Artillery and air raids pound Con Thien amid heavy fighting
North Vietnamese gunners battered the Con Thien forward post with a heavy artillery barrage and ground attack. A U.S. Air Force raid, naval gunfire, and fighter-bombers struck targets as Marines reported several casualties. A mass Viet Cong surrender near Da Nang boosted Open Arms defections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Artil
Lery
4Th Marine Regiment
United States
Val
Dmz
Navy
North Vietnam
Leary
Johnson presses anti inflation plan before business leaders
President Johnson pleads for wage restraint and export expansion at a Business Council dinner after revealing a cabinet meeting to reporters. He urged voluntary business efforts to balance payments, criticized protectionists, and called for broader monetary reserves beyond gold. He ordered cabinet heads to report mail response times by Dec 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Business Council
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
John W. Macy
Civil Service Commission
Macy
White House
Congress
Inventor of Schick Test Dies at 90
New York AP reports Dr. Bela Schick died at 90. The pediatrician developed the Schick test in 1913, a key tool in preventing diphtheria and saving countless children in the United States and Europe. He worked with Clemens von Pirquet at the University of Vienna, adapting a test for tuberculosis to diphtheria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vienna
Bela Schick
United States
Europe
Schick
Clemens von Pirquet
University of
von Pirquet
Three Masked Bandits Beat Store Owner for Cash
Three masked men beat 72 year old Emma Saber, store owner of Sabers Market in Sherburne New York and escaped with about 4000 dollars in cash. Troopers said the assailants bound and gagged Saber after entering an upstairs apartment and ransacking the shop. She was treated for shock at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherburne
N.Y
Emma Saber
Saber’s Market
Utica
State
Saber
Chenango Memorial Hospital
Norwich
Congress Nears Adjournment Amid Last Minute Disputes
Congress faces possible delays to adjournment by end of next week due to last minute clashes over antipoverty and foreign aid bills. A meat inspection measure cleared both chambers as Social Security, postal, and federal pay actions loom. Senate House conferees agreed on a $4.1 billion spending cut, with Speaker McCormack eyeing a December 15 adjournment and Albert confirming plans to end the session in late next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate House
John W. McCormack
Carl B. Albert
Albert
Embassy denies U S planes bombing routes into Thailand
The U S Embassy in Thailand categorically denied that American air forces are bombing Communist infiltration routes or carrying out bombing missions on Thai soil. An embassy spokesman said no U S planes have been lost to hostile fire within Thai land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Johnson attends Spellman funeral in New York
President Johnson flies to New York to attend funeral services for Francis Cardinal Spellman. He is accompanied by W. Averell Harriman Lawrence O'Brien and White House staff and plans to return to Washington after the 1 PM EST services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
W. Averell
Harriman
Lawrence O'Brien
White House
Jones & Laughlin Hikes Steel Prices Across Range
Pittsburgh AP reports Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. raised prices on cold rolled and galvanized sheet by 5 dollars per ton and hot rolled sheet by 4 dollars per ton. The increases take effect December 15 and mark another wave in a series of steel price hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Viet Cong Contact Acknowledged by State Dept in Saigon
The State Department confirms a Viet Cong contact attempt with the U.S. mission in Saigon while U.S. sources say the group has recently reached out to the U.N. Secretariat in New York. Press officer Robert J. McCloskey noted Prime Minister Nguyen Van Loc told Washington the Saigon arrest of a Viet Cong representative was an effort to reach the U.S. Embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
U.S
Saigon
U.N
New York City
Robert J. McCloskey
Department
Nguyen van Loc
South Vietnam
Royalists cut off Sana from capital city siege in Yemen
Be irut reports say Royalists halted traffic to Sana a to block Soviet armored reinforcements. They claim the Red Sea port of Hodeida is to blame and aim to destroy the airport to prevent Russian air supply to the Republican government amid the siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Yemen
San’a
Red Sea
Hodeida
San'a
U.S. to Seek UN Security Council Meeting on Vietnam
U S officials plan to request a UN Security Council session this month to pursue a negotiated settlement in Vietnam. Ambassador Goldberg expected to relay the White House request while Saigon and Hanoi disagree on Viet Cong participation. The United States remains opposed to giving the Viet Cong a separate UN delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
United States
U. N. Security Council
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
White House
Council
Saigon
Viet Cong
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
United Nations
State Department
Goldberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U Thant
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Security Council
Urge EIA Help In Check of TV Set Radiation
The Health Service asked Electronics Industries Association to help with a nationwide survey of TV sets after a Pinellas County Florida check found radiation danger in some GE color sets. About 112000 receivers had been corrected. 9000 unaccounted. GE noted cooperation. black and white sets unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Electronics Industries Association
U.S. Public Health Service
Health Service
Pinellas County
Fla
General Electric Co
William H. Stewart
U.S
General Electric
Baby With Transplanted Heart Dies in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn at Maimonides Hospital a 24 week old infant who received a transplanted heart from a two day old donor died six and a half hours after the operation. Dr. Kantrowitz said the attempt was a failure and that a second transplant had failed in four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
Adrian Kantrowitz
Dr. Kantrowitz
Kantrowitz
Maimonides
Philadelphia
Goldberg Weighs Quitting U.N. Post Amid Vietnam Tensions
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, 59, considering resignation from the United Nations job after discussions with President Johnson. He has not formally offered to leave, with possible return to the Supreme Court or private law practice speculated. Known as a Vietnam dove, he has urged North Vietnam to negotiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
The
United Nations
Goldberg
Johnson
U.N
World Organization
New York
Supreme Court
High Court
Adlai E. Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
North Vietnam
War protest arrests as roving demonstrators clash with police
More than 200 arrested as antiwar protesters numbering about 700 at the start disperse after three hours. Police block UN entrance, helicopters follow, and roving groups toss flowers at cars. Inductees escorted through lines while leaders blame plainclothes police infiltrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Times Square
United Nations
Ing
Battery Park
Lower Manhattan
Armed Forces Induction Center
Vietnam
John Slick
Ramsey
N.J
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Viet
U. S
da Nang
Associated Press
Horst Faas
Cal
Bu Dop
Faas
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
Pro
Aecess
Late Wire News
Lbj
UN Council
U S
Senate
Nguyen Huu-Chi
EIA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!