Rusk says Viet Nam peace effort yields no positive response
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told reporters the Communist side showed no positive or encouraging response to Johnson's peace push after the Tet holiday. He warned the North Vietnamese may intensify activity and refused to commit on resuming bombing, noting ongoing pause near 29 days.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
Rusk
Johnson
United States
Asia
W. Averell Harriman
Motorist Hurt Near Hospital in Newark Incident
A 37 year old Newark driver, Robert P. Olson, suffered a cut lip and broken denture plate when his northbound 1959 Chevrolet struck a cement guard in front of Morris Hospital on Wauponsee Street at 1 30 a m He was taken to the emergency room and released Police report states Olson had been drinking.
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Newark
Wauponsee St
Morris Hospital
Robert P. Olson
Rte. 1
High St
Glenn Johnson
Olson
Disaster conference draws about 75 attendees at Morris High
About 75 people attended the disaster conference at Morris Community High School sponsored by the Illinois Civil Defense Agency and the University of Illinois. Attendees came from Oswego and Plano. The program featured a film Face of a Disaster from the Alaska quake and talks on defense and shielding.
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Morris Community High School
Illinois Civil Defense Agency
University of Illinois
Oswego
Plano
L. Mac Reagan
Grundy County
Civil Defense
John P. Liggett
U. of I
J. Russell Morris
U. of S
Ernest Melkush
Chicago Illinois Civil Defense Agency
Col
Robert Ritz
Chicago
Plan Survey in Dwight Sunday
Dwight plans a Sunday survey in the Dwight area starting at 1 30 p m on February 6 with 73 two person teams 32 rural and 41 village teams to study religious participation preference and population A training session for canvassers led by Rev Paul Hartman of the Lutheran church is set for January 23 at 1 30 p m in St Patrick's Hall
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Dwight
Central Committee For the
Dwight Churches
St. Patrick’s Hall
Paul Hartman
The
Lutheran Church
India reports 12 million in dire distress amid food crisis
New Delhi AP states India's food crisis has left over 12 million people in dire distress and facing threat of starvation as government reports.
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New Delhi
India
Viet Cong Attacks Break Lunar New Year Truce
In Da Nang area and Tuy Hoa district central coast, Viet Cong assaults on U.S. Marines and Korean troops during the Tet cease-fire result in 2 American and 46 Communists killed, with 49 reported violations by the Communists by nightfall. Civilian and allied forces suffer minor casualties amid tense confusion as firecrackers echo and soldiers misfire near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
U.S
New Zealand
Liberation Front
Tuy Hoa
101St Airborne Brigade
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Fatherland Front
Tan Duc Thang
Italian Premier Aldo Moro Resigns After Rebel Map Within Party
Premier Aldo Moro resigns after an undercover rebellion within his Christian Democratic party and a humiliating defeat in the Chamber of Deputies over a state nursery school bill. The crisis follows months of coalition strains and leadership splits led by Fanfani.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Christian Democrat
Moro
Chamber of Deputies
Atlantic Alliance
Amintore Fanfani
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Fanafni
Fanfani
Christian Democratic Party
Winter Snow And Cold Hit Wide Areas
A broad winter storm and Arctic air swept across the north central region and central plains with subzero temperatures in North Dakota and Montana. Snow covered much of the area with 3 to 6 inch totals in Oklahoma and Kansas, while moisture is described as a million-dollar snow for drought-stressed regions.
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North Central
Rockies
Plains
North Dakota
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Kansas
Mercury
Dickinson
N.D
Dakotas
Devils Lake
Lemmon
S.D
New Mexico
Texas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Goodland
Former Chrysler Chief Keller Dies in London Hotel
K. T. Keller, former president and chairman of Chrysler Corp., died in a London hotel of a coronary thrombosis at age 80. He led Chrysler from 1935 to 1950 as president and then as chairman until 1956, later serving as a defense advisor. Born Kaufman Thomas Keller in Mt. Joy Pennsylvania, he began as a drill press operator before joining General Motors in 1911.
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London
K. T. Keller
Chrysler Motor Corp
Keller
Detroit
Institute of Arts Museum
Chrysler Corporation
U.S. Defense Department
Kaufman Thoma Keller
Mt. Joy
General Motors
Buick
Walter P. Chrysler
Girl Scouts Plan Annual Cookie Sale
The eighth annual Trailways Girl Scout Cookie Sale runs Feb 18 27 to fund Camp Pakonoka maintenance near Marseilles. A luncheon at D'Amico's Joliet will distribute selling aids. District cookie chairmen include Mrs Robyn James Mrs Eugene Wilson and Mrs J Willard Crazy.
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Trailways
Pakonoka
Marseilles
Barry Biscuit Co
D’amico
Joliet
Robyn James
Kankakee
Eugene Wilson
J. Willard Crazy
Revoke Licenses Of Two Drivers In Grundy County
The secretary of state report shows two driving while intoxicated licenses revoked in Grundy County. Frank Minarich of 1033 Division St and James G. Super of Rte. 1 Coal City had licenses revoked. Three others received suspensions: Melvin A Korele Rte. 1 Coal City Thomas F E Shields 1117 Spruce St Morris and Carl R Wilson Braceville.
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Grundy County
Paul Powell
Springfield
Frank Minarich
Division St
James G. Super
Rte. 1
Coal City
Melvin A. Korele
Thomas FE. Shields
Spruce St
Morris
Carl R. Wilson
Braceville
Light Snow Flurries Hide Icy Roads Hazardous Travel
Occasional light snow flurries today concealed ice on sidewalks and roads making travel hazardous. Temperatures stay in the 20s with little ice melt through the weekend. Snow flurries expected tonight and Saturday, Sunday mostly cloudy with minor temp change. Collins Weather Station recorded 28 high and 24 low. at 9 am the mercury rose one degree.
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Collins
Mercury
Dresden Unit 3 Planned at Dresden Nuclear Plant
Commonwealth Edison plans a third nuclear unit at Dresden near Morris, with General Electric to build an 800000 kilowatt boiling water reactor. The $79 million unit would start at 715000 kW, completing in 1970 to boost Dresden to about 1800000 kW and make it a leading power install. Ward cites economies of twin unit construction and ongoing coal projects as context for future decisions.
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Commonwealth Edison Company
Dresden
Morris
J. Harris Ward
General Electric Company
Commonwealth Edison
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric
Dresden 2
Ward
Edison
Dresden 3
Kincaid Mine-Mouth
Joliet Station
Kincaid
Joliet
Illinois Waterway
Chicago
Des Plaines
Kankakee
Illinois River
AEC
Jan Ll
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