Johnson Defends Great Society in 1968 Bid
President Johnson framed the 1968 race as a test of Great Society gains and wartime resolve, urging Democrats at a $250 plate dinner to back his re-election as he vows to persevere against naked aggression in Vietnam. He touted elder security, crime control, pollution limits, and civil rights while blasting Republican wreckers.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
California
Fulbright
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hubert H. Humphrey
Doctor Accused At Trial In Vietnam Duty Refusal
Army doctor Captain Howard Levy faces a court martial at Ft. Jackson in Columbia. The dermatology specialist from Brooklyn is accused of refusing orders and training medics for Vietnam duty. The trial is expected to last a week as 40 or more witnesses are anticipated for both sides.
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Columbia, D.C
Howard Levy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ft. Jackson
U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Anthony Amsterdam
American Civil Liberties Union
Irwin Goldbloom
U.S. Justice Department
Levy
Goldbloom
Vietnam
Bombing Haiphong Area With Three Carriers Hits MIG Bases
U S aircraft carriers Enterprise Hancock and Kitty Hawk strike Haiphong area plus Kien An airfield in their third raid on MIG bases. One Skyhawk shot down, pilot missing. Ground fighting around northwest South Vietnam. Marines claim 31 enemy killed. 24 Marines killed, 19 wounded. Lights out at Haiphong power plants after previous raids.
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Saigon
Haiphong
U.S
North Vietnam
Kien An
South Vietnam
Enterprise
Hancock
Kitty Hawk
Kep
Hanoi
Hoa Lac
Reserve Cuts Win Secret Go Ahead
A committee of regular Army National Guard and Reserve generals voted 11 to 10 for a plan to drop 15 National Guard divisions and four Reserve brigades. The proposal, backed by Secretary of Defense McNamara, faces stiff congressional opposition. The plan would shift combat units to the Guard and leave service support in the Reserve, reducing the Guard to 8 divisions and 18 independent brigades.
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Washington
National Guard
Congress
Reserve Forces Policy Committee
Regular Army
Guard
Pentagon
Army
Army Reserve
Senate Passes Tax Incentives Bill With Campaign Rider
The Senate finally approved a bill restoring major business tax incentives but attached a rider to curb the presidential campaign financing plan. The rider allows reactivation only if Congress sets spending guidelines, threatening the plan’s status with House negotiations pending. Sen. Russell Long defended the financing plan as key, while opponents warned they would block any law not meeting their specifics. The vote followed weeks of bitter debate centering on the Long plan and differences between Senate and House incentives on machinery credits and depreciation methods.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate House
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Gore
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Papandreou Charged With Treason In Greek Plot
Andreas Papandreou faces high treason charges in the Aspida overthrow plot. Athens magistrate Socrates Socratidis questioned the ex-premier’s son, who led leftist officers in the plan to oust the monarchy and install a neutral Socialist state. The case carries death as maximum penalty and immunity had shielded him in parliament until the coup.
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Athens
Andreas Papandreou
Aspida
Greece
Socrates Socratidis
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Aspida— Shield
Andreas
U.S
Brig
Stylianos Patakos
Appalachia Aid Renewal Sought
Ohio officials urged passage of a bill to renew Appalachian regional development funds, noting a 201 per cent spending surge in the 29 Appalachian counties last year while non Appalachian areas rose 2 per cent. The proposal would authorize over 273 million dollars for various projects aside from highways over the next two years and boost highway funding from 840 million to 1.015 billion.
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Washington
Ohio
Appalachian
James A. Rhodes
House Public Works Committee
Athens city employees seek monthly pay increases
The Athens newspaper notes possible pay raises for city employees ranging from 20 to 25 dollars per month as part of the Rhodes budget. The story highlights a welfare rate increase described as a bargain many countries cannot afford, and mentions a top-seeded youngster from Middleport in two divisions of a national open table tennis meet.
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Athens City
Rhodes
Winn
Middleport
Southern educators to lead desegregation drive this summer
The Office of Education plans a summer compliance effort targeting 1650 Southern school districts lagging on federal desegregation. About 35 Southern administrators will be hired, replacing last year’s mainly Northern law students. Seeley seeks experienced Southerners. Howe began the recruitment with letters to officials in 17 states.
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Washington
Office of Education
North
David E. Seeley
Equal Education Opportunity
Harold Howe II
U.S
Seeley
Schirra to Lead Americаs First Apollo Mission
Navy Captain Walter M. Schirra Jr. was chosen to command America’s first three man Apollo mission in a redesigned, safer spacecraft. He will be joined by Air Force Major Donn F. Eisele and civilian Walter Cunningham for an earth orbital checkout lasting up to two weeks. NASA officials stressed a secure hatch and noncombustible materials to reduce fire risk after the Apollo 1 tragedy.
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James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Space Committee
NASA
North American Aviation, Inc
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Virgil Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Webb
Lyrics For Ohio Song Sparks Laughs At Statehouse
Ohio lawmakers heard songs proposed as the official state tune during a committee session. An Ohio State University choir performed Beautiful Ohio amid debate over lyrics including a line about a little red canoe, drawing questions from legislators about appropriateness and quality.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Statehouse
House
Ohio State University
Walter White
Allen
Naomi Hurd
Warren
Judge Rules Cellist Moorman Guilty Of indecent topless concert
New York AP reports Charlotte Moorman 28 was found guilty Tuesday of performing indecently when she played the cello semi nude at a Times Square theater on Feb 9. The judge imposed a suspended sentence, noting controversy over nude art and questioning the act's artistic merit.
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New York
Square
Charlotte Moorman
Times Square
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Eereereee
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