U.S. Eases North Vietnam Air War and Cuts Europe Troops
The White House relaxed air war limits allowing pilots broader range around Hanoi and the Chinese border. The shift aims to curb North Vietnam by hitting Tonkin Delta targets while avoiding Haiphong docks. Johnson sides with Joint Chiefs over McNamara. Additionally the U.N. General Assembly approved a treaty for astronauts forced to land abroad.
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Senate Preparedness
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Hanoi-Haiphong
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South Vietnam
Haiphong
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert S. McNamara
U.N. General Assembly
U S to Withdraw 35000 Troops From Germany in April
The Pentagon announced a phased U S Army and Air Force withdrawal from Germany beginning in April. Up to 35000 troops will redeploy to the United States while remaining in NATO. Several units will relocate to Fort Riley Kansas Fort Lewis Washington Holloman New Mexico Mountain Home Idaho with early returns planned and rotational stays.
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Pentagon
Germany
United States
U.S
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Federal Republic of Germany
Defense Department
Europe
24Th Infantry Division
Ft. Riley
Kan
3Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Armored
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Johnson Signs 4.3 Billion Spending Cut During Pacific Stop
President Johnson, en route to Australia to honor Prime Minister Holt, signed a congressional spending cut of 4.3 billion on his plane during a Pago Pago stopover in American Samoa. The move could prompt next year’s tax increase debate. He arrived at 5:52 a.m. EST.
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Johnson
Honolulu
Australia
Harold E. Holt
Pago Pago
War slows as Viet buildup continues
Saigon reports weather limits air raids as a fresh U.S. brigade arrives in the South to bolster ground forces. Pilots claim two MIGs down, with two more Soviet-designed jets likely destroyed. The 11th Infantry Brigade sails to Qui Nhon, joining the 101st Airborne, marching toward a peak buildup ahead of next June.
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Hanoi
U.S
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Qui Nhon
South Vietnam
101St Airborne Division
Pacific
Vietnam
Korea
Benton judge named head of Illinois courts system
Circuit Judge Roy G C Gulley of Benton is named director of the administrative office of Illinois courts effective January 1. He will oversee Cook County and downstate courts from Springfield with offices in the Supreme Court building.
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Roy GC. Gulley
Benton
Illinois Courts
Roy J. Solfisburg, Jr
Illinois Supreme Court
Gulley
John W. Friels
Chicago
2Nd Judicial Circuit
Circuit
State Judicial Conference
Randall S. Quindry
Fairfield
Cook County
Downstate
Illinois
Springfield
Supreme Court
Illinois senior colleges rejected by state board panel
A five to one vote by a special committee of the state board of higher education denied bids by the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University for senior colleges in Springfield and south suburban Chicago. The panel said no branch campuses, urging existing institutions to assist as needed while aiming for a 1970 opening. Richard Stengel dissented in absentia. final decision due January 10.
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Thomas Gregory Lindsay-Schaub
Chicago
Illinois
State Board of Higher Education
Springfield
Board of Regents
Board of Governors
Richard Stengel
Rock Island
University of Illinois
Ray Page
New junior college plan aims for instructional focus and system balance
Worthy argues the state's new junior colleges align with Board of Governors and Regents models, emphasizing instruction over research and applying existing knowledge. Graduates likely enter careers directly, not further study, and a balance of programs and political and educational power is urged.
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Board of Governors
Board of Regents
U. of S
SIU
Flu Hits Southern Illinois Schools With Rising Absenteeism
A flu outbreak and related respiratory infections push absentee rates up across area schools and industries. Chester closes three days early. Pinckneyville and other districts report varying absence levels as health officials monitor Type A influenza and advise rest while SIU faces a campus outbreak.
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Chester
Pinckneyville High School
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Glen Zilmer
H. H. Rohrer
Jackson County
Chicago
Michigan
Rohrer
Southern [Illinois University
SIU
Illinois eyes regional office center in Southern Illinois
The site selection committee for a 16 county regional office center to house seven state departments met in Springfield. Executive director William P. Ford said a decision is likely by year end. Free land is offered by Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro Marion Benton West Frankfort Steeleville and Harrisburg.
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Springfield
William P. Ford
Illinois Building Authority
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Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
Marion
Benton
West Frankfort
Steeleville
Harrisburg
Western and Eastern States Hit by Respiratory Outbreaks
Respiratory infections prompt early school closings and reduced business across Oklahoma to Maryland as influenza like illness surges in the East and Midwest. Michigan reports near epidemic Asian flu in Detroit area. Alabama counts thousands of influenza and influenza like cases. Nashville and Knoxville face a sizable epidemic.
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Associated Press
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Maryland
Midwest
Mid- South
mid-Atlantic
Atlanta
United States
Michigan
Detroit
Alabama
Ira L. Myers
R. H. Hutcheson
Tennessee
Publichealth
Nashville
Knoxville
Culpepper County
R. S. Legarde
Oklahoma State Health Department
Barlesville
Arnold M. Reeve
Iowa State Health Department
Washington, D.C
Hugh
Hotings
Ark
State Health Department
Joseph Bistowish
Nashville (Tenn
Health Department
Johnson Eyes Fast End to War If Talks Succeed
President Johnson said the war could end within days if South Vietnam's president negotiates with the Viet Cong and wins their pledge to honor the Geneva accords. He urged American business leaders to hire 500,000 unemployed or the government would create jobs. Thieu responded he would only talk to NLF leaders who defect. Ambassador Bunker asserted U S and Saigon positions align.
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Johnson
South Vietnam
Saigon
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Australia
Nguyen van Thieu
Melbourne
Harold Holt
Thieu
NLF
U. S
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S
Weather outlook cloudy with showers into Thursday
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Thursday. Occasional showers or thundershowers likely developing and continuing intermittently into Thursday. Mild to Thursday night cooler with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s and lows from the upper 40s to low 50s. Weather details, page 9.
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