New Antiwar Tactics Fail As Police Win Again
In New York City antiwar protesters staging a third stop the draft action saw about 700 at the start, dwindling to 30 as police blocked access to the United Nations. More than 200 arrested on rioting and misdeed charges. Leaders vow more protests Friday at Battery Park. Police used horses helicopters and lines to control roving demonstrators as lines formed between park and induction center.
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Manhattan
Times Square
United Nations
Battery Park
Lower Manhattan
Armed Forces Induction Center
Vietnam
John Slick
Ramsey
N.J
Winchester Postmaster Announces Early Holiday Mail Schedule
Postmaster Joseph C. Haines outlines parcels by this Saturday cards sent out of town by December 11 and Winchester deliveries by December 15. Bundling guidance and free labels available at the post office. Holiday Music House advertises reasonable prices on new and used instruments including pianos and organs.
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Winchester
Joseph C. Haines
Holiday Music House
Last Minute Hitch To Prevent Adjournment In Congress
Congress teeters on adjournment with last minute disputes over antipoverty and foreign aid bills. A meat inspection measure passed both houses. social security, postal rates, and federal pay hikes loom as likely actions before adjournment.
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Congress
Johnson
Senate House
Senate
House
Mahon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Heart Transplant Patient Leaves Room for First Time
Cape Town AP reports Louis Washkansky left his isolation room for the first time since a transplant four days ago. He was wheeled to the radiotherapy department for cobalt treatment to prevent rejection and returned after about 40 minutes. Doctors note no signs of immunological rejection yet and anticipate possible home discharge in about three weeks if his condition remains steady.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Adrian Kantrowitz
Thai Attacks Denied
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Fla AP Military sources report U S planes bombing Communist infiltration routes into Thailand from Laos, while the U S embassy in Thailand denies the reports and says no planes were lost to hostile fire. Officers say Communists are placing antiaircraft guns and missiles in northeast Thailand and American air commandos operate there. Continued on Page 30.
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South Vietnam
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Accidental Bombing Adds to Casualties at Con Thien
North Vietnamese gunners pummeled Con Thien in the heaviest barrage in over two months as a friendly bomber mistakenly dropped a bomb near Marine positions. Seven Marines died and 77 were wounded, with five more Leathernecks killed by the blast. U.S. forces reported multiple enemy casualties and heavy air and naval strikes in the area.
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Imperial
Metropolitan Museum Confronts 50-Year-Old Bronze Horse Fraud
The Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed that its famed 15 inch bronze horse, once hailed as a masterpiece of ancient Greek sculpture, is a 50-year-old fake cast in Paris after World War I. Evidence included a filed-down mark and two mislocated holes for a bird spike and bridle attachment.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paris
Greece
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Britannica
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Noble
President Attends Rites For Cardinal Spellman
President Johnson flew to New York to attend funeral services for Francis Cardinal Spellman. He was joined by W. Averell Harriman Lawrence O'Brien and White House staff. The service began at 1 p.m. EST with a large procession and a solemn requiem Mass concluding five days of mourning for the 78 year old prince of the church.
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Johnson
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
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Lawrence O’brien
White House
Archdiocese of
Johnsons Private Arlington Home Revealed Before Wedding
The President's daughter Lynda Bird Johnson and her Marine fiancé Capt. Charles S. Robb revealed their furnished Arlington Virginia home three days before their wedding. Neighbors spotted unusual telephone installs at 3556 Valley St as the couple planned a brief stay before Robb reports to Camp Pendleton for a year in Vietnam. The First Family also mourned pastry chef Clement Maggia, who died of a heart attack after helping prepare a wedding cake at the White House.
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Dleton
Calif
Vietnam
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Maggia
Greenbriar
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
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District of Columbia
Marriage Licenses Bureau
Lynda
Wanted Counter Girl Apply in person
Help wanted at Pingley and Carpers Cleaners. Apply in person. Also note Friendship Fire Co. meeting Thursday December 7 at 7 30 p m at the Fire Hall.
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Pingley & Carpers Cleaners
Sarah Zane Fire Co
United States to push UN meeting on Vietnam settlement
United States plans to ask the United Nations Security Council for a session this month to pursue a negotiated end to the Vietnam war. Officials foresee Ambassador Arthur Goldberg presenting the White House request while Saigon objects to Viet Cong participation as a separate delegation in peace talks. The Viet Cong seeks UN presence, but South Vietnam and the Soviet Union oppose bringing the war to the UN.
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N.Y
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U.N. Security Council
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
White House
Council
Washington
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Viet Cong
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
State Department
Goldberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nguyen Huu-Chi
South Vietnam
U Thant
Hanoi
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Security Council
Virginia Sees Mild Temps With Morning Fog
A southerly flow of mild and moist air brings scattered morning fog across Virginia and mild daytime temperatures.
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Richmond
Virginia
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