Johnson urges national unity behind Vietnam policy
President Johnson returned from his Asia trip to plead for unity behind the U S policy in Vietnam saying unity brings strength and that Asia knows communist aggression must be defeated. He cautioned that the road may be long and difficult but Americans must travel it together.
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Washington
Johnson
Far East
Viet Nam
Dulles International
White House
America
United States
Manila
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Shelby, Mont
Mansfield
Richard M. Nixon
Charleston
W.va
Asia
Nixon
China
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Ontario power chief says big blackouts unlikely
George Cathercole of the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission told a news conference that improvements in North America's power system make a recurrence of the Big Blackout virtually impossible. He cited changes expected to prevent a repeat of the November 9 outage that left about 35 million people without power from Ontario to Florida and the Atlantic seaboard to the U.S. Midwest.
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Toronto
North America
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission
George Cathercole
Ontario
Florida
Atlantic Coast
United States
Midwest
New York Metropolitan Area
Rockefeller and O Connor clash as NY governor race heats up
Democrat Frank D. O Connor and Gov Rockefeller campaign across Westchester Harlem and Queens five days before the election. Rockefeller touts his record and cites state aid for the handicapped while attacking O Connor as the choice of big city bosses. He cites the States ID and Intelligence System as modern crime fighting progress.
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Jon Kapstein
Associated Press
Frank D. O'Connor
Rockefeller
Westchester County
New York State
Queens
O'Connor
Upstate
Harlem
Pleasantville
Albany
White Plains
New York
North Korea Raid Seen as LBJ Embarrassment Bid
Seoul reports a North Korean ambush killing six Americans and a South Korean and wounding a third, timed to shadow President Johnson’s visit. A second attack east of Seoul killed two South Korean captains and wounded a sergeant, with infiltrators fleeing despite South Korean pursuit. American officials say no major hostilities or alerts are planned along the armistice line.
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Seoul
South Korea
U. S
North
Johnson
Korea
GOP Ready to Refute Any Hint of Peace Aid
Republicans draft a rebuttal to any suggestion that Democratic election gains could aid peace efforts in Vietnam. President Johnson campaigns across multiple states after returning from Asia while Nixon predicts a Johnson blitz will fail. A Reuters poll cited by ABC News frames public sentiment as Johnson seeks unity for a long road to an honorable peace.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Far East
Manila
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Fire at DeWitt warehouse destroys 5500 televisions
A fast moving blaze in a D H Overmyer Co warehouse in DeWitt, Syracuse area, caused up to 5 million in damage. Officials attributed the fire to a short circuit in an electrical conduit. No serious injuries were reported as firefighters faced water pressure issues. General Electric had leased two sections. 5500 televisions were destroyed.
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Syracuse
N.Y
D.H. Overmyer Co
DeWitt
General Electric Co
Edward Kaish
Nobel prizes awarded to Mulliken Kastler and others
The 1966 Nobel Prize in chemistry went to Robert S. Mulliken of the University of Chicago for molecular orbital theory. Alfred Kastler of Paris received the physics prize for optical methods studying atomic Hertzian resonances. Medicine and literature prizes were shared by Huggins and Rous, and Sachs and Agnon respectively. The peace prize will not be awarded this year.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Robert S. Mulliken
University of Chicago
Mulliken
Massachusetts
Swedish Academy of Science
Harvard
New York University
Alfred Kastler
Paris
Royal Swedish Academy of Science
Kastler
Charles Huggins
Peyton Rous
Rockefeller University
New York
Nelly Sachs
Samuel Joseph Agnon
Israel
Nobel Committee
Four Marines Die While Fighting California Fire
In Southern California brush fires driven by desert winds claim four Marine lives at Camp Pendleton while a separate Forest Service team perishes near Sylmar. The fires span about 100 miles with 5 000 acres scorched on base and winds complicating containment efforts across Ventura County and the Santa Susana Mountains.
