Johnson sets defense budget at about 51 billion dollars
President Johnson and top defense officials briefed on a proposed 51 billion dollar defense budget for the coming year. The Joint Chiefs of Staff did not speak publicly at the session, with further testimony planned before congressional committees.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
McNamara
White House
Congress
Congressional
Defense Department
Areaprepares for New Year with safety drive
Northeast Louisiana gears for 1964 with offices closing for the holiday and a safety emphasis from state police urging lights on while driving. City halls in Monroe and West Monroe close after today, taxes due today, hunting seasons open, and holiday traffic expected to rise with parties and bowl games.
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Louisiana
Monroe
West Monroe
Courthouse and Utilities Commission
Twin City
Brother of Local Resident Dies at Sugar Bowl Event
Lawrence P. Simon 52 a well known New Iberia lawyer died of a heart attack Monday night after being stricken at the Sugar Bowl basketball tournament. He was brother to Seymour of Monroe and to Associate Justice James D. Simon of the state supreme court. He was visiting his son and enjoying Sugar Bowl festivities. His son Lawrence P. Simon Jr. is a student at Notre Dame Seminary.
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New Orleans
Lawrence P. Simon
New Iberia
Seymour
Monroe
Simon
James D. Simon
State Supreme Court
Lawrence P. Simon Jr
Notre Dame Seminary
Great Alligator Scare Prompts Quick Action
An AP report from Kansas City details a Missouri Pacific train journey from St. Louis to Kansas City where a telegram asked staff to meet a train due to two baby alligators loose in a passenger car. Police confirmed they were indeed alligators about a foot long and the source notes no explanation for their presence.
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Kansas City, Mo
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City Union Station
Passman Seeks Deep Cuts in Foreign Aid Next Year
Representative Otto E. Passman signals plans to cut the foreign aid program to about two billion dollars for the 1965 session, aiming for two billion by 1965 after a three billion approval this year. President Johnson orders a White House review of objectives and organization with a report due by January 15.
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Washington
API
Johnson
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Congress
Passman
Senate
Kennedy
House
Foreign Aid Appropriations Subcommittee
U.S
White House
New Year Wishes Headline From Chit Chat Page
A. TI. Parker Jr. of 2002 Sherwood Monroe sends greetings to readers as New Year wishes are extended across the column. The note appears on the CHIT-CHAT page 5-A.
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A. TI. Parker Jr
Sherwood, Monroe
Snowfall Covers New Orleans Ahead of Sugar Bowl
New Orleans saw heavy snowfall marking the city s second snowfall of the month. Snow blanketed lawns rooftops and football fields while police warned of hazardous driving on overpasses and ordered the Lake Pontchartrain causeway shut. Temperatures dipped to 32 degrees with a high forecast near 50. Local residents built snowmen and joined children in snowball fights as officials anticipated clearing skies for Wednesdays Sugar Bowl between Alabama and Mississippi.
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New Orleans
UPI
Sugar Bowl
Alabama
University of Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Lake Pontchartrain
East West tensions ease in 1964 Putin Johnson era
Editor notes expect Cold War tensions to ease between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1964 while warning of a possible sharpened clash with China. Johnson administration officials anticipate progress in disarmament talks and potential high level meetings with Khrushchev and de Gaulle. Domestic issues loom including civil rights, tax cuts, aid programs, and Latin America’s Alliance for Progress.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Soviet Union
West
China
Johnson
Khrushchev
U.S
Alec Douglas - Home
Britain
Paris
Alliance For Progress In
Latin America
Congress
White House
Washington- Moscow
World Starts New Year With Hopes For Peace
The new year opens with leaders hoping for peace as crowds gather in Times Square and around the globe. Projections include New York celebrations with a lighted ball drop and charity events while world figures send New Year greetings urging disarmament and closer East-West ties.
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New Yor
Times Square
Allied Chemical
Times
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Japan
Pri
Hayato Ikeda
Khrushchev
Ikeda
Far East
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Fihard
Enar Gerhardsen
Norway
Massachusetts Liar Captures Burlington Prize
Richard Burlin of Chatham Massachusetts won the Burlington Liar’s Club World’s Champion Liar for 1963 with a tale that fishing was so bad this summer even the biggest liars caught none. Honorable mention went to Rondla Johnson of Seattle for a cold winter steam bath tale.
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Burlington
Wis
UPI
Richard Burlin
Chatham
Mass
Liar’s Club
Burlin
Rondla Johnson
Seattle
Wash
George Lowrey
McIndoe Falls
Vermont
Connecticut
New Hampshire
John Zepczyk
Phillips
New Year Weather Forecast Promises Warm Start
The last day of the year will stay chilly with a high near 50 to 55 degrees and light variable winds. The New Year’s Day forecast calls for partly cloudy to fair conditions with warmer temperatures expected after the holiday, as Monroe records a high around 50s and a low near 21 the previous night.
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Monroe
Rice-Davies invites Macmillan Pro forma to New Year party
Mandy Rice-Davies, a central figure in the Profumo scandal, said she invited former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and former War Minister John Profumo to her New Year's Eve party. It's time to let bygones be bygones.
