LBJ Plans Talent Hunt For New Admins In Washington
President Johnson orders a talent hunt to staff up to 30,000 pay scale posts and review world events with top aides. He has already named William Driver to head the Veterans Administration and Sheldon Cohen to run the IRS, amid broader speculation on a sweeping cabinet shakeup.
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William J. Driver
Veterans Administration
Sheldon S. Cohen
Internal Revenue
Driver
John S. Gleason Jr
Cohén
IRS
Bertrand Harding
George McGhee
U. S S
Bonn
West Germany
Rusk
Bundy
Washington
McGhee
David K. E. Bruce
London
Nigeria election delay splits the country
Nigeria faces a clash over postponing its first general election in four years of independence. Lagos hosts an emergency meeting of four regional governors to decide if voting proceeds this week. Balewa backs continuing polls while Azikiwe prefers delaying at least one month, risking a north south split.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Africa
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Balewa
Azikiwe
Nigerian National Alliance
Dying Man Seeks $600 For Final Wish In Cleveland
Luis A Guerra 29 is dying of cancer in Cleveland and needs 600 dollars to fulfill his wish to be buried beside his parents in Progresso Honduras. A malignant abdominal tumor was found at Lakeside Hospital a week before Christmas and doctors say he has about two months to live.
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Cleveland
Luis A. Guerra
Honduras
Guerra
Progres- 80
Lakeside Hospital
Hell
U.S
Nasser
Mrs Sheppard Loses Her Baby in Miscarriage
Mrs. Samuel H. Sheppard, 35, wife of the former defendant in the Ohio Cuyahoga case, says a miscarriage occurred Christmas Eve at the Rocky River home after the strain of awaiting a decision on whether her husband must return to prison. Sheppard’s wife, Ariane Tebbenjohanns by birth, said she was almost three months pregnant.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
House Rules Changes Stir Debate on Southern Democrats
Speaker McCormack weighing whether to back a Blatnik led study group agenda that seeks 21 day rules limits and curbs on Southern Democrats Williams of Mississippi and Watson of South Carolina face possible party purge while others urge softer actions or future punitive measures.
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Washington
John W. McCormack
Blatnik
Rules Committee
House
Rules
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Albert W. Watson
South Carolina
Barry Goldwater
McCormack
Williams
Watson
Massive Cleanup Underway After California Flood Disaster
A large force of workers and machines begin a national relief effort in northern California after the Christmas floods. Airlifts deliver food and repair gear as snow and icing hinder helicopter drops to marooned communities along the Klamath and Salmon rivers. Civil defense teams report desperate refugees, with 400 to 500 isolated and reports of a missing four near Scotts Bar. California Oregon and parts of Washington declared disaster areas, enabling federal aid as crews restore roads rail lines and power. Governor Brown tours the damaged area while Washington officials brief President Johnson on the response.
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West Pocket
Klamath
Salmon Rivers
California
Yreka
Calif
Oregon
Yreka Civil Defense
Bill Lowie
Oak Bottom
Tom Payne
Cassie
Pat
Don Reymins
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Edmund G. Brown
Frank Dryden
Office of Emergency Planning
Johnson
Egypt to Get $16,994,000 Wheat Under Food-for-Peace
The Agriculture Department authorized a $16.994 million surplus wheat purchase for Egypt under Food-for-Peace, to be paid in cash by the U.S. and settled by Egypt in its currency with part spent in the United Arab Republic. The deal follows Nasser’s hostile stance and a recent speech accusing U.S. pressure. The arrangement, made earlier, might have been halted, and U.S. officials note Egypt seeks a larger bid for next year amid shortages.
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Washington
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
America
United States
United Arab Republic
Nasser
U.N. Faces Clean-Up Push Over Soviet Vote
United Nations leaders plan to resolve year end business with no Soviet veto as Avex Quaison-Lackey announces a deal with key delegates. Agreement would allow four new Security Council members and the Dec 1 vote to admit Malawi Malta and Zambia while addressing a Jordan Mali council seat race. The United States opposes a competing vote.
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U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Assembly
Avex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Security Council
Malawi
Malta
Zambia
U.N
Jordan
Mali
U.N. Assembly Delays Recess Amid Congo Peacekeeping Strains
The assembly plans a recess until around Jan. 11 after finishing essential business. Article 19 could bar two-year behind members from voting. The Soviet Union lags in payments for Congo and Middle East peacekeeping operations.
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U.N
Soviet Union
Congo
Middle- East
Strong southerly winds push highs into the fifties
A cold front will bring showers after midnight tonight and tomorrow. The forecast calls for highs in the 50s with overnight lows in the 40s. Yesterday's high was not reported and the low reached 42 degrees.
Khanh Seeks End To Fight With U S
Lt General Nguyen Khanh and his staff flew to Cap St Jacques for talks seen as seeking to resolve the deadlock with the United States over aid. Washington has withheld about 600 million dollars until the High National Council is reinstated and political prisoners are released. Khanh hints he may accept losing American aid rather than yield to U S demands.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Viet Nam
Cap St. Jacques
United States
Khanh
High National Council
Council
Washington
Vietnamese leaders urge return to national council
Chief of State Phan Khac Suu and Premier Tran Van Huong issued a communique calling Khanh and his followers to restore the national council. Suu and Huong were not ousted in the purge but said it shook the government foundation. both were named by the High National Council.
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Phan Khac Suu
Tran van Huong
Khanh
National Council
Suu
Huong
High National Council
Brink's Robbery in Chicago Church Rectory
Brink's Inc. estimates a loss of 223000 after three robbers overpowered two guards and two priests at a Chicago church rectory. Police seek three men who bound priests and fled with a large haul from an armored truck. injuries were limited to the guard. The incident mirrors a prior Paterson New Jersey church holdup.
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Divine Savior Church
Brink's
Paterson
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Chicago
Brink's Inc
Brink's, Inc
N.J
Sub
Strike Announced by Locomotive Firemen Against Southern Railway
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen declared a systemwide strike against Southern Railway effective at 6 a.m. EST. AFL-CIO vice president J. W. Jennings said the walkout follows a company plan to run locomotives without firemen and noted a meeting set for Jan. 13, 1965 to negotiate.
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Washington
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Southern Railway
J. W. Jennings
Afl-Cio Union
Cleveland Teenager Found Fatally Bound in Bedroom
Police describe a brutal death of 16 year old Beverly Jarosz in Garfield Heights. The girl was bound with rope and stabbed thrice with a sharp object, clothes torn, room bloodstained, and an autopsy ordered. Investigators questioned male acquaintances as they piece together her Monday activities. The victim’s father owns Universal Lighting & Manufacturing Co.
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Cleveland
William C. Horrigan
Garfield Heights
Beverly Jarosz
Thaddeus Harosz
Barbara
Jarosz
Universal Lighting & Manufacturing Co
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