World Peace Army Debated by SCLC Leaders in Alabama
In Birmingham, SCLC readers call for an international peace army to end violence. James Bevel urges near-term action, while Martin Luther King Jr. cautions a future development. Proposed missions include demonstrations and a global nonviolence push versus poverty and discrimination.
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Ala
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
James Bevel
SCLC
Alabama
Bevel
Viet Nam
King
Pope
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
International Peace Army
Natural Gas Planned for Maine
AP News reports Granite State Gas Transmission seeks authority to build about five miles of pipeline and related facilities costing roughly 370000 to supply natural gas to Maine. The project would link Dover New Hampshire facilities with a 45 mile Maine New Hampshire line toward the border, aiming to bring gas to Maine where service is not yet available.
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Washington
Maine
The
Power Commission
Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc
Portsmouth
Hawaii
Vermont
Granite State
Dover
N.H
Portland
New Hampshire-Maine
Portland Gas Light Co
Brezhnev and Mikoyan Vacationing on Crimean Black Sea
Moscow reports that Soviet Communist Party first secretary Leonid Brezhnev and President Anastas Mikoyan are vacationing on the Black Sea coast in the Crimea. Their location and plans were disclosed by Moscow official sources.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Black Sea
Crimea
Girl Heroine of Duc Co Bravely Tends Wounded Under Fire
Lien Huong, 20, volunteers as a nurse at Due Co Special Forces camp in South Vietnam. She crawls through shadows to reach the wounded, aids medics with field dressings, and returns to care for casualties despite Viet Cong shelling. Her family background and training underpin her calm under fire.
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Duc Co
South Viet Nam
Lien Huong
Due Co
Due Coa
Viet Cong
Canadian Laborers Urged for New Hampshire Apples
Sen Norris Cotton urged Labor Secretary Wirtz to admit Canadian harvest workers to assist New Hampshire apple picking. He cited California tomato imports of 4,000 Mexican laborers as a precedent and warned domestic labor would be insufficient, risking harm to the New Hampshire apple industry.
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Concord
N.H
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Willard Wirtz
New Hampshire
California
Cotton
Wirtz
Viet Nam Gls Dream About Pay Raise
In Saigon soldiers anticipate a military pay raise as high as 22 percent for officers and 17 percent for enlisted men. Dreams of new cars college educations and extended service fill the minds of troops as they await Sept. 1 implementation. Some say the raise could influence re enlistment and future plans for their families.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Leroy Sammes
Chicago
South Side
Larry Hansen
Riverside
Calif
Pleiku
Duc Co
Earl Fields
New Orleans
David Talbot
Fairbanks
Alaska
Navy
Lawrence Bloomfield
Rockford, Mich
Grand Rapids Junior College
Two Russians Ask Asylum After Drift to Alaska
Two Russian men Peter Kalishenko, 35, and Greg ory Sarapushkin, 29, drifted from Russia to Wales Alaska in a 17 foot boat after loss in fog. They said they want to stay in the United States and would be brought to Anchorage. Coast Guard officials said asylum requests were filed and provided no further comment.
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Anchorage
Alaska
America
Coast Guard
Peter Kalishenko
Gregory Sarapushkin
Wales
Soviet Union
George Synon
17Th Coast Guard
Washington
Synon
Laurenia
Siberian
Bering Strait
Berlin wall defends German unity says Niemoeller
Bonn report quotes Pastor Martin Niemoeller defending the Berlin wall as necessary to prevent depopulation of East Germany and its shift to Soviet or Mongolian settlement. He asserts mass migration shapes eastern boundaries and sees reunification as unlikely under current system, while urging dialogue between East and West Germany.
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East Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
World Council of Churches
Allance
Niemeller
East Germany
Oder-Neisse
Pastor Niemoeller
Germany
Oder- Neisse Line
Niemoeiler
Pastor Niemoelier
Oder- Neisse
Iron Curtain
Pastor Niembeller
Russia
Poland
Adenauer
Erhard
Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
West Germany
Moonship Model Boosts Accuracy on Lunar Flight
NASA reports the Surveyor spacecraft midcourse guidance in a simulated moon flight was far more accurate than prior lunar missions. Lewis Center officials noted Atlas Centaur launch data showed extremely precise guidance with minimal midcourse correction required to reach a soft landing trajectory.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Surveyor
NASA
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
Ohio
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Deep Space Net
Funeral Monday for Thompson Ex Speaker
In Boston AP report former Democratic Rep John F Thompson 45 of Ludlow ex Speaker of the House dies after collapsing at friends home funeral set for Monday at St Matthew's Church Ludlow Gov Volpe orders state flag at half staff Thompson was under May 8 1964 bribery indictment but won reelection last November He leaves a wife parents four brothers two sisters and other relatives
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Boston
John F. Thompson
Ludlow
Thompson
Friends
Norwood Hospital
Peter Angelo
Waltham
St. Matthew’s Church
John A. Volpe
Statehouse
Volpe
Phyllis
Allan M. Thompson
Alexander F
Allan
James
Colin
New York City
Patricia Smith
Catherine Bedman
Agawam
Tory Lead In Betting Shift Federal UK Election Odds
London AP reports Ladbrokes moved the Conservative odds to 49 to 9 to win the next British national election as large wagers trimmed Labor fear. Prime Minister Wilson and Labor faced 7-4 odds against reentry, shifting from 4-7 after October’s forecasts.
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London
Ladbroke’s
Wilson
Ladbroke
State GOP Plans Schools for Party Workers
Boston AP report says Republican State Committee Chairman John F. Parker unveiled a series of politics schools for party workers. The first workshop in Marlboro on August 22 will be led by Raymond V. Humphreys, director of education and training for the RNC, with attendees from Massachusetts 39 Republican City Committees. Eight regional seminars will follow, plus sessions next year at city and town levels.
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Boston
Republican State Committee
John F. Parker
Marlboro
Raymond V. Humphreys
Republican National Committee
Parker
Patricia Neal Leaves hospital after birth in England
Actress Patricia Neal was cheered by onlookers as she left the maternity hospital in Oxford with her newborn daughter Lucy. Despite three brain hemorrhages, she posed with the baby for photographers for about 20 minutes. The leg brace she wore on entry was removed.
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Oxford
England
Patricia Neal
Miss Neal
Lucy
California
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