McNamara orders 33 bases closed or reduced
Defense secretary Robert McNamara announced 26 U S bases and seven overseas bases will be closed or sharply cut. He expects 106 million dollars in annual savings as 8 600 civilian jobs are cut and 7 800 military personnel reduced. Hiring freezes and normal attrition accompany the plan.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Ohio
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Philadelphia
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Cabinet Urged to Aid Economy Drive
President Johnson warned Cabinet members to focus personally on his economy campaign. He discussed federal payroll, unemployment, and strategic nuclear forces with McNamara and later met military leaders at the Pentagon. White House aides said GDP will top $600 billion annually, but unemployment lingers near 5.9 percent.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Miitary
White House
Walter W. Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
U.S. Defense Base Closures Stir Anger Among New York Workers
Thousands of workers at seven New York bases face job losses after the Defense Department ordered closures. ROAMA at Griffiss would affect about 7,500 jobs and the Schenectady Army Depot about 1,700 civilians. Albany officials and New York congressional members press President Johnson to reverse the plan. Meanwhile a major blizzard stretches across the northern Plains and Great Lakes, bringing heavy snow, subzero winds, and multiple avalanche and highway fatalities as far south as Oklahoma and Iowa.
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New York State
Defense Department
Rome Air Material Area
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Nes to Saigon Post Named by LBJ
President Johnson selects David G. Nes to be second in command at the Saigon embassy under Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Nes, 46, a Foreign Service officer and Princeton and Harvard alumnus, replaces William C. Treehart and brings World War II combat experience from Merrill’s Marauders. Nes has held posts from Glasgow and Paris to Tripoli and Rabat.
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Johnson
David G. Nes
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nes
William C. Trueheart
Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Saigon
John F. Kennedy
York
Princeton
Harvard
Merrill's Marauders
Burma
Foreign Srvice
Glasgow
Paris
Tripoli
Rabat
Morocco
New York Central declares 50 cent dividend
New York Central Railroad directors declared a 50 cent a share dividend payable December 31 to stockholders of record December 23. Despite a nine month loss of nearly four million dollars, a strong fourth quarter for railroads is expected to move the Central into the black for the year. The dividend matches a 50 cent dividend voted recently by partner Pennsylvania Railroad in a merger proposal.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
SAC Chief Power to Retire Next Year in 60th Birthday
Gen. Thomas S Power head of the Strategic Air Command says he will retire next year when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 60. He is 59 and was in Escondido on a duck-hunting trip when he spoke to newsmen Wednesday. Power took over SAC in 1957.
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Escondido, Calif
Strategic Air Command
Thomas S. Power
Power
Escondido
Newsmen
SAC
Warren to Shoulder Court Duties Amid Kennedy Inquiry
Chief Justice Earl Warren, 72, plans to carry his full Supreme Court workload while leading the bipartisan presidential commission investigating President Kennedy's assassination. Friends say he will work nights and weekends, use recesses, and may skip part of his Christmas trip to California, with possible avoidance of any say in a Texas Ruby case if it comes before the court. Warren's conscience, like his tireless discipline, is emphasized.
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Earl Warren
Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy
Warren
Presidential Commission
California
Texas
Jack Rubinstein
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Oswald
Kennedy
Warren Commission
U N Plans Tight Security For Johnson Visit
U N security chiefs plan extraordinary precautions for President Johnson during a United Nations visit. A reinforced guard of 250 will patrol the headquarters for a little over an hour with auxiliary guards called in and doors closed to the public until after his speech and luncheon. Police will seal adjacent streets and monitor nearby buildings as the U N prepares for the event following recent Dallas tragedy.
