NATO Eyes New Five Year Strategy and Mobile Forces
NATO planners prepare a five year force plan for 1968 1972 to align allied goals with resources. The new strategy uses graduated response to aggression replacing nuclear retaliation and notes a growing Soviet naval presence in the Mediterranean and mobile forces including carriers subs missiles and aircraft.
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Russia
Brosio
Mediterranean
NATO
Soviet Union
Secetary
Arctic
Aegean
Berlin
Pacific Seaboard
United States
East
John Foster Dulles
Europe
Reappointed To Municipal Authority In Somerset Borough
A. D. Graham was reappointed to the Municipal Authority for a five year term to January 1973 at a Somerset Borough Council meeting. Edgar W. Fritz was named collector of Real Estate Transfer Tax and George W. Schenck and Vernon Coleman were reappointed to local boards for terms expiring in 1971 and 1973. Mayor Barnhart swore in council member William James. The annual Fire Department banquet is set for January 3 at 6 30 p.m. A yearly grant of 312 to Somerset County Development Council was approved, with several tax ordinances adopted effective January 1 1968.
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A. D. Graham
Municipal Authority
Somerset Borough Council
Edgar W. Fritz
George W. Schenck
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Vernon Coleman
Somerset Borough Planning Commission
William Barnhart
William James
Barnhart
Somerset Fire Department
Somerset County Development Council
Congress Clears Two Year Antipoverty Extension
Congress approved a two year four point sixteen billion dollar extension of antipoverty programs under OEO. The bill shifts control of community-action programs to local officials while funding levels for the current and next year are set, though final appropriations may fall short. Sargent Shriver pledged oversight of city administration, as debates over funding and scope continue.
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Washington
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Sargent Shriver
House
White House
Senate
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Shriver
Monsoon Aids Reds Clear Supply Logjam At Haiphong
U S forces report heavy monsoon easing in Haiphong allowing North Vietnamese supply movement for the South. Bringle says Hanoi may repair damage and reroute materiel while U S air and sea strikes target routes from Cambodia toward South Vietnam.
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Haiphong
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
William F. Bringle
Cambodia
Adm
Bringle
Ranger
Gulf of Tonkin
Associated Press
George Esper
Mot
Hai
Robbs Honeymoon Secluded At Caneel Bay Plantation
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and her Marine husband Charles Robb spend their Virgin Islands honeymoon day at Caneel Bay Plantation St John hidden from reporters by Secret Service and police. Officials say inquiries go to the White House and no stay length is announced. The Rockefeller founded resort on 200 acres with 108 cottages along seven beaches is part of Virgin Islands National Park and donates proceeds to the park. Rates in season run from 45 to 65 dollars daily for a double.
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Deveste Granducci Cruz
Lynda Bird
Charles Robb
White House
Washington
Baltimore
San Juan
St. Thomas
St. John
Caribbean
Hawaii
Caipt
Robb
Rockefeller
Virgin Islands National Park
National Park Service
Rockefellers
Civilian War Toll in South Vietnam Could Hit 100000 This Year
Saigon reports government hospital figures project 76000 wounded and 24000 killed or dying from war related causes in South Vietnam this year. If realized, civilian deaths would exceed the 1967 military toll of about 19000. Estimates rely on hospital reports from 71 facilities, with admissions averaging 4000 civilians monthly and 44800 civilians hospitalized to date.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Ministry of Health
William H. Moncrief Jr
U.S
Moncrief
House Votes To Force Spending Out
The House approved a plan to cut $4.1 billion in government spending for the current fiscal year. Agencies would trim personnel costs by 2 percent and reduce other controllable expenses by 10 percent, part of a Johnson administration proposal tied to a 10 percent surtax.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Use Of Arab Ports To Be Increased
US analysts say Russia will not gain its own naval bases in the Mediterranean but will step up operations from Arab ports. NATO unity and Western alarm over Moscow’s Mediterranean actions are to be discussed at Brussels meetings. Russian warships in the Med have risen tenfold in three years with about 40 vessels typical, mostly modern fighting ships and submarines in Egyptian ports.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Russia
Mediterranean
Middle East
NATO
Moscow
Brussels
United States
Israel
U.S
Shafer Signs Bill Legalizing Thoroughbred Racing In Pa
Gov. Shafer signed into law a bill legalizing thoroughbred racing in Pennsylvania despite personal opposition. The measure creates a three member non salaried State Horse Racing Commission to license up to four tracks, each limited to 100 racing days per year. The law includes admissions tax and betting handle shares, aiming for substantial tax revenue.
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Shafer
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Liberty Bell
Philadelphia
Pocono Downs
Wilkes-Barre
the Meadows
Washington
Albert R. Pechan
Cigent
Pechan
New York State
New Jersey
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania Tuesday and Wednesday
Western Pennsylvania expects cloudy conditions with fog and occasional rain and a chance of thunderstorms. Tuesday highs in the mid to upper 40s, with little temperature change. Wednesday remains mostly cloudy with showers and a cooler turn.
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Pennsylvania
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Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
Loe Nirh
Snuol
Norodom Sihanouk
Laos
U.S. 1St Air Cavaly
Bong Son
Chu Lai
Myron Shoffstall
Donald Scheidinger
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset Country Club
Virgin Islands
Johnny Costa
Walter G. Beals
Eric Klose
William Kimmel
Indian Lake Lodge
Eric
Costa
Beals
Kimmel
Dave Slowak
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