Pope Paul VI closes Vatican Council with 16 decrees issued
In St Peter's Square Pope Paul VI ends the Ecumenical Council after 21 sessions, declaring it the greatest general assembly. The ceremony features 2,300 bishops, charity checks totaling 90,000 dollars, and the first stone for a new church near the basilica. Council costs are put at about 20 million dollars.
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Church of Reform
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Argentina
India
Pakistan
Cambodia
Rome
Papal Throne
Bundy resigns as Johnson security aide to join Ford Foundation
McGeorge Bundy, 46, resigns as President Johnson's national security adviser. He will leave Feb 28 to become president of the Ford Foundation at about 75000 dollars annually. Johnson weighs future of the post as officials meet to discuss defense budget and Viet Nam operations.
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White House
Ford Foundation
Bill D. Moyers
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Harvard College
John F. Kennedy
State Department
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Joint Chiefs
McNamara
Cyrus R. Vance
Pentagon
Marks 103rd Birthday Loves Her Beer
Martha Forbes celebrates her 103rd birthday in Seattle with a noontime beer. Born on a Missouri farm in Gentry County, she says the beer keeps her from aching and expresses her enduring fondness for the beverage.
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Wash
Martha Forbes
Mrs. Forbes
Gentry County
Fatal Car Crash Kills Jacobus Rosseel in Ontario
Fatally injured Jacobus Rosseel 80 of Ontario after a two vehicle collision on Route 21 near Marion Wayne County. Rosseel died Tuesday from injuries sustained in the crash.
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N. Y
Jacobus Rosseel 80
Ontario
Wayne County
Gemini 7 Heads for Record Rendezvous Seen Day Early
Gemini 7 pilots Frank Borman and James Lovell push toward a 15 million mile endurance record as a possible rendezvous with Gemini 6 may occur a day early at Cape Kennedy. Ground rehearsal for Gemini 6 launch resumes after computer replacement. a late launch is possible if problems persist.
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Court Gives School Officials Say on Hairdos
Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that George Leonard Jr hair length could disrupt decorum and allows school officials to order a trim. Leonard, an 18 year old rock singer using the name Georgie Porgie, was suspended for refusing to cut his hair and his parents appealed. The court says officials must be free to suspend students for good reason to manage large groups of children.
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Georgie Porgie
Supreme Court
U S to Cut Bomber Fleet May Build Advanced Plane
Secretary of Defense McNamara announced plans to shrink the US long range bomber force to about a third of its current size and to retire older B52s and B58s. He indicated a new advanced plane may be built and outlined base reductions aimed at saving about 410 million dollars annually.
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Fatal fall from second story window hits Rochester child
Three year old Inez Turner of Rochester died after a fall from a second story window at her home. Police said she was alone in the room with her mother away outside.
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Nannie Finch
Cornell College of Agriculture to switch to one year program
The State College of Agriculture at Cornell University will replace its two year curriculum with a one year program starting September 1967 after a faculty vote. About eighty students are enrolled in the current two year program and may progress to the four year college program.
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N. Y
State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
New President of Switzerland Elected
In Bern Hans Schaffner a 56 year old minister for public economy was elected by the Swiss National Assembly to serve as president of Switzerland for 1966. The election was a formal step as the presidency rotates annually among the seven Federal Council members.
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New York
Edwin Tuller
American Baptist Convention
Eugene Carson Blake
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Billy Graham
Church of Rome
Nelson Glueck
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Robert Dodds
Christian Unity
National Council of Churches
Bern
Switzerland
Swiss National Assembly
Hans Schaffner
Federal Council
First British Witch Wedding In Two Centuries
In Manchester an 18 year old witch Maxine Morris and 39 year old high priest Alexander Sanders wed at a witch home with coven member Paul King officiating. The ceremony featured incense candles a blood bond and a ring exchange, sealed with red wine toast.
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England
Britain
Maxine Morris
Alexander Sanders
Assemblies of Witches
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Paul King
Maxine
Alexander
King
Federal Court Rejects State Literacy Test
A three judge federal court in Buffalo held New Yorks six grade literacy requirement unconstitutional. The ruling blocks enforcement and affects about a half million Puerto Rican voters educated in Spanish. Judge Kaufman said the 1965 Voting Rights Act overrides the state law and allows non English educated citizens to vote.
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New York
Washington
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U.S
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Battle weary pilots to get free vacation
Six battle weary Army pilots who spent the past year in Vietnam will enjoy a week at the Camelback Inn in Phoenix with all expenses paid. They will be flown from Vietnam to San Francisco by the Army, and Continental Airlines provides transportation to Phoenix. The pilots will be guests of resort owner Jack Stewart, and some wives will join them, as Stewart cites antiwar protests as a reason for the gift.
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United States
Hudson treasurer charged in city funds shortage
Hudson New York AP report states City Treasurer Joseph Moy and former Moy clerk Albert Kraft face indictments over a $10,000 shortage. Kraft charged with 120 counts of misappropriation and falsifying records. Moy with 2 counts. Indictments handed up by a Columbia County grand jury and opened by Judge William F Christiana. Kraft resigned last summer after the shortage was found by state auditors asked in by Moy and Mayor Samuel Wheeler.
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Hudson, N. Y
Joseph Moy
Albert Kraft
Moy
Columbia County
William F. Christiana
Kraft
Samuel Wheeler
Red Justice and War Claims Across Christmas Week
In Washington President Johnson moves toward a defense budget likely to win broad congressional support as war costs mount. In Selma a California minister testifies he identified one of three white defendants in the James Reed murder trial. U S officials urge a Christmas ceasefire and peace talks with the Viet Cong while U N advisers assess the Viet Nam truce offer. A Viet Cong assault near Tam Ky wounds and kills Vietnamese troops and U S advisers, as air attacks target North and South Viet Nam.
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Hoggles
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Leatherneck
Defeat Feared For Repeal Of Union Shop Ban
In San Francisco labor leaders fear defeat of the repeal effort to wipe out state laws banning union shop contracts. They warn of weak administration backing as Congress prepares to convene and the AFL CIO seeks a clear commitment from the administration. The executive council meets to set the biennial convention agenda.
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Probe Plane Crash Fatal to 6 Men
Federal inspectors opened the investigation into a private plane crash that killed six people including the pilot and co pilot. The wreckage near Knott County Kentucky was sealed by state police as officials from the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Agency examined the site. The craft was en route from Syracuse to Chattanooga when it went down amid snow flurries and haze.
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Hindman
Bill Jacobs
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chicago
Federal Aviation Agency
Kentucky
Asgway Corp
Knott County
New York
Syracuse
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kosygin Accuses U S of Whipping Up War Tensions
Moscow Premier Kosygin charges the United States with creating war atmosphere and arming West Germany while opposing Viet Nam hostilities. In a Tass interview with James Reston he says no meeting with Johnson while the Viet Nam war continues and hopes war will not hang over the world.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
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Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Kosygin
Johnson
Tass
James Reston
New York Times
Nikita Khrushchev
Europe
Man with no address charged in Syracuse barroom murder
Syracuse police charged 22 year old man with no known address in the first degree murder of Raymond Reed. Reed died at Upstate Medical Center after a barroom fight Saturday. Brown had pleaded innocent to first degree assault earlier.
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Raymond Reed
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Reed
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