Johnson to Address Congress on War Aims and Great Society
President Johnson heads to Congress with a State of the Union focusing on Viet Nam peace efforts and continuing the Great Society. A projected budget totals 110 to 115 billion dollars, with additional funds discussed to finance the war.
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Southeast Asia
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George Meany
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Major networks to carry LBJ State of the Union telecast
The AP reports all major networks will broadcast President Johnsons State of the Union address live at 9 pm EST. Telecasts will be in color by NBC News CBS ABC and ABCs network partners with N B C CBS and ABC radio coverage also provided by NBC CBS ABC and Mutual.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
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Mutual Broadcasting System
Ohio Legislators Brace for City Income Tax Case
About 270 current and former Ohio legislators were notified they owed Columbus a 1 percent city income tax on legislative salaries. So far roughly 55 have paid nearly $1,800. most are expected to settle without dispute, though suits may be filed to collect from holdouts if needed.
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D. S. Swisher
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John Price
Price
Swisher
John Young
Ohio Supreme Court
Burundian Break Cuts Short U.S. Ambassador's Mission
Burindi ousts Donald A. Dumont, ambassador extraordinary to Burundi, after a December 29 note arrives in Washington January 10. He reaches Leopoldville with two aides amid questions over why he was expelled and when the Burundian government notified the State Department. The incident highlights diplomatic mail delays and unclear transmission of notes.
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African Affairs
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Brezhnev Arrives in Ulan Bator Amid Asian Influence Push
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev lands in Ulan Bator on a three part drive to extend Moscow sway in Asia. Premier Kosygin is in New Delhi for the Indian Pakistan summit and Shastri's funeral in New Delhi. Shelepin is reported in Hanoi.
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Ulan Bator
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Alexei N. Kosyga
Tashkent
New Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Weather forecast previews mixed precipitation and cooling
The Weather Bureau projects mostly cloudy skies tonight with rain by morning and a low in the mid-30s. Thursday brings partly cloudy conditions with possible rain changing to snow flurries, then colder. Weekend expected colder with some rain likely Saturday. Yesterday reached 29, overnight low 20. normal highs 40, lows 25.
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U.S
China May Tell Russians Hide Viet Moves
Soviet envoy Alexander Shelepin arrived in Hanoi amid questions of whether Moscow seeks a peace approach with North Vietnam The Chinese press is believed to monitor his moves closely and may leak any peace efforts They cited that the Soviet aim is to create conditions favorable to communism while China remains wary of any settlement without Viet Cong participation Western diplomats read Shelepin’s remarks as hinting at broader bargaining implications for Washington.
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Washington
Shastri Cremated as Leaders Plan
More than a million mourners watched Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri cremated on the Jumna River banks. His successor Gulzarilal Nanda, grief-stricken, led the state funeral as foreign dignitaries including Kosygin and Humphrey attended. Rumors swirled about a new parliamentary leader amid a looming general election.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
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Kamaraswami Kamaraj
Congress Party
No, the World Isn't Worsening Just Reports Improve
An editorial-style line notes readers struggle to judge if events worsen or if reporting has intensified, suggesting perception shifts drive concern more than actual change. The comment frames media effort as a factor in public anxiety.
Dominican rebel generals exiled as strike ends in collapse
Six rebel officers left the Dominican Republic under President Hector Garcia Godoy's order to post abroad, while key rebels Caamano and Montes stayed. Communist labor leaders called off a two day strike after failing to sustain protests, with only minor disruptions in the capital.
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Hector Garcia-Godoy
Francis Caamano Deno
Manuel Ramon Montes Arache
Francisco River Caminero
Garcia- Godoy
Beadle Bumble Fund Urges Stop to Further Donations
James Kilpatrick founder of the Beadle Bumble Fund pleads for donors to cease sending money after the fund’s anti censorship effort. The fund offered free copies of To Kill a Mockingbird to Hanover High students and cited small gifts from across the U.S. since 1959. Kilpatrick recalls prior aid and notes the fund’s annual milestones and legal help efforts.
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Beadle Bumble Fund
Modest Trust
James Jackson Kilpatrick
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Charles Dickens
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Bumble
Hanover High School
U.S. forces press Crimp drive on Iron Triangle edge
U S troops killed 23 Viet Cong and uncovered a tunnel network over a mile square as Operation Crimp advances. Americans and Vietnamese report weekly casualties, with 43 U S deaths and 202 wounded, plus Viet Cong losses and captures, amid large air bombardment and helicopter movements near Da Nang and the Cambodian border.
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31 Missing After Ship Goes Under
Thirty one crewmen are missing and at least eleven feared dead after the Spanish freighter Monte Palomares sank in a North Atlantic storm while en route from Norfolk to Barcelona. Four crewmen rescued by Steel Maker, others drowned, two survivors found on a raft, and 18 others reported alive. The ship sank about 840 miles northeast of Bermuda with grain cargo shifted in 30 foot seas.
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