Humphrey Tours Manila After Tokyo Peace Talks
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey traveled from Tokyo to Manila for Ferdinand Marcos's inauguration. He pressed for a Vietnam peace conference while noting potential Philippine troop involvement and spoke of US hopes to push war talks, meeting Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Sato during a 18 hour Tokyo visit.
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Manila
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tokyo
Japan
Philippines
Humphrey
Air Force
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
Johnson
Fernando Lopez
Viet Nam
Hirohito
Norman Rockwell
Eisaku Sato
United States
New County Officials To Take Oaths
New county officials to take oaths Friday at 11 a.m. in the Courthouse. Six officials elected in November will begin four year terms. Names include Newton Picking treasurer Edgar W Fritz recorder of deeds Richard D Maust prothonotary Edward Lauer Nicholas M Bruno lay commissioners and Robert H Halverson coroner.
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Newton
Picking
Edgar W. Fritz
Richard D. Maust
Edward Lauer
Nicholas M. Bruno
Robert H. Halverson
Brougher
Margaret J. Raybury
Norman A. Shaulis
Recorder of Deeds
Fritz
Nelle Bauer
Vera Lohr
Evelyn Griffin
Jean Crouse Wall
Peggy Jane Whipperman
Dora E. Messenger
Sara M. Diehl
Kathryn Wager
Jacobs to Head Drive for Laurel Highlands Members
Vincent J. Jacobs of Highland Tank and Manufacturing Co. in Stoystown was named Somerset County chairman for the 1956 Laurel Highlands membership drive. He will recruit leaders and workers, launching officially at a January 1 luncheon in Somerset, as Laurel Highlands promotes Somerset as a vacation center and boosts local business and recreation facilities.
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Vincent J. Jacobs
Highland Tank and Manufacturing Co
Stoystown
Somerset County
Laurel Highlands
Somerset
van G. Berke
Jacobs
Jacop
Westmoreland
Fayette
Johnson silent on Viet Nam peace missions to Vatican and Warsaw
President Johnson gave no detail on a broad Viet Nam peace effort as diplomat W Averell Harriman went to Warsaw and U N ambassador Arthur Goldberg to the Vatican to convey the president s thanks to Pope Paul VI for peace efforts in Southeast Asia Harriman met Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki in Warsaw while Goldberg met the pope in Rome Johnson conferred with aides Califano and Moyers on departmental matters as the missions proceeded without public announcements.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Vatican
Warsaw
W. Averell Harriman
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
White House
Harriman
Joseph Laitin
Goldberg
Pope Paul VI
Laitin
Texas White House
U.S
Rome
Southeast Asia
U. S
Viet Nam
Adam Rapacki
Washington
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Bill D. Moyers
Paul VI
Poland
Averell Harriman
International Commission For Supervision and Control
Ho Chi Minh Stifles Hopes Peace Offensive Continues
Washington reports the U S peace effort in Vietnam carries President Johnson’s personal touch with Vatican contact through Goldberg while Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi rebuffs talks. State Dept officials note no new Hanoi position, as Harriman and Kohler visits unfold and bombing remains limited.
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Ho Chi Minh
Weather in Western Pennsylvania Warmer Thursday and Friday
Variable cloudiness moves through Western Pennsylvania with a rise in temperatures. Highs are forecast to reach the upper 40s to mid 50s on Thursday, then stay mild into Friday.
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Pennsylvania
Fanfani Resigns as Foreign Minister in Italian Crisis
Rome AP report says Premier Aldo Moro accepted Amintore Fanfani’s resignation amid heavy criticism over his ties with Giorgio La Pira and a controversial Hanoi peace feeler. Fanfani, 57, remains UN Assembly president and heads a left wing faction within the Christian Democrat party. He refused Moro’s request to withdraw and will focus on internal party opposition.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Moro
United Nations Assembly
U.N
Giorgio la Pira
la Pira
Hanoi
New Moro
Christian Democrat Party
Florence
U.N. General Assembly
Washington
Fam
Bacarosa Fanfani
Gianna Breda
Borghese
Dean Rusk
Benito Mussolini
Charles de Gaulle
U S declares war not peace to pope in Viet Nam clash
North Viet Nam leader Ho Chi Minh sent a broadcast to Pope Paul VI denouncing U S war aims and insisting that unconditional talks are a cover for war. He demanded end to bombings and aggression, withdrawal of troops, and internal Viet Nam settlement. The message followed a lull in U S bombing and mixed peace-move diplomacy.
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Ho Chi Minh
State Department
Hanoi Radio
U.S
Viet Nam
Christopher A. Squires Harriman
Budapest
Warsaw
Pope Paul
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Tokyo
Paul VI
U. S
North Viet Nam
Vatican
Podgorny
Moscow
Foy D. Kohler
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Union
Alexander N. Shelepin
Hanio
Peking
United States
Goldberg
Johnson
Washington
North Viet Nam Off-Limits To U.S. Bombers Sixth Day
U S bombers remained barred from North Viet Nam for a sixth night as peace gestures and diplomatic activity shaped Viet Nam war coverage. Ho Chi Minh condemned Hanoi, while American forces added 4,000 troops to reach 175,000. casualties and budget talks marked the day.
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North Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson
U. S
Hawaii
Viet Nam
25Th “Tropic Lightning
Plei
Central Highlands
Texas White House
Austin
Goldberg Sees Pope In LBJ Peace Mission
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg met Pope Paul VI in Vatican City on a mission for President Johnson to thank the Pope for the Christmas cease-fire and peace efforts in Viet Nam. Harriman and Kohler also pursued related diplomacy as the Pope’s role as an intermediary gained attention.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Pope Paul
Vatican City
Johnson
Viet Nam
Goldberg
Pope
LBJ
Paul VI
Supreme Court
W. Averell Harriman
Warsaw
Moscow
Foy D. Kohler
Nikolai Podgorny
Two Pennsylvanians Killed In Action
Defense Department on Wednesday identified two U S service members from Pennsylvania killed in action or dead of wounds in West. Army Sgt. Paul W. Jander shovitz, husband of Mrs. Emily N. Jandershovitz, 215 E Union St Allentown Pa, died of wounds. One man Marine Pfc John Ashman, son of Mr and Mrs James Ashman, 2727 Jackson St Scranton Pa, died from other than hostile action.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Pennsylvania
West Nam
Army
Paul W. Jandershovitz
Emily N. Jandershovitz
E. Union St
Allentown
Marine Pfe
John Ashman
James Ashman
Jackson St
Scranton
Red China accuses USSR of plotting in Vietnam issue
Tokyo AP dispatch reports Radio Peking criticizes Moscow for pushing United States Soviet cooperation to undermine China and Vietnam friendship. People's Daily says Soviet leaders push united action on Vietnam, while Moscow seeks Hanoi with Shelepin's trip seen as undercutting Chinese influence.
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Tokyo
Red China
Peking
Kremlin
United States
People’s Daily
Moscow
Alexander N. Shelepin
Hanoi
Viet Nam
CPSU
Soviet Communist Party
United Action
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James Sweitzer
Sally Adams
Robert J. McCloskey
Kohler
Supreme Soviet Presidium
McCloskey
Ous la Pira
Christophe Soglo
Dahomey
Pleiku
Highlands
Phubon
Strategic Air Command
Quant Tri
Bahadur Shastri
Alexei Kosygin
Ayub Khan
Tashkent
Karachi
New Delhi
Kashmir
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Pakistan
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Red Chinese
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