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United Nations
U.N
Johnson
Frank M. Begley
U.N. Security
Dallas
General Assembly
Kennedy
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Louis Mayan
New York
Best of Fischer Quints Expected Home for Xmas
Aberdeen South Dakota four Fischer quintuplets now three months old next Saturday are likely to be home for Christmas two of the four girls may return Saturday noon James Andrew the lone boy went home November 30 weighing 10 pounds 5 ounces The quintuplets Mary Ann Mary Magdalene Mary Catherine and Mary Margaret remain in the hospital nursery and are reported thriving The fisherman family is expanding help and a promised new city home are in planning with Williams family finances boosted by exclusive rights sales.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Fischer
James Andrew
Andrew Fischer
Mary Magdalene
Mary Catherine
Mary Margaret
Mary Ann Fischer
Elmer Brady
Hecla, S. D
Kenya Declares Independence Amid Jubilation at Freedom Stadium
Nairobi reports Kenya becoming Africa's 35th independent nation as the Union Jack lowers and the new flag rises amid cheers. Challenges loom including frontier warfare, tribal rivalries, and economic difficulties for the former colony. Britain relinquishes East Africa's last colonial holding.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
Freedom Stadium
Britain
East Africa
Sinatra Kidnapers Sought By FBI In Hollywood
The FBI operatives in the San Fernando Valley area sparked police and resident reports of men checking houses and stopping cars as the agency pursued leads in the Sinatra Jr kidnapping case. LAPD Chief Parker criticized the secrecy and Mayor Yorty warned it could embolden criminals. In Quebec, a second earth slide in Gaspe swallowed four brothers and damaged roads and a bridge, with several homes swept into the St. Lawrence River and more evacuated.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra Jr
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West Valley Division of
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Sinatra
Sinatra Jr
Los Angeles
William H. Parker
Parker
Samuel W. Yorty
Yorty
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UPI
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First Earth Movement
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Gaspe Highway
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Johnny Trabtion
Een
Raymond
Benoit
Onesime
Martin Gauthier
St. Lawrence River
Red Cross
Ste. Anne Des Monts
Gilbert Sasseville
Catholic Priest Seeks Release Of Miners Captives In Bolivia
In Oruro a Catholic priest Msgr. Andrew Kennedy arrived en route to Catavi to mediate the hostage crisis between miners and government troops. He carried a letter from jailed union leaders Irineo Pimentel and Federico Escobar and was to meet miners who reportedly hold the hostages, including four Americans. Government said it would not trade the prisoners for hostages as tensions eased after orders to withdraw. Reports on the hostage count varied from 11 to 19, with additional hostages including a Dutch manager and a German superintendent along with Bolivian technicians.
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Wanes
Catavi
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Andrew Kennedy
St. Louis
la Paz
Msazr
Kennedy
Irineo Pimentel
Federico Escobar
Defense Ministry
Paz Estenssoro
Comibol
Bobby Kennedy Returns to Public Life After Funeral
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy resumes public duties quietly three weeks after his brother’s funeral. He attended a ground breaking in the city and a White House Cabinet meeting while remaining largely private about his future plans.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
White House
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Rob
Boston
Florida
LBJ backs plan for JFK cultural center in Washington
President Johnson gave formal support to naming a proposed national cultural center in Washington for John F. Kennedy and financing half the cost with federal funds.
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Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy Buys 169-Year-Old Georgetown House
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy purchases the 3017 N Street Georgetown residence, a 14 room three story brick house dating to colonial days. The sale price was not disclosed though listed near 225000 and later lowered to about 190000. She plans to move in with her children by mid January after a Palm Beach Christmas with grandparents. A new two year Secret Service protection bill grants security, office space, staff salaries, and life mail privileges for Mrs. Kennedy and her children.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Georgetown
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
N Street
Ian Beall
Thomas
Alan G. Kirk
Newton D. Baker
Court buys outhouse to clear land for highway
Jefferson Fiscal Court paid 5500 for Vernon Starrs outhouse to clear a strip needed for the Louisville Outer Loop relocation. The decision moved the structure to adjacent property and aimed to sell the land for residential use after removing the road portion.
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Vernon Starr
Jefferson County
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