U S Orders Embargoes On Rhodesia Aid
United States imposes a comprehensive embargo on arms to Rhodesia and bars sugar imports for 1966. The move targets investment and travel while urging global action. British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart opposes force, Ghana's Alex Quaison-Sackey condemns half measures at the U N Security Council session.
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United Nations
United States
Rhodesia
Britain
U.S
Arthur J Goldberg
U.N. Security Council
Michael Stewart
Ian Smith
Goldberg
Salisbury
Ghana
Alex Quaison-Sackey
UGF Campaign Totals Hit 64.9 Percent Of Goal
United Givers Fund workers report progress toward the 1965-66 goal of 284,934. At the Thanksgiving drive midpoint, 185,038 has been raised, 64.9 percent, with Monroe leading at 68 percent of a 196,770 target.
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United
J. C. “Mose
Loftin
Thanskgiving
Holiday Inn
Monroe
West Monroe
Sterlington
Chuckle about a baby's growing craft on life’s sea
A playful quip notes that a baby girl is a frail craft on life’s sea, but as she grows older she becomes craftier. The wry line turns a tender image into a dose of humor about growing up.
Eisenhower Health Status Updated to Heart Attack
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 75, diagnosed with a genuine heart attack after earlier reports of heart insufficiency. He was hospitalized at Fort Gordon while vacationing at Augusta National Golf Club, with tests showing myocardial infarction and the general resting peacefully. Military police restricted access to his suite as newsmen witnessed a shift to a more serious assessment.
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FT. Gordon
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Army Ft. Gordon Hospital
Wallace Hitchcock
Grand Alliance
Europe
Denver
Mamie
Rhodesia Warned Treason by British Government
In London the British government told Prime Minister Ian Smith’s Rhodesian regime that defiance of authority amounted to treason with the death penalty. A bill for emergency powers sped through Parliament as Prime Minister Harold Wilson sought to curb the Rhodesian bid for independence and cut off aid, trade, and sanctions to force a return to British control.
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London
Ianoa
Atto
Elwyn Jones
House of Commons
Britain
Central
Africa
Jones
Rhodesia
Smith
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Sterling
Diane Saxon Celebrates Birthday and Voting Milestone
Twin Cities note that Mrs Diane Saxon has turned 1 and can now vote. She plans to register during lunch hour. She is wife of Joe Saxon and works as an accounting employee at the parish school board office.
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Diane Saxon
Diane
Marine boot camp recruit Steve F Wolfe is home in West Monroe
Steve F Wolfe son of Mr and Mrs Fred Wolfe 401 Bancroft Blvd West Monroe enlisted Oct 20 and is training at the Marine Depot San Diego California in the United States Marine Corps.
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U.S
Steve F. Wolfe
Fred Wolfe
Bancroft Blvd
West Monroe
Young Wolfe
San Diego Calif
Longer Life Span Theory Advances
Los Angeles AP reports Baltimore scientists Barrows and Shock found rodents and rotifers live longer when fed less. Rats fed one-third fewer calories extended lifespan by about 50 percent and prolonged reproductive and old age phases. They caution practical and ethical challenges for humans.
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Los Angeles
Baltimore
Charles H. Barrows
Nathan W. Shock
Dr. Shock
Shock
Barrows
Jet Airliner Fire Fatal To 40 On Board
A United Airlines Boeing 727 carrying 90 aboard burst into flames on landing at City Airport Salt Lake City killing 40 passengers. Survivors fled through windows as the fire spread to the flight deck. 43 hospitalized. Pilot Capt. Gail Keimeier, 48, among survivors. Officials cite nose wheel collapse on touchdown. CAB sent 12 investigators. Boeing and FAA noted no known link to other 727 crashes.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
The
City
United Air Lines
New York
Salt Lake City
Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
Denver
Colo
San Francisco
Gail C. Keimeier
Lake Michigan
Lake Forest
Cincinnatii
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
Pader Hogue
Boeing
Viet Cong Ambush Kills U.S. Aid Worker Peter Hunting
Viet Cong agents posing as friends lured Peter Hunting, 24, an IVS regional supervisor from Oklahoma City, into an ambush south of Saigon. He was shot five times in the head and body as his civilian vehicle was mowed with bullets while two Vietnamese accompanying him survived. A military convoy later found Hunting’s bullet‑riddled body.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Peter Hunting
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mekong River
International Voluntary Service
IVS
Scattered Rain Forecast For Twin Cities This Weekend
Cloudy skies bring scattered showers across the Twin Cities today and Saturday. Expect highs near 70 to 75 with overnight lows around 60 to 65, easing to 66 to 70 on Saturday. Sunshine stays under 20 percent. winds shift from southerly to northerly.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
U S Troops Repel Viet Cong Attack After 12 Hour Battle
U S Army 1st Infantry Division repelled a 12 hour Viet Cong assault 40 miles north of Saigon. About 500 attackers faced 700 American troops with tanks and air strikes assisting. Casualties were light for the United States with 100 Viet Cong killed and higher tolls expected.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
1St
173Rd Airborne Brigade
D Zone
Chu Lai
Marcos Wins Philippine Presidency In Unofficial Count
Senator Ferdinand E. Marcos, a World War II hero, surged in early unofficial tallies to clinch the presidency as counting reached day four. He held a lead of 679,975 votes over incumbent Diosdado Macapagal, who sought a second term, with a substantial 1,000 vote gain in a single route boosting his margin.
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Manila
Ferdinand FE. Marcos
The
Philippines
Nacionalista Party
Diosdado Macapagal
Widow confronts Viet Nam pickets at Fort Devens
Eva Homas kiewicz, 27, of Ayer, Mass, wrestled seven placards from demonstrators at Fort Devens after her husband Staff Sgt Edmund Romaskiewicz was killed in Germany. A soldier in civvies carrying a sign opposing the war was detained for conduct unbecoming a soldier. Mrs. Romaskiewicz watched with her three children as about 50 Veterans Day picketers gathered at the main gate.
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Fort Devens
Mass
U.S
Viet Nam
Eva Homaskiewicz
Ayer
Edmund Romaskiewicz
Germany
Fort Devens Stockade
Steven Underwood
Fremont
Ins
Deadly Cargo Lift Quick At Baton Rouge
A sunken chlorine barge was raised from the Mississippi River after two months of danger from Hurricane Betsy. A 60-foot lift by a giant derrick restored buoyancy to the four tanks carrying 602 tons of liquid chlorine, with officials declaring the greater Baton Rouge area safe and the emergency over.
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Baton Rouge
Greater
C. C. Aycock
Louisiana State University
Mississippi
Madison Parish Desegregation Plan Ordered by Judge
Judge Ben C. Dawkins Jr. ordered the Madison Parish School Board to submit a desegregation plan for parish schools by January 1966. Plans may be one or more options with preference order. responses due within 10 days, plaintiffs’ counsel 10 days later. Desegregation of staff deferred until pupil desegregation progresses. suit filed by Martin Williams for Linda Williams against board president George Kimbrough and superintendent M A Phillips.
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Ben C. Dawkins Jr
Madison Parish
Dawkins
U.S. Court For
Western District of Louisiana
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Martin Williams
Linda Williams
George Kimbrough
M. A. Phillips
Dist
Atty. Thompson L. Clarke
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