May Testify In Public On Viet Policy
Administration sources hope Secretary of State Dean Rusk will testify publicly before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Vietnam policy in March. The move aims to ease the feud with Sen. J. W. Fulbright, who has pressed for public testimony to aid the Johnson administration amid debate over potential tactical nuclear options.
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Washington
Administration
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of State
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Johnson
Rusk
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Fulbright
U.S
Congress
White House
City Redevelopment Purchases Land for Renewal Project
The City Department of Redevelopment acquired about two acres valued at 316000 as part of the Community Center Urban Renewal Project. Total eight parcels cost 316600 with purchases from Distributors Terminal Corp 107700 Julian Silverstein 97500 Weast Motors 85000 and Mary Ann Meharry 16400. Demolition is planned for next fall.
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Community Center
City Department of Redevelopment
Golby C. Uhlir
Department
Distributors Terminal Corp
Julian Silverstein
Weast Motors, Inc
Mary Ann Meharry
Second St
Thant Weighs Peace Proposal in Vietnam Talks
U N Secretary General U Thant prepared a comprehensive peace plan for Vietnam and held talks with Johnson and North Vietnamese diplomats. He sought a bombing halt linked to real negotiations while avoiding military advantage, and met leaders including Gandhi Kosygin Wilson De Gaulle during a sweeping diplomatic circuit.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N
U Thant
Vietnam
Thant
Johnson
United States
North Vietnam
San Antonio
Indira Gandhi
India
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Harold Wilson
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
France
Nguyen Hoa
New Delhi
Mai van Bo
Paris
Hoa
Nguyen van
Weather summary for Terre Haute area
Partly cloudy tonight and a little warmer. Sunday, considerable cloudiness and warmer with highs in the 40s. Indiana sees similar trends with lows 16 to 23 and 5 percent tonight, 20 Sunday. Illinois expects increasing clouds and a chance of light rain or snow.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Union Hospital Expands With 1.2 Million Hill Burton Grant
Union Hospital announces the first phase of a 15 year expansion funded by a 1,196,888 Hill Burton grant routed through the Health, Education and Welfare Department. The four level wing will add 126 beds to the current 259 and house a total energy power plant supplying heat, electricity, steam, and air conditioning. Architects Ewing Miller Associates designed the project and plan a master expansion over 15 years to meet community needs with a 18 to 24 month completion for this phase.
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Union Hospital
Hill-Burton
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Birch Bayh
John T. Myers
Joseph Mackey
J. Kenneth Moulton
David Field
Ewing Miller Associates, Inc
Robert S. Ratcliffe
California
Total Energy
Indictment brought against MNB official for embezzlement
A former Merchants National Bank official, Charles W. Eaton of Clinton, was indicted in Indianapolis on five counts of embezzling $1,164.47 from the Terre Haute bank where he served as assistant cashier. The grand jury also returned indictments charging tax evasion.
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Merchants National Bank
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Charles W. Eaton
Clinton
Merchants National Bank of Terre Haute
Eaton
South Third Street
MNB
Britain first to recognize Mongolia in 1963
Britain became the first Western nation to establish diplomatic relations with Mongolia in 1963, marking a historic step in East Asia engagement. The move reflected Britain's broader Cold War diplomacy and influenced subsequent Western policies toward Mongolia.
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Mongolian Peoples Republic
Britain
Copper Boycott Lifted as ILA Calls Error
The International Longshoremen Association temporarily lifts its copper import boycott after a union spokesman says the order was a clerical error. The move reverses planned domestic manufacturing cutbacks and a federal defense copper reserve order. ILA President Thomas Glen is noted.
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Miami Beach
Fla
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
U.S
Thomas Glen
Two WTH men to stand trial in kidnapping case
Two West Terre Haute men Thomas F. Stevens and Jerry J. Stromske pleaded innocent to federal kidnapping charges in Salt Lake City. They admitted transporting a stolen car across state lines after a Christmas Eve abduction of Janet Downen, 16, from Crawfordsville, who was freed unharmed after a gun battle with Wellington Utah marshal Delon Atwood.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
West Terre Haute
Ind
Thomas F. Stevens
Jerry J. Stromske
U.S. District Court
Willis W. Ritter
Janet Downen
Crawfordsville
Wellington
Delon ‘Atwood
Hue recaptures palace grounds as fighting continues
South Vietnamese forces retook Hue Citadel palace grounds from Communists after 25 days of control. A small unit raised the flag on the radio tower and a battalion cleared the area within two hours, with two government troops wounded. Heavy resistance lingered along the Citadel walls amid ongoing clashes.
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Saigon
Hue
Associated Press
George McArthur
U. S
North Vietnam
Vo Nguyen Giap
Mansfield Urges Bomb Suspension to Prompt Vietnam Talks
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield told an Indiana University audience that pausing bombing of North Vietnam could push Hanoi to negotiate. He urged UN Security Council involvement, including North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front, and urged taking the Pueblo case to the UN. He warned against assuming Hanoi's military capacity is exhausted and called for steps toward a negotiated settlement.
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Bloomington
Ind
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Indiana University
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Montana Democrat
Mansfield
Saigon
United States
Vietnam
United Nations Security Council
Communist National Liberation Front
China
United Nations
Pueblo
North Korea
Asia
Refugee Crisis Grows In South Vietnam Amid War Strain
Saigon faces a mounting refugee burden with 642000 officially homeless nationwide, while U.S. sources estimate up to 2 million. The capital shows 144481 homeless, Gia Dinh Province 76088, many displaced by fighting in Cholon. The Tet offensive triggered a sharp uptick as the Year of the Monkey began.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
United States
Lem
U.S
Gia Dinh
Cholon
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