British Secretary In USSR Visit Aims at Nonproliferation
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart arrived in Moscow for four days of talks with Soviet leaders on Viet Nam and nuclear nonproliferation. He would meet Andrei Gromyko, with possible discussions with Kosygin and Brezhnev, as observers weighed the chance of any breakthrough.
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Moscow
Michael Stewart
Viet Nam
Pravda
Stewart
Lord Chalfont
Britain
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Harold Wilson
Johnson
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
West Germany
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
Real Enemies Leaflets Anger Vietnam Seabees
Seabees in Da Nang react to pacifist leaflets issued by the Vietnam Day Committee at Berkeley. About 30,000 leaflets denounce the war as criminal and immoral. Some sailors found them humorous while others, like Ronald Fuscello, see the threat of communism and call for action. Fuscello was wounded October 27 when his Seabee camp was attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windrim Smith, Jr
Fuscello
Main Street repair set for March in Roswell
John Sudderth said bids to overlay a Roswell section of Main Street from Tenth to Walnut with asphalt will be opened in Santa Fe at the March State Highway Commission meeting. Construction begins about two weeks after the letting. About 63 percent of the cost is funded federally, 37 percent by the state. Sudderth first announced the project Sept. 16 before the Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee.
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John Sudderth
New Mexico
Tenth
Walnut
Main Street
Sudderth
Chamber of Commerce
McNamara vows to send as many fighting men as needed
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara ends his Viet Nam visit with a pledge to deploy as many U.S. ground troops as required to wage the war. He notes Hanoi escalates attacks while praising South Vietnamese efforts and visiting the Ia Drang battle area with U S Cavalry troops.
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McNamara
Robert S. McNamara
U.S. First Air Cavalry Division
An Khe
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Ped
Hanoi
U.S
Johnson
Washington
U.S. 1St Cavalry
la Drang
South
Radio
Cambodia
George E. Smith
Chester
W.va
Claude E. McClure
Air Force
Pleiku
Highlands
Electrical Problems Not Expected To Postpone Gemini 7 Launch
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports the space agency expects Gemini 7 launch to proceed despite an electrical problem in a spacecraft power unit. Engineers worked through the night replacing the unit and determining the fault, with officials optimistic about Saturday's liftoff.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Borman
Lovell
U S backs UN force for world peace cites White House talks
Vice President Humphrey urged immediate U S support for a permanent UN peacekeeping force as the White House Conference on International Cooperation opened. Other items note heavy snow in New York and Pennsylvania, a paternity suit against Jim Brown, and NASA Gemini 7 and 6 mission plans with rehearsal glitches and power-unit fixes.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
White House
Earth
Dachshund Escapes City Pound In Roswell
A reddish brown female Dachshund with a Walker AFB tag vanished from the Roswell city dog pound after being brought in by a family who found it in southwest Roswell. Police seek help locating the escaped dog and returning it to Airman Steve Hutchinson.
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City Dog Pound
Roswell
Walker Afb
Steve Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Yearly totals at this date show growth
This year record stands at 431 for the period, compared to 346 at the same date last year. The rise highlights stronger activity and momentum across the period analyzed.
Accused Klansmen Face Jurors in Civil Rights Trial
Three Ku Klux Klansmen go on trial in Montgomery on civil rights charges linked to the March slaying of Viola Liuzzo. The panel includes roughly 60 jurors with several Black members. defendants Wilkins Eaton and Thomas face potential sentences up to 10 years and 5,000 dollars fine each. The case centers on a conspiracy to injure and intimidate participants in the Selma to Montgomery march.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Wilkins
Johnson
Liuzzo
U.S
Selma
Water Plan Rejected by Midway Residents
Midway residents south of Roswell rejected a community water system financed through Farmers Home Administration funds. The plan would have served about 150 people with individual wells. FHA officials said negotiations are now underway with Capitan and Greenfield residents on the same proposal. Floyd said Midway people were not interested.
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Midway
Roswell
Farmers Home Administration
Richard Floyd
FHA
Floyd
Capitan
Greenfield
Yule Parade Set Saturday
Six floats and five bands will parade down Main Street Saturday at 10 a.m. in the third annual Christmas Parade sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Assn. The route is Alameda to the courthouse where Santa Claus will distribute 1000 pounds of candy. Participating bands come from Roswell and Goddard High Schools New Mexico Military Institute Mesa Junior High and Pueblo Junior High. First prize in the float division is 50 dollars with 25 and 15 dollars for second and third. Float judges are Murray Bush Reverend Charles Davies Jack Hilligoss and Bruce Prager, all of Roswell.
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Main Street
Merchants Assn
Alameda
Court House
Santa Claus
Roswell and Goddard
New Mexico Military Institute
Mesa and
Pueblo
Murray Bush
Charles Davies
Jack Hilligoss
Bruce Prager
Roswell
Runaway Found After Bangkok Reunion With Mother
Mary Wilson 16 vanished Nov 19 from Encino California and was traced to the Pierra Foundation Bangkok orphanage. A Bangkok Post reporter’s tip led to the reunion with her mother Dr. and Mrs. George Wilson. Mary plans to stay in Bangkok several days before returning to California.
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Robert Liu
Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Mary Wilson
Encino
Calif
George Wilson
Alan Darby
Bangkok Post
Associated Press
Pierra Foundation
Darby
Mary
U.S
Mrs. Wilson
Shope
Wilson
California
Institute
Pierra Vejabuo
Pierra
Dr. Wilson
Wilsons
Cambodia
Tokyo
Record Cold Grips Ruidoso and Roswell
An Arctic cold wave sent Ruidoso into an air frost with an overnight low six degrees above zero and Roswell reporting a 6:30 am low of 18 degrees. The date nutched a potential November 29 record low for the Roswell area.
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Roswell
Ruidoso
U.S
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