Johnson to Hold War Council in Guam Next Week
President Johnson plans a Vietnam strategy huddle in Guam next week with top US officials including Rusk McNamara Lodge and Westmoreland. Ky not expected to attend. session aims to stress steadier military pressure and accelerated development aid to win over South Vietnam.
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Washington
Johnson
Guam
Nguyen Cao
U.S
Pacific
Honolulu
Manila
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
William Westmoreland
USS
Vietnam
George Christian
White House
Westmoreland
Dwight de. Eigenhower
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U S Jets Hit Viet Tri Power Complex in Major North Vietnam Raid
U S warplanes launched their heaviest strikes in four months targeting the Viet Tri power complex 32 miles northwest of Hanoi. Throngs of bombs were dropped from Thailand based fighters, setting the complex ablaze as far as Hanoi observed by city reports.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thailand
Viet Tri
Air Force
Navy
Viet ‘Tri
Bryant Leads Raids Saigon In Major Strike
Maj. Ray J. Bryant, 33, of Louisville Illinois, leads a Thunderchief flight in a Saturday strike by U S Air Force fighter bombers on North Vietnam s largest steel plant 38 miles north of Hanoi The operation involved the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Korat Air Base Thailand and left the area in flames.
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Saigon
Ray J.eat
Louisville
Ill
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Bryant
388Th Tactical
Korni Air Base
Thailand
Khrushchev and Molotov Vote in Soviet Election
Former Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Vyacheslav Molotov surfaced from retirement to cast ballots in a legislative election. Khrushchev drew a crowd of about 1,000 near his Moscow apartment, his largest public turnout since 1964 ouster.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Birth Pill Link To Octuplets In Mexico City
Mexican doctors investigate a possible link between birth control pills and octuplets born to Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda who died with her eight infants within 13 hours. Autopsies at the 20th of November hospital aim to determine causes and whether the pills influenced the multiple birth.
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Charles Green
Mexico City
Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda
Sepulveda
Mexico
China
Kurt Amphrosius Diener
Genaro
Mexican Social Security Institute
Pablo Rodriguez Medina
United States
Fire damages MGM back lot sets in Culver City blaze
A fire on the back lot at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City damaged several street sets. Officials estimate the loss at 50 thousand to 100 thousand dollars.
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Culver City
Calif
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
West Salem school land bids itemized from two real estate men
Virgil Bailey offered District 80 $75,000 for about 17 acres adjoining the current site with a repurchase option of four and a half years to run. Earl Jamison followed with a $200,000 bid for the entire West Salem property.
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Mt. Vernon
West Salem
Virgil Bailey
District 80
Bailey
Earl Jamison
District 8&0
Meredith withdraws candidacy in Powell race
James H. Meredith abruptly quit the Harlem congressional contest against Adam Clayton Powell Jr. citing GOP broken promises on funds and campaign help. He held a post midnight announcement and an 8 am sidewalk news conference saying political expediency led to his withdrawal and that he might not support Powell.
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New York
James H. Meredith
GOP
Harlem
Adam Clayton
Powell
Meredith
New York Times
Congress
Mississippi
Rain And Hail Hit Mt Vernon Early Sunday
A brief downpour at 2 30 to 3 00 a m yielded .23 inch of precipitation measured by the local filter plant. Hail marble sized accompanied the rain causing water to pond in low spots. A second shower occurred later with hail and high winds reported to the west and south.
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Marble
Man Drowns In Skillet Fork River Near Springer ton
In Springerton Illinois a man drowned when his boat capsized on the Skillet Fork River about one mile east of Springerton. Wilson Buck 53 was recovered five hours after the accident. Henry Woodrow 29 swam to shore. Coroner Bernard York said cause of death is not yet determined.
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Springerton, Il
Skillet Fork
Springerton
White County
Bernard York
Wilson Buck
Henry Woodrow
York
Greenville OKs School Bonds Ballot approves bond for new schools
Greenville voters pass bond issue by 1696 to 727 totaling 1.4 million for construction of an elementary and a junior high in Bond County School Unit I. Funds will also renovate schools in Greenville Sorento and Pohatanza.
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Greenville
Bond County School Unit I
Sorento
Pocahontas
Mixed-Up Weather Across Regions With Hail and Tornadoes
The Associated Press reports hail the size of baseballs near Transville Indiana and golf balls in Norman Oklahoma. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes swept from Oklahoma to South Carolina, with floods in southern Indiana and salt blown into Utah cities. Heat peaked in the South, while heavy snow hit western mountains. Travel was hindered by snow and slick roads. one plane crashed near Los Angeles killing two.
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Associated Press
Utah
Transville
Ind
Norman
Okla
Washita
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Holly Hill
Timmonsville
D.C
Evansville
Ohio
Indiana
Clark
Floyd
Georgia
Savannah
Macon
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Lake Powell
Utah-Arizona
California
Los Angeles
Dodd Spent Testimonial Funds on Personal Costs
Sen Thomas J Dodd acknowledged using some funds from four testimonial dinners for home improvements liquor flowers football tickets and other personal expenses as well as campaign costs He said virtually all of the 170000 raised went to pay political debts The hearings focus on his fundraising practices and a stipulation of facts agreed by the committee but not yet testimony ready The document notes the loan and exclusive use of three Oldsmobile cars from Dunbar Associates Inc as part of the matter and stresses not to jump to conclusions before witnesses and evidence are heard
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John Hadwick Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Bipartisan
Senate Ethics Committee
Dodd
John Stennis
D-Miss
Dunbar Associates, Inc
Stennis
Sen
Thailand fights Reds in six clashes last week
Premier Thanom Kittikachorn announced that Thai security forces captured 15 Communist terrorists and killed 10 in six clashes during the past week. Government casualties were reported at five wounded.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Thanom — Kittikachorn
News Quiz Is Fun For All
The Register-News presents a News Quiz for all ages. Students gain a quick entertaining way to study current events for class while adults can gauge their knowledge of national and world affairs. The quiz appears on Page 7 with answers on Page 8 as part of sponsored educational materials for area schools.