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Los Angeles
California
U.S. Forest Service
Piedra de Lumbre
Camp Pendleton
Sylmar
Pacoima
Forest Service
Ventura County
Santa Susana Mountains
George King
Japan relies on U.S. security after China nuclear test
Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato says Japan will not develop nuclear weapons and will remain under U.S. protection despite China detonating a missile-borne warhead. He notes Japan’s nonproliferation policy and urges peaceful regional stability in Asia amid U.S. support for Viet Nam peace efforts.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
China
Japan
United States
Sato
Associated Press
Johnson
Far East
Viet Nam
Asia
Red Chin
U.S
Peking
India
Titan 3 mission launches unmanned Gemini for orbit tests
Cape Kennedy reports the Titan 3 transtage lofted an unmanned Gemini capsule on a 33 minute suborbital reentry to test heat shields and later release a 184 mile high circular orbit with three satellites. The mission aims to study space bus operations and optical decoy payloads for military space systems.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
South Atlantic Ocean
Defense Department
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
U. S
TV Crew and Captain Rescued After Sea Dunking
A CBS crew and the captain of a trawler were dumped into the sea off New Bedford Harbor while filming a documentary on Moby Dick. Police said 40 knot winds capsized the boat. all four were rescued but the filming equipment was lost.
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New Bedford, Mass
Columbia Broadcasting System
New Bedford Harbor
Hunt Goes On for Blind Man Who Vanished
Corenne Reetz reports her daughter and blind piano tuner husband Gerald Henke vanished March 4. The case remains unsolved with 100 leads followed from Michigan Washington Mexico and Kentucky. Henke 6 foot 2 31 carried 200 to 500 dollars when last seen en route to a Detroit client.
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Hunt
Detroit
Corenne Reetz
Gerald FE. Henke
Southfield
Henke
FBI
Washington
Mexico
Kentucky
U S Air Blows On North Vietnam Surge Upward
American air strikes against North Vietnam rose for the second straight day as clear weather allowed missions against SAM sites radar links and storage areas. A North Vietnamese gun battery fired on a U S destroyer nine days earlier.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Unwelcome Wintry Weather Comes Early in Eastern U S
Cold front brings rain and snow across New York State. Temperatures drop with 34 in Binghamton and 63 at Laguardia. Mohawk Airlines cancels flights as fog and snow affect air travel. Early November storm spreads from Tennessee to Michigan with 3 to 6 inches of snow in many areas.
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Albany
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Upstate
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Watertown
Syracuse
Utica
Poughkeepsie
Laguardia
Glens Falls
Massena
Elmira
Binghamton
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Buffalo
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New York
Kennedy Airport
Associated Press
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Tennessee
Michigan
Great Lakes
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Upper Peninsula
Deep South
Huntsville
Ala
Birmingham
Florida
Fort
Pope expected to urge Christmas truce in Viet Nam
Vatican circles foresee Pope Paul VI calling for a Christmas cease-fire in Vietnam again this year. Ambassador Harriman, after meeting the Pope, did not rule out a papal appeal and noted the previous pause reduced bloodshed despite not becoming permanent. Harriman reports to world leaders after the Manila summit.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
Viet Nam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Manila
Widow of Civil War veteran dies at 101 in Willard
Mrs Elizabeth P Hill widow of a Civil War veteran dies at 101 in Willard State Hospital south of Geneva She passed away Wednesday six days after her birthday after a 16 year stay as a patient at the facility
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Willard
N.Y
Elizabeth P. Hill
National Grange Chief Attacks Housewives Food Boycott
Herschel D. Newsom, master of the National Grange, told reporters in Buffalo that housewives protesting high prices should bake their own bread from flour and baking powder. Speaking during New York State Grange’s 94th annual meeting in nearby Hamburg, he urged paying prices that reflect production costs and warned against abandoning individual farming.
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Buffalo
N.Y
National Grange
Herschel D. Newsom
Newsom
Hamburg
New York
Indian freighter blocks St. Lawrence Seaway near Alexandria Bay
A 450 foot Ratmajayoti freighter from India blocked the channel near Alexandria Bay forcing four downstream Great Lakes bound vessels to halt. The ship anchored overnight and was blown across the seaway by gale winds while Coast Guard officials reported no damage and the vessel prepared to repair its engines.
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Alexandria Bay
N.Y
India
St. Lawrence Seaway
U.S. Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Ogdensburg
Coast Guard
Waterville Teen Killed When Car Hits Tree
William J. Lawton, 16, of Waterville, was killed early today when his automobile struck a tree south of Utica. He was the son of Mr and Mrs William Lawton.
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Waterville, N.Y
William J. Lawton
Waterville
Utica
William Lawton
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