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London
UPI
Mandy Rice-Davies
Profumo
Harold Macmillan
John Profumo
Major Issues Still Facing Congressmen
Washington AP reports Congress ends its longest peacetime session with vows of tough cuts and civil rights and tax reform battles ahead. Senate adjourns after approving the 3 billion foreign aid measure granting the president authority to back credit guarantees for Soviet bloc commodity sales.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Soviet Bloc
House
Oswald Wrote Wife Instructions Day Before Walker Shot
The Houston Chronicle reports Lee Harvey Oswald drafted Russian instructions to his wife the day before the Ed Walker shooting in Dallas. Authorities, part of the Kennedy assassination inquiry, consider Oswald the suspected sniper. The article notes Walker’s military and political background and Oswald’s instructions include jail location and a post office box number.
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Tex
Houston Chronicle
Lee Harvey Oswald
Edwin Walker
Dallas
Chronicle
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Kennedy
Jack Ruby
Walker
Germany
Texas
U.S.S.R
Robbery Victim Sharp Reply To Gunman
London AP Ann Evelyn Wright a 23 year old nurse from South Africa fought off three intruders in her apartment They grabbed for her engagement ring and she bit one man on the wrist causing him to yelp He slapped her and she tossed an electric iron The thieves took 14 dollars and left the ring with her fiancé bank official Ewan Ross McDonald She said All things considered I reckon I won.
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London
Ann Evelyn Wright
Ann
South Africa
Ewan Ross McDonald
Diplomat Ivan Georgiev Executed by Sofia Court
The Sofia Communist court sentenced former Bulgarian diplomat Ivan Assen Georgiev to death for treason and spying for the United States. The Supreme Court ordered execution by firing squad after a confession and prosecutor calls for the death penalty. Western observers anticipated the ruling.
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Vienna
UPI
Sofia
Ivan-Assen Georgiev
United States
BTA
Supreme Court
Georgiev
Ivan Vachkov
Radio
Vachkov
Protective coatings enhance durability of transport gear
Industrial transport equipment coated with urethane paint and rigid urethane foam resists two years of chemical attack weather and abrasion according to Science Digest, as reported by United Press International.
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Science Digest
Dick Gregory Leads Sit-In Forces Dobbs House Closures
Anti segregation demonstrators led by Dick Gregory staged a daylong sit-in in Atlanta closing at least five Dobbs House restaurants.
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Atlanta
YPI
Dick Gregory
Dobbs House
Leaders of 10000-member CWA Local Withdraw from AFL CIO
The 10,000 member local of the AFL CIO Communications Workers of America voted Monday night to withdraw from the union and was suspended by the union today on a charge of dual unionism.
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New York
AFL Cio Communications Workers of America
Bank Robbery at Brookland Branch Sees $66,587 Stolen
Two masked men with shotguns robbed the Brookland branch of the National Bank of Washington shortly after opening. Police say the suspects wore rubber masks and gloves and fled with 66,587 dollars.
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Washington
Brookland
National Bank of Washington
F100 squadrons move to England AFB Alexandria
The Air Force announced two F100 fighter squadrons will depart Japan and relocate to England Air Force Base in Alexandria Louisiana. The transfer, plus a new Air Division Headquarters staff, will add about 700 military personnel and a dozen civilians to the base.
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Washington
Japan
England Air Force Base
Alexandria
Air Force
Air Division
England Afb
Brandt To Push Direct Talks With East German Communists
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt announced he will continue to campaign for direct talks with East German Communists. The UPI report notes Brandt’s stance amid Cold War tensions in Berlin.
Rockefellers Expecting Birth in June
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and his wife said they are expecting a child in June. The announcement comes from New York with no further details provided.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Freighter Fire After Mississippi River Collision
A 495 foot freighter Brinton Lykes anchored 100 miles below New Orleans to fight a blaze in hold No 1 after colliding with the ore carrier Bauta 627 feet long near the river mouth. Winds worsened the fire but no injuries were reported. Bauta continued to Jamaica while Coast Guard battled the flames.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Brinton Lakes
Coast Guard
Gulfport
Miss
Far East
Bauta
Kaiser Aluminum
Baton Rouge
Jamaica
Brinton Lykes
Lykes Brothers Steamship Co
Subway motorman slain after passenger harassment
Frank Milano 38 of the Bronx died after a knife attack at the 23rd Street station in Manhattan. A Negro assailant, said to be 20 to 30, fled through a train window as about 300 passengers watched. Milano stopped the train to confront the intruder after obscenities and kicking the cab door.
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New York
23Rd Street
Manhattan
Frank Milano
Bronx
Lawrence McKearney
Milano
Stilwell Wounded in Mekong Delta helicopter attack
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and two American pilots were slightly wounded when communist ground fire hit their helicopter over the Mekong River delta near Saigon. Stilwell, 51, was struck in the neck by flying plastic debris after the helicopter bubble was shattered.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mekong River Delta
U.S
Stilwell
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