U.S. Appeals for End to Olin Strike and Viet Nam Truce Talks
News from Saigon reports a six day U.S. air war moratorium over North Viet Nam while airlift of about 4,000 American troops arrives in the central highlands. South Viet Nam hints at a Tet ceasefire as U.S. B52s hit Viet Cong positions in Quang Tri. overall casualties tallied for both sides.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Washington
Hawaii
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Viet Nam
Solomon Islands
Guam
Quang Tri Province
Shells at risk as Viet Nam ammo plant strike lingers
Labor Secretary Wirtz warned U S forces could run out of gunpowder and ammunition if the East Alton Olin Mathieson strike continues. Negotiations with AFL-CIO machinists, aided by federal mediators, stretch into a third day with no clear breakthrough and warnings of prompt settlement to avoid shortages.
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Washington (Ap
W. Willard Wirtz
U.S
Viet Nam
Wirtz
Afl-Cio
Illinois
Alton
Ordill Olin
U.S. Air Force
William E. Simkin
Johnson
White House
Defense Department
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Eugene Glover
Union
Serretary of
Simkin
Olin Mathieson
USS
Ho Chi Minh Says U S. Wants War Amid Christmas Truce
North Viet Nam leader Ho Chi Minh flatly accuses the United States of seeking war not peace and labels U S demands for unconditional talks as a cover for war. He reiterates that peace requires U S troop withdrawal from South Vietnam, a stance echoed by Red China.
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Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Paul VI
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Red China
Saltonstall to retire after 45 years in public office
Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall announced his retirement at the end of his current U.S. Senate term in January 1967. The 73-year-old Republican said he could not serve with the zeal and conscientiousness he desires and named potential successors while noting Democratic contenders and local figures planning runs.
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Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
U.S. Senate
Saltonstall
Federal
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Laurence Curtis
Senate
GOP
Larry Curtis
Boston
John F. Collins
Endicott Peabody
Foster Furcolo
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Senate Appropriations
Armed Services
Western Colorado Mine Disaster Kills Nine Miners
A methane gas explosion at the No 1 Dutch Creek Coal mine near Redstone Colorado killed nine miners aged 22 to 48. The victims from Carbondale Glenwood Springs area were identified as Amiday Smith Chester Dun flap Catoer Story Snow Abelin Anderson. The mine, run by Mid-Continental Coal & Coke Co with Chicago headquarters, halted other tunnel work as officials ventilated the shaft. The blast struck at 1145 p.m. as workers, on overtime for the New Year holiday, were finishing their shift.
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Redstone
Colo
Colorado
Dutch Creek
Glenwood Springs
Aspen
Crystal River
White River National Forest
James Amiday
Ed Smith
al Chester
George Dunflap
Martin Catoer
Bob
No Response From Hanoi About Peace
Washington hopes a five day bombing lull will prompt a peace bid from Hanoi. U.S. sources say no reply yet while Moscow signals a bid for leadership with Shelepin’s visit as Red rivals to Peking intensify. State Dept declines comment on Viet Cong truce talks amid the pause.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Communist Party
Alexander Shelepin
North Viet Nam
Moscow
Red Camp
Peking
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Saigon
Reds
North
Hanoi - Peking
Johnson presses ahead on budget amid Viet Nam war focus
President Johnson works with Robert McNamara on a supplemental defense request to fund Viet Nam outlays. They seek about 2 billion dollars or more while weighing a peaceful settlement to avoid new funding needs for the coming fiscal year starting July 1.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Congress
Viet Nam
White House
Drunkenness No Longer State Crime in Illinois
The article outlines how drunkenness is no longer a crime in Illinois and details varied local arrest rates for public drunkenness. It notes judges and officials discuss treatment over incarceration, including calls for regional centers and hospital committment pathways.
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Anna State Hospital
Richman
Anna
Southern Illinois Committee On Alcoholic Concerns
Murphysboro
John H. Clayton
Weather outlook and lake levels update
Warmer and partly cloudy tonight with a low near 40. Thursday looks mild with a high 50 to 55. Area temperatures show 45 this morning and 26 tonight, with no precipitation and sunrise at 7 21. Lake levels report Crab Orchard 21 inches below spillway Devil’s Kitchen 1 inch below spillway Little Grassy 5 inches below spillway Lake Of Egyot 3 inches below spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Lake of Egyot
Humphrey Reaches Manila After Talks In Tokyo
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey arrived in Manila to attend Ferdinand Marcos inauguration and pressed Japan for help toward peace in Viet Nam. The 18 hour Tokyo stopover included a 93 minute closed session with Prime Minister Eisaku Sato where Humphrey urged Japan or any government to back a peace conference and outlined Rusk efforts. He noted U.S. goal to end war while ensuring Viet Nam freedom and peace before withdrawal.
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Manila
Hubert H. Humphrey
Viet Nam
Humphrey
United States
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Sato
U.S
J. Owen Zurhellen
Zurhellen
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Market Rise Continues Amid Mixed Stock Trade
A steady market advance with most changes fractional and gains led by steels, mail order retailers, electronics, utilities, rails, oils and airlines. Aircrafts and farm implements slipped while Du Pont boosted the averages. Dow up 3.89 points at noon to 961.85 with broad participation and notable activity on the American Stock Exchange.
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New York
Stock Market Advance
New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad
Wall Street Journal
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
RCA
Associated Press
United
Eastern
Douglas
General Dynamics
Boeing
du Pont
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
International Harvester
Caterpillar
General Motors
Ford
Zenith
U.S
American Stock Exchange
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