RFK Seeks France Ties on Hanoi in Vietnam Peace Effort
Senator Robert Kennedy says he did not bring peace feelers from Europe but told President Johnson that France could provide meaningful contacts with Hanoi. He notes European officials see the lunar New Year truce as a chance for intensified peace efforts and mentions possible support for extending the bombing pause.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Europe
Johnson
Hanoi
Kennedy
White House
Newsweek
New York Democrat
Nicholas Katzenbach
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Vietnam
Katzenbach
New York
de Gaulle
China
North
Senate
North Vietnam
Three Children Die in Upright Refrigerator Tragedy
In La Habra California Shirley Meeks found her son Willie five and two girls she babysat missing since Monday morning. After a three hour search police were alerted and the three bodies were discovered huddled inside an upright garage refrigerator. Ladon na Highbaugh four Wanda three were the other victims.
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LA Habra
Calif
Shirley Meeks
Willie
Ladonna Highbaugh
Wanda
Mine detonation injures U S soldiers across border
In War Zone C near Saigon a Communist mine from Cambodia wounded several members of the U S 196th Light Infantry Brigade during Operation Gadsden. The device hung from trees on the Cambodian side and wires crossed the river. casualties were officially listed as light.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Rach Cai Bac
Cambodia
Associated Press
al Chang
U.S. 196Th Light Infantry Brigade
UAW May Commit 3 Million To Progressive Labor Drive
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers union is expected to commit 3 million dollars to an independent labor drive aimed at organizing unions, aiding social action and supporting unions in trouble with employers. The move follows a near split with AFL CIO and comes as the UAW weighs relations with its parent body and potential executive board actions at the April convention.
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UAW
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Walter P. Reuther
Aflcio
Reuther
Industrial Union Department
Meany
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lunar Orbiter 3 Speeds Toward Moon
Pasadena AP reports Lunar Orbiter 3 sped toward the moon after launch from Cape Kennedy. Engineers slowed its speed from 2400 mph to 1986 mph to adjust the flight path and expect arrival around 5 p.m. EST Wednesday.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Test Linkup of U S Canada Power System
Power officials switch on to connect the United States and Canada in a vast grid circuit. The test links 209 major public and private power systems through the Bureau of Reclamation Missouri River Basin Project. Monitored at the bureau substation in Watertown North Dakota? This item notes a prairie city in northeastern South Dakota and aims to locate problems before a permanent cross border grid.
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Watertown
S.D
United States
Canada
Bureau of Reclamation
Missouri River Basin
Bureau
South Dakota
Morgenthau Dies Headed Treasury Under Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau Jr died at 75 in Poughkeepsie after a long illness. He served as secretary of the treasury from 1934 to 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt, guiding wartime fundraising and foreign affairs policy amid controversy. His tenure extended longer than all but one predecessor, and he left cabinet service after Truman urged retirement following Roosevelt’s death.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Henry Morgenthau Jr
the Treasury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Vassar Brothers Hospital
Germany
Quebec
Truman
Potsdam
Britain
Soviet Union
Tiny Harris quintuplet dies after pneumonia and heart failure
Tiny Talitha Harris, smallest of four surviving Harris quintuplets, died today at 4 15 a.m. from cardiac arrest after pneumonia complications. Her siblings remained in good condition. Born last Wednesday in Brooklyn to a local couple, one infant died at birth. The infant weighed 2 pounds 10 ounces at birth and received intensive care from five doctors and four nurses around the clock.
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New York
Talitha Harris
Harris
Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Kennedy Death Flight Tense as Kennedy Aides Refuse Front Seat
New York AP reports in Manchester's The Death of a President that Mrs Kennedy and Kennedy aides avoided sitting with Lyndon Johnson on Air Force One from Dallas to Washington after Kennedy's assassination. The book notes Johnson’s shock, the aides’ tensions, and a planned oath on the ground at Love Field.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dallas
Washington
William Manchester
Godfrey Hugh
Air Force
Kennedy
Look
Manchester
Johnson
Air Force One
Kilduff
Los Angeles
Wild
Parkland Hospital
Love Field
Blizzard Deluges East Coast Ranging From Carolinas to Maine
A pre-dawn blizzard swept the Atlantic Seaboard from the Carolinas to Maine dumping three to nine inches of snow with winds over 35 mph. NYC airports closed or inoperative, roads iced, and schools statewide shut. Maryland and Virginia issued snow plans as heavy flurries disrupted travel and events. New Orleans faced rain and underground flooding ahead of Mardi Gras as crews battled water in homes.
