White House Breaks Silence All-Out Peace Bid
The Texas White House confirmed President Johnson is dispatching top aides to world capitals in an all-out bid to secure peace in Viet Nam. Press secretary Moyers said moves include Johnson aides meeting leaders in Ottawa and talks with Prime Minister Pearson by phone. The report notes a pause in bombing and frames Harriman and Goldberg as central to diplomacy, with French and British officials reacting to the peace push as North Viet Nam resists on terms.
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Austin, Tex
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Moyers
McGeorge Bunday
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
LBJ
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pope Paul VI
W. Averell Harriman
Adam Rapacki
Joseph Laitin
Goldberg
Harriman
Lautin
Fexas White House
Great Society
Francis Keppel
White House
the Keppel
Eee Nam
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Yugoslavia
Tito
Viet
United States
Hanoi
France- Soir
U. S
North
France
Michael Stewart
London
Lord Caradon
Britain
U.N
Stewart
Latin America
Washington
State Department
Geneva
Uay Wisieten
Sonanaesh Soomagueny
Impedest Ad
Jes It Sa Cenist
Budapest
Texas
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
Viet Cong Slay Defiant Editor in Saigon
Vu Nhat Huy editor in chief of Chinh Luan, Vietnam s second largest paper, was shot seven times in front of his home after defying Viet Cong threats. He returned to Vietnam from Geneva three years ago where he earned a master s in political economy.
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Saigon
UPI
Vu Nhat Huy
Viet Nam
Chinh Luan
Huy
Viet Cong
Geneva
Switzerland
Weather Cloudy And Mild In Beckley Area
Beckley and vicinity report cloudy mild conditions with a high in the low 60s tomorrow and a low near 40 tonight. Airport data shows 50 at 11 am and 38 at 4:30 am. no precipitation, winds light. Lake levels steady, gauge at Hinton 2.0 ft. Today’s extremes include a high of 79 in West Palm Beach and a low of 9 at Cut Bank, Montana.
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Beckley
Hinton
West Palm Beach
Cut Bank
Mont
Ferdinand Marcos Sworn Philippines President in Mass Ceremony
Ferdinand E Marcos was sworn in as sixth President of the Philippines before about 500,000 people in Manila. Vice President Hubert H Humphrey attended in place of Johnson, with diplomats from 30 nations as Marcos declared war on lawlessness and corruption.
World News in Brief Highlights Brooke Senate Bid
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke announces his Republican bid for the U S Senate seat to replace Leverett Saltonstall, potentially making him the first Black senator since Reconstruction. Other items note political shifts in Italy and Canada, U S military and foreign policy moves, a Kennedy half dollar production change, and a weather research funding update.
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Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
U.S. Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Brooke
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Ohio
83Rd Infantry Division
Thunderbolt
Fort Hayes
County Court Grants Citizens Petition On NBPSD Audit
Citizens within Raleigh County urge the County Court to publish a true auditor report of the North Beckley Public Service District. The court will seek an itemized accounting of salaries, expenses, and bond/insurance holders, with public access for examination. The petition also requests precinct lists and notes efforts to remove NBPSD chair James Lilly through a formal voter petition.
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Teek Rice Register
North Beckley Public Service District
NBPSD
C. M. Elmore
William Wright
N. S. Gundersen
County Court
Raleigh County
North Beckley Public Service
Thomas Canterbury
C. O. Smith
Committee of
James Lilly
Lilly
Gemini 7 crews praise ride and medals awarded
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell hailed their 14 day record voyage as a wonderful ride and said fuel cells kept power steady. Walter Schirra and Deke Slayton received NASA medals for ground breaking space work alongside Borman and Stafford. The year capped with about 1300 man hours aloft.
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Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Borman
James Lovell
Schirra
Donald K
Deke) Slayton
NASA
Agency
Lovell
Stafford
William C. Schneider
John T. Mengel
Goddard
America
Space
State Income Tax Forms Mailed Across State
About 550000 personal income tax forms will be mailed by Saturday, the State Tax Commission reports. A spokesman said 500000 have already been mailed and the remainder will be sent before April 15, aligning with federal tax deadlines.
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Charleston
Chicago Probe Set Seeks Federal School Inquiry
Secretary John Gardner of HEW announced federal analysts will head to Chicago to investigate allegations of racial discrimination in the city school system.
