Johnson advisers to overhaul Wisconsin strategy
Washington AP reports President Johnson's advisers plan a major tactical shift to counter McCarthy in Wisconsin on April 2. They will drop two NH gimmicks and pressure McCarthy for specific Vietnam alternatives while avoiding top officials on the ground. Kennedy reassessment looms as a potential wild card.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
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New Hampshire
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Hanoi
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Minnesota
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Stampede Rises European Gold Panic Grips Europe
Europe sees a gold rush with Paris selling over 40 tons vs normal 2-3 tons, London and Zurich report unprecedented demand for bullion coins and certificates. Dealers note loss of faith in paper money as markets flood with ingots and coins from bullion to gold certificates. A market observer warns only U S action to cut foreign payments deficit can restore confidence.
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RFK Considers Leap Into Race
Senator Robert F Kennedy nears a presidential bid with a decision due by March 22 as he weighs challenging President Johnson. An aide says he will decide in a week after discussions in New York. Kennedy cites New Hampshire results as removing a major obstacle and notes public concern over Johnson policies. Senator McCarthy vows to stay in the race despite Kennedy’s potential entry.
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New York
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Oregon
McCarthy
New Hampshire
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wisconsin Next Campaign Spot for April 2 Primary
Wisconsin voters face a pivotal April 2 primary with 59 Democratic National Convention votes at stake. President Johnson faces weak support among top Wisconsin Democrats while Eugene McCarthy gains traction and Nixon is favored by Republicans after Romney’s withdrawal. Local leaders remain neutral and Vietnam policy shapes the contest in a state with a storied political lineage.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Don't Slash Foreign Aid Pleads to Senate Panel
Washington AP Johnson administration warns against trimming the 3 billion foreign aid bill as Vietnam war costs loom. Gaud urges committee not to undercut aid support while Aiken and Morse press for war policy scrutiny. Poll shows 69 percent favor gradual troop withdrawal. Rusk defends aid in televised hearings. Fulbright notes aid as Vietnam effort.
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U S Combat Deaths In Viet Top 20000 Mark
Saigon AP reports American combat deaths in Vietnam exceed 20,000 since 1961 with 509 soldiers killed and 2,766 wounded the previous week. The tally through last Saturday reaches 19,760 dead, 120,101 wounded, and 1,087 missing or captured, with allied forces claiming 4,335 enemy killed and South Vietnamese 5,327.
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Two Goodyear Workers Drown in Boat Mishap
In Gallipolis area a motorboat carrying four Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co workers across the Ohio River capsized near Burlington after its outboard motor failed. Two men Lewis Fellore and Earl Prose drowned, both from Apple Grove plant. The other two Carl Meredith and Wayne Davis swam to shore. Prose is survived by a wife Julia and children Susan Martha Thomas. Fellore leaves wife Dorothy Fel lure and daughters Carla and Carol Ann and son. The accident occurred after a late shift, the boat drifted into a barge, and current pulled them under. The vessel was found upright near Proctorville. Authorities from Mason County Civil Defense and state police aided in the search. Two Goodyear workers had died previously in the Silver Bridge disaster.
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Bud) Davis
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Andy) Wilson
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Navy to test Poseidon missiles against ABM components
Washington reports a combat-type test of multiple Poseidon warheads aimed at Army antiballistic missile components on Kwajalein Island to gauge reliability of both systems. The plan follows Pentagon expectations of a solid reliability gauge in a high-stakes exercise.
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Washington Mulls Gold Price Policy Amid Senate Clash
A brewing Senate debate tests administration hopes to prove U S willingness to keep the $35 an ounce gold price amid Europe’s gold rush. Sponsors of a bill to drop the 25 percent gold cover on currency face slim odds in moving the measure through the House quickly. The Cleveland AFL-CIO Federation of Labor urged delegates to mobilize for Gilligan over Lausche in the May Democratic primary, with Metzenbaum stressing unions be briefed on Lausche’s record.
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Resignation moves Putney to Wyoming post
Inside Today reports Richard Putney resigns as Westminster Foundation director to take a similar post in Laramie Wyoming. The item notes his departure and new assignment on page three.
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Hocking County
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