Super Ready Reserve Units to Boost National Guard Readiness
Washington officials said selected National Guard and Reserve units will be brought to peak readiness in coming months. Priority forces may receive extra training clothing and gear. two to three first line divisions and eight priority brigades could be selected. Air National Guard and Reserve elements may be targeted. manpower ceilings and mobilization strength figures noted.
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National Guard and Reserve
Johnson
Pentagon
Army Guard
Army Reserve
National Guard
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York
North Caro
Army Guard and
Massacchusetts
Montana
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Hawaii
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Rico
258Th
Arizona
Virginia
Missouri
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Air National Guard
Air Reserve
National Guard Bureau
Air Guard
Fed
President Johnson to Sign Medicare With Truman in Missouri
President Johnson travels to Missouri to sign the Medicare bill into law with former President Truman at his side. The plan includes hospital coverage for elderly Social Security funding and a low cost option for doctors bills, with Humphrey possibly attending.
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Washington
Johnson
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Congress
Kansas City
Truman Library
Independence
Kansas City Star
Hubert H. Humphrey
Adjusted Rights Bill Is Reached by Conferees
A Senate House conferees compromise clears the way for passage of the administration voting rights bill next week. The measure suspends literacy tests and allows federal registration in the South, with action to challenge state poll taxes. It also enables non English language educated voters to qualify, notably allowing many Puerto Ricans in New York to vote.
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Washington
Senate House
South
Johnson
Congress
Selma
Ala
Senate
House
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
New York City
Steelworkers weigh 30 day strike notice in basic steel
United Steelworkers executive board and wage policy committee meet to decide on serving 30 days strike notice on the basic steel industry. Under the interim contract both sides can terminate after Aug 1, risking the first steel strike since 1959 if no agreement is reached.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Executive Board
I. W. Abel
Steelworkers
R. Conrad Cooper
Abel
David J. McDonald
Space Bird Pegasus 3 Placed In Orbit On Saturn I Flight
Cape Kennedy reports Saturn I completed its 10th straight success and put Pegasus 3 into a 330 mile high orbit. The luminescent bird carries two winglike projections spanning 96 feet and may be studied by future Gemini astronauts who could retrieve thin aluminum sheets for collision research.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gemini
Pegasus 3
Earth
Pegasus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Gets OK From All Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
The Senate Judiciary subcommittee approved Thurgood Marshall's nomination as U S solicitor general. Marshall said in 20 minutes of testimony that he would represent the government fairly and impartially in Supreme Court cases. He is the first Negro named solicitor general and formerly served as NAACP chief counsel.
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Washington
Senate
President Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
U. S
Marshall
Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gas rates to rise as refunds passed to customers
Columbia Gas of Ohio announces that portions of previous rate reductions end Sept 1. Refunds from gas suppliers via the Federal Power Commission are returned through fuel cost clauses, raising rates to the level without the refund. In southeastern Ohio communities, 3 cents per 1000 cu ft will be restored. in others, 2.5 cents per 1000 cu ft. Weather outlook: cooler the next several days with below normal temperatures and light rainfall.
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Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Columbia
Federal Power Commission
Ohio
Athens
Coolville
Glouster
Jacksonville
McArthur
Nelsonville
Logan
Gallipolis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Petition Seeks One Percent Tax Hike for Schools
The Ohio Council for Education asked voters to raise the state sales tax by one percent to add 116 million dollars annually for public education. Administrative director James Brennan said petitions with 113 signatures are filed with Secretary of State Ted W. Brown to place the measure on the November 2 ballot.
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Columbus
Ohio Council For Education
Ohio
James Brennan
Council
Ted W. Brown
Viet Cong Attacks Training Center Near Tan An
A Viet Cong force attacked a government training center 75 miles southwest of Saigon, with heavy casualties feared. Guerrillas hit with 57mm rifles and machine guns, and a suicide team failed to reach an ammunition dump. Cleanup and follow up battles were reported around Nghia Hanh and Cao Lanh.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Tan An
Cao Lanh
Nghia Hanh
da Nang
U.S
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Marches Planned as Americus Tensions Rise Over Killing
Riot squads guarded Americus as SNCC workers plan to resume demonstrations halted after 21 year old white Marine enlistee Andrew A. Whatley Jr was shot. Two local men Eddie Will Lamar and Charley Lee Hopkins faced murder charges as Sumter County officials convened an extraordinary grand jury. A Thursday gathering at a recreation center featured Lester Maddox urging restraint and a taped address by Rep. Howard Callaway warning against retaliation.
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Sammy Rushin
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Andrew A. Whatley Jr
Eddie Will Lamar
Charley Lee Hopkins
Americus
Sumter County
Grand Jury
Lester Maddox
Atlanta
Maddox
News Index and Editorials Include Sports and TV Notes
A brief page item lists sections such as Editorials Sports and Television along with a Womens column. The index hints at multiple topics and page numbers, reflecting a newspaper’s front matter structure.
Tito and Lal Baha dur Shastri pledge peace at Brioni dinner
Yugoslav President Tito and Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri expressed concern over the international situation and pledged to strive for peace after a dinner on Brioni, Tito’s vacation island, where they exchanged toasts Thursday night.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
Brioni
Senate OKs House changes on public school busing bill
The Senate accepted today House changes in the bill requiring public busing of parochial and private school pupils to complete enactment. The measure now goes to the governor for signing into law.
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Columbus
Senate
Weather outlook for tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a low near 60. Clouds linger Saturday with scattered showers and thundershowers and highs in the lower 80s.
Governors Back Johnson Viet Nam Policy in Minneapolis
President Johnson won broad support from 49 governors at the 57th Annual Governors Conference in Minneapolis for his Viet Nam policy though Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield remained a fence-sitter. Hatfield urged deeds to match words while expressing cautious hope for peaceful negotiations.
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Washington
Johnson
Oregon
Mark O. Hatfield
Hatfield
White House
U.S
Viet Nam
Minneapolis
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
Ireland
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
South Viet Nam
German Family Flies Over Wall In Daring Night Escape
Heinz Holzapfel 33 economist from Leipzig and his wife Jutta 32 with their 9 year old Guenter escaped East Berlin by night using a cable harness from a guarded government building roof. A hammer with phosphorescent paint served as signal while a bicycle wheel axle pulley and improvised gear moved them to West Berlin. The family crossed around 1 30 a m after hiding in an attic and preparing the setup during a day of rain.
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Hubert J. Erb
Berlin
Berlin Wall
Heinz Holzapfel
Leipzig
Jutta
Guenter
West Berlin
Holzapfel
Fortas Nomination Faces Republican Criticism Across Capitol
President Johnson’s choice Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court drew cross party criticism as Senate hearings were delayed to August 12 at Fortas’ request. Critics cited Esquire’s portrayal of Fortas in relation to a Walter Jenkins morals case. Some Republicans said they cannot support the nomination. Separately, the House Judiciary Committee moved toward ending the 40 year old national immigration quota system.
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White House
Star
Johnson
Truman
Congress
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Capitol
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fortas
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal
John L. McClellan
D - Ark
Durward G. Hall
R. Mo
House
Esquire Magazine
Walter
House Judiciary Committee
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