Anderson and Morris Seek Activation Of Gasbuggy Project
Washington special report details senators Anderson and Morris pushing for funding of the Gasbuggy project under the Plowshare program. The plan would detonate a nuclear device in San Juan Basin gas formations to study peaceful uses of nuclear explosives. Funding gaps exist as 1967 appropriation bills struggle, with potential partial funding in the public works measure.
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Washington
Daily Press
New Mexico
AEC
Anderson
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate
CPA
Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee
Allott
Colorado
Senate Appropriations Committee
Public Works
Congress
Budget Bureau
Katzenbach to Leave AG Post as Rusk Seeps In
President Johnson announced Nicholas Katzenbach will depart as attorney general to become under secretary of state. Eugene Rostow was named to a second undersecretary post, Foy Kohler would return as deputy undersecretary, and George Ball’s successor as ambassador to Japan was discussed. Johnson also supported Pope Paul VI's Viet Nam peace appeal while dodging questions on a tax increase.
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Washington
Johnson
Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
Little Cabinet
Katzenbach
Dean Rusk
State Department
Justice
Foy Kohler
Russia
Moscow
U. Alexis Johnson
Japan
Pope Paul VI
Viet Nam
Possible Lead Found In Slaying Of Valerie Percy
Authorities in Kenilworth and Evanston pursue a tip from a Chicago cab driver about a man in a published photo who may match the attacker in Valerie Percy’s murder. Lake Michigan searches, Coast Guard aid, and FBI involvement accompany leads while a threatening letter to Percy and GOP figures is investigated.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Kenilworth, I. (Ap
Valerie Percy
Chicago
Leo Yancey
Evanston
Percy
Valerie
Charles H. Percy
Kenilworth
North Shore
Yancey
Glencoe
Maurice Higgins
State's Attorney's Corps
Lake Michigan
Robert Daley
Coast Guard
Illinois Swale
Russell Arrington
Senate
Daley
Paul Douglas
D-ill
Highway Meeting In Mexico City Re-Set For January
The International Highway Association JLC S 180 Mexico 43 re set its winter convention to January 6 through 8 in Mexico City after canceling October dates due to facility conflicts. Hosts expect favorable climate and ample accommodations during the winter tourist season. The Silver City Bayard Hurley area leads in paid memberships, with C O Oldham of Silver City serving as first vice president.
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International Highways Association
LC. S
Mexico
Mexico City
Partly cloudy with thundershowers and fair day forecast
Weather brief notes partly cloudy this afternoon and evening with possible brief thundershowers. Mostly fair through Thursday with 30 percent precipitation today and tonight, 20 percent Thursday. Airport region shows high 83 and low 56 with 0.03 inch precipitation.
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Fiebour
Regulators Cut Savings Time Deposit Interest Ceilings
The FDIC set a 5 percent cap on insured commercial bank time deposits under 100000 dollars, effective with Johnson signing a bill to curb rising rates. The move also imposes a 5 percent ceiling on rates for mutual savings banks, while the Home Loan Board outlined a sliding scale of 4.75 to 5.25 percent. The action excludes certificates of deposit and existing time deposits renewed at current rates.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Johnson
F.d.uc
Federal Home Loan Board
Savings and Loan
Optimist Club Solicits Center Building Funds
Silver City Optimist Club seeks funds to finish a teen and community center. The building is on the foundation and needs repairs interior changes painting and a general overhaul. Donations may be made at J C Penney or The American National Bank.
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Silver City Optimist Club
Optimist Club
Silver City
J. C. Penney Co
American National Bank
Fair Dries Up After Zunis Rainbow Dance
In Albuquerque the New Mexico state fair opened amid rain and wind. Western New Mexico Zuni Indians held a rainbow dance in the Indian village on the second day, hoping to end the storm. The rain ceased and the sky cleared, ending skeptic fears about the dances’ power.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Marines Capture Gia Binh Village Near Demilitarized Zone
U S Marines seized the fortified village of Gia Binh just south of the demilitarized zone after days of hard ground and air attacks. Flame tanks aided infantry as jets and B 52 bombers pummeled North Vietnamese positions nearby, with losses listed on both sides and multiple aircraft missions reported.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Gia Binh
Haiphong
Nort Vie Nam
North Viet Nam
Driver Pleads Guilty In Centra Accident Case
Riley Gillihan of Centra pled guilty to driving while intoxicated before Justice of the Peace U S Corner and was fined 100 plus 7.50 court costs. He pled not guilty to unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and was bound over to district court on a 3500 bond. An accident on Sunday on N M 90 east of Santa Rita left Gillihan and two others injured when his dump truck overturned.
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Riley Gillihan
Centra
Justice of the Peace U. S
N.M
Santa Rita
Gillihan
Conservationists Establish Aerial Snow Markers
The Grant Soil and Water Conservation District and local Soil Conservation Service personnel set up two aerial snow survey courses on the Mimbres Watershed. Supervisors Jack Washichek and Richard W. Enz laid out routes in McKnight Canyon and Emory Pass to forecast stream flow on the Mimbres River and groundwater availability in Luna and Grant counties.
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Grant Soil and Water Conservation District
Local Soil Conservation Service
Personel
Mimbres
Jack Washichek
Richard W. Enz
SCS
McKnight Canyon
Emory Pass
Bob Abercrombie
Luna
Grant Counties
Grant County
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Helene Monberg
New Silver High School
John Gaines
Silver District
Frank Tatsch
May
Rusk
White House
George W. Ball
Eugene Rostow
Yale University Law School
Thomas Mann
Sarah McClendon
Texas
FBI
Arrington
Tlinois
Coral Sea
da Nang
Ttg
Hanoi
Ralph A. Hanson
Miami
Fla
Hanson
Thanh Hoa
Dick Smith
S.C.S
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