Defense plan eyed to boost regulars by 300000 or more
The Defense Department may urge Congress to add 300000 or more regulars through drafts and volunteer recruitment as President Johnson signals a slow long term Viet Nam buildup. Army would gain another division and more independent brigades, pushing total U S forces toward three million and Viet Nam strength to about 125000 with possible additional reinforcements later.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Johnson
Viet Nam
U. S
Johnson shuns mobilization after Hanoi missile strikes
President Johnson weighed mobilizing reservists after U S fighter bombers hit two mobile missile sites near Hanoi. Officials say the attack reinforced a no retreat stance in Viet Nam and influenced a turning point in his deliberations to avoid broad escalation.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
United States
High Administration
Paratroopers Land as Bombs Hit Viet Cong Posts
101st Airborne paratroopers reach Cam Ranh Bay to secure port and airstrip work while B52s pound Viet Cong positions 35 miles southeast of Saigon. The operation coincides with a U.S. troop increase to 125,000 and leadership changes in Saigon.
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South Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
Normandy
Bastogne
101St
Cam Ranh Bay
U.S
Strategic Air Command
173Rd Airborne Brigade
U.S. Army
Improved Wall Slated For Berlin
Refugee soldiers report East Germany plans a sunken fence and cement wall around West Berlin by 1970. A 500 yard clearing will host a trench with a nine foot high wall and a patrol road on the eastern side. The border will look normal but be reinforced with camouflaged design. Fair tonight and Friday with warmer highs.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Heinz Hackbarth
Zehlendorf
Hackbarth
Governors to brief on Viet Nam at White House
Governors from 57th annual conference shorten sessions to fly to Washington for a White House Viet Nam briefing. The meeting spotlighted the Administration's plan to rapidly increase U S troops, while the group discussed selecting a new chairman amid bipartisan support for President Johnson's Viet Nam policy.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Johnson
Washington
White House
Viet Nam
U.S
Southeast Asia
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
John A. Love
Colorado
Hatfield
George Romney
Michigan
Carl E. Sanders
Georgia
Reactor decision coming for 280 million atom smasher
Washington reports 118 localities seek a $280 million atom smasher. The Atomic Energy Commission will name about 30 priority sites from 46 states, with final three or four chosen by a National Academy of Sciences committee. Construction could take six to eight years, with ongoing payrolls and tourism.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
National Academy of Sciences
Chamber of Commerce
House Approves Repeal Of Taft Hartley Clause
AFL-CIO President Meany says union shop bans in 19 states would be wiped out if Senate passes House approved bill. The measure to repeal section 14b of the Taft Hartley Act faces a longer fight in the Senate after a 221 to 203 House vote. Democratic leaders rejected Republican amendments.
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Johnson
House
Meany
Quake Shakes Aleutian Rat Islands Night
An earthquake struck near the Rat Islands in the Aleutian chain Wednesday night. The tremor was felt at nearby military installations but caused no injuries or damages.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutian
Rat Islands
Coffee breaks gain wide corporate acceptance report
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a survey showing up to 97 percent of companies now permit coffee breaks, indicating the coffee break has become nearly universally accepted in American workplaces.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Harrowing 90 Minute Stay Behind Enemy Lines
Lt. Grant Townsend spoke of a 90 minute ordeal 65 miles inside North Vietnam after ejecting from a damaged A4 Skyhawk. He hid in elephant grass as North Vietnamese forces fired, Skyraiders strafed, and rescue helicopters dispatched a rope ladder to extract him.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
Viet Nam
Grant R. Townsend
West Palm Beach
Fla
U. S. Navy
U. S
S. Navy Skyraiders
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Skyraiders
da Nang
South
White Dies as Car Firing Sparks Night Vigil in Americus
In Americus Georgia a white teenager Andy Whatley died after being shot by a passing car during an all night civil rights vigil at Sumter County Court house Police arrested Eddie Will Lamar and Charlie Lee Hopkins both of Americus in connection with the shooting Whatley died at a Albany hospital after being wounded near a service station witnesses recalled shots from a car carrying three Negroes while others said two shots were fired
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Americus
Sumter County
Eddie Will Lamar
Charlie Lee Hopkins
Andy Whatley
Albany
Whatley
Voting As Weapon King Urges Moral Power
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr urged intensified political participation in Cleveland telling about 4500 attendees that Negroes must register and vote. He called voting the strongest weapon and planned further stops in Philadelphia and Washington after arriving from Chicago. A street rally incident noted a man shouted of harming King with a gun.
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Cleveland
Martin Luther King Jr
Cleveland Arena
King
Atlanta
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
Quintuplets Born in Falun With Two Lost at Birth
Swedish hospital reports quintuplets born 11 weeks premature in Falun. A boy and a girl died shortly before noon. two girls and a boy survive in oxygen tents. The mother’s identity is withheld. hormone treatment by Prof Carl-Axel Gemzell is cited. Auckland quints also noted as born this week.
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Falun
Sweden
Falun General Hospital
Samuel Lawson
Auckland
New Zealand
Expressen
Carl-Axel Gemzell
Uppsala University
Gemzell
Sydney
Australia
Sun
Lawson
Controversial School Bus Bill Heads to House Floor
The Messenger notes a heated debate over a school bus bill reaching the Ohio House floor. The paper highlights ongoing controversy and expected legislative action as discussions continue.
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Athens
Ohio Post
Nelsonville
Legion
Scientists Report On Mariner 4 Findings
Washington reports Space agency scientists describe 18 new Mariner 4 photos showing Mars as heavily cratered with up to 10 000 craters and surface features resembling the Moon. Dr Robert Leighton says the July 14 observations imply many more craters on Mars and potential implications for solar system origin theories.
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Moon
Earth
Space Agency
White House
Mariner 4
Robert Leighton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Red Planet
Mariner
Wife Fears Spouse Held By Viet Cong
Costa Mesa California Jeanne Dawson fears her husband Donald 25 is missing believed held by Viet Cong after he flew to Saigon to search for his brother a pilot shot down last November reports say he was seen in a D Zone village early this month but confirmation is lacking.
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Calif
Jeanne Dawson
Viet Nam
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Saigon
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