Johnson Answers Arguments Of Democratic Challengers
President Johnson defends Vietnam policy and calls for a total national effort to win the war and complete reform at home. He rejects withdrawal and urges austerity and unity at a Minneapolis speech amid Kennedy critique. Johnson frames victory as justice and warns Hanoi against undermining U S leadership.
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UPI
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Vietnam
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Southeast Asia
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Radioactivity Found At Naval Facilities
Low level cobalt-60 radioactivity detected in harbor sediments near Navy nuclear shipyards and piers in Groton, Portsmouth, Pearl Harbor, and other facilities. Navy concludes levels pose no health hazard as discharges are largely controlled and monitoring shows no abnormal beach or water radioactivity.
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Bremerton, Wash
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Apra Harbor
Guam
HEW expands desegregation policy nationwide
HEW adopts broader desegregation guidelines for all states effective next fall. North and West districts face equal enforcement as HEW reviews about 2,500 school systems for zoning, financing, staffing, and equipment disparities. Federal aid remains at stake under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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McCarthy Calls Viet War Un-American in Maine Speech
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy accused the Johnson Administration of fear in pursuing U S involvement in Vietnam. Speaking at the University of Maine he called the war un American and said it is being conducted against all norms and against the American people.
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D-Minn
Johnson
Southeast Asia
University of Maine
Brooke Sees LBJ Likely to Ask Congress for War Declare
Los Angeles based Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts says it is possible President Johnson will ask Congress for a declaration of war in Vietnam. He states such action would place the burden on lawmakers to decide and adds the war costs about 2.5 billion dollars monthly.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
R - Mass
Johnson
Vietnam
University of Southern California
U.S
Commission On
Kennedy clan arrives for ski holiday at Vail
Mrs. John F. Kennedy travels with Caroline and John Jr to Colorado for a weeklong Rockies outing. The party including five Lindsay family members flies from New York to Denver and drives 104 miles to Vail in rented wagons.
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John F. Kennedy
Colorado
Rockies
Caroline Kennedy
John Jr
Murray McDonnell
Kennedy
New York City
Denver
John V. Lindsay
Marines at Khe Sanh avoid reporting minor wounds
UPI reports Marines at Khe Sanh overlook minor shrapnel wounds to avoid attention and the Purple Heart. Many fear family worry and want to stay with comrades. some self treat, while others defer to medics only for major injuries.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
UPI
U.S
da Nang
Mrs Wallace Shows Slight Improvement in Illness
Gov Lurleen B Wallace was seated up briefly and drank liquid nourishment as she continued to show slight improvement from an abdominal infection at St Margaret's Hospital. A spokesman said she is generally more comfortable though a mild fever persists after multiple surgeries to remove a malignant pelvic tumor and part of the bowel and to drain an abdominal abscess.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Lurleen B. Wallace
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Crown Prince Harald to Wed Commoner Sonja Haraldsen
Oslo reports Crown Prince Harald of Norway will marry Sonja Haraldsen, a 30 year old daughter of an Oslo storekeeper. Approval came from King Olav V and the engagement could test succession rules. experts expect she would share the throne if wed. Some sources warn the union might provoke constitutional questions and possible republican moves.
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UPI
Harald
Norway
Europe
Sonja Haraldsen
Olav V
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Steven
Anne-Marie Rasmussen
Sonja
Resistance Predicted Against Greek Junta
Andreas Papandreou, son of ousted Greek PM, forecasts broad resistance to the ruling military junta. He heads the Panhellenic Liberation Movement and cites a pervasive spy system and shaken NATO commitments as factors. He urged the United States to revise its Greece policy while noting most Greeks favor the West and NATO.
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Boston
UPI
Andreas Papandreou
George Papandreau
Papandreau
Harvard University
U.S. Navy
University of California At Berkeley
Greece
Papandreou
United States
Tampa Police Battle Crowd In Negro Area
About 50 riot police moved into Tampa on Central Avenue to break up a crowd of nearly 200 protesting alleged police brutality. Eight people were arrested as order was restored around 3 a.m. The clash followed an arrest for public drunkenness near a large housing project that years earlier saw major rioting and arson.
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Fla
UPI
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