U.S. backs Latin American self-help push under new Alliance plan
Thomas C. Mann, named to lead Latin America affairs, will push tax and land reform and stable politics to attract private capital. Johnson aides say no major policy shift on alliance or Cuba, as economic and social reforms remain goals under the Alliance for Progress. Mann, ex-Mexico ambassador, starts Friday with expanded authority across agencies.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Alliance For Progress
Johnson
Thomas C. Mann
Mann
Mexico
State Department
U.S
Cuba
LBJ Praises Dropout Pilot Program Expansion
President Johnson lauded a 63-community pilot to reduce high school dropouts. He cited Keppel's 1963 report showing half of potential dropouts returning and nine in ten staying in school. He urged nationwide expansion in 1964 and praised Kennedy's initial $250,000 funding.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
U.S
Francis Keppel
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson Opposes Neutralization of Viet Nam
In a New Year message from Saigon President Johnson pledged U S support for South Viet Nam against Viet Cong. He rejected neutralization as a Communist takeover and said U S personnel and materiel would be provided as needed to help victory. Johnson praised Minh and noted planned vigorous operations against the Communists.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Johnson
United States
U.S
Viet Nam
France
Charles de Gaulle
Duong van Minh
North Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Military Council
Leaders Toast Waltz In Peaceful 1964 New Year
News from 1964 New Year events describes fireworks over the Berlin wall and Khrushchev toasting in Moscow. President Johnson attended multiple celebrations in Texas and Washington, dancing at a Headline Club party and receiving messages from Japan about world peace. Khrushchev toasted 1964 urging progress in US Soviet ties.
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Berlin Wall
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Johnson
Japan
Hayato Ikeda
Boston
John F. Kennedy
Austin
Tex
Johnson City
Moscow
Southeast Asia Hot Spot in Johnson's 1964 challenges
AP reports President Johnson faces volatile Southeast Asia in 1964 with Communist pressure rising across Vietnam Laos Cambodia and Indonesia. Vietnam's delta guerrilla war strains Gen. Minh's regime while Sihanouk weighs neutrality and alliances. Laos remains divided, Thailand leans on US defense, Burma isolates, and Malaysia resists subversion amid Sukarno’s confrontational policy.
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Washington
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Laos
Geneva
Viet Nam
China
Thailand
U.S
Burma
Indonesia
Malaysia
Sukarno
Manila
Philippines
Tunku Abdul Rahman
North Borneo
Federation
United Nations
Twin City Chit Chat New Year Births in Area
New Year dawned with two births in Twin Cities area hospitals. At Conway Memorial Hospital a seven pound fourteen ounce girl arrived at 3:04 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Bethea of Bas trop Route One Box 296. A second baby, a seven pound girl, was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Fortibo at St Francis Hospital in West Monroe at 4:40 a.m. By 8:30 a.m. Glenwood Hospital had not reported any new arrivals.
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Twin Cities
Conway Memorial Hospital
P. W. Betheas
Bastrop
St. Francis Hospital
William Forbito
Lisa Lane
West Monroe
Former Illini Star Parilli Shot To Death In Bowling Alley
Tony Parrilli, 24, former University of Illinois star and NFL linebacker for three clubs, was shot to death during a scuffle in a washroom at Mike Ditka’s Chicago Bears bowling alley in Willowbrook DuPage County. Bears fullback Joe Marcus injured. police call the shooting accidental and state prosecutor opens investigation.
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Chicago
UPI
Tony Parrilli
University of Illinois
Mike Ditka
Chicago Bears
DuPage County Sheriff's Police
Parrilli
Robert Winters
Willowbrook
Joe Marcos
Bears
Hinsdale Sanitarium
Tts
Atty
William Bauer
DuPage County
Ditka
Winters
Stan Lachta
Ouachita Parish Roads In Best Shape Ever Despite Dry 1963
Ouachita Parish officials say 1964 starts with 788 miles of roads in the best shape ever. In 1963 forty four and a half miles of new asphalt and 4.4 miles of gravel roads were built while sixteen bridges were improved and 37 spans added. The year remained very dry with a drought in the past year marking the second driest in a decade. Road plans await the January 1 runoff election to select nine police jurors, with six incumbents and four newcomers currently elected.
