Northwest Cold Wave Paralyzes Montana and Plains
An unprecedented prewinter cold and strong winds grip the Northwest with temperatures plunging to 40 below in parts of Montana and far into the northern Plains. The US Weather Bureau warns the cold will last at least five days as blizzard conditions spread from the Dakotas to Pacific Northwest areas.
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US Weather Bureau
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Plains
Dakotas
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Tennessee
Mississippi
Minneapolis
Nat King Cole Receives Co6bat Treatments For Lung Tumor
Nat King Cole, 45, is receiving cobalt treatments for a tumor in one lung. Doctors at St John’s Hospital Santa Monica say prognosis is optimistic though the tumor’s malignancy is not disclosed. Cole’s engagements will be canceled for several months to allow full recovery.
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Nat King Cole
Cole
St. John's Hospital
Santa Monica
Robert Kositchek
Elmer Rigby
Los Angeles
New Music Center
Frank Sinatra
Nat Cole
Cold snap looms with near zero temps expected tonight
Weather hints at a sharp cold front after a mild spell. Temperatures to fall to near zero with brisk winds worsening the chill. Highest yesterday reached 49 while today’s low edged to 43.
Blizzard Triggers Disaster Designation in Six Montana Counties
Severe blizzard conditions hit the eastern third of the state prompting Governor Tim Babcock to designate Powder River Carter Fallon Prairie Rosebud and Custer counties as disaster areas.
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Powder River
Carter, Fallon, Prairie, Rosebud
Custer Counties
Record cold sweeps five Montana towns and surrounding areas
December temperatures plunged across Billings Dillon Great Falls Livingston and Missoula with Summit at Glacier National Park registering minus 54. Other readings included Great Falls minus 34 Cut Bank minus 25 Lewistown minus 26 and Marysville minus 4. A minus 59 air force weather station reading occurred and a gas line exploded near Cody Wyoming killing one man and injuring another. Numerous homes lost heat for up to five hours as utilities slowed.
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Dillon
Great Falls
Livingston
Missoula
Summit
Glacier National Park
Cut Bank
Lewistown
Marysville
Helena
Air Force
Cody
Wyo
Record Cold Hits Northwest as Storm Paralyzes Region
An unprecedented 6.2 million kilowatts of power failed across the Pacific Northwest amid a severe cold wave. Snow plows aided isolated ranchers while an 83 year old man died attempting to walk through deep snow. Spokane recorded -19, the coldest December reading. Winds up to 92 mph drove a shrimp boat aground and loosened a sawdust barge. Three deaths tied to the siege, including a Bellvue boy killed by a sled accident. Oregon towns saw -16 east of the Cascades. Cold warnings spread to eastern New Mexico, North Dakota dispatches urgent precautionary measures. City and airline services faced delays as flights and buses were canceled. Fort Myers reached 79 as a front crossed Oklahoma dropping 59 to 24 in 42 hours.
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Spokane
Washington
Seattle
Bellvue
North Dakota
William Guy
Deep South
Florida
Fort Myers
Fla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Mills Ready To Compromise On Health Plan
Rep Wilbur Mills protests Johnson health care plan but signals support for a Social Security administered program funded separately. He sketches an aged care plan distinct from the administration scheme yet compatible enough to suggest a possible compromise.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
President Johnson
Mill
Health care for the aged could be settled by 1965
Arkansas Democrat Mills, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, says the decade-long fight over aged health care may be resolved by mid-1965. He suggests a payroll tax to finance part of the cost and notes it would be easier and cheaper than creating a separate agency.
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Johnson plan for aged care aims at hospital and home services
He said the committee could work out a proposal but offered no cost or benefit details. The plan, backed by Johnson, parallels Kennedy proposals and would provide hospital, passing home and some outpatient services for the aged not including regular doctor care.
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John F. Kennedy
Social Security Tax Increase Planned to Fund Benefits
The proposal would raise the payroll tax shared by employers and employees to finance old age and disability payments as Social Security retirees would receive higher benefits funded by the levy.
Industry Partners Widen War on Poverty Effort
Washington AP Sargent Shriver head of the Johnson administration war on poverty welcomed private industry participation and invited more. He spoke after the White House released the second major batch of antipovery projects.
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Washington
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
White House
Job Corps Centers Announced Across Three States
The $82.6 million package includes a New Jersey Job Corps center at Camp Kilmer to be run by an International Telephone & Telegraph Co. subsidiary for about $540,000. Shriver urged private industry participation as two other centers open in Tongue Point Ore and Camp Gary Tex by nonprofits, with 18 rural centers across 15 states.
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International Telephone & Telegraph Co
Shriver
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Tongue Point Naval Station
Ore
Camp Gary
Tex
White House
Vista Peace Corps to aid poor Americans with 99 volunteers
Officials outlined an antipoverty plan with about 150 rural centers training 100 to 200 youths and 10 urban centers serving 1,000 plus youths by next June. They also announced the domestic version of the Peace Corps, Vista, with 99 volunteers across 28 programs in migrant camps, low spirits areas and city slums.
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Peace Corps
Vista
Grants total over 51 million for community action programs
The announcement lists more than 51 million dollars in grants for community action projects adult education and work training programs and full and part time job training for students who have dropped out or are at risk of leaving school.
