subsistence, with malnutrition and localized food shortages evident despite official claims.
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Arthur J. Dommen
Hong Kong
Swatow
Mao Tze-Tung
China
Mao
North
Jehovah's Witnesses Distributors Sentenced in Soviet Union
Soviet labor paper Trud reports Jehovah's Witnesses in the USSR were jailed for distributing literature from Brooklyn. It cites secret presses, coded reports, and accusations that the activity was political, with believers in western Ukraine and Irkutsk named. Watchtower officials defend preaching as religious and nonpolitical.
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Moscow
Jehovah's Witnesses Center
Brooklyn
N.Y
Trud
Ukraine
Irkutsk
Siberia
Jehovah's Witnesses
Watchtower Bible & Tract Society
Ulysses Glass
Soviet Union
God
Jesus
Glass
Brooklyn Center
Kennedy heads to Colorado for skiing vacation
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy left Washington with his wife Ethel for a Colorado vacation. An aide said they planned to ski at Aspen and that the trip would last until about January 2.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Colorado
Justice Department
Ethel
Aspen
Colo
Economist Sees Tax Cut Rising U.S. Output by 1965
Washington based economist Dr. Gerhard Colm of the National Planning Association advocates an 8 billion dollar federal tax cut. He argues personal taxes could drop 6.5 billion and corporate taxes 1.5 billion, boosting GNP to 650 billion by 1965 but cautions unemployment may not brighten immediately. He warns delaying tax cuts could raise government spending due to rising unemployment.
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Washington
UPI
National Planning Association
Gerhard Colm
Oklahoma Men File Suit on Texas Firm
Two Oklahoma men A C Brown and Elbert Machotka of Boise City sue Panhandle Pipe and Steel Co of Texas in federal court for 425000 total. They allege injuries from falling steel while unloading a truck at a Cimarron County warehouse with Brown seeking 200000 and Machotka 225000.
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Oklahoma City
Panhandle Pipe and Steel Co
Texas
A. C. Brown
Elbert Machotka
Boise City
Okla
Cimarron County
Brown
Machotka
Mariner II Finds Venus Likely Has Longer Days
Data from Mariner II near Venus suggest the planet rotates more slowly than Earth and may have longer days and nights. Observations show Venus has little or no magnetic field, implying no radiation belts or auroras, with scientists presenting findings at a science conference.
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John Barbour
Philadelphia
Mariner II
Earth
Mariner
Venus
Jupiter
Christmas theft case nets small fine for gifts
Electrician Alexander Litster, 32, was fined 42 dollars for stealing 30.60 dollars worth of Christmas gifts he intended to give away.
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London
UPI
Alexander Litster
Series of quakes shakes Lisbon. no casualties reported
A trio of earthquakes struck Lisbon for about a minute causing panic as people ran into the streets. No deaths or injuries were reported by authorities.
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Lisbon
UPI
Liquidation sale offers 173 used TVs at Derry location
A local liquidation ad promotes 173 used televisions and 123 additional items available at a Derry store. The sale runs daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and covers weed, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday hours.
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Red
I Viet Cong
Central Committee
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Reds
U.S
Bob Kennedy
F.D.I.C
Aradise
Clearaway
Long
J. LY
Tae
Jts
PRIN
Ted
AG Rieu
Sii
CPR Amerton
Lubbock’s
Oklahoma
Space
P. J. Coleman
University of California At Los Angeles
Leverett Davis Jr
California Institute of Technology
Edward J. Smith
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
C. P. Sennett
Ames Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Tunis
Tunisia
Television
T.V
Cash
Derry Arking
Heers
A-1 Television
Avenue G
Miller-Howard Office Supply Co
Isth
Texas Ave
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