Johnson Wilson talk fuels hope for early Vietnam peace push
Washington officials foresee an early Johnson Wilson meeting aiding talks on Vietnam. A possible open end trade in bombing North Vietnam may be on the table during the holiday period to open a path to negotiations. U.S. hopes to move the UN Security Council to invite North Vietnam and the Viet Cong to the General Assembly debate. The White House notes uncertain response from Hanoi and the Viet Cong while predicting possible turning point if enemy leadership reassesses.
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Washington
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Britain
Vietnam
Wilson
North Vietnam
John
London
U.S
Hanoi
U.N. Security Council
United States
Security Council
National Liberation Front
United Nations
State Department
U.N. General Assembly
General Assembly
Senate
U.N
Detroit man surrenders after 16 hour hostage siege
Eugene Ector, 62, a Ford steamfitter, held as many as nine people in a boarded two story Detroit home after a drunken spree and grieving his riot victim son. Police surrounded the house as Ector fired shots but no one was hurt. He surrendered to detectives aided by a minister and was taken to a hospital for examination.
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Detroit
Eugene Ector
Ford Motor Co
Charles Gentry
Ector
Alice Hicks
Joanne
William
Bridgette
Rodney
Helene
Walter
William Watson
Johnson Talks But Takes No Action On Steel Price Hike
President Johnson avoided concrete steps over rising steel prices and the wage price spiral. He urged restraint from labor and management while affirming strong views from adviser Gardner Ackley and denying immediate tax or control measures. Bethlehem Steel joined U.S. Steel in raising base prices and no emergency wage or price controls are planned.
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LBJ
Washington
Johnson
Tion
Gardner Ackley
U.S. Steel Corp
Ackley
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Congress
Antiwar Rally Arrests Mark New York Demonstration
More than 1,000 antiwar protesters marched on the Whitehall induction center in Lower Manhattan. Police arrested about a third, including Dr. Benjamin Spock and poet Allen Ginsberg, as the crowd dispersed after five hours.
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New York
Whitehall
Lower Manhattan
Benjamin Spock
Allen Ginsberg
Criminal Courts
U S Losses Reach Almost 3000 Aircraft in Vietnam War
Defense Department tally shows 2,956 U S aircraft losses as of Nov 30 in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. 1,401 destroyed by enemy action and 1,555 lost to accidents attrition or hostile action. The dollar loss exceeds 3 billion with bomb tonnage surpassing World War II totals.
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Washington
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Defense Department
Southeast Asia
To Study Wider UN Peace Force Role in Cyprus
The United Nations Security Council will meet to discuss Secretary General U Thant proposal for a broader UN peace force on Cyprus. Thant suggests enlarging the 4200 member force to broaden functions toward quiet and peace, with Greece Turkey and Cyprus in principle agreeing, while Cypriot President Makarios cautions on sovereignty.
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Cyprus
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
U.N
Greece
Turkey
Makarios
Cong Raid on South Viet Village Kills 20, Wounds 30
U S officials report a Viet Cong raid on a Montagnard hamlet in Dak Song near the Cambodian border left about 20 dead and 30 wounded. Some 30 to 40 homes were burned as roughly 400 guerrillas attacked with flamethrowers and grenades.
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U.S
Dak Song
Wilbur Wilson
Wilson
Loc Ninh
Bu Dop
Bohlen to Replace Kohler as Deputy Undersecretary of State
Veteran diplomat Charles E. Bohlen will leave his post as ambassador to France to become deputy undersecretary of state for political affairs replacing Foy D. Kohler. Kohler retires to teach at the University of Miami Center for Advanced International Studies.
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Washington
Charles E. Bohlen
France
Foy D. Kohler
White House
Kohler
University of Miami
Center For Advanced International Studies
IBM President criticizes students over Vietnam war protests
Providence AP reports IBM president Thomas Watson Jr. said nearly every large American company contributes to the Vietnam war. He criticized college students who demonstrate against firms such as Dow Chemical Co., in a Brown University letter published in the Brown Daily Herald.
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R.I
International Business Machine Co
IBM
United States
Vietnam
Thomas Watson Jr
Dow Chemical Co
Brown Daily Herald
New Brunswick Swept by Record 25 Inch Snowfall
Fredericton faced a record 25 inches of snow in 18 hours on Monday causing travel disruption and contributing to one death. A vehicle struck a five year old boy on a storm swept highway in Losier Settlement Gloucester County.
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Fredericton
N.B
New Brunswick
Gloucester County
Losier Settlement
Mexican bridge collapse leaves workers missing near Mexico City
About 20 Mexican workers are feared missing as a bridge under construction collapsed into a canyon near Mexico City. Ten bodies have been recovered and one survivor pulled from rubble before search efforts paused at midnight due to bad visibility and risk of further collapse.
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Mexico City
Supreme Court backs union legal aid plan
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that unions may hire lawyers to represent members in compensation cases without committing unauthorized practice of law. Justice Hugo L. Black delivered the decision, endorsing a plan used by United Mine Workers in Illinois and suggesting other unions and groups could adopt similar arrangements.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Supreme Court orders test of NY law on anonymous political literature
Supreme Court directs three judge federal court in New York to rule on constitutionality of the New York State law banning distribution of anonymous political literature. Justice Brennan says the lower court erred by abstaining and leaving the issue to state courts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
New York State
High Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Makarios Wins Striking Cyprus Victory Despite Pressure
In Nicosia Makarios avoids conceding core powers while Turkey and Greece yield. The Greek Cypriot leader rejects disbanding the national guard and denies legal rights for Turkish Cypriot police and enclaves. Greece agrees to withdraw about 12,000 troops, a Turkish gain though not all Ankara sought.
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Makarios
Cyprus
United States
Turkey
Greece
U.S
Cyrus Vance
U.N
U Thant
Ankara
Transplanted heart patient on soft diet in Cape Town
Louis Washkansky, 55, receives Denise Darvall's heart after a five hour operation at Groote Schuur Hospital. He is on a soft diet, breathing unaided, and doctors warn of rejection risk as the body's defense system may attack the foreign heart.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
S. C. W. Bosman
Groote Schuur Hospital
Denise Ann Darvall
Washkansky
Jacobus Burger
Groote Schuur
Miss Darvall
Jan. H. Louw
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