Kennedy to announce candidacy at Capitol News Conference
Senator Robert F. Kennedy will announce his run for president at a 10 a.m. Saturday news conference in Washington, with plans to enter Nebraska and possibly Oregon and California primaries. Senator Eugene McCarthy predicted Kennedy would enter four primaries and hinted at a possible coalition against President Johnson. Sorensen said Kennedy faced five options including staying out or endorsing McCarthy, with broad support among leaders for a Kennedy bid while awaiting McCarthy’s campaign trajectory.
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Emergency steps studied to halt the run on gold
President Johnson met with top monetary and fiscal advisers to map emergency actions with European allies to halt the gold run and defend the dollar. A seven nation gold pool meeting in Washington looms as officials weigh price changes and sale restrictions while gold climbs to new highs.
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Mills Concedes Tax Hike May Be Needed
Rep Wilbur Mills chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said a tax increase may be necessary to halt the gold crisis but he will insist on spending cuts. He urged reducing the deficit of payments and minimizing spending before asking Americans to pay more taxes.
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Allies Press Offensive In Area Around Saigon
Allied forces led by General Westmoreland push a sweeping search and destroy mission around Saigon for six days with 233 Communists killed in five provinces. U.S. losses totaled 11 killed and 94 wounded, while South Vietnamese casualties were light. The drive, named Resolved To Win, targets Viet Cong and North Vietnamese bases in Gia Dinh Bien Hoa Bien Duong Hau Nghia and Long An as intelligence cautions of renewed Viet Cong activity emerge.
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Inside Peek at One-Act Contest on Page Five
Brand new antiques to be featured in auction at former Winslow's hardware store on Page Six. New business opens in Bennington, almost by popular demand on Page Seven.
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Czechs Purge More Officials
Prague reports two senior officials, Interior Minister Josef Kudrna and General Prosecutor Jane Bartuska, were dismissed in a broader de Stalinization push. They faced censure over mishandling a US defection and failed rehabilitation of 40,000 people jailed in 1951 to 1953. Brezhnev’s Prague visit aimed to aid Novotny, but failed.
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McCarthy Nearly Ties Johnson In New Hampshire Primary
Official returns show Eugene J. McCarthy within 230 votes of Lyndon B. Johnson in New Hampshire. McCarthy totals reach 28,791 with 23,280 Democratic and 5,511 Republican write-ins. Nixon leads Republicans with 80,666 votes and Rockefeller 11,241 write-ins.
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George Brown resigns from British cabinet in protest over gold crisis
London reports Foreign Secretary George Brown quits amid dispute with Prime Minister Harold Wilson over government handling of the gold crisis. Brown says he was cut out of emergency talks. Wilson appoints Michael Stewart to succeed him. Wilson merges Foreign Office with Commonwealth Office.
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Police Rescue Kindergarteners in Central Park Flood
A private school bus with 39 kindergarten children stalled as a main broke in Central Park. Police formed a human chain to rescue the youngsters as water rose up to seven feet. Sixty-one people including 13 officers were treated for exposure. none seriously hurt. children released after hospital checks. The main burst near an underpass and the bus leaked water as it sank.
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