French Ambassador at Manchester Sees Vietnam and U.S. Drive
Claude Michel Bard, 20, a French student living with five Manchester area families under the Experiment in International Living, spoke at a Veterans of Foreign Wars dinner. He assessed U.S. policy in Vietnam, noting France would view withdrawal as a defeat of capitalism by communism but praised American drivers and Greyhound bus pilots, while contrasting French and American dining habits and social clubs.
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Claude
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Vietnam
U.S
France
South Vietnam
China
Algeria
Bennington
Sales Records Give LBJ Ammunition for Tax Hike
August retail sales hit a record 27 billion dollars fueling White House push for a 10 percent tax increase. Commerce figures show 1 percent rise from July and 6 percent above August 1966, with Secretary Trowbridge urging support at a Southern Governors Conference. Potential inflation risks cited as reason for tax plan.
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API
Johnson
Commerce Department
Commerce
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Southern Governors Conference
Asheville
Four Killed in Explosion at Alabama Aluminum Plant
An explosion at Reynolds Metals aluminum casting plant in Muscle Shoals killed four workers and injured about 40. The blast crumbled a 200 foot wall and shook nearby towns. Victims were Charles Creekmore, Charles Emburg, Marvin Bullard, and John Daily. Plant operations paused. cause under investigation with suspected gas buildup.
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Muscleshoals
Ala
APD
Reynolds Metals
Muscle Shoals
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Florence
Charles Creekmore
Charles Emburg
Alloys
Robert Holloway
John E. Ligga
Ligga
Aragon
Paper Shutdown To Be Investigated
The Senate antitrust subcommittee will probe the New York World Journal Tribune shutdown amid hearings on a bill to exempt merging healthy and failing papers from antitrust laws. It will also examine syndicate control, wire service pricing, and newsprint costs. Hearings began July 12 and resumed later this year. Edsel Hudson, 36, a New Orleans fireman, is accused of falsely triggering an alarm to steal $128 from fellow firefighters when they were out of the firehouse.
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UPI
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
New York World Journal Tribune
Congressional
New Orleans
Edsel Hudson
Hudson
Bonn Responds Calmly To De Gaulle Polish Frontier Talk
Bonn officials show nonchalance as De Gaulle claims Poland may keep former German territories. CDU and SPD leaders split, with Barzel regretting the French stance and Schmidt saying De Gaulle has cleared the air. US view echoes guarded concern over reunification talks and central Europe stability.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Zabrze
Paul von Hindenburg
Paris
Rainer Barzel
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Christian Democratic Union
de Gaulle
France
Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Willy Brandt
Social Democrats
Poland
United States
Gaulle
Warsaw
Europe
Senate Debate on Vietnam War Resumes as Protests Guide
Senate resumes debate on Vietnam policy with antiwar leaflets and North Vietnam bombing plans sparking fresh discussion. Sen. Morse pushes UN jurisdiction while protesters from the National Mobilization Committee Direct Action Project demand a general peace declaration and troop withdrawal.
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UPI
Senate
Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Cam Pha
North Vietnam
Wayne L. Morse
United Nations
Morse
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
National Mobilization Committee Direct Action Project
Congress
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