Critics Take Their Turn At Poking Johnson Now
James Marlow reports that Republicans issued a 33 page white paper criticizing Johnson and Kennedy over Viet Nam, aiming to influence the 1968 elections. He notes past GOP attacks on Truman Eisenhower and Kennedy and explains Johnson’s counterclaim of consistent policy across administrations.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
É House
Viet Nam
John F. Kennedy
House
Republican National Committee
Harry S. Truman
China
Korea
Truman
Formosa
Democratic Advisory Council
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Kennedy
GOP National Committee
Battle Line
Johnson-Kennedy
A Pages
America
South Viet Nam
Whites House
Three U.S. Delegation Officials Dropped By Johnson
UNITED NATIONS New York AP Three top ranking U S delegation members were removed by President Johnson in a reshuffle. Ambassadorial rank officials Francis T Plimpton Marietta Tree and Franklin H Williams were ousted leaving Charles W Yost as No 2 under Ambassador Arthur J Goldberg. Plimpton planned to return to private practice after a vacation and cited Stevenson’s insistence on his staying briefly. Mrs Tree, a close Stevenson ally, accompanied him in London last month when Stevenson suffered a fatal heart attack.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.S
Johnson
Charles W. Yost
Arthur J. Goldberg
Francis T. Plimpton
Marietta Tree
Franklin H. Williams
Plimpton
Mediator Opens Talks Amid Steel Wage Dispute
Federal mediator William E. Simkin convened a first joint meeting with steel negotiators after United Steelworkers Union rejected an industry offer to raise wages and benefits by 40.6 cents per hour over three years. If no deal is reached, 450,000 workers could strike, halting 80 percent of steel output.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Johnson
Viet Nam
J. W. Abel
Steelworkers
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
Abel
Experimental aerotrain to be tested in France this year
Paris AP reports France will test its experimental aerotrain an air cushion high speed passenger carrier before year end. The first half size model will run on a track near Paris. Engineer Jean Bertin says the working model can reach 124 miles an hour.
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Paris
France
Jean Bertin
Arm Sewn Back After Train Clip Brings Bare Arm
In Denton Texas 29 year old Dorman Mason lost his right arm when a train severed it at a freight depot. Surgeons at Baylor University Medical Center reattached the limb after a 74 hour effort defeating blood loss and tissue damage. A vascular and orthopedic team rebuilt vessels nerves and bone grafts to restore circulation and function.
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Dallas
Dorman Mason
Baylor University Medical Center
Denton
Mason
Texas
Guy Blaylock
Acme Brick Co
Blaylock
Baylor Center
Salvage Dispute After shrimp boats tow Vida Lee to Ingleside
Vida Lee sank with ten aboard after being towed by the Rose Marie and Vida Ten in a salvage dispute. Crews claim salvage rights while negotiations with insurers continue. Parkview General Corpus Christi holds a swat title. the wife of hospital owner J J Conner was aboard Vida Lee.
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Mansfield
Vida
Ingleside
Zé -Hanly
Parkview ‘General
Corpus Christi
J J Conner
Vida Lee
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