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Atlantic Coast
East
Carolinas
Maine
New York
Kennedy International
la Guardia
Washington
National
Dulles International
Newark
Nwj
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New York City
Carolina
Seaboard
New York State
Mercury
Plattsburg
Watertown
Washington D.C
University of Maryland At
Connecticut
New England
Atlantic
New Orleans
West Virginia
Storm Strikes New York Shutting Schools and Halting Traffic
A Atlantic Coast storm hit New York City and suburbs bringing heavy snow and high winds. City officials declared a snow emergency as six to eight inches were forecast by nightfall and all public schools were closed for the day. Temperatures plunged across the state with readings from Masena to Albany in deep subzero cold.
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New York
New York City
Weather Bureau
Henry A. Barnes
Barnes
Bernard E. Donovan
New York State
Upstate
Massena
Albany
Plattsburg
Watertown
Utica
Syracuse
Buffalo
Progress Made In Pacification Drive In South Vietnam
In Saigon, U S civilian efforts to pacify South Vietnam were reorganized two months ago into the Office of Civil Operations to better coordinate activities with improving military conditions. Officials say the reform has led to progress addressing peasant loyalty and the Viet Cong subversion strategy, replacing earlier loosely coordinated efforts.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Office of Civil Operations
U.S. Agency For International Development
U.S. Public Affairs Office
Rochester woman leaves $23 million estate
Agnes D. Pike died in March 1964 at 78 leaving an estate of $2,339,679 before taxes. The will provides $30,000 trust for each of six grandchildren, half of the remainder to her husband John D. Pike, and the balance to daughters Sally Farnham and Virginia Judson.
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Rochester
N. Y
Agnes D. Pike
Pike
John D. Pike
Brighton
John B. Pike & Sons Construction Co
Sally Farnham
Kingsport
Tenn
Virginia Judson
Senator slams security gaps at U S airfields in Viet
Senate Armed Services Chairman Richard B Russell charged the Pentagon with great derelictions in guarding U S airfields and ammunition dumps in Vietnam. He said the security gaps followed a nearly doubled aircraft loss total and urged immediate improvements to separate parked planes and shield depots from attack.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Vietnam
Russell
Pentagon
U. S
Southeast Asia
Georgia Democrat
Hoffa Appeals For New Trial
Hoffa seeks a stay of prison terms by appealing the denial of his motion for a new trial on a jury tampering charge. The 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments, while Hoffa also petitions the Supreme Court to overturn the conviction over alleged telephone taps during the Chattanooga trial. The Justice Department denied the tapping claim. Attorneys receive two hours to present twice as much time as usual.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Chattanooga, Tenn
Justice Department
Appeals Court
Fenton Parke Dies at 100 in Buffalo
Fenton M. Parke a long time Buffalo civic leader and real estate dealer died at his home at age 100. Born September 21 1866 in a log cabin in Cattaraugus County he remained active in the community for many years ending his public work recently.
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Fenton Parke
Buffalo
Buffalo, N. Y
Fenton M. Parke
Parke
Cattaraugus County
Soviet Embassy Trapped By Rioting Chinese in Peking
Soviet staff remain trapped inside the Soviet Embassy as Chinese mobs protest outside for the 12th day in Peking. Czechoslovak, Polish diplomats aided by driving through gates to deliver food, while families were evacuated from nearby airports amid continued demonstrations.
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Moscow
Peking
C.T.K
Lady lawmakers seek equal access to House gym
Washington AP report notes 11 women in the House and no women’s locker room. Rep Patsy Mink and colleagues Charles Reid and Catherine May stage a symbolic gym raid to press for equal time in the all male facility, arguing for shared access despite objections from gym director Herbert Botts.
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Mink
Catherine May
Botts
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