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Register-News
VEC
Du Quoin Recall Petitions Target Mayor and Council
A citizens group in Du Quoin is circulating recall petitions against the City Council and Mayor Dr. Jack Struck over Feb 3 adoption of federally approved plumbing and electrical codes. Led by James Wilbern, the effort aims for about 1,300 signatures, or 45 percent of the last general election majority, with councils’ response window permitting five days for counter-petitions.
Illinois May draft call rises to 1194 men
Illinois draft headquarters reports a May draft call of 1194 men, an increase of 243 from January's high of 951. The statewide selection follows the May quota set by the Selective Service system.
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Springfield
Llinois
State Selective Service
Tshombe Sentenced to Death in Absentia in Congo
Former Congolese premier Moise Tshombe, living in Madrid, was sentenced to death in absentia by a special military court in Kinshasa for high treason. At 47, he had led Katanga to secession in 1960 and faced UN opposition and exile before returning as premier in 1964, then ousted in 1965. Also named were Lt. Col. Ferdinand Tshinipola and Capt. Kalonda-Mwans, sentenced to death.
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Kinshasa
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Madrid
Spain
Katanga
United Nations
Congo
U.N
Dag _Hammarskjold
Rhodesia
Ferdinand Tshinipola
Wiretap Count Cited By Attorney General Clark
Washington AP says Atty General Ramsey Clark who runs federal wiretap authorizations reports 38 taps in operation. He says taps are justified only in national security cases with direct threats, and that no other electronic surveillance is occurring.
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Washington
Ger Ramsey Clark
Heavy Chinese troops fire on peasants in Guangdong
Hong Kong based New Life Evening Post reports thousands killed or wounded as Communist troops clash with workers and farmers in Fatshan Po An Nang Hai and Shun Ta near the Guangdong border. Arrival accounts describe bodies along the Fatshan highway and note 300,000 troops in Guangdong with fears numbers may double to quell unrest.
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Hong. Kong
Wangtung Province
Hong Kong
New Life. Evening Post
Kwangtung
Fatshan
Po An
Neng Hai
Shun Ta
Nang Hai
Canton
Red China
Three-Car Crash South of Mt Vernon Injures Driver
Dense fog shrouded Highway 37 near Mt Vernon at 5:55 am as James Brown 31 of Iuka stopped to aid another motorist. His car was rear ended by Frank Cochran 53 of Ewing, who was injured, then Brown’s car was hit by George Spicer 23 of Marion. Major damage to all three vehicles.
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Mt. Vernon
James Brown
Iuka
Brown
Frank Cochrane
Ewing
George Spicer
Marion
Seven Deaths In Wreck Of Car Chased By Police
In Florence Kentucky a 7 year old boy became the seventh victim of the worst Kentucky superhighway crash. Harold Ross 45 drove the car chased by Trooper Charles Kaiser left a curve on I 75 crossing the median to hit a concrete pillar at Ky 18 overpass. Ross and his wife Geneva 35 were killed along with their children Harrett 2 Sabrina Ann 3 months and Wanda Blanton 11. Janice Blanton 5 and Damon Blanton 10 were listed in fair condition. Raiser said the chase began after a truck driver reported a weaving car on the highway.
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Florence, Ky
Kentuky
McDonald Blanton
Harold Ross
I-75
Charles Kaiser
Ross
Geneva
Harrett
Sabrina Ann
Wanda Blanton
Janice Blanton
Damon Blanton
Raiser
Mt Vernon area sees big rise in Mt. V and county valuations
Jefferson County 1966 assessed value falls to 81,961,900 from 83,071,960. Mt Vernon city up 313,055 to 36,944,545. Dix Waltonville up, Woodlawn Belle Rive Inn Nason Bluford down. Rend Lake up 400,400. Mt Vernon Airport up 305,100. rural fire district down 3,521,0% with annexations cited. County totals show gains in personal property and lots, declines in lands oil and railroads.
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Jefferson County
Grand Prairie
Casner Nanewen
Blissville
Bald Hill
Rome
Farrington
Webhei Seeee
Pendleton Ets eyreeyeRes Aes
Moores Prairie
Beets Me
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Nason Pnd
Waltonville Ee
Bluford Shareserere
Mt. Vernon
Dewey Barton
Mt. V
Dix
Waltonville
Woodlawn
Belle Rive
Inn
Nason
Bluford
McClellan, Field
Shiloh
Webber
Read Lake
Rend Lake
Jefferson Fire Protection
Distriet
Miss Stalina Granted Three Month Swiss Visa
Swiss Justice Minister Ludwig Von Moos announced Svetlana Stalin asked for privacy and received a three month tourist visa to Switzerland after her U S trip became impossible. She arrived in Geneva from Rome and was taken to a secret Alpine location, with police to ensure privacy.
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Bern
Switzerland
Ludwig von Moos
Joseph Stalin
Svetlana
von Moos
Miss Stalina
United States
Geneva
Rome
Aliluyeva
Soviet Union
India
Brijesh Singh
Moscow
New Delhi
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South Vietnam
George McArthur
Molotov
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Lyford Cay
Nassau
Jocelyn Stevens
W. Salem
Greenville Oks
NAVAL
U.S. Navy
Howard A. Yeager
8Th Naval District
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Chicago
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Mt. Y
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