$1 Billion Fund Sought to Calm Racial Riots
The Associated Press reports Senators Ribicoff and Percy propose a $1 billion neighborhood emergency fund to be used by the President for rapid grants to states communities and local groups to ease tensions. Other items include Milwaukee curfew updates Wichita violence and House gallery brawl over rat control. Detroit riot investigations. and Senate inquiries into poverty programs and social factors behind unrest.
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Associated Press
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Charles H. Percy
Johnson
Milwaukee
Wichita
Kan
Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
Percy
R-Ill
Ribicoff
D-Conn
Toledo Blade Co ends strike follow-up brief
U S and world news briefs report Toledo Blade Co ends a strike after management and labor reached an agreement. The story notes the paper's combined circulation exceeding 200,000. The item includes several short notices from across the country on crime, politics, and local issues.
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Toledo
Ohio
Toledo Blade Co
Toledo Blade
Toledo Time
Contract Awarded for Athens Fire Substation
Athens awards contract for a new fire substation after bids come in over the original estimate. Project scope and trimming of work reflect budget constraints and bid results reported on page 2.
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Athens
Outnumbered Green Berets Repel North Vietnam Attack Near Saigon
American Green Berets and South Vietnamese irregulars fought a prolonged assault by the 165th North Vietnamese Regiment 54 miles northwest of Saigon. Casualties were stated as moderate for the defenders of Tong Le Chou, while 116 enemy dead were counted. Brig. Gen. John F. Freund, wounded during a helicopter operation, received the Purple Heart from Gen. Westmoreland.
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Saigon
U.S
Tong le Chou
199Th Light Infantry
Freund
New York City
Vienna
Army
3Rd Field
William C. Westmoreland
South
Vietnam
Senate Aims Adjournment With Air Plan and Tax Hike
Ohio senators began work on a key adjournment bill tied to air pollution control. A House bill would create a State Air Pollution Control Board with annual penalties into a broader plan. House committees hold eight hearings on a tax bill adding more than 150 million dollars for education. The same session advanced a pact with West Virginia on pollution control and a wave of budget measures.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Lawma
West Virginia
Directors of Health and Development
Blast Shakes Refinery in Lake Charles
A powerful explosion at Cities Service Co refinery on the West Bank of the Calcasieu River in Lake Charles Louisiana injured 10 and left four workers missing. Flames covered a block area as firefighters, hindered by heat, battled the blaze. Police patrolled the area to prevent looting while windows shattered in West Lake and Sulphur. The blast, at 445 a.m., was linked to a ruptured butane line feeding an oil furnace.
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Lake Charles
Cities Service Co
Calcasieu River
Louisiana
West Lake and
Sulphur
Texas Line
Aiken Says Johnson Tax Boost Is Only Part
Washington AP Senator George D. Aiken says President Johnson’s proposed 10 percent surtax to fund war costs is only part of what is needed and a full request may come after the election. He warns of a long war and cites Mansfield’s view of further escalation, including more troops and the battleship New Jersey.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
Johnson
Vermont
Vietnam
Aiken
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Senate
New Jersey
Four Electrocuted In Gallia Mishap
Four people, including three children and a man, were killed near Bidwell, Gallia County, when a citizen band radio antenna touched a 7,200 volt line. Calvin Cousins, 30, worked at Kgger Creek Power Station. The victims were instantly electrocuted as the antenna fell against the wire at 2:30 p.m.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Fairfield Road
Bidwell
Gallia County
James Baldwin
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Calvin Cousins
Sgt
Baldwin
Car Bomb Assassin Hunted in Georgia
Investigators linked the fatal car bombing of Floyd G. Hoard, 40, the solicitor general and anti crime prosecutor, to car theft rings and bootlegging. Hoard died while starting his car, which exploded from dynamite wired under the hood as he headed to present evidence to a grand jury.
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Jefferson, Ga
Floyd G. Hoard
Georgia
Hoard
Novel Offers To Testify In Kennedy Probe Hypnosis
Gordon Novel, a former Columbus Ohio night club owner once called an important witness in the Kennedy assassination inquiry by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, says he will testify before the grand jury if questioned under hypnosis. He made the offer in a Monday letter to Garrison, copies of which were obtained by Newsmen.
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New Orleans
Columbus
Federal Employe Total Climbs Near 3 Million
Washington AP reports the number of federal civilian employees likely to top 3 million this month despite Johnson cost cuts. June civilian employment reached 2,980,156, up by about 500,000 since 1963, with summer hires and seasonal increases at Interior Agriculture and Post Office. Officials warn little chance of major cuts while poverty programs stay protected, keeping overall controllable spending low. Civilian payroll neared 20 billion for the year ending June 30, with Defense paying 8.6 billion and civilian agencies 11.8 billion, totaling 20.4 billion.
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Johnson
Executive Branch
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Joint Committee
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Congress
Congressional Joint Committee
Defense Department
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