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Washington
UPI
John Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Chicago
Sweet Smell Of Success Eludes Jewel Hunters
NEW YORK UPI The scent of success faded for Mrs Kwan Lee and nine relatives after two days of fruitless search in Staten Island garbage dumps. Lee had hid a brown paper bag containing 6700 dollars in her kitchen trash after a friend took out the garbage, fearing burglars, and later learned her son had unknowingly tossed it with the rest.
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New York
UPI
Kwan Lee
Staten Island
Lee
New Year Holiday Traffic Warnings Drive Caution
National Safety Council calls 721 New Year traffic deaths a national disaster for a 78 hour period ending after midnight. Howard Pyle cites drinking and speed as key factors. safety departments deploy extra patrols with National Guardsmen in some areas and states recall traffic police on leave.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Sunda
Howard Pyle
Council
Doan May Run For State Senate Against Porter
The Rev. Robert H. Doan, who resigned from the State Probation and Parole Board, is mentioned as a possible candidate for the 9th Sen atorial District seat held by Porter. Election in 1966. Doan cites a demotion and payment of a state flower fund as reasons and notes pressure not to speak to the press.
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Robert H. Doan
State Probation and Parole Board
State Senate
Doan
George Peter
Beckley
Porter
Senate
Jack Nuckols
W. W. Barron
Bradley
Soci
Democratic Party
Chauncey Browning Jr
Browning
Dean Booy
Separated Twin Dies in Hollywood Surgery
Lisa Marie Mantonya, the smaller Siamese twin born Christmas Day to Mr and Mrs Gerald Mantonya, died early today after emergency intestinal surgery. Peritonitis listed as the cause. Sister Sheila Norine remained in good condition. The twins were born at ay Cross Hospital and separated at Cedars of Lebanon by a team of surgeons.
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Hollywood
UPI
Lisa Marie Mantonya
Gerald Mantonya
Sheila Norine
Ay Cross Hospital
Cedars
Lebanon
Record Social Security benefits rise to 18.3 billion in 1965
Washington UPI reports the Social Security Administration released figures showing 18.3 billion dollars in benefits paid in 1965, up 2.1 billion from 1964. About half the rise came from a 7 percent increase approved in July and retroactive to January.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Administration
Atrocities Reported After Ba To Battle Near Saigon
A U.S. spokesman said a battalion of North Vietnamese regulars executed three U S Marines and eight Vietnamese prisoners after the Dec 16 fight near Ba To, 310 miles north of Saigon. Thirteen patrol members survived and led search parties to the battlefield where the bodies were found.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Sai
Bon
North
Viet Nam
Ba To
Living Costs Jump Again in November Report
The Labor Department records the cost of living rose by two tenths of one percent in November, pushing the index to 110.6 percent of the 1957-59 base. A dollar equates to 90 cents by those standards, with most major categories up while food held steady. Prices for new cars up one percent, apparel up three tenths, housing up two tenths, and medical care up three tenths, with services and food driving the yearly rise.
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Washington
UPI
Department
Labor Department
Bishop Pike predicts bloodless coup in Rhodesia
James Pike a California bishop told a Nairobi news conference he expects a bloodless coup soon in Rhodesia. He cited sanctions already harming Rhodesia and urged UN force if Britain fails to act.
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Pike
Rhodesia
Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
James Pike
Califor Eee
Thodenta
Bishop Pike
Salisbury
Israel
United Nations
Britain
Mental Hospital Report Will Be Made Public
Gov. Hulett C. Smith announced that the state mental hospital report submitted December 1 would be released after clarifications. He had sought additional information from Mental Health Director Dr. Fred Bateman and expected a December 11 release, but later said the supplemental data was not received and the report will not be released.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith Chang
Fred Bateman
Smith
Dr. Bateman
Korea Vet Burns Draft Card Over Viet Nam Enlistment Hope
Bernard Dal Fitch, a 31 year old Korean war veteran, burned his draft card in Omaha seeking enlistment in Viet Nam. District Attorney Blumenthal says authorities will prosecute. Fitch, discharged in 1955 after five years of service including Korea, says he would rather join Australia’s army if necessary.
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Army
Omaha, Neb
UPI
Bernard Dal Fitch
Viet Nam
Fitch
Australia
Russ Blumenthal
Assis
Omaha
Cisewa
Se Sam
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