CIA Chief Expected to Resign Soon in Johnson Era Shuffle
Washington AP reports strong indications that CIA Director John A. McCone will resign shortly. Speculation grows on Johnson's new administration and potential successor Cyrus R. Vance as deputy secretary of defense is discussed as a possible replacement.
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John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
McCone
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Cyrus R. Vance
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CLA
Johnson makes first Cabinet reshuffle naming Connor
President Johnson announces the resignation of Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges and names John T. Connor, 50, of New Jersey as his successor. The move follows reports that Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon plans to resign within months, though Dillon may stay on briefly at Johnson’s request.
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Johnson
Luther H. Hodges
John T. Connor
New Jersey
NATO ministers split on nuclear share but keep talks open
NATO ministers failed to resolve the division between the United States and France on sharing nuclear responsibility. They agreed to continue studying the issue and to maintain close contact while pursuing broader aims of easing East-West tensions and supporting German reunification.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
NATO
Ministers debate mixed Polaris fleet amid nuclear fears
Ministers avoided concrete commitments on a mixed Polaris armed surface fleet. The communique stressed avoiding dissemination of nuclear weapons, with Americans viewing the fleet as a path to that goal while the French see the idea as counterproductive.
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NATO
Rusk Returns After Talks With de Gaulle on Nuclear Stakes
As the winter ministerial session ends Secretary of State Dean Rusk prepares to fly to Washington to brief President Johnson. Sources say he is satisfied with two long private talks with Charles de Gaulle and hopes US France discussions will continue with broad agreement on preventing the spread of nuclear weapons worldwide.
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Dean Rusk
Washington
President Johnson
Rusk
Charles de Gaulle
Todays Chuckle Notching calories proves tough for some
Some people have no talent for counting calories and they have the figures to prove it. The quip hints at humorous weighty miscounts and playful self deprecation.
Goldwater Aides Discuss GOP Plans In Phoenix
National COP Chairman Dean Burch and 1964 running mate William Miller flew into Phoenix to join Sen. Barry Goldwater at a hilltop home for a late night talk about internal party friction and campaign strategy.
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Ariz
Barry Goldwater
National Cop
Dean Burch
New York
William E. Miller
Goldwater
Burch Faces Internal Friction Over Chairman Role
At the Goldwater home in Phoenix a gate guard blocked newsmen as Burch and party leaders discuss internal friction and Burch’s future as Republican National Committee chairman. He expects to stay in the role after the Chicago meeting January 22-23, but offers no vote count.
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Phoenix
Burch
Tucson
Ariz
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Goldwater Letter Seeks Views on Campaign Mistakes
The disclosure notes a private confidential letter from Barry Goldwater asking National Committee members for off the record advice on how to retain hard core GOP voters and attract more supporters after the last presidential campaign.
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Goldwater
National Committee
Goldwater Targets GOP Core in Chicago Paper
The Arizona senator is drafting a paper analyzing campaign missteps and proposing corrections. Goldwater plans to present findings at the National Committee meeting in Chicago and aims to retain the hard core while attracting back lapsed or opposing voters.
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Goldwater
National Committee
Chicago
Defector Has Key To Identities
AP report from Tokyo says former Major General Cheng Yi-ming, once chief of intelligence in Portuguese Macao, defected from the Nationalist side. Taipei officials deny knowledge, warning any defection could trigger a major overhaul of espionage in south China near Canton, Macao, and Hong Kong.
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South China
Peking
Cheng Yi-ming
Macao
Chiang Kai-shek
Defense Ministry
Kwangtung Province
Canton
Canton River
Hong Kong
Veteran Chinese official defects to Communist China
The Red Chinese broadcast that Cheng served in the Chiang Kai-shek faction for 31 years and decided to forsake the U S Chiang clique. The veteran intelligence officer, who once held key posts in Shanghai and Canton, travelled from Macao to Canton last Sunday and surrendered to Communist authorities in Peking.
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Cheng
Special Service Organization
Chiang Kai-shek Gang
China
Shanghai
Canton
Macao
Peking
Noted spy vows to reform after admission of past deeds
The broadcast quoted Cheng declaring gratitude that past actions are not held against him and promising to study hard reform himself and contribute to his motherland and people. It said he carried intelligence materials including two poison needles for assassination.
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Cheng
Peking
Buddhists Continue Hunger Strike in Saigon Protests
About five hundred Buddhist monks and nuns ended a 24 hour hunger strike in Saigon today. Buddhist leaders vow to press on against Premier Tran Van Huong’s government with plans for larger hunger actions and street demonstrations expected by reliable sources.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tran van Huong
U S Ambassador Taylor to Meet Huong on Crisis Situa tion
U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor will meet with Huong to discuss the situation. The Buddhist drive to topple Huong's regime prompted the resignations of Education and Cultural Minister Phan Tan Chuc and Tran Thue Linh, deputy chief of the Information Ministry. Huong asked remaining ministers to stay until calm.
Buddhists oppose Huong cabinet ministers in Vietnam
Buddhist leaders attack ministers of information social welfare and justice as holdovers from the Neo Dinh Diem era. They accuse Huong of resisting their attempts to regain political power and influence within the government.
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Neo Dinh Diem
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