Early Bird satellite link opens new era in international phones
A six nation 25 minute conference marks the Early Bird satellite system enabling 18 new telephone circuits and broader global use. President Johnson and other leaders witnessed the groundbreaking relay from the White House to New York, Andover, and Cornwall, England, via a 22 000 mile orbit over Brazil.
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Comsat
Johnson
Erhard
Wilson
Hans-Peter Tschudi
Louis Jacquinot
Remo Gaspari
Rowave Radio
White House
New York
Andover
Brazil
Cornwall
England
Europe
United States
Alexander Graham Bell
Guglielmo Marconi
Edwin Armstrong
Death Penalty Bill Advances For Presidential Assassins
The House passed a bill making presidential assassination a federal crime with the death penalty, with one dissenting vote. It would cover the President, Vice President, president elect and others in the line of succession, and also criminalize kidnapping of these officials.
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United States
House
Senate
Frank Chelf
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
McKinley
Congress
FBI
Secret Service
Customs and Immigration
Half Of Felons Indigent Prompts Legal Aid Debate
A two year ABA study finds about half of the 300000 annual felony defendants in state courts cannot hire lawyers. The DOJ explores a voluntary first aid program for the poor as bar groups rally in Washington. Critics fear socialized law and ethics canon changes.
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The
American Bar Association
Department of Justice
Washington
Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
Russell’s McCarthyism Charge Revealed as Faulty Quotation
John Chamberlain critiques Bertrand Russell for repeating a misattributed Dallas Morning News excerpt. The piece traces the quote to a letter by Nu Goyman Taibin, noting Russell burned by unchecked sources and Griffin’s call for investigation.
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Bertrand Russell
Lord Russell
Joe McCarthy
Wpix-Tv
Viet Nam
Dallas Morning News
Ken Tuong
America
Dallas
Griffin
Lord
Nu Goyman Taibin
France
South
Nu Gayman Taibin
Dallas News
Merv Griffin
Snick Attacks Coleman for 5th Circuit Nomination
Inside Report notes Snick and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party mobilize strong support against former Mississippi Governor J. P. Coleman for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Johnson regards Coleman as a Mississippi moderate. Eastland’s veto power complicates confirmation.
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Snick
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Aganda
Coleman
Ben Cameron
Johnson
Cameron
James C. Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eastland
Mississippi
Snicks Campaign Over Coleman Nominat ion Spars with Civil Rights Tactics
The piece portrays Snick leader John Lewis accusing President Johnson of appointing Coleman as a test of white liberal loyalty while downplaying Colemans record as governor. It notes Coleman supported school desegregation and FBI involvement in a 1959 lynching case, provoking liberal split and debate within the Civil Rights Conference.
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Eastland
Coleman
Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Snick
John Lewis
FBI
NAACP
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Dixie
Civil Rights Conference
Johnson
Homer Throneberry
Texas
5Th Circuit
Nat Wells
Ralph Yarborough
Coleman - Wells
Throneberry
New Unit To Enter Viet War
A potential clash looms between U S Marines and what intelligence believes is North Viet Nam 325th Division. The fight centers on central Viet Nam including Da Nang as guerrilla forces gain strength and strike key bases. Marines may lead operations as Vietnamese forces tire.
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U. S
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
South China Sea
da Nang
Rocketeers Suffer Shakeup After Khrushchev Fall
Soviet rocket troops face internal tension after Nikita Khrushchev’s downfall. Military publications have criticized them, and new criminal code amendments tighten discipline in rocket forces. Reports say privilege clashes with traditional units amid postouster shifts at Red Star and Defense Ministry.
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George Syvertsen
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Defense Ministry
Red Star
Soviet Community Party
Montagnard Hill People of Khe Sanh Faced with Hard Life
HAL BOYLE reports on the Brou Montagnards near the demilitarized zone south of Khe Sanh. The tribe lives at survival level with small stakes, lean diets, and harsh customs. Their life centers on subsistence, crossbows, and communal drinking gatherings.
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Khe Sanh
South
Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Exercise and Cancer Risk Link Found by Researchers
New York report says lack of exercise may influence cancer development. Jefferson Medical College scientists in Philadelphia found sedentary rats with transplanted tumors bore tumors five to ten times heavier than overexercised rats, some regressing.
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New York
Insider
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Dear Abby Advice Column on Affectionate Daughters and Social Boundaries
A concerned reader asks how to handle their 11 year old daughter who is affectionate with a male family friend. Abby advises setting boundaries, teaching she is a young lady, and ensuring guests are not put in embarrassing situations.
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Abby
Gregory Peck
Eldon
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Ohio Postice
Secord
Associated Press
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