Peace Talks Push Intensifies as Envoys Meet World Leaders
U S envoy Arthur Goldberg met with Britain's Harold Wilson in London to press for a negotiated Vietnam settlement. Harriman briefed Tito in Yugoslavia and left for New Delhi, while de Gaulle urged renunciation of armed intervention. Williams and Mann were dispatched on missions, with Humphrey reiterating readiness to talk peace but not ceding South Vietnam. Wilson called for conference table talks.
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U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Viet Nam
Harold Wilson
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Soviet Union
Pope Paul VI
Yugoslavia
W. Avere Harriman
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Harriman
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Pres
Tito
New Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Goldberg
Texas
White House
G. Mennen Williams
Africa
Ackley Frowns At Bethlehem Steel Hike
President Johnson's adviser Gardner Ackley said Bethlehem Steel's price increase is unjustified and inflationary after a Saturday meeting with Bethlehem officials. He urged withdrawal and warned profits rise amid defense needs harm full employment with Viet Nam casualties.
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Bethlem Steel Corp
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
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Bethlehem
Edmund F Martin
Bethleheman
Viet Nam
Bethlehem Company
Baby New Year arrives late for 1966 at Middletown Hospital
Kevin Scott Mathis entered the world at 12 34 PM weighing 5 6, born to Barry M Mathis Sr and his wife of Middletown, with two older brothers, as Armco Steel worker father and hospital staff noted the final 1965 birth occurred earlier at 7 35 PM by Mrs William Baker.
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Kevin Scott Mathis
Kevin
Barry M. Mathis Sr
Lorain Drive
Barry Jr
Douglas
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Mathis
William Baker
Hawthorne St
New Year Weekend Traffic Toll Reaches Record Pace
The New Year weekend traffic deaths rose through the weekend, with counts of 351 by 4 p.m. and 387 by 10 p.m. as rain fell in many areas. The National Safety Council had projected 360 to 440 deaths for the 78-hour period, while AP surveys show 420 deaths in a recent non-holiday weekend and 474 a year earlier.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Johnson sees fraternity as next civil rights frontier
President Johnson views achieving true brotherhood with the white majority as the next and hardest civil rights task. He notes 1965 yielded substantial gains including the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act, but says fraternity will require more than law enforcement and address urban poverty education and housing gaps.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
White House
Middletown On The Move Outlook For 66 Ambitious Projects
The Journal previews Middletown’s 1966 initiatives including new streets sewer plants and a fire station. City commissioners call the program Middletown on the move with 66 major stories across the paper.
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Middletown
Journal
Outlook
Plane search yields nothing near Medina
The Ohio Highway Patrol and Medina County Sheriff's Department searched for four hours after a Friday night report of a light plane down near Spencer, 14 miles west of Medina. No wreckage found and authorities planned to verify the report before deciding on resuming the search.
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Medina, Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Medina County Sheriff's Department
Spencer
Medina
Warm today with passing showers and cooler night
Weather report notes warm temperatures through today with cloudy skies and a chance of rain. Tonight will see a drop to around 35 with cooler conditions. Monday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures.
Phoenix Zoo Evacuation Rumor Spoofs Wildlife Rescue
Civil Air Patrol radio operator jokes about a man evacuating animals by house boat at the Phoenix Zoo as Salt River floods prompt aerial damage checks. The spoof suggests animals being moved two by two, reflecting the surreal relief effort and public chatter during the flood.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River
Civil Air Patrol
Phoenix Zoo
Chuckle Optimist Defines A Millionaire Mindset
A lighthearted critic of dreamers who imagine living like a millionaire on a million dollars. The saying frames optimism as a belief in rapid wealth to achieve lavish living.
Allies Tangle With VC North Of Saigon
In early 1966 battles north of Saigon see Allied forces attack Viet Cong positions while the Communist offensive in the delta continues. U.S. and Vietnamese planes report no new missions for the moment. Hanoi accuses U.S. intrusions. Ground actions near Tuy Hoa yield 65 Viet Cong killed and 4 captives. Para troops press 35 miles northwest of Saigon, reporting 125 guerrillas killed and 63 captured.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Red
HA Bac
Tuy Hoa
Expanded War as U S Goal Warned by Pravda
Pravda charged the United States plans to widen the Viet Nam war to Laos and Cambodia while asking how Washington can claim to seek peace. The Pravda piece follows Johnson's move to move the war discussion from battlefront to diplomacy and offers no sign of Soviet aid. Gomulka urged common sense to end aggression and avoid a slide into wider conflict.
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United States
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Soviet Communist Party
Washington
Johnson
Soviet Union
Wladislaw Gomulka
U.S.A
Fight On Hanoi Urges Viet Cong to Persist in Viet Nam War
President Ho Chi Minh in a New Year message urged the Viet Cong to press on against the United States. Hanoi broadcasts did not mention any papal appeal for peace. Official editorials call for prolonged resistance, saying the struggle could last many decades.
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Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh
United States
Hanoi
Paul VI
Viet Nam
Lindsay and New York face Monday transit snarl
New York City opened 1966 with Mayor John V. Lindsay vowing action against a near citywide subway and bus strike. An AFL CIO union strike injunction faced Monday court deadlines as 15 million commuters prepared for disruptions. Traffic plans included urging car pooling and reduced driving.
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John V. Lindsay
Supreme Court
Owen McGivern
Aflcio Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
Quill
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
Lindsay
Henry Barnes
Johnson seeks gradual Viet Nam peace talks with no quick solution
President Johnson signals a conciliatory stance for 1966, favoring step by step progress toward a Viet Nam settlement. Sources say he believes both domestic and international problems improve with slow, incremental negotiations and acknowledges his own role in messaging. They did not address war escalation if talks fail.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Peking
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