Deaths Raise Minnesota Traffic Toll to 269
Six people died in Minnesota road crashes raising the year toll to 269. Victims include Margaret Batista 47 Duluth and Hjalmer Mattson 57 Grand Portage in the Grand Marais collision, Earle West Jr. 45 Beaver Bay, Mary Winick 89 Bloomington, Bertha Smith 75 St Paul, and Thomas Lidstrom 32 Bloomington.
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Mary Winick
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Bertha Smith
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Thomas Lidstrom
Cook County
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Astronauts Receive Medals in White House Ceremony
President Johnson honors astronaut Edward H. White I and James A. McDivitt with Exceptional Service medals of NASA in the Rose Garden. Charles W. Mathews also receives the award for his Gemini program leadership.
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Tex
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State Department
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Two Minnesota Groups Chosen for World’s Fair Day
Gov. Karl Rolvaag designated two bands and a chorus to represent Minnesota at the New York World's Fair on Minnesota day June 22. The selections are the Fairmont High School band the Gaylord 60 band and the De La Salle High School boys chorus from Minneapolis.
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Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota
Fairmont
Gaylord
de la Salle High School
Minneapolis
Denver Flood Rips Through City After South Platte Crest
The worst flood in over thirty years hit Denver and suburbs causing millions in damages and hundreds homeless. A 69 year old man drowned. power outages hit downtown as floodwaters from the South Platte surge through rail yards and streets. Evacuations were ordered for low lying areas and Union Station was cleared as trains and buses rerouted.
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Prairie
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Cassio Frazzini
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John A. Love
Roy Vogt
Arapahoe County
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Weaver Likely First Cabinet Head for New Housing Dept
The Senate is seen passing a bill creating a Cabinet level Department of Housing and Urban Development within a month. President Johnson may name Robert C. Weaver, head of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, as the department’s first secretary.
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Senate
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Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
John F. Kennedy
Weaver
Two U.S. Phantoms Shoot Down Two MIGs South of Hanoi
Two U.S. Navy F-4 Phantoms shot down two Communist MIG-17 fighters in flames during a 29 second dogfight 50 miles south of Hanoi as they escorted bombers north of Thanh Hoa. Cmdr. Louis C. Page downed one fighter and Lt. (j.g.) E. D. Batson Jr. downed another.
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E. D. Batson Jr
Buffalo, N.Y
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Page
North
Viet Nam
Red China
Traffic Deaths in Iowa and State Totals
A brief report shows Iowa traffic deaths today 299, down from a year ago 335 and state total deaths 269 today versus 340 year ago, indicating a shift in fatal crash figures.
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House panel backs $1.6 billion for Minnesota water projects
The House Appropriations Committee urged a 1.5985 billion dollar public works appropriation for planning and building Army Engineers and Reclamation Bureau water projects for the year starting July 1. Minnesota projects include construction at Rushford St. Paul South St. Paul Winona and planning for Mankato North Mankato Warroad River Bull Dog Creek with multiple surveys across the region. Other states receive similar allocations for dam and reservoir works and river surveys.
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U S Hikes Vietnamese War Effort With More Troops
The United States plans to send 16 000 to 21 600 additional troops to Vietnam. Secretary McNamara announced nine extra Army and Marine combat battalions with support units will be in place within a few weeks.
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Washington
United States
Viet Nam
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Robert S. McNamara
Army
Pizza Loving 13 Month Old Saylor Slack Visits Tulsa
A Stillwater Oklahoma family shares that 13 month old Saylor Slack enjoys pizza during a Tulsa visit. Parents N O Slack note crust bothers her at times but she likes the pie as AP photos accompany the piece. In the Viet Nam war context, secretary McNamara states American troop levels will rise to 70 000 to 75 000 with possible future deployments to support bases and Vietnamese requests as Westmoreland holds combat authority to aid.
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Viet Nam
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House Appropriations OKs 45 Billion Defense Budget
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 45,188,244,000 appropriation to fund the armed forces in the upcoming fiscal year. The measure covers 2,653,000 uniformed personnel, 889 active ships, 29,571 active aircraft and about one million paid reservists.
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Gasoline Tax Revenues Rise 6.27 Percent in Five Months
Net gasoline tax collections for the first five months of this year reached 28,643,546 dollars, up 6.27 percent from 1964, according to the State Tax Department.
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State Tax Department
Commonwealth Leaders Open Peace Talks Assembly
London hosts the 14th Commonwealth prime ministers meeting with delegates from 21 nations. The conference opens with a focus on peace talks on Vietnam as a key objective.
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British Commonwealth
Viet Nam
Assembly of Commonwealth
Senate approves health warning bill on cigarette packs
The Senate approved a bill 72 to 5 requiring health warnings on cigarette packages. The label would read Caution: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health and the measure moves to the House for action.
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Senate
House
Excise Tax Cuts Heads Toward U S Consumers
Congress set a tight schedule to cut excise taxes and put savings into consumer hands as soon as Saturday. The compromise bill trims about 4.5 billion annually across autos, matches, jewelry, appliances, radios and more with staged reductions from May 15 retroactive to earlier purchases. The plan aims for rapid passage and presidential signing to begin price relief within days.
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Senate
Russell Long
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Johnson
U.S. Paratrooper Toll Rises in Dominican Crisis
Fighting near Santo Domingo leaves 23 Americans dead with three Brazilian soldiers wounded and 33 others hurt as rebel forces clash with Inter-American Peace Force. Col. Francisco Caamano claims Dominican casualties while accusing U.S. troops of genocide.
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