Johnson urges four year House term and end to Electoral College
President Johnson urged Congress to amend the Constitution to grant a four year term for House members and to abolish the Electoral College in favor of direct state popular votes. He noted debates date back to Madison and that many House members fear a coattail Congress. proposals to split terms face technical hurdles.
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Mike Mansfield
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Banknote Bandit Strikes Mission Street Bank Again
A 60 year old bandit handed a note to a teller at First Western Bank on Mission Street and escaped with 3000 dollars. Eight days earlier a man with the same description and note obtained 530 dollars from a teller in a nearby cage.
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San Francisco
First Western Bank
Mission Street
Holt Elected To Top Post In Australia
Harold Holt became Australia’s new prime minister after Sir Robert Menzies retired. At 71, Menzies resigned, and Liberal party members elected Holt party leader and head of government. Menzies said world affairs demand vigorous service at a time of rapid developments.
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Associated Press
Harold E. Holt
Australia
Robert Menzies
Menzies
Liberal Party
Holf
Snow and Sleet Hit Broad Areas
Snow sleet and freezing rain swept from eastern Colorado to the midsection and into the South with severe cold in the North Central and northern Montana. Snow covered the Rockies and stretched across the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska Kansas northern Texas Arkansas central Mississippi and northern Louisiana. Up to five inches fell in Oklahoma. two traffic deaths reported on icy roads. warnings issued from New Mexico to lower Mississippi Valley. Wisconsin split temperatures with subzero inland and near Lake Michigan readings. Williston North Dakota reached 28 below zero while Florida posted 73 highs.
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Isolated Thai Village Hit by U S Air Force Plane
An disabled U S Air Force F105 fighter bomber crashed into a northeastern Thailand village today. Initial reports say at least 16 people were killed. The pilot ejected and was rescued unharmed by a helicopter. he remains unidentified.
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Johnson Applauds Viet Nam Reform Pledges at Truman Center
President Johnson praised Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky’s reform pledges in Saigon and pledged expanded U S aid for birth control as he joined Truman in launching the multimillion Truman Peace Center in Jerusalem. Johnson urged free peoples to advance democracy through constitutional processes and free elections while promising increased efforts in population control.
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McNamara Seeks More Troops for Vietnam Push
President Johnson weighs renewed bombing and escalation as peace talks fade. Averell Harriman and Dean Rusk return from the Far East with ideas for next phase. Global powers press to extend the bombing pause beyond the holiday ceasefire as Hanoi decision looms.
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Added Aid Plea Coupled With Caution
Secretary of Defense McNamara urged Congress to approve 12.76 billion as an additional Viet Nam war installment. He warned of deploying more forces if the Communists expand operations, and outlined plans for heavy firepower with funding through June 1987 including 415 million in Southeast Asia aid. About 199,000 U.S. personnel are in South Vietnam.
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Arrest of Dayton fugitive ends coffee shop chat
Reno police officer Joe Smith checked a stranger after noting a L O V E tattoo on knuckles and soon arrested John Dawson, 27, sought by the FBI for probation violation on bad check charges in Dayton Ohio, following a discussion about football.
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Ohio
Gandhi Invited to Visit Johnson in Washington
New Delhi Indira Gandhi, newly elected prime minister, received an invitation from President Johnson to visit Washington soon to discuss shared major issues. Bowles delivered the message and a Humphrey letter praising Gandhi, with possible dates after the late Lal Bahadur Shastri’s era visit.
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Kennedy inaugurated five years ago today
Washington AP reports that on the noontime inauguration John F Kennedy urged a quest for peace and warned not to negotiate out of fear while promising a world governed by law where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.
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Viet Nam Truce Marks Lunar New Year Amid Attacks
Amid the lunar New Year celebration both sides declared cease fires in Viet Nam but fighting flared after the start times. Viet Cong attacked near Tuy Hoa while US troops returned fire. US jets and B52s pummeled Viet Cong positions as en route supply lines faced gaps near Saigon.
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da Nang
Lou Perini Impersonator Sentenced in Saskatoon Jail
Gerald Adelard Huppe, 25, posed as Lou Perini of Milwaukee and gained access to Mayor E J Cole and officials. He bought a $135 overcoat and other items at a local shop while claiming to develop a $5 million shoe factory. Readily exposed, he pleaded guilty and received a two year prison term.
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Cubans Free 9 Fishermen Held 2 Days
Captain Harold Bothwell and eight crewmen from the shrimp boat Charles Singleton were detained in Cuba for two days after a reef collision. A Cuban Coast Guard helicopter rescued Two crewmen, and the group stayed at a hotel in Pinar del Rio. The vessels were en route to Nicaragua from Tampa. the sister boats’ crews were not detained.
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