Senators Split on Strategy in Vietnam Debate
U S politicians clash over tactics in Vietnam with Lausche backing cross border strikes on Viet Cong supply dumps, Scott agreeing, Church opposing entanglement, Jackson urging similar pressure into North Viet Nam. Rockefeller calls for hot pursuit into Cambodia Laos or North Viet Nam where sanctuaries exist, amid ongoing fighting including Lt. Ronald Hines killed and Viet Cong losses.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
North Viet Nam
Ohio Democrat
South Viet Nam
Hugh Scott
Rpa
Pennsylvania
Scott
Frank Church
Didaho
Henry M. Jackson
Ash
Viet Nam
Jackson
Armed Services Committee
Church
Lausche
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Klamath Falls
Ore
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Cambodia
Laos
Ronald Hines
Sith Viet Nam
Hines
Kien Long
Aid Dollars March Against Viet Cong Army
Washington AP reports cumulative U.S. aid to South Vietnam has topped 3 billion under a campaign linked to counterinsurgency. The plan includes 30 million annually for counterinsurgency plus 30 million in surplus food, with aid spread through 200 plus personnel in provinces and international partners like Australia and Britain.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Australia
Britain
Canada
France
West Germany
Malaysia
New Zealand
South Korea
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Five Day Forecast Details Warmth Shifts Across Week
The forecast calls for temperatures about six degrees above the normal of four for the coming five days. Warmer on Tuesday and Wednesday, cooler Thursday and Friday, then warmer Saturday. Showers are possible tomorrow and Wednesday and again around Saturday.
Paris and Peking Name Envoys
Paris and Peking name ambassadors to each other three months after establishing relations. China selected Huang Chen a former major general and deputy foreign minister. France chose Lucien Paye 57 ex education minister and recent Senegal ambassador.
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Paris
France
Red China
Peking
Huang Chen
Lucien Paye
Senegal
Paye
Gold Star Pilot Warned of Losses in Vietnam War
Washington and Indiana native Captain Edwin G. Shank Jr. warned that Vietnam was a big, mean war and that the U.S. was undermanned and undergunned. In letters to his family published by U.S. News and World Report, he urged full American commitment, noting morale was low and predicting outcomes if the U.S. did not intervene fully. He praised Vietnamese people as friendly and hardworking, urging honest government action.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Viet Nam
U.S. News and World Report Today
Edwin Gerald
Jerry) Shank Jr
Indiana
U.S
America
Mediation Offer From Romania To China Goes Unanswered
In Vienna Romania says Red China has not replied to a Romanian proposal for a Soviet Chinese meeting to mediate their bitter dispute. Moscow and Peking kept trading insults as Romania pushed for a three party talks to halt verbal hostilities and spark a unified communist leaders conference.
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Austria
Romania
Red China
Scienteia
Moscow
Peking
Peking People's Daily
Khrushchev
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Lenin
Stalin
Communist Party
Pravda
Red
China
Peace Champions Movement
$1 Billion Sought for Appalachia Plan
President Johnson unveils an omnibus bill seeking nearly 1 billion dollars for Appalachia to fight poverty. The package directs 840 million for a cross-state highway system and includes funds for water, sewer, timber, coal research, and an antipoverty program led by Sargent Shriver.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Appalachia
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Alabama
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Sargent Shriver
Supreme Court upholds railroad arbitration ruling
The Supreme Court refused to review the railroad arbitration board decision that could reduce firemen jobs by about 30,000 and affect 19,000 other crew positions. The seven member panel, created to avert a strike, ruled on locomotive firemen use and crew size, with unions and carriers negotiating other issues.
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Tost
Federal District Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Congress
Johnson
Eaton Paper Corp Sees Record High First Quarter Sales
Eaton Paper Corp of Pittsfield reports record high sales for the first quarter of 1964, with a 12 percent rise from the prior year and a corresponding profit increase. Parent Gorham Corp of Providence notes first quarter sales of 7.15 million and earnings of 91,895 or 18 cents per share. The company eyes expansion by acquiring the Lichtman Tanning plant to meet growing production demand and forecasts 650 average employment for the year.
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Eaton Paper Corp
Pittsfield
Eaton
Falon
Gorham Corp
Providence
R.L
Gorham
Lichtman Tanning Corp
West Housatonic Street
Kennedy Eyes RFK as Democratic Veep Candidate
Boston report says Sen Edward Kennedy urged President Johnson to pick Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy as 1964 Democratic vice president. He cited RFK's national following and Senate work on Cuba, Southeast Asia, and foreign policy. Edward Kennedy prefers Massachusetts remain base. Civil Rights Bill passage tipped for June.
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Boston
UPI
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
WBZ
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Senate
National Security Council
Cuba
Southeast Asia
Robert +. Kennedy
Congress
Mailman Nomination Papers Miss Parish Council Bid
K Britter, local mail carrier for Stow on the Wold area, mailed his nomination papers for the parish council two days before close but they did not reach North Cotswold Rural Council offices four miles away. The incident raises questions about delivery timing and local electoral rules.
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Stow-On-The-Wold
England
UPI
K. Britter
North Cotswold
Britter
Court To Rule On Interracial Marriage Laws
The Supreme Court agreed to decide the validity of Florida laws banning marriages between Negroes and whites and criminalizing cohabitation by mixed-race couples. Dewey McLaughlin and Connie Hoffman, jailed for living together, challenge whether a state may bar interracial marriage yet convict for cohabitation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Dewey McLaughlin
Connie Hoffman
Miami Beach
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
McLaughlin
President Johnson urges restraint from business and government
President Johnson told the U S Chamber of Commerce in Constitution Hall that times are good and there is no inherent hostility between business and government. He urged restraint from businessmen in decisions affecting the general economy and called for responsibility in supporting government policies. He cited discrimination costs and urged lifting burdens on productivity while outlining a broad policy stance and a plea to support a pay raise for federal officials.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Constitution Hall
White House
America
Chamber
Grenade Injures 3 Americans at Vietnamese Center
In Saigon southern Vietnam a grenades thrower struck a civilian recreation center in Rach Gia, 120 miles southwest of Saigon, injuring three American military personnel and four Vietnamese. The attack occurred Sunday night, attributed to terrorists.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Rach Gia
Fighting in Cyprus intensifies amid UN commander assault
In Cyprus fighting escalates around Ayio Thodoros as Greek Cypriots threaten Turkish Cypriots and press toward Kyrenia Pass. UN troops attempt a cease-fire while Gen. Prem Singh Gyani is stoned and jeered by Turkish Cypriots demanding stronger action.
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Cyprus
Ayio Thodoros
U.N
Kyrenia Pass
St. Hilarion Castle
Kyrenia-Nicosia Road
Prem Singh Gyani
India
United Nations Peace Force
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