Gold speculators push price to two year high in 1960s
International demand drives gold above $35 an ounce in London and New York as France plans to convert 150 million of holdings to gold. The United States and Britain seek to quell the rally while Johnson moves to unlock $5 billion in frozen gold backing for reserves.
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Richard L. Braves
New York
U.S
France
Great Britain
United States
Treasury
Britain
London
U. S
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Federal Reserve
Warship Ambushes Indonesian Raiders North of Kuala Lumpur
A Malaysian warship sank an Indonesian tugboat and captured sixteen raiders about 50 miles north of Kuala Lumpur while Kota Tinggi and Port Dickson were reported sites for later landings. Up to ninety may have drowned. Maj. Abu Talib Nin Osman led the captured group. Prime Minister Abdul Rahman toured the landing scene and warned of dumdum ammunition.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Sri Perak
Port Dickson
The
Straits Times
Kota Tinggi
Defense Ministry
Maj
Abu Talib Nin Osman
Abdul Rahman
McDonald Proposes TV Debate in Steelworkers Race
Pittsburgh AP David J. McDonald president of the United Steelworkers Union proposes a televised debate with opponent J. W. Abel in the union newspaper and on Meet the Press. McDonald says Abel should join Feb. 7 program and notes he will appear regardless. The union election is set for Feb. 9 amid steel contract talks.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
McDonald
J. W. Abel
USW
Abel
Meet the Press
Congress Action May Be Sought In Dock Strike
AP reports Asst. Secretary of Labor James R. Reynolds hopes to avert a strike by longshoremen as Atlantic and Gulf ports face a potential walkout at 12:01 a.m. Monday. President Johnson is kept informed. union leaders and shipowners eye congressional intervention to force arbitration. The stakes include national economic impact and a dispute over automation and wage gains.
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Congress
C. J. Schoener
NEW York
Asst. Secretary of Labor
James R. Reynolds
Reynolds
Washington
Johnson
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Gleason
New York Pier
New York Shipping Association
Longshoremen Strike Threat After New York Rejection
President Thomas W. Gleason announced that New York members rejected a settlement pact and would strike. He warned that a strike would halt work for 60,000 to 70,000 longshoremen on Atlantic and Gulf coast piers, signaling unified action if all locals pull out.
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Thomas W. Gleason
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen's Association
Maine
Texas
New York
Atlantic
Gulf
AMA Plans Private Health Insurance for Seniors in Challenge
The American Medical Association unveiled a plan to cover Americans over 65 through private insurance carriers under Kerr Mills style federal state cooperation. It would use private insurers, aim to provide broader benefits than Johnson administration Medicare, and require congressional action to modify current law.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Association
AMA
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Ward
Federal Bureauracy
Immigration sweeping changes urged by President Johnson
President Johnson will ask Congress for a new immigration law that removes race and nationality as admission factors. The plan favors skilled or otherwise valuable entrants and aims to ease family unification, mirroring Kennedy’s 1963 proposal and ending the 1924 national origins quotas based on 1920 population.
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Dent Johnson
Congress
United States
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Methodist Bishop Ensley to be released from hospital
Methodist Bishop Francis Gerald Ensley recovering from injuries after a December 5 auto accident will be released from Riverside Hospital on Sunday or Monday, hospital officials said Saturday.
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Columbus, Ohio
Francis Gerald Ensley
Riverside Hospital
Inside a Tennis Family Spotlight
A Middletown family led by 13-year-old star player Connie Capozzi balances fame and daily life as a tennis family. The article notes the excitement and chaos of a house busy with practice, travel, and support.
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Middletown
Connie Capozzi
Teen Angered Fans Mob Actress Annette Funicello at Wedding
Hundreds of fans mobbed Annette Funicello and her groom Jack Gilardi as they left St. Cyril's Church in Encino after a Solemn Nuptial Mass. Disney guards tried to restrain the crowd while a family friend distributed confetti and rice.
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Hollywood
Annette Funicello
Jack Gilardi
St. Cyril's
Gilardi
Michael Lalor
Encino
Walt Disney Studios
Annette
Funicello
My New Year’s resolution to avoid repeating gossip
A humorous quip about resolving not to repeat gossip. The speaker jokes that the resolution requires listening carefully the first time to avoid repeating it.
Khanh Maintains Grip After Viet Nam Power Shift
Lt General Nguyen Khanh, leader of South Viet Nam, wins a diplomatic victory as a joint communique appears to transfer power to civilians, while U S officials seek guarantees the army will refrain from future coups. The move averts immediate aid cuts but preserves military influence amid ongoing political turmoil.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
United States
Khanh
Phan Khac Suu
Tran van Huong
High National Council
Viet Nam
Girl Outstanding Catholic Youth Named in St Louis
Beverly Ann Daniel, 18, of St. Louis, was selected as outstanding Catholic youth of the year by the National Catholic Council of Youth. The Fontbonne College freshman was recognized for service to home, school, community and youth organizations in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Beverly Ann Daniel
National Catholic Council of Youth
Miss Daniel
Fontbeane College
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