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Ouachita Parish
L. A
L. A. Fourmy, Ward 10
Ouachita
William J. Dunn
Parish
Quachita Parish
Five Die as Fireworks Blast Hits Charleston Grocery
In North Charleston near the naval base a fireworks laden truck exploded beside a Clover Farm grocery at 9 45 p m leveling the store and wreckage lit by flames. Five people died and 14 more were injured with crews still searching for another body. Herbert Livingston, owner of the store, was among those treated for burns and injuries.
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Charleston
S.C
UPI
Herbert Livingston
Clover Farm Grocery
North Charleston
Charleston Navy Base
Slightly Warmer Forecast For The New Year
The forecast predicts gradually warmer temperatures with a sunny start and continued clear skies. Highs today will be 45 to 50 degrees, rising to 50 to 55 Thursday, with partly cloudy skies and nightly lows of 28 to 32 degrees.
Strike Averted In New York City Transit System
New York AP reports that Nezelia tors reached a contract agreement averting a TWU strike against subway and bus services. Mayor Wagner stated terms are reasonable and the 15 cent fare is preserved. The walkout had been planned for 5 am and was twice extended.
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New York
Nezeliators
Subway
Robert F. Wagner
Transport Workers Union
Snowstorm Blankets New Orleans In Century Record
A surprise snowstorm dumped nearly four inches on New Orleans and up to seven inches north of the city. The unusual weather disrupted Sugar Bowl preparations and prompted police to manage more traffic incidents as temperatures hovered in the 30s. The city braced for a colder night with a low near 28 degrees.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi
New Orleans
UPS
Cabbie Demands Cold Cash for Detroit Fare
Detroit cab driver Curtis Dew refused offers of payment in shirts, pigs, and other barter from farmer James Baker who hired a ride from Detroit to Romulus for 7.40 dollars. Baker pleaded guilty to defrauding the cabbie and was placed on three months probation and ordered to pay the fare and court costs.
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James Baker
Detroit
Romulus
Baker
Dew
Recorder's
Arthur J. Koscinski
Baer
Distilled spirits categories defined by industry group
United Press International notes distilled spirits include whiskey gin rum brandy neutral spirits cordials or liqueurs and other spirituous beverages such as tequila and vodka. These are made by distillation and usually contain at least 20 percent alcohol by volume per Licensed Beverage Industries Inc.
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United Press International
Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc
Fracas in Streets Courts To Get Traffic Squabble
In Los Angeles a police officer Jerome J. Faust 40 and Shirley Lowery 35 clash after a traffic stop for a red light. Faust sues for 12509 claiming a broken left ring finger cost eight weeks duty. Lowery countersues 25000 alleging Faust pushed her and cuffed her without cause.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Jerome J. Faust
Shirley Lowers
Faust
Lowery
Monastery Near Nicosia Under Attack
Monks killed and wounded at the Orthodox Monastery of the Virgin Mary of Galacto forousa between Nicosia and Limassol. Three dead two injured and 10 monks present as Turkish Cypriots attack. British troops readied amid island tensions.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Galactoforousa
Limassol
Nicosia General Hospital
Soviet Union
Britain
Turkey
United Nations
Pavel Yermoshin
Makarios
U.N. Security Council
New York
Rockefeller May Plea For Tolerance On Remarriage
Washington reports Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller plans a nationwide radio and TV speech to seek tolerance and understanding toward his divorce and remarriage. The Post cites sources saying he hopes to persuade the public to judge him as a neighbor, not a man defined by his divorce.
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Washington
UPI
Washington Post
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Maxine Cheshire
The
Post
Hole
the Post
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Associated Press
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Cambodia
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Glenwood Hospital
Tony Parilli
Orleans
Alabama
Curtis Dew
Troubled Island
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