Marchers Rally for Welfare Rights Reach Ohio Statehouse
The Marchers for decent welfare lead a 155 mile trek from Cleveland to Columbus with Democratic candidate Frazier Reams Jr. in the parade. Crowds estimated from several hundred to 3000 join the two mile start, as leaders plan a noon meeting with Governor Rhodes to press welfare concerns. Dick Gregory was expected but not seen among marchers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
East High School
Frazier Reams Jr
Toledo
James A. Rhodes
Dick Gregory
Rhodes
Llewellyn Coles
Hotel Astor to Close After 62 Years in Times Square
New York notes the Hotel Astor ends 62 years in Times Square with 150 guests checking out and 450 staff leaving. Wrecking crews move in to clear the landmark for a 40 story office building as Sheraton Easton Park Avenue also shuts its doors.
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New York
Hotel Astor
Times Square
Astor
Broadway
Sheraton - Easton
Draft Emphasis Shift Proposed In Report
A Defense Department study recommends redesigning the draft to induct the youngest eligible men first, focusing on 19 to 20 year olds. Combat commanders favor the younger group, and about eight of ten volunteers are under 20. The plan keeps local deferment rules, with 19 20 year olds filling most class 1A, deferments for college, and older men up to 35 available after deferments expire.
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Washington
Defense Department
House Armed Services Committee
Asst
Thomas D. Morris
United States
Korea
Morris
U S faces global stir over Hanoi Haiphong oil depot strikes
Capitol Hill and European capitals discuss the air strikes against oil storage facilities near Hanoi and Haiphong. McNamara says civil harm avoided. one American plane downed. Humphrey asserts no civilian casualties and military targets only. Britain regroups after Wilson regrets action. Sandys criticizes the move.
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Robert S. McNamara
North Viet Nam
Hubert H. Humphrey
Detroit
Britain
International backlash after Johnsons oil depot bombings
Global reactions split along lines as the United States faces Soviet Yugoslav Indian and United Nations criticism. Eisenhower backed the action as military necessity while Nixon urged stronger air and naval power. Congress members toured Saigon and pilots reported dramatic strikes with smoke plumes. Tass claimed a captured downed pilot paraded in Hanoi.
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Winston Churchill
Wilson
United States
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
India
United Nations
U Thant
New Delhi
Swaran Singh
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
Eisenhower
America
Viet Nam
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Congress
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Air Force
Tass
U. S
Hanoi
Murphy Neal Jones
Death Toll Prediction For July Fourth Holiday
The National Safety Council warned the July Fourth weekend traffic deaths could top 557 from 1963, projecting 510 to 610 fatalities over the three day period. It noted last year’s record and urged seat belt use, saying 60 to 70 lives could be saved with belts. the window runs from 6 p.m. Friday onward.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
RFK Sees Fair Viet Election as Best U.S. Hope
Senator Robert F Kennedy argues that a fair civilian vote in South Vietnam offers the U S its strongest chance of gaining world support for actions there. He criticizes the Johnson policy on peace talks and calls for expanded Africa aid and engagement with China and the Soviet Union on nuclear issues. He backs ICC supervision of September elections and refuses to reduce European troop commitments.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Viet Nam
Kennedy
New York
Johnson
Hanoi
Haiphong
United States
China
Southeast Asia
Associated Press
International Control Commission
Canada
India
Poland
Africa
U.S
Europe
Soviet Union
Wahama High School Apps New Athletic Director
Robert Oliver has been rehired as athletic director at Wahama High School, per the Messenger. The notice appears in the Gee, a Mes ci section with other community updates.
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SEO Agriculture
Kerriere
Logan
Fulbright Questions Lausche backs ball on Vietnam actions
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Fulbright pressed Undersecretary Ball for an explanation of escalated air strikes on Hanoi and Haiphong as Lausche supported the administration. The debate tied Vietnam policy to NATO issues while Vatican voices expressed regret and concern. Japanese protests grew as student marches formed.
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J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
Washington
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Capitol Hill
Sen. J. W. Fulbright
United States
Fulbright
Orient
W. Ball
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Saigon Set To Return To Vietnamese Control
The U S and Vietnamese commands announced a plan to remove most U S forces from Saigon with a target to complete by the end of next year. Vietnamese troops will shift out over three more years while large contingents head to a new Long Binh camp to ease housing and congestion.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Long Binh
Baghdad Radio reports Iraqi revolution ousting government
Baghdad Radio monitored here reported a revolution apparently ousting the Iraq government Wednesday night. The radio quoted the army will assume power and the revolution seeks to establish security internally.
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Washington
Baghdad
Iraq
Argentina's Ongania takes power after coup
Argentina began a new military rule as Juan Carlos Ongania swore in as president after a coup that ousted Arturo Illia. He aims to curb Peronist influence, reshape politics, and govern for eight to ten years amid labor unrest and public service deficits.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Carlos Ongania
Arturo Illia
Juan D. Peron
Pasadena scientists fail again to wake Surveyor 1 photo craft
In Pasadena Calif a Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman said a second attempt would be made tonight to reactivate Surveyor 1 after the lunar night left the aging photograph spacecraft dormant for two weeks. In Cleveland a tractor trailer loaded with a volatile chemical crashed on I 271 exit ramp killing driver Frederick W Venthiel 42 of Tarentum Pa.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cleveland
P—A
Frederick W. Venthiel
Rt. 2
Tarentum
Curfew Follows racial clashes in Cordele Georgia
In Cordele Georgia a heavy curfew was imposed after violent clashes between Black and white residents. The town with about 11,500 people faced the second such incident this year as authorities sought to restore order and safety.
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Cordele, Ga
South Georgia
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Harold Wilson
Duncan Sandys
Sandys
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Tactical Fighter Wing 355
Takli
Defence Department
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Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Sen
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U.S. Hope
Athens Fire Department
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Tomoumon Occersesss
Heloise Eee Tees
Athens
Nelsonville
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Point Plasant
Glouster Owe
Pleasant Il
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Ball
Frank J. Lausche
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Vatican
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Etsusaburo Shinna
Viets
Bulletin
Trucker
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