Snow and wind flood California in winter disaster surge
Heavy mountain snows and coastal winds lash northern California as week of torrential rains cripples relief work. Death toll rises in Oregon and California with helicopter crashes and widespread outages. Red Cross lists 16,300 affected families across four states. Aid convoys mobilize as food shortages strain marooned communities along the Klamath and Salmon rivers.
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Johnson boosts foreign policy to top priority
President Johnson elevates foreign policy on his agenda, planning to review U.S. relations worldwide, loans aid and cultural exchanges, with a broad schedule of ambassadors and visits. He remains optimistic about global trends despite Vietnam and Congo issues and aims for two state visits monthly next year.
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Johnson to stress full potential in State of the Union
President Johnson will deliver the State of the Union to a joint session at 9 p m on January 4 stressing achievement of the full potential of the nation s resources. The message echoes passages from his 1958 Texas Quarterly article outlining liberty, national purpose, and ending waste in government.
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Tragic Gonzales Bonfire Death Of Sheriff’s Son John Waguespack
A six year old, John Gerald Waguespack, died after a Gonzales Christmas Eve bonfire toppled its center pole striking him. He was the son of Sheriff and Mrs. Hickley M. Waguespack and died in a Baton Rouge hospital. A second holiday death followed in Greenwood as 2 year old Michael Wren Bostwick choked on a Brazil nut and died en route to medical aid.
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CORE TO Contest Presses Mississippi Seat Challenge
The Congress of Racial Equality labels the contested election of five Mississippi representatives as the top item for the 89th Congress. CORE leader James Farmer urges 200 chapters to push a roll call vote to block swearing in any Mississippi House members until the challenge is settled. Rep. William F. Ryan plans to introduce the resolution on January 4.
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Mississippi Democrats hinge on access to House floor
Lawrence Guyot, chairman of the party's executive committee, says the Democratic party has no commitment from him. He notes three of the party's claimants to Mississippi House seats will try to gain access to the House floor on January 4.
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Clock runs backward after electrical storm in Avon Park
In Avon Park Florida a Li l General Store clock on Main Street began running backward following an electrical storm. Cashier Mrs Sara Houpe observed the reversal noting it started a few days earlier.
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