McNamara Orders Major Army Reserve and Guard Restructure
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara initiates a sweeping reorganization eliminating eight low priority Reserve and National Guard infantry divisions and 393 smaller units. The plan creates eight high priority brigades around 4,000 troops each plus six revitalized Guard divisions, aiming to back 16 regular Army divisions within eight weeks of mobilization.
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Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
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Pentagon
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Tito Receives Warm Moscow Welcome From Khrushchev
Yugoslav leader Tito arrived in Moscow for a state visit with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. A guard of honor and band greeted the party as the two leaders exchanged handshakes, signaling a potential warming in Soviet Yugoslav relations amid past ideological disputes.
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Moscow
Tito
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Peking
Council In Brief Session Monday
City council approved first reading to close part of an alley in Block 3 Bates Addition. North Snyder street name designations were approved to reduce address confusion and align with adjacent areas. Authorized purchase of salvaged cast iron pipe and fittings for 1172.75 and Kruse Drapery Shop blinds bid 442 for city hall south windows. Installation of pipe barricades on Avenue E west of Twenty sixth Street approved to reduce a traffic hazard. VFW Post leaders discussed a circus planned next March on veterans property west of Avenue T. no ordinance violation. Annual audit report received for next discussion.
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City Hall
Bates
Carl Ballard
North
Snyder
M. E. Ruby Construction Co
Kruse Drapery Shop
Avenue E
Twenty-sixth Street
J. M Rollins
L. D. Sellers
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Frank D. Stephenson
Council
Veterans Organization
Avenue T
Move To Halt Rockefeller Move To Halt Rockefeller
A secret Chicago meeting shown support for Barry Goldwater over Nelson Rockefeller for the 1964 Republican nomination. Attendees mentioned possible funds and exploratory aims, with Goldwater cited as frontrunner and Rockefeller as unlikely to win. The group’s precise actions remained unclear.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Associated Press
Chicago
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Phoenix
Senate
Imo
John Ashbrook
Rohio
Sen. Goldwater
Gov. Rockefeller
Lod
1000-Foot Dive Tragedy Strikes Frogmen Off California
In a deep sea test off Santa Catalina Island two English divers sought a 1000 foot record using Keller gases. Peter Small 35 of the London Telegraph died from the bends while Christopher Whitaker 22 UCLA geology student remains missing. Hannes Keller survived.
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Long Beach
Calif
Peter Small
London Daily Telegraph
Christopher Whittaker
University of California At
Los Angeles
Small
Hannes Keller
Santa Catalina Island
Keller
Whittaker
London
John Light
Nehru Confirms Soviet MIG Deliveries to India
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that the Soviet Union will deliver a few MIG 21 jet fighters to India for training. He cited December and 1963 1964 deliveries and noted uncertainty due to China and the Cuban crisis. Defense Minister Chavan said Moscow assured deliveries would come around December or later.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Soviet Union
Y. B. Chavan
Moscow
China
Lakshmi Menon
Colombo
Ceylon
Reds Still Ahead in Powerful Rockets Says Soviet Leader
Marshal Sergei Biryuzov in Krasnaya Zvezda asserts the Soviet Union leads the United States in powerful military rockets. The claim follows Western talk of a missile gap, noting British estimates of about 75 ICBMs for the Soviets versus 450–500 for the West and predicting deployment of a more accurate Soviet ICBM next year.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Sergei Biryuzov
Krasnaya Zvezda
Red Star
United
West
U.S
Gusty Winds Spread Cold Air Across Texas Panhandle
North winds ushered a Pacific cold front into Texas with clearing skies in most areas before clouds gathered in South Texas. Amarillo saw a dawn push as readings dropped to 43, Dalhart gusted to 38 mph, and temperatures dipped to 28 in the Panhandle and far southwest Texas while Lubbock and Amarillo ranged in the low 40s.
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Tne Associated Pres
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Fox
Red River Valley
Amarillo
Panhandle
Dalhart
Lubbock
Brownsville
Students Hit By Food Poisoning
More than 150 high school students suffered from food poisoning after a cafeteria lunch of hamburger and corn. Ten students were admitted to a hospital in fair condition, with about eight treated at doctors offices.
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Titan workers treated after Arizona silo fire
More than 50 Titan missile workers were treated Monday after a short circuit caused a brief fire and filled an underground silo east of Tucson with smoke and acrid fumes.
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Tucson
Ariz
United States Rejects Black Box Plan for Nuclear Test Ban
At the Geneva disarmament talks the United States rejects the black box system of unmanned seismic stations as a foolproof method to police a ban on underground nuclear tests. Ambassador Arthur H. Dean says Moscow’s scientists doubt it alone ensures enforcement and calls for many stations and on-site inspections. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin supports the idea but hints it could reduce on-site checks.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Soviet Union
Dean
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Moscow
Tsarapkin
Humphrey To Have Guests From New Orleans Plan
The Citizens Council of Greater New Orleans says it will send 19 African Americans to Minneapolis for Christmas dinner with Senator Hubert Humphrey. Council Director George Singelmann, leader of the Reverse Freedom Rider movement, notes Humphrey plans Christmas in Washington and would receive a registered letter about their arrival.
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New Orleans
Citizens Councilor
Greater New Orleans
Minneapolis
Hubert Humphrey
D.minn
Council
George Singelmann
Humphrey
Washington
Senate
Singelmann
Minnesota
Weather snips across Texas show cooler readings and scattered showers
The region reports varied conditions from North Central Texas to Southeast Texas. Temperatures range from the 40s to the 60s with lows in the 20s to 40s and highs from the 50s to the 70s. Winds shift from south to north with gusts up to 28 knots in coastal areas.
Soviets Refuse Financing of Congo Peacekeeping Missions
United Nations debate over funding Congo and Middle East forces intensifies as the Soviet Union again rejects sharing costs. Secretary General Thant and US delegate Klutznick warn of financial collapse, while a budget committee weighs accepting the World Court’s opinion that costs fall under UN expenses. The UN faces about 150 million in red on Congo operation, with bond issues raised to cover shortfalls. A 15 nation working group may be formed to devise future financing.
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India
Kashmir
Himalayas
Nehru
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Duncan Sandys
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
China
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NYAP
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U.N
Congo
Middle East
Pavel M. Tchernyshev
General Assembly
Security Council
Tchernyshev
U Thant
Philip M. Klutznick
World Court
Thant
Klutznick
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