Dirksen Backs LBJ On Viet Nam Policy
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen said negotiating a settlement in South Viet Nam would be dangerous to U S security and opposed calls for ceasefire. He backed Johnson's course, endorsing air strikes against North Viet Nam and urging firm action to deter Communist infiltration. Other senators urged continued commitment and rejected withdrawal, stressing the need to honor alliances and Geneva accords.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
South Viet Nam
Senate
Frank Church
Didano
George S McGovern
Ds.d
President Johnson
National Industrial Conference Board
Viet Nam
Johnson
Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
GOP
Sen
Russell B Long
Louisiana
Rem
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Cuba
Sens. A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokio
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
Stephen M Young
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
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West
World
North View
Fiese
U S Sets North Viet Nam Strikes Without Awaiting Attacks
Washington reports that President Johnson authorized strikes on North Viet Nam targets without waiting for South Viet Nam retaliation. Officials in Washington and allies hope negotiations may follow to end the Communist drive and preserve South Viet Nam’s independence. French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville planned talks with Johnson, Rusk, and McNamara on possible peace settlement terms.
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Washington
United States
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Maurice Couve de Murville
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
UN Feud Over Voting Rights Sparks U.N. Showdown
UN delegates scramble to block Albania's push for an end to the voting moratorium in the General Assembly. Halim Bude seeks to force an agenda and steering committee vote as Albania faces pushback from the Soviet bloc and nonpaying nations over peacekeeping dues.
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U.N
Albania
General Assembly
Assembly
Halim Bude
Bude
Qualsom-Lackey
Moscow
Peking
Soviet Union
Congo
Middle East
Security Council
Todays Chuckle on Mood Pills and Self-Perception
A light column muses on mood altering pills that perk or calm, and questions how one can gauge feelings if doses are missed. The note playfully unsettles routine self awareness and daydreams about the confusion of mood signals.
DiSalle Attacks Rhodes Over State Plans
Former Ohio governor Michael DiSalle blasted the Republican successor in a Rocky River speech. He accused Rhodes of mortgaging the state's future and failing in education, welfare, mental health, and highway construction as debt and spending rose and local burdens increased.
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Cleveland
James A. Rhodes
Michael DiSalle
Rhodes
DiSalle
Rocky River
Ohio
Trenton Couple Delays Wedding After Auto Crash
Patsy Ann Fugate and William Halsey postpone their Feb 6 wedding after a foggy Rt 127 collision near New Miami. Fugate suffers jaw fractures and dental loss. Halsey sustained scalp lacerations and rib cartilage damage. Their 300 guests await doctors’ word on a new date.
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Patsy Ann Fugate
Page Ave
William Halsey
N. Verity Parkway
Halsey
Hamilton
Rt. 127
New Miami
Patsy Fugate
Mercy Hospital
Elk Creek Baptist Church
Middletown
Aviatrix Dies in California Crash While Returning from World Flight
Los Angeles AP reports two women aboard a small plane died in a crash in the San Gabriel Mountains. Joan Merriam Smith, 28, reportedly the first woman to fly the equatorial route around the world, is identified by her husband as among the deceased. the other woman is believed to be Trixie Ann Schubert, 42, writing Smith’s life story.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel Mountains
Joan Merriam Smith
Trixie Ann Schubert
Joan
Long Beach
Cmdr
Marvin
Jack) Smith Jr
Pope at peace conference urges nations to shun war
Pope Paul VI told a global peace gathering in New York that all nations must foster friendship and avoid armed conflict during the present grave international crisis. The conference, linked to Peace on Earth, gathered scholars and leaders to seek practical steps to preserve peace amid nuclear tension.
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New York
Paul VI
John XXIII
Pleasant Weather Through Friday With Mild Temperatures
Pleasant weather will remain here through Friday with temperatures in the 50s in the afternoon and a night low in the 30s. Yesterday's high reached 50 degrees and today's low fell to 29.
Ranger 8 Achieves Lunar Course Correction
Ranger 8 executed a 59 second burn from 99,000 miles out to adjust its path toward Mare Tranquillitatis. Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports preliminary indications show the camera ship will land near the target with over 4,000 surface photos to be captured in a 13 minute 40 second final pass.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ranger
Moon
Ranger 8
Ranger 7 successor Atlas mission aims for sharper lunar photos
The Atlas-Agena propelled the insect-shaped craft into space from Cape Kennedy at 12 05 p m Wednesday. The Sea of Tranquillity near the moon terminator is the prime target for higher contrast images due to longer shadows.
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Ranger 7
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Broader Civil Disobedience Planned in Selma
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says broader civil disobedience will be undertaken in Selma and Dallas County if Negro rights demands are not met by city and county leaders. He spoke after a strategy conference and a mass meeting at a Negro church.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Dallas County
Iwo Jima Remembered 20 Years After Marine Assault
AP photographer Joe Rosenthal recalls the peril of invasion as 5 000 Marines died on Iwo Jima. He notes the Mt Suribachi flag photo that became a World War II icon and Pulitzer Prize winner. Rosenthal, 53, reflects on the battle’s ferocity and its lasting memorials.
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Joe Rosenthal
Iwo Jima
Japan
Rosenthal
Mt. Suribachi
Iwo
Arlington
Potomac River
Washington, D.C
U.S
Associated Press
San Francisco Chronicle
Tokyo
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