NATO Could Devastate Soviet War Threats Warned
Defense Secretary Mc Namara told NATO ministers that the United States already has enough nuclear power to inflict massive casualties on the Soviet Union in a full exchange. He warned Europe would suffer if Western Europe became a battleground and said U S weapons target both American and Soviet/Communist targets with equal priority.
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Tom Ochiltree
Paris
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Soviet Union
Western Europe
McNamara
West Germany
Hiroshima
Washington
NATO Alliance
North Atlantic
NATO
Western
Europe
Kennedy Keeps Word to Return Home for Christmas
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, released from hospital after a broken back, arrived in Miami en route to Palm Beach fulfilling a promise to be home for Christmas. He walked unaided at the airport and said he aims to gain strength before the January 4 session. His wife Joan accompanied him, with children Kara and Edward Jr. joining later in Florida.
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Miami. Fla
Edward M. Kennedy
Palm Beach
Florida
Miami International Airport
Kennedy
Joan
Kara
Edward Jr
Boston
Mississippi State Bonds Are Sold Despite Boycott Calls
New York brokers reported the Mississippi state sold 8.775 million dollars in bonds amid civil rights groups urging a boycott. Blyth & Co led a 6 million dollar school bond bid at a net 3.238 percent, while First National City Bank headed a 2.775 million college and university bond bid at 3.2867 percent. Moody s rated AA and Standard and Poor s A.
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New York
Mississippi
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District
Jackson
Miss
Blyth & Co
First National City Bank
Moody's Corp
Standard & Poor's
Donations Slow as Roswell Citizens Give to Christmas Baskets
Roswell residents have contributed 51 dollars to the Jaycee Spirit of Christmas fund to supply food baskets for needy families before Christmas. Jaycees aim for 900 dollars by early next week as donations arrive slowly. Latest gifts include 25 dollars from Medical Auxiliary 5 dollars from an anonymous donor and bread from Rainbo Baking Co. Jaycee Wives are listing families to receive baskets through the YMCA central clearing agency.
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Roswell
Jaycee
Jaycees
Rainbo Baking Co
Ymca Central Clearing Agency
Ministers Seek Ban on Peyton Place TV Show
The Chaves County Ministerial Alliance pressed KSWS TV and Cable TV to drop the soap opera Peyton Place amid concerns over its sex theme. Rev. K Wayne Nelson and Rev W F Lemons Jr announced plans to protest to the FCC and seek network contract loss if the program is removed. They noted KSWS TV could lose its network deal if Peyton Place is cut.
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Chaves County
Peyton Place
Ksws-Tv
K. Wayne Nelson
Alliance
Commission On Social Concerns
Trinity Methodist Church
Odell Spurlin
Nelson
W. F. Lemons Jr
Trinity Methodist
Paul McEvoy
Rev. Nelson
FCC
Albuquerque
King Lands Southern Compliance After Court Ruling
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr joined other Negro leaders in hailing broad Southern compliance with the public accommodations provision of the Civil Rights Act. King, returning from Oslo where he received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the hard core of resistance may still recognize and obey the law, though pockets of opposition linger in rural areas without biracial committees.
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Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Paris
U.S. Supreme Court
King
Oslo
South
Record Cold Strikes Northwest Weather Burst Shatters Records
A brutal winter storm hit the Northwest with near unprecedented cold and heavy snow. Gusts up to 95 mph drove toward the Great Lakes and central regions as arctic air pushed temperatures to 34 degrees below zero at Great Falls and well below zero elsewhere. Drifting snow shut Montana Wyoming Idaho and Washington roads and schools.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Pacific
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Helena
Dakota
Wyoming
Idaho
Washington
Dakotas
Pacific Northwest
Ski Trail Gondola Opens Thursday at Sierra Blanca
The Sierra Blanca Ski Area above Ruidoso will open Thursday with the Sierra Blanca ski trail. Base snow is rated fair on Lincoln and Sierra Blanca lifts. the baby lift shows good base snow and lower slopes have excellent conditions.
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Sierra Blanca
Ruidoso
Lincoln
Soviet Boots Only Congo Diplomat
The Soviet Union charged Congo premier Tshombe’s diplomat in Moscow with hostile activities and ordered the Congolese legation closed and the envoy, M. Gaston Ngambani, to depart. Tass accused Ngambani of unfriendly and impermissible actions against Soviet citizens after Tshombe’s rise to power.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Moise Tshombe
M. Gaston Ngambani
Tass
Ngambani
Pravda
Communist Party
Tshombe
Germany
Italy
West Germany
United States
Land Commissioner cites over grazing at state grazing meeting
New Mexico Land Commissioner Guyton Hays pledged to consider drought when making allocations and noted past over grazing. The remark came during a blunt panel on range and grazing problems at the Southeastern New Mexico Grazing Association annual meeting at the Roswell Inn.
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New Mexico Gazing Association
Roswell Inn
Louis Merritt
S. P. “Buzz” Johnson
Clint Sultemeier
Louis Cooper
Reeder
Land Commissioner
Dean Reeder
New Mexico
Guyton Hays
Southeastern
Dr. Gray
Bureau of
Hodges Resigns as Commerce Secretary in Johnson Cabinet
President Johnson announced Luther Hodges would resign as secretary of commerce and named John T. Connor of Merck & Co. as his successor. Connor, 50, has led Merck since 1955 and will face Senate confirmation in January. Hodges has served since 1960 and said he planned to leave after four years.
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Washington
Johnson
Luther H. Hodges
Commerce
New Jersey
John T. Connor
Connor
Commerce Post
Jan
Merck & Co. Inc
Hodges
Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
White House
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
New York
North Carolina
Commerce Department
Kosygin accepts invitation to visit Britain
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson says Premier Kosygin of the Soviet Union has accepted an invitation to visit Britain and may also want to visit Moscow. Shared by Wilson in the House of Commons today.
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Associated Press
London
Harold Wilson
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Union
Britain
Wilson
House of Commons
Kosygin
Moscow
Area Officer Decorated In Viet Nam
Maj. Richard W. Rardin former Walker AFB officer received the Air Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while flying combat airlift missions in Viet Nam. His wife Delores lives at 3005 Bandolina Dr. Assigned to the 1st Air Command Squadron Bien Hoa Air Base South Viet Nam his unit supports Vietnamese ground forces against the Viet Cong landing at remote jungle airstrips under fire.
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Richard W. Rardin
Walker Air Force Base
Air Medal
Viet Nam
Air Force
Maj
Rardin
Delores
Bandolina Dr
Air Commando
Bien Hoa
South Viet Nam
Bardin
Duke of Windsor Undergoes Major Aneurysm Surgery
The Duke of Windsor had a large abdominal aneurysm removed by Dr. Michael DeBakey at Methodist Hospital in Houston. The 70 year old monarch, described as smiling and alert, recovered in his room after a 67 minute operation.
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Houston
Tex
Duke of Windsor
Michael DeBakey
DeBakey
Tom Fourqureau
Methodist Hospital
Ted Bowen
Fourqureau
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Ted Kennedy
King Lands
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Minnesota
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Commerce Secretariat
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Giovani Leone
Umberto Terracini
Giuseppe Saragat
United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Burundi
Jim Anderson
Bureau
Brownfield
State Advisory Council
Brownfields
S. P. Buzz Johnson
R. W. Bardin
N. M
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