Peace mission widens as Harriman Goldberg tour Europe
President Johnson expands a peace offensive with Ambassadors Harriman and Goldberg making surprise visits to Warsaw and the Vatican. Goldberg met Pope Paul VI and indicated the effort aims to move Viet Nam talks to bargaining and away from the battlefield. Harriman met with Warsaw leaders and then headed to Belgrade as part of a broader international push.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Arthur J. Goldberg
Warsaw
Vatican
America
Goldberg
United Nations
Paul VI
Rome
Aldo Mort
Harriman
Air Force
Adam Rapacki
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Austin, Tex
White House
Canada
Viet Nam
Pearson
Moyers
Poland
India
International Control Commission
U.N
Pope Paul VI
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Asia
United States
Joseph Laitin
Laitin
George G. Burkley
Burkley
Barkley
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Bill D. Moyers
Dean Rusk
United Arab Republic
John W. Gardner
Gainer
Capital City Quiet as 1966 Nears and Viet Nam Looms
Washington in a tense, somber mood as 1966 approaches. Officials and the public listen for signals from Ho Chi Minh amid a city preoccupied with Viet Nam, while Congress remains idle until January 10.
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U.S
Washington
White House
Pedernales
Capitol Hill
Congress
Viet Nam
Texas
Pentagon
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
U. S
United States
Biggest Hike In Cost of Living In Seven Years
Prices rose 0.2 percent in November led by housing clothing transportation and medical care with food unchanged. The consumer price index reached 110.6 meaning $11.06 buys what $10 did in 1957 59. Deputy commissioner Myers cautioned about potential December increases while noting the rise was real and earnings edged higher for factory workers with three dependents.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
Brooke Announces Run for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, a prominent Black official, announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. He will enter the state Republican primary after Saltonstall retires, with a June GOP convention to set his path to the nomination for the seat vacated by Leverett Saltonstall.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Brooke
Leverett
Saltonstall
Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committee
Fire Hits Recreation Center Near Liverpool
A pre dawn blaze damaged the Lakeview Recreation Center near Syracuse and Liverpool after neighbors heard an explosion. Firefighters from 10 volunteer companies fought the flames for about two hours. bowling alley areas were destroyed with water and smoke damage to the rest. No injuries. Owner Samuel Santangelo estimated damage at about 200000.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Lakeview Recreation Center
Liverpool Road
Liverpool
Samuel Santangelo
U S Keeps Aerial Eye On N Viet During Truce
U S aerial surveillance over North Vietnam continues during a bombing pause. Reconnaissance planes monitor repair work and transport routes to gauge targets for any resumption, while Beijing and Hanoi accuse the U S of provocations.
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U. S
N. Viet
Washington
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Navy
South
Viet Nam
Rockefeller unveils Citizens Information Service plan
Gov. Rockefeller announced a plan to create a Citizens Information Service with information centers in Albany Binghamton Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Utica and New York City. Mobile tractor trailer centers and telephone answering service would supplement permanent offices with after hours and Saturday access. no target date given.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Binghamton
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
New York City
Perry man fatally struck crossing street near home
Arthur Andrews, 87, of Perry New York, was fatally injured when struck by a motor vehicle while crossing a street near his Centre Street home. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Perry
N.Y
Arthur Andrews
Center Street
Spaceships Were One Foot Apart In Historic Rendezvous
Astronaut Walter Schirra said he and Gemini 6 pilot Maj. Thomas Stafford came within one foot of Gemini 7 during the December 15 rendezvous. Earlier estimates ranged from three to 10 feet. The crews described maneuvers that improved confidence in reaching the moon this decade, with Borman and Lovell joining the discussion.
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Schirra
Stafford
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Marcos Installed As President Of Philippine Isles
Ferdinand E. Marcos was sworn in as the sixth president of the Philippines at Luneta Park Manila before 50 000 on site and millions more via radio and TV. He pledged austerity at home and closer ties with free Asian nations. Vice President Humphrey attended for the United States and the new leader warned of empty coffers and hard choices including possible troop deployment to Vietnam.
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Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Asia
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Luneta Park
Manila Bay
Marcos
Viet Nam
Viet Cong Raiders Resume Strikes Near Saigon and Da Nang
Viet Cong units attacked around Saigon near the Da Nang Marine base and near the Cambodian border as U.S. bombing paused for a seventh day. In Washington, discussions rise on altering income tax withholding to curb inflation, with potential higher take-home pay reductions. Also, three U.S. Marines and eight Vietnamese soldiers were killed after capture in Quang Ngai Province, with bodies found four days later, attributed to the 18th North Vietnamese Regiment.
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Washington
Treasury
Johnson
Congress
Administration
U.S
Quang Ngai
Ba To
Quang Ngai City
Saigon
Italy on Brink as Fanfani Resigns from Cabinet
Premier Aldo Moro accepted Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani's resignation after a controversy over La Pira's peace feeler from Hanoi. Fanfani insisted on quitting on Jan 6, prompting speculation he may stay in background or move to challenge Moro. The dispute ties to center-left coalition tensions within the Christian Democrats.
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Rome
Italy
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Moro
Fanfani
Giorgio la Pira
Hanoi
la Pira
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Army girds for powder shortfall as ammo talks drag
Negotiations continue between three unions and Olin Mathieson Co at East Alton Illinois on a gunpowder strike threatening U S ammunition for Vietnam. The Army reactivates a mothballed plant in East Alton as Badger plant in Baraboo Wisconsin gears up, but six months to production is projected.
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Washington
U. S
Viet Nam
William E. Simkin
Olin Mathieson Co
East Alton
Ill
Badger
Baraboo
Wis
Pentagon
Olin Mathieson
Fire Claims $75,000 Damage to Newark Hardware Store
A Wednesday night blaze damaged a three story brick building housing Wilson Hardware at 141 E Union St Newark New York causing about 75000 in damage. No injuries were reported and the cause remained unknown. About 25000 of merchandise was destroyed according to Harold Swansen and 50000 of structural damage cited by Ray Wilson.
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Newark
N.Y
Harold Swansen
Wilson Hardware Store
Ray Wilson
Union St
Utica Man Found Dead in Apartment
Ronald Jubert, 24, of Utica, was found dead Wednesday in his apartment. Police say he was killed Monday while cleaning a rifle but coroner ruled the death accidental, with Jubert shooting himself through the chest. A building resident discovered the body.
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Utica
N.Y
Ronald Jubert
Preston Clark
Oneida
Jubert
Woman Burned to Death at Oneida
Mrs. Katherine E. Chaires aged 55 died from burns after an apparent sleep accident while smoking in an overstuffed chair at her Oneida home. Madison County coroner Dr. Russell G. Lindauer ruled the cause as burns.
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Oneida
N.Y
Katherine E. Chaires
Russell G. Lindauer
Madison County
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Arthur Levitt
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