Eagle Scout Jim Cox Selected as Report to the Nation Rep
Ralls Texas 17 year old Eagle Scout Jim Cox named one of 13 Report to the Nation representatives by the Boy Scouts of America. Cox, in the upper 10 percent of his class at Ralls High, will travel to Washington and New York February 7 13 to report on Scouting's 1967 achievements. He is active in Explorer Post 335 and many civic groups.
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Idaho
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Linda
Trade Compromise Tax Rise Sought in New Session
Former adviser Walter Heller urged the Johnson administration to accept a smaller tax increase, around seven to nine percent, in exchange for quick congressional action. He warned that funds for urban slums and highway, agriculture, and defense programs could face cuts, and noted Mills and Mansfield clash over spending and surtax plans.
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Washington
Walter Heller
Johnson
Congress
Heller
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mills
Mansfield
Greas
Governor's Wife Hosts March Tea For Birth Defects Leaders
In Austin AP report Gov Connally and Luci Johnson attend a tea at the governor's mansion on January 18 to honor Texas leaders of the Mother's March on Birth Defects. Guests include Mrs Gordon Cooper and other state figures.
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Austin
John Connally
Governor's
Texas
Empty Chadbourn town clears railroad cars with ammo
Chadbourn evacuated after 12 wrecked freight cars loaded with ammunition and bombs blocked tracks en route to Sunny Point Ordnance Depot. Mayor Dutton ordered residents out as a precaution while railroad crews work through the zigzag derailed cars. A military expert said no explosion risk.
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N. C
W. J. Dutton
Wilmington
J. A. Rucker
Rocky Mount
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Army
Sunny Point
Southport
Vietnam
Tulia Patrolman Hired Joins Tulia Police Department
Ray Jones joined the Tulia Police Department as a patrolman and began duties last week. He is currently attending the Business College of Plainview for continuing studies.
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Ray Jones
Pa Dy
Jones
Business College of the
Iso
French Photographers Held Near Cambodia Border
Two French freelance photographers Claude D Arpin and Jean Yves Gautron were stopped near the Cambodia border and kept in an American stockade overnight. Their press accreditation was suspended and they were flown to Saigon after officials noted lack of proper papers.
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Cambodia
U.S
Claude D. Arpin
Jean-Yves Gautron
Paris
Arpin
Gautron
U.S. 25Th Division
Dau Tieng
Saizon
Movement
Occident
European Royalty Attends Manila Anniversary Party
In Manila a lavish party marked Eugenio Lopez’s 40th wedding anniversary drawing 1500 guests. European royals led by Former King Simeon and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria joined Princes Alfonso and Gonzalo de Borbon and German Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Oerhoringen along with Vice President Fernando Lopez. Ruby lights, a Bay view yard setting, and a show by Jack Brooks accompanied an aria sequence by Metropolitan Opera soprano Lucine Amara.
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Simeon
Margarita
Bulgaria
Spain
Alfonso
Gonzalo de Borbon
Kraft Zu
Lopez Mansion
Manila Bay
Jack Brooks
Metropolitan Opera
Lucine Amara
FLN to Hold 1969 Congress in Algiers
The National Liberation Front announced a 1969 congress in Algiers. Ahmed Kaldi was named secretary general at a FLN officials meeting in the capital.
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Algiers
Algeria
UPD
National Liberation Front
FLN
Kald Ahmed
FILN
Hereford pilot lands role in Battle of Britain film
Gerald Martin of Hereford, owner of a flying and agriculture service, joins United Artists as one of five pilots for The Battle of Britain. The Texan will fly a Messerschmitt 109 G twin with Rolls Royce engines, filming in Spain near Seville for 30 days. Martin, a Confederate Air Force colonel since age 14, has flown since boyhood and heads the Hereford Flying Service with a family of four.
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Hereford
Spain
Martin
Lubbock
Confederate Air Force
Britain
Avatenche Journel
United Artists Corp
Royal Air Force
U.S
Seville
Sal
Great Britain
English Channel
Rolls Royce Motors
CAF
Col
Saigon Electrical and Dock Workers Strike Threatens Capital
Saigon workers stayed off the job as a nationwide strike risk rose. Government forces began arresting leaders and mobilizing 3500 electrical workers for possible military court martial while power output lagged at about 60 percent and port activity faced disruption beyond U S military cargo handling.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Saigon Power Co
Nguyen van Lac
U. S
VU. S
Newport
Sweden denies plans to turn away American deserters
A Swedish Foreign Office spokesman rejected claims of a border clampdown on American deserters seeking asylum over Vietnam policy. Reports linked Sweden with Denmark and West Germany tightening controls, but officials said asylum decisions remain with the Aliens Commission and no policy to deny refugees exists.
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Stockholm
UPI
Foreign Office
FLN
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Heidelberg
U.S
Vietnam
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West Germany
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Russia
Allens, Commission
E- US
Henteibes
Tien
Trants
Britain's Fortress Britain plan under Cabinet vote today
The swing wing jets face final cabinet approval as Britain seeks deep spending cuts to shore up the pound. Healey may preserve most of the 11s but must offer savings elsewhere. cuts could divert up to a billion pounds to exports by 1971. Allies warn, Johnson protests, and the retreat targets bases in Malaysia Singapore Bahrain and Sharjah ahead of 1971.
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Healey
Britain
U.S
Middle East
Asia
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Singapore
Southeast Asia
Bahrain
Sharjeah
Persian Gulf
Rhine Army
Europe
Cyprus
Mediterranean
West Germany
Burglary Charge Faces Cornell Milan After theft
In Indianapolis an apparent burglar alarm led Cornell Milan to the scene where George L. Lloyd stood guard at a burgled restaurant. Milan is scheduled to face a burglary charge in court Monday.
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Cornell Milan
George L. Lloyd
Milan
Ousted U.S. Attache Sees Festive Airport Sendoff in Poland
Lt Col Edward N. Metzger 42 of Quincy Massachusetts left Poland under expulsion orders after being accused of photographing a military facility. Western diplomats and family members gathered at Warsaw Circle Airport for a champagne sendoff as Polish authorities protested his actions and the incident sparked diplomatic tension with the United States.
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Poland
Edward N. Metzger
U.S
Metzger
Quincy
Mass
Circle
Boston
Stice
Amsterdam
John A. Gronouski
Gronouski
United States
Washington
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