Johnson vows war on Klan and urges new laws
President Johnson declared an all out battle to ban the Ku Klux Klan urging prompt congressional inquiry and legislation to bring the Klan under law. He announced the arrest of four Alabama Klansmen in the killing of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo as he ordered Attorney General Katzenbach to draft measures and FBI briefed the White House.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Ku Klux Klan
Nicholas Katzenbach
Alabama
White House
Capitol Hill
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
House Committee On
Unamerican
Mississippi
FBI
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Katzenbach
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Detroit
Anthony J. Liuzzo
Penny
Thomas
Viola Liuzzo
Selma
Montgomery
Ala
Liuzzo
FBI and
Justice
Soviet Union Demands End to Gas Use in Vietnam
Moscow accused the United States of using poison gases in Vietnam and urged an immediate halt in what it called inhumane acts. The U S embassy rejected the note as false, cited Dean Rusk, and affirmed no gas warfare policy. Tass reported Moscow urged Britain to join in pressuring the U S to withdraw troops and arms from the region.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
Dean Rusk
U.S.A
Tass
Britain
Humane Society warns against cat torturers in Keene
Cheshire County Humane Society officer Ralph Winham said unsuspecting residents sell cats to laboratories under false names. Cats reportedly fetch 25 cents to $1 and are transported in grain bags to biological and vivisection labs in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He urged residents not to sell cats to uncredentialed buyers.
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Humane Society
Keene, N.H
UPI
Ralph Winham
Cheshire County Humane Society
Winham
Massachusetts
Connecticut
U S Forces Hit North Viet Nam in Deep Raid Since Tonkin
In Saigon and the Tonkin Gulf area U S Navy jets bombed North Viet Nam radar sites as carrier aircraft penetrated to Back Long Island north of the 17th parallel. Officials report three planes lost, pilots rescued, and warns of Soviet and North Korean volunteers amid rising war tensions.
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U.S
North
Viet Nam
Tonkin
Saigon
UPI
U.S. Navy
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Long Island
North Korea
Red China
Quang Ngai
Hancock
Coral Sea
Rain Floods Appalachia Forcing 250 Homeless In Kentucky
Heavy rains sparked floods across the southern Appalachians driving about 240 to 250 people from their homes. In Kentucky streams rose, the Ken tucky River flooded areas at Hazard and riverfront properties evacuated. High water closed roads in West Virginia and several Kanawha River area schools shut as basements flooded. Thunderstorms dumped over an inch of rain on the New Orleans area.
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Appalachians
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida Panhandle
Midwest
Kentucky
Harlan County
Hazard
Cumberland River
West Virginia
Kanawha River
Charleston
W.va
New Orleans
Junkyard in Sky Elicits Laughter in Vermont House
Vermont lawmakers brief humor breaks the session as three Democrats file a tongue in cheek resolution proposing reactivating the Swanton missile site to launch a rocket dissolving junk in the sun. The bill names Kingston and sails under NASAs guidance, provoking Speaker Billings to joke about a non existent Committee on Junk.
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Vermont
Kingston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
House
Franklin Billings
Billings
Education bill sails through House for 1.3 billion aid
The House approved President Johnson's plan to spend 1.3 billion dollars on elementary and secondary education to aid poor children. The measure prioritizes fighting poverty and extends limited federal help to parochial and private schools, with funds for textbooks, shared-time projects, and educational research nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Senate
Commission of Education
State Departments of Education
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Vermont deer herd dispute turns on tradition versus science
A Vermont newspaper page highlights the deer herd dispute as a clash between tradition and science, framing the debate around how wildlife management should balance cultural practices with ecological data. The feature notes local views, expert input, and potential policy implications for conservation.
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Vermont
Track Hosts State Craft Show
POWNAL Vermont The third annual Vermont Arts and Crafts Show at Green Mountain Park racetrack drew 43 exhibitors down from 47 last year due to sleet and rain. Organizers cited weather and high demand keeping some vendors away while noting one canceled governor visit affected by weather.
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Vermont Arts and Crafts
Green Mountain Park
Vincent J. Bartimo
Track
Don Rowan
Greater Vermont Association
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Vermont Development Board
Elbert G. Moulton
Peter E. Wendland
State Arts and Crafts Service
Joseph A. McDonough
Greater Bennington Association
Simon Watts
Putney
North Bennington
Vernet E. Houran
Pownal
Hagerman
Vermont Labor and Farm Council
Rowan
Burlington
Philip H. Hoff
AEC Plans First Space Reactor Unit
The Atomic Energy Commission said it will launch the first space nuclear reactor around April 1 to test a compact power source delivering 500 watts and to evaluate an Air Force ion rocket engine for future Jupiter missions. The SNAP-10A weighs 970 pounds, costs 111.8 million since 1959, and will ride an Atlas Agena from the West Coast to a polar orbit of about 805 miles.
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Washington
API
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Jupiter
Folaris
Space
West Coast
Ski New England Exhibit Cancelled at New York World's Fair
The New England Worlds Fair Corp canceled the Ski New England exhibit for the New England States Exhibition at the New York Worlds Fair. Executive VP Melvin Peach cited deadline pressure and insufficient funds to begin construction. Of $30,000 needed, $19,000 was pledged but only $13,000 was secured.
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Boston
UPI
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Gesell Institute of Child Development
New Haven
Conn
Allan J. Heath
George A. Sleeman
Bennington
Ellen Gundersen
Norway
Ilg
Gesell
Sleeman
LBJ
Waron Klan
Russia
Ment
North Viet Nam
Appalachia
Sky
Jean Wassick
Ron Cohen
Mount Snow
By Bob Hagerman
Ski
New England
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