Johnson addresses boycott and Vietnam policy at press briefing
President Johnson defends avoiding harm to innocents amid Alabama boycott and says final King proposals will guide stance. He signals willingness to negotiate a Vietnam settlement without Ha Noi readiness to talk. Johnson invites Soviet leaders to visit and reconsiders Veterans Administration hospital closings amid congressional concerns. He downplays gas controversy as exaggerated.
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Johnson
Alabama
Martin Luther King
White House
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Hanoi
United States
Veterans Administration
Congress
South Viet Nam
Employment Up Jobless Down Johnson Sees Economic Boom
President Johnson cites Labor Department figures showing 70,169,000 Americans employed in March, a record high for the month and the highest in history, with unemployment at 4.7 percent. He calls the gain the best and most important measure of the economy and credits all sectors including his administration.
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Washington
Johnson
Labor Department
Washington Optimistic on Viet Nam Peace Prospects
Report notes nonaligned nations seek peace talks without strings while Red China blocks progress. Hanoi signals openness to ceasefire without U.S. troop withdrawal as a condition, and Moscow positions itself as a reasonable party attempting to push negotiations forward.
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Associated Press
Viet Nam
Moscow
Southeast Asia
Red
China
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Taylor Windup Conferences on Strategy
President Johnson and aides pursued Viet Nam strategy amid cautious optimism as Maxwell D. Taylor wrapped a week of consultations. Taylor to brief Congress, then return to Saigon. Johnson refused to reveal military plans while noting no far reaching strategy and no clear Communist willingness to negotiate under harsh terms.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
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Senate
National Security Council
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Saigon
Camden Marches Spark Clash as Mayor Resists
Civil rights demonstrators in Camden Alabama plan another march on the courthouse while Mayor Reg Albritton tries to block it. He cites security and welfare concerns, offering to meet with protesters but criticizes aimless visits as unnecessary amid a tense racial climate.
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Camden
Ala
Alabama
Reg Albritton
Youth 15 Drowns In Pond Near Home
Logan County report of Donald Lee Deible 15 drowning Thursday night in a new farm pond near his Calico Ridge home. He was a Starr Washington School student and Zion EUB Church member. The body was found at 10:30 p.m. by Ronald Schultz with the sheriff assisting. Funeral services set for Union Furnace EUB Church Monday at 2 p.m. Burial at Knoll. Survivors include parents Roy T. and Nellie Mohler Deible and two brothers.
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Donald Lee Dible
Roy T
Nellie Mohler Deible
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Ronald Schultz
Hocking Count
Sheriff's Department
Starr-Washington School
Union Furnace
Zion Eub Church
James Thomas Deible
Roy Emanuel Deitle
Homer Mohler
EUB Church
Lead Haters Oecine
Wileyer
South Webster
Knoll
Republican Rift Over Negro Voting Rights Deepens
Goldwater urged that current voting laws suffice and Johnson’s plan would alter the Constitution, while Nixon pressed for action now without a constitutional amendment. Dirksen addressed the 13th annual Republican Women’s Conference as GOP leaders push federal voting rights before 1966 elections.
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Nixon
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Republican Coordinating Committee
Appalachia Aid Clears Hurdle For 344 Million Plan
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 344.3 million package to fund Appalachian development. The measure lowers agency requests by about one thousand dollars and sets 1965–66 obligation windows. Priority money totals 200 million with 13.8 million for Army Engineers for regional projects.
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Appalachian
House Appropriations Committee
Appalachia
Army Engineers
School Merger Proposal by Conant Sparks 20-Player Basketball Idea
Boston. Dr James B Conant proposes eliminating small high schools by consolidating into bigger districts and quips about expanding basketball rosters to 20 players as a playful start. He urges splitting the 15 to 20 largest districts into smaller units, though he offers no feasible plan.
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Boston
James B. Conant
Conant
Harvard
National School Boards Association
Hocking County approves Cheryl Ruth Williams appointment
Hocking County commissioners named Cheryl Ruth Williams of South to a position at Thursday night meeting. Scout events announced for Gallia and Mason counties include the annual Scout-O-Rama set for Saturday and Sunday.
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Hocking County
Cheryl Ruth Williams
South
Point Pleasant
Gallia
Mason County
Joy Young
Ann Puckett
Nelsonville
Assault Near Saigon Kills Four Americans
Four U S Army men were killed and six wounded in an assault on a Viet Cong stronghold about 20 miles west of Saigon in Hau Nghia Province. Early reports listed five South Vietnamese soldiers killed and 20 wounded. total U S combat deaths since December 1961 reached 320.
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South Viet Nam
U. S
Hau Nghia
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