Rivers and Russell push full air power in Vietnam
Senate and House Armed Services leaders urge use of superior air power against North Vietnam to force negotiations. Rivers dismisses world opinion while Russell argues larger bombs are needed and civilian casualties are inevitable. State Department grants 57 U.S. permits to go to North Vietnam amid visa complexities.
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Washington
L. Mendel Rivers
House Armed Service Committee
United States
Hanoi
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Armed Services Committee
Rivers
South Carolina
Charleston
S.C
North Vietnam
Russell
Atlanta
U.S
U.S. Vietnam
Wayne Morse
Dore
State Department
Army Captain Heroic Reflex Under Viet Cong Grenade
Captain Charles J. Banks of Holland Michigan describes covering a Viet Cong grenade with his body to save five men at Can Tho. He earned a Bronze Star and is recommended for the Medal of Honor. Banks, 36, flies a single engine spotter plane and commands the 2nd Platoon of the 13th Aviation Battalion. He has faced repeated dangers, including gunfire that damaged his aircraft and visor.
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U.S
Can Tho
Saigon
Loud rock music linked to teen hearing risk says acoustics expert
Phoenix speaker Robert A. Larabell warns that amplified rock bands in nightclubs produce 90 to 95 decibels at 20 feet. He cites Air Force exposure charts showing noise above certain levels can harm hearing after short periods.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert A. Larabell
Larabell
Air Force
Moon Garden Forecast for Moon Expeditions 10 to 15 Years
Harvard astronomer Dr. Donald Menzel predicts manned Moon expeditions within 10 to 15 years. Explorers could drink lunar water from rocks and grow gardens, but daytime work requires heating and nighttime insulation. He notes possible lunar water of crystallization and Army experiments with lunar food sources including sand fleas.
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Washington
Harvard
Donald Menzel
Harvard Observatory
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Army Quartermaster Corps
Moon
Bus Garage Burglary Reported In Will County
Gardner Francis Lund, operator of a Wilmington school bus service, reported to Will County sheriff's office that his bus garage was burglarized Tuesday night. About $2,000 worth of parts and items were stolen. Lund previously worked as a mechanic for Tri-Oil Co. in Gardner before moving with his family to Wilmington where they operate 12 buses.
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Gardner
Francis Lund
Wimington
Will County
Senate to Probe Pilot Shortages Across Armed Forces
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee plans a detailed investigation next year into pilot shortages amid ongoing losses in North and South Vietnam. McNamara approves boosts to training to add about 8,000 pilots next year, mainly for Army helicopters, with expanded training bases for Air Force and Army. Navy duty tours may lengthen or call up reserves in 1968.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Armed Services
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
North Vietnam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Navy
Air Force
Army
Pentagon
McNamara
Subcommittee
Southeast Asia
Filing deadline set for Grundy County township election
Township and county officials face a January 16 filing deadline for candidacy petitions. If caucuses occur, they must be held February 7 with public notices at least 10 days prior. Township elections are slated for April 4, 1967, from 6 am to 6 pm, with several current Grundy County Board of Supervisors terms expiring.
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Grundy County
Felix
Weather forecast and temperatures across districts
The Weather Bureau says tonight will be fair and colder with a low of 5 to 10 above. Friday will be fair and chilly with a high in the upper 20s. Partly cloudy conditions persist Friday night and Saturday. Collins Weather Station logged 35 and 14 for high and low Wednesday. At 9 am today the station read 16 and by 11 am the Morris business district reached 17. Precipitation totaled .36 inch.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris Business
Japanese View Red China Blast
Japanese experts assess China’s fifth nuclear test as a major step toward a hydrogen weapon. Debate centers on yield with estimates around 300 kilotons versus expectations for a true H-bomb near 1,000 kilotons. Weather concerns include possible radioactive fallout over Japan during New Year holidays.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Sankei
Japanese Defense Agency
U.S
Asahi
United States
Nevada
Insufficient Snow Delays County Plow Use
Heavy snowfall failed to reach required depth for county two plows. Grundy County highway office reports four plow trucks clearing roads with no impassable routes. most work finished by Wednesday afternoon.
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Office of
Grundy County
Letter by Mrs Kennedy on Kennedy Khrushchev Bond
New York AP Mrs John F Kennedy wrote to Premier Khrushchev stating Kennedys and Khrushchev were allied in preventing nuclear war and that Johnson would continue the policy of restraint Look magazine will serialize William Manchester death of a president Manchester says Connally was hit by the same bullet as Kennedy and agrees with the Warren commission on the shots A Kennedy family source says Mrs Kennedy thanked Johnson for his considerate handling after the assassination.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Kennedy
Johnson
Look Magazine
William Manchester
Associated Press
Manchester
Warren Commission
John Connally
Texas
Dallas
Connally
Charles Bartlett
Robert
Bailey
Bigger Bite for Social Security Increases Next Year
The federal government will raise Social Security taxes from 4.2 to 4.4 percent starting Jan 1 to fund higher benefits for the elderly, especially medical care. The 1967 maximum earnings subject to tax is $6,600, with a top payment of $290.50, $33 of which funds Medicare.
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Washington
Johnson
Title I Project For Gardner OK'd
Gardner Community Consolidated School District 720 receives 3226 of 179079 total Title I funds to support remedial reading arithmetic ESL library counseling health services and shop skills for boys. State Superintendent Ray Page notes 650 Title I programs totaling 38541959 approved for 1966 67.
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Gardner
Gardner Community Consolidated School Dist
Ray Page
Golden in Critical Condition After Gall Bladder Surgery
Harry L. Golden author and editor remains in critical condition at Charlotte Memorial Hospital after surgery to remove an infected gall bladder. A midmorning report said his condition is substantially unchanged. A mechanical respirator was discontinued and a tracheotomy performed earlier after breathing difficulties.
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Charlotte, N.C
Harry L. Golden
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Golden
Three Navy Nuclear Ships Move Into Tonkin Gulf
Saigon AP reports Task Force One comprising Enterprise Long Beach and Bainbridge at Yankee Station off North Vietnam. The fleet's 85,000 ton Enterprise arrived for a second Viet Nam duty after Long Beach, Bainbridge latest to join, as ground fighting slows and a New Year truce nears.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Bainbridge
Enterprise
Long Beach
Yankee Station
North Vietnamese
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Navy
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Mekong
Nam Dinh
Haiphong
Vietnamese Labor Confederation
New Port
Binh Thuan
Phan Thiet
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