Race and Vietnam features in today's state elections
In a day of political contests, Gary Indiana and Cleveland vote for mayors where Negro candidates face white rivals. Boston eyes Louise Day Hicks against Kevin White over busing while San Francisco and Cambridge weigh Vietnam referenda. New Jersey Virginia and Mississippi elect legislatures as Indiana uses National Guard to safeguard Gary voting.
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Joseph Radigan
Indiana
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Seth Taft
Louise Day Hicks
Kevin H. White
Massachusetts
Reds Show New Weapons in Moscow Parade
In Moscow on the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution the Soviet Union unveiled six new weapons including a colossal 100 foot intercontinental ballistic missile and an orbital missile hauled through Red Square. The lineup featured two stage and single stage missiles with ranges from 100 to 1000 miles, a 100 to 200 mile tactical missile, underwater launcher capable navy missiles, long anti-aircraft missiles on a tracked carrier, and an armored reconnaissance vehicle with anti-tank missiles. Officials claimed a three stage intercontinental rocket with a new propellant and boasted that Soviet missiles can deliver nuclear warheads of tremendous power, while comments left questions about orbital bombardment tests.
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Senate Examines 52 Million Pork Barrel Projects
The Senate weighs a 52 million package within a 4.7 billion public works bill. Early costs cover first year construction starts and planning, with ultimate pork barrel commitments rising to 4.1 billion and total pork projects to 15.2 billion. House actions add 16 new starts. Senate adds 25 more, shaping a 1968 projection of 324.5 million in ultimate costs.
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Johnson
House
Heavy fighting reported in South Vietnam central highlands and lowlands
Heavy fighting was reported in South Vietnam as the dry season offensives might begin. South Korea's White Horse Division said it killed 113 North Vietnamese near their base 205 miles northeast of Saigon with light Korean casualties. In the central highlands about 300 miles north, 20 American paratroopers and 18 North Vietnamese troops were killed, and 27 U.S. soldiers were wounded. U.S. Air Force fighters supported operations as monsoon breaks allowed air activity.
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South Vietnam
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Central Highlands
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US air raid pounds Hanoi area in major strike
American raiders attacked Gia Thuong storage near Hanoi, hit the Rep air field 38 miles northeast, and targeted a vehicle repair plant and the Hanoi transformer station for the first time since May. Hanoi claimed five planes down, but U.S. Command said one F105 was lost to ground fire. the pilot is missing in action. In the Ho Neo mountains, about 300 North Vietnamese regulars pressed Korean forces, later pursued to near two villages two miles from the base.
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Cactus Jack Garner, Former Veep, Dies at 98
John Nance Garner former vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt died at his home in Av Alde Texas at age 98 after a long decline. A companion said Garner passed peacefully in his bedroom with family nearby reflecting on his long public career and quiet retirement tending pecan trees and turkeys.
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Cactus Jack” Garner
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Surveyor 6 Heads For Moon Landing Site
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Surveyor 6 raced toward a planned soft landing in Sinus Medii Central Bay on the moon. The 2223 pound craft launched from Cape Kennedy at 2 39 a m EST aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket. NASA called early flight phases near perfect as it began a 65 hour 231416 mile journey guided by sun sensors.
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Jet Crash Near Ciney Hurts Two
Federal investigators examined the fire blackened Boeing 707 wreckage after a runway excursion at Greater Cincinnati Airport. The Trans World Airlines jet carried 29 passengers and seven crew, with all 36 aboard escaping serious injury and two hospitalized. Pilot Capt V Matheny were credited with averting a worse disaster as the craft halted across a road near Florence Kentucky.
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Russia Rejects Mid East Proposal at United Nations
Western hopes for a U N Security Council resolution to break the Arab Israel stalemate dimmed as Soviet sources condemned the U S plan. The draft calls on Israel to withdraw from land seized in the June war and urges Arab recognition of belligerency ends, with a U N representative to aid talks but no binding instructions.
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McNamara Seeks Dual War on Fraud and Poverty at Home
Defense Secretary McNamara told the National Association of Educational Broadcasters convention that the U S can fight aggression abroad while tackling poverty urban decay and social injustice at home He warned Congress may lack the will power despite being strong materially and technologically
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Reuther vows Chrysler strike if no contract
Detroit based coverage reports Auto Workers Union President Walter P. Reuther warned a midnight Wednesday deadline on a new Chrysler contract would trigger a national strike. He said there would be no extension after a 14 hour bargaining session, the longest since the showdown began.
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Auto Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
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Shriver warns on OEO budget shakeup and Rusk faces Senate
Antipoverty chief Sargent Shriver threatens to resign if Congress cuts the Office of Economic Opportunity funding, signaling tension over a proposed budget of around 1.2 to 2.0 billion. Secretary of State Dean Rusk heads to a private Senate session to explain why he avoids public testimony on Vietnam, facing critics led by Senator J. W. Fulbright.
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Sargent Shriver
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Dean Rusk
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More Snow Hits Great Lakes Region On Election Day
Wintry squalls dumped more snow on the Great Lakes area as temperatures stayed frigid east of the Rockies. Buffalo saw three inches of new snow, bringing its total to seven inches before dawn. Sault Ste. Marie added another inch for a five inch total.
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Mrs Kennedy Tours Cambodian Palace Under Parasol
Mrs John F Kennedy visited Cambodia's ornate royal palace with Prince Norodom Sihanouk. She gently fed bananas and sugar cane to two sacred elephants while meeting Sisowath Kossamak, viewed as a symbol of monarchy, during a courtesy visit in Phnom Penh.
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Cambodia
John F. Kennedy
Royal Palace
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Sisowath Kossamak
NATO Members Open Meeting in Brussels Headquaters
Fifteen NATO members met at the new Brussels headquarters to discuss closer military cooperation. U S officials led by Under secretary Rostow urged unity on relations with the Soviet bloc and on disarmament, arms control, and methods toward German reunification.
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Athens council passes six measures in brief pre election session
Athens City Council approves six measures during a brief pre election session. In related items, Pomeroy Council schedules a special meeting next week on purchasing the Meigs County Water Co. Wahama High School football ends its best season in history at 8 2 records.
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