Eisenhower backs plan to spread birth control info abroad
Former President Eisenhower endorsed legislation letting the federal government distribute birth control information to foreign governments. He described curbing the world population surge as vital to global survival and noted welfare funds should not lure unwed mothers into illegitimate births.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Senate
Foreign Aid
U.S
U.S. Bombs North of Hanoi Line Deep North Viet Nam Raid
U.S. fighter bombers penetrated north of the Hanoi line for the deepest strike yet. Eight Thunderchiefs hit Son La, 110 miles west northwest of Hanoi, with 17 tons of bombs and 20 buildings destroyed. Another group attacked the Van Nuoc Chien depot, with light to moderate damage and no enemy aircraft.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi Line
Son la
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
van Nuoc Chien
North
Viet Nam
Hon Gay
Gulf of Tonkin
Air Force
da Nana
Tran Jan Dang
Dang
Johnson signs $4.7 billion tax cut bill
President Johnson signs a broad tax cut cutting nuisance excise taxes such as jewelry lipstick handbags and suitcases. The first stage reduces autos and air conditioners retroactive to May 15 and refunds average about seventy dollars on cars. Future steps will cut more excises by January 1969 while permissibly keeping other taxes in place.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Congress
Marine Jets Deliver Close Air Support in Vietnam Action
Four Marine Phantom jets supported government forces near Da Nang as Viet Cong positions were targeted with smoke rockets and Zuni rockets. Capt. Michael Sullivan of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 538 led the attack helping government troops on the hill and through tree lines. The unit has flown 912 sorties in country, dropping bombs and napalm and firing rockets while enduring risks from fragments and occasional aircraft losses.
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Dang
Long Live
Ho Chi Minh
North
Viet Nam
Gia Dinh
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Quang Ngai
da Nang
U.S
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Michael Sullivan
Beverly Hills
Calif
Sullivan
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 538
John Cowell
Cumberland Foreside
Maine
North Dakota legislature adjourns without extending sales tax
In a five hour late session the North Dakota Legislature adjourned without a sales tax extension. Gov Guy called the special session to address the measure after a referral halted the tax package. Lawmakers could shift to a use tax, facing a potential revenue loss of six to ten million dollars pending a Sept. 21 referendum.
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Bismarck
N.D
APA
North Dakota
Enue
Senate
House
William L. Guy
Robert P. McCarney
Thousands Flee in Path of Floodwaters
The Arkansas River flood forces thousands to flee across Kansas. Larned braces for crest, Great Bend prepares to move 3,000 more as floodwaters threaten business districts. Colorado governor calls it the greatest natural disaster in state history and considers a special flood relief session.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Larned
Great Bend
Colorado
Jetmore
Dodge City
Rozel
John A. Love
Boumedienne Regime Tightens Grip on Algiers After Protests
In Algiers the Boumedienne regime used force to disperse Ben Bella supporters as thousands of troops and riot police secured the capital. Reports say clashes in Bone, Philippeville, Constantine and Oran left several dead, with demonstrations continuing elsewhere. The army patrolled key sites, signaling a neutralist stance in the Egyptian bloc amid regional tensions.
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Algiers
Col. Houari
Boumedienne
Ahmed Bensella
Ben Bella
Bone
Philippeville
Constantine
Oran
Traffic Deaths Reported State and Iowa
Traffic death counts show 276 statewide today versus 351 a year ago, while Iowa totals run 308 today and 342 last year. The data contrasts recent safety outcomes across the state and the Iowa region.
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Iowa
Minnesota losses total 243 million as disaster aid urged
Gov. Karl Rolvaag presented to the U.S. Senate Public Works Committee a tabulation showing 10 month flood tornado and drought losses in Minnesota totaling 243,009,000. He testified in support of a 1965 disaster relief act drafted by 14 midwestern senators led by Sen. Eugene McCarthy.
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Washington
Minnesota
U.S. Senate Committee On Public Works
Karl Rolvaag
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Nebraska gives in on state income tax measure
Nebraska Legislature passes a state income tax bill by 26 to 23, sending it to the governor. The move ends the state as a holdout against sales or income taxes.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Inmate Escapes From St. Cloud Reformatory
Edward Richard Siegert, 23, of Hastings, serving a burglary term, escaped from St. Cloud Reformatory during the night from the license tag plant. He was missed at 12:30 a.m. and later sighted in southeast St. Cloud as officials investigated how he scaled the wall.
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ST. Cloud, Minn
St. Cloud Reformatory
Edward Richard Siegert
Hastings
Minn
St. Cloud
Convict miners seize Brushy Mountain coal mine
Seventy three rebellious convicts at Brushy Mountain State Prison stage a sit down in the prison coal mine and take four foremen hostage, according to Warden Lake Russell.
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Tenn. (Ap
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Lake Russell
Radar Satelite to Aid Gemini Rendezvous
Scientists test a small radar equipped satellite designed to rendezvous with the upcoming Gemini crewed flight. NASA says the rendezvous occurs during the next manned Gemini flight. The 76 pound unit will fly in Gemini’s rear and release for maneuver. built by Westinghouse Aerospace Division in Baltimore.
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Gemini
NASA
Aerospace Division
Westinghouse Defense and Space Center
Baltimore
Holland Takes Over Ruby Case as Judge Brown Steps Aside
Judge Louis Holland of Montague Texas was named to handle further trial court proceedings in the Jack Ruby case. He succeeds Judge Joe B Brown of Dallas who asked to be removed from the matter, with Judge Dallas A Blankenship announcing the appointment. The case has featured numerous defense counsel changes amid bitter disputes among lawyers. Ruby, operator of a Dallas strip club, shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused Kennedy assassin, on November 24, 1963.
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Louis Holland
Montague
Tex
Jack Ruby
North Texas
Joe B. Brown
Dallas A. Blankenship
Dallas County
1St Administrative Judicial District
Holland
Ruby
Brown
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
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