300 Americus Negroes Register Backed by Voting Rights Bill
In Americus Georgia more than 300 Black residents registered to vote as federal officials watched. The county registrar's office employed the first Black clerks in modern times to assist, while lines formed at the courthouse as President Johnson signed the new voting rights law. Mayor T Griffin Walker denounced outside agitators and said he had asked the Ku Klux Klan to defer its rally and march scheduled in the city.
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Georgia
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Congress of Racial Equality
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Florida
Maine Forest Fire Threat to 3 Towns
A 700-firefighter operation battled a 10,000-acre forest fire in northern Maine, aided by four water bombers and bulldozers, threatening Jacksonville and nearby Whitneyville and Route 192, with evacuations of five families and officials appealing to New England states under the Interstate Forest Fire Compact. The blaze, started by a tractor spark, remained out of control at dusk but was contained earlier, with no injuries reported.
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Georgia Pacific
Aegis Paper Co’s
Pilots Photo Reports at Odds On Fate of Bombed Missile Bases
Washington reports conflict over last week's Air Force strike on two anti-aircraft sites northwest of Hanoi. Pilots say they reported damage accurately, but post strike reconnaissance photos fail to confirm the destruction. Weather and timing hinder evaluation, with one site clearly a missile base yet missiles removed.
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Hanoi
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Chicago Daily News
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Arthur Sylvester
Moyers
Sylvester
Middleman role spurned by Soviets in peace bid
Washington reports say Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah sent a peace appeal to President Johnson urging a halt in bombing of North Vietnam. The Soviets suggested direct talks with Hanoi, but Harriman inferred Moscow will not push Hanoi to peace, citing strains with Red China. Officials expect a long Viet Nam fight while U.S. Egypt diplomacy remains cautious.
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Viet Nam
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Johnson
White House
Alex Quainson-Lackey
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Alexei Kosygin
Kremlin
Harriman
Moscow
Red
President Refuses To Hear Pacifists At White House Sitdown
Washington reports that pacifist demonstrators staged a sit-down outside a White House gate after President Johnson refused to hear their demand that the United States withdraw from Viet Nam. About 70 sat for 90 minutes. Joan Baez urged ending the protest as 300 pickets marched nearby.
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UPI
White House
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United States
Viet Nam
Executive Mansion
Joan Baez
A. J. Muste
National Committee For Non-Violent Action
U.S
Southeast Asia
Viet Cong Calls for North Aid as War Escalates
In a Hanoi broadcast the Central Committee of the Communist National Liberation Front urged the Viet Cong to intensify the resistance war and mobilize South Vietnamese forces in the north for a renewed push against U.S. troops amid Washington's decision to deploy 50,000 more soldiers. The message warned against negotiations with U.S. imperialists while demanding renewed fighting and unity to defend sovereignty.
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U.S.A
Three Injured In River Crash Near Bridge in Vermont
In Bridgewater Vermont three people were injured when a car went through a bridge railing on U S Route 4 and plunged into the Ottauquechee River. Max Hacker 32 was in critical condition at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Hanover New Hampshire. Arnold Niederman 59 and his wife Selma 42 were in fair condition. Passers by pulled occupants from the car and police were unsure who was driving.
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Ottauquechee River
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Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Arnold Niederman
New York City
Selma
India and Uganda press Geneva style talks on Vietnam
New Delhi and Kampala urged a Geneva type conference to solve the Vietnam issue. In Cairo a UAR and Guinea communique urged US to stop air attacks and for UN involvement. They called non aligned nations to help find a political, not military, solution respecting Vietnamese aspirations for freedom.
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India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Uganda
Milton Obote
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Sekou Toure
Guinea
United States
United Nations
Viet Nam
Inside Columnist Warns of Water Plan Fiasco
On the Inside columnist Jean Wassick ponders the water problem and the Page Editorial warns the New Hampshire sweepstakes could end in a giant fiasco. Alice Harwood reflects on 47 years at The Banner from Page 5, and St. John the Baptist Church in North Bennington outlines expansion plans on Page 8.
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Jean Wassick
New Hampshire
Alice Harwood
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
U S Arms Plan To Halt Nuclear Spread Drawn Up
The United States Britain Canada and Italy draft a plan to stop nuclear weapon spread. It obliges nuclear nations to refrain from giving weapons to non nuclear countries and requires non nuclear nations to renounce them. The plan targets a Thursday presentation at the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva.
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