British Planes Defend Zambia
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced an agreement with President Kenneth Kaunda to supply British planes for Zambia’s defense. RAF fighters could move in immediately, with terms settled for stationing planes and the RAF regiment, signaling imminent entry as Britain tightens sanctions on Rhodesia.
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London
Harold Wilson
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Royal Air Force
Wilson
House of Commons
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
U S Jobless Rate at Eight Year Low
The Labor Department reports November unemployment at 4.2 percent, a record monthly employment of 72.8 million while the raw rate without seasonal adjustment would be 3.9 percent. Unemployed total about 2.97 million, up from October, reflecting typical November rise. Weather and world military notes appear in brief.
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Washington
Nafiott
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Harold Goldstein
Air Stations Map Lays Out Rhodesian Crisis Strike Plan
A map shows Zambian sites for British air power to deter white Rhodesians amid the separatist crisis. Ndola and Livingstone host radar stations and RAF fighters, with Lusaka also slated for radar coverage. A separate AP report identifies Paul H. Schulte, 40, of Mount Hamill, the driver killed in a fiery Highway 16 crash near Burlington.
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Ndola
Lusaka
Royal Air Force
Livingstone
Burlington
Highway 16
Here
Paul H. Schulte
Mount Hamill
Schulte
Mount, Hamill
Lee
Harold Delahoyde
Gemini Capsule Crew Gears for Saturday Blastoff
Cape Kennedy set for the Gemini 7 launch with Frank Borman and James Lovell plus Gemini 4 crew review. Dr Berry reports crews relaxed and healthy as sleep studies begin, including electrodes to monitor Borman’s sleep and dreaming during the first four days.
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Cape
Kennedy. Fla
America
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Charles A.berry
Gemini Hight
Cape Kennedy
Air Force
Col
Borman
Navy
Lovell
Berry
Refugees await second plane load from Cuba to U S
A second planeload of Cuban refugees, funded by the United States, awaited departure as some first arrivals began new lives in the north. In Elizabeth NJ a family of six donated coats and prepared to join relatives after landing in the midwest.
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Miami
Flala
Cuba
Elizabeth NJ
Reds Down 3 U.S. Jet Warplanes
Communist gunners downed three U.S. aircraft in Viet Nam raids, including one from the Enterprise. An Enterprise plane crashed at sea on landing. four airmen rescued. Two pilots missing. Ground fighting near Go Cong City left 14 Viet Cong dead with four prisoners taken and weapons seized.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Enterprise
North
Go “Cong City
Nouth
Peace bid and inflation fears anchor Johnson address
President Johnson addressed top business leaders in Washington, predicting a 1966 record economy with no inflation if wages and prices are restrained and industry, labor, and government cooperate. He urged unconditional talks on peace in Vietnam and highlighted signs of stabilizing prices while stressing a growing but balanced economy.
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Conc
Johnson
Government guidelines loom to curb inflation
Washington officials say broader federal intervention may come if price wage or interest rate trends warrant. A meeting at the LBJ Ranch with President Johnson and top aides may outline goals and guidelines aimed at persuading rather than mandating, amid rising inflation pressures from Vietnam spending. Johnson has shown willingness to lean against price and wage excesses, as seen in the aluminum case, prompting mixed industry reactions. Treasury Secretary Fowler vowed the administration will blow the whistle impartially on labor and business.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Korea
LBJ
Texas
Johnson
White House
South
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Gardner Ackley
Charles L. Schultze
William McChesney
Federal Reserve Board
Fowler
Jon
Schwengel Announces 1966 Bid for Iowa First District
Fred Schwengel of Davenport launched his campaign in Muscatine for his former seat in Iowa first district. A 10 year House veteran, he will seek the Republican primary in September and plans stops in all 12 counties to push bridge and levee issues and attack his successor's record.
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Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Muscatine
U. S
Iowa
House of Representatives
Schwengel
Muscatine High Bridge
Congress
Washington
Muscatine Bridge
Bureau of Roads
Department of Commerce
Hickenlooper and
Miller
Schmidhauser
Schwenger
U. S. Capito Historical Society
Johnson
Hughes
Pope's Fate Is in Hands Of Jurors
In Lincoln Nebraska a 22 year old Roxbury Kansas youth Duane E Pope faced a U S District Court jury weighing sanity at the time of a June bank robbery in Big Springs Nebraska in which four staff members were shot three fatally The jury of ten men and two women must decide if Pope was sane and capable of distinguishing right from wrong If sane and guilty they face the possibility of the death penalty.
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Roxbury
Kan
Pope
Farmers State Bank
Big Springs
Neb
Robert van Pelt
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