Gordon Walker urges Viet Cong role in South Viet Nam govt
Former British Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker said a Viet Nam solution requires Viet Cong participation in the South Viet Nam government. He noted not all Viet Cong are communists and proposed including them in international talks. He urged stronger diplomacy alongside military measures and warned a compromise is necessary for a settlement.
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United States
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Russia
China
Toll of 236 Feared in Japan Blast
AP reports 236 feared dead after a gas explosion at Yamano mine on Kyushu Island. Rescue teams recovered 219 bodies. 17 miners believed buried. 316 escaped from 552 workers. Forty percent hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning among the injured.
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Johnson Seeks Dominican Stability via OAS
President Johnson outlines U S aims in the Dominican Republic as establishing a broadly based government, cooperating with the OAS, and avoiding a single imposed solution. He notes troop withdrawals, a remaining Communist threat, and plans to push Congress for 89 million dollars for Southeast Asia aid while awaiting Taylor’s Saigon update. He will address the U N General Assembly in San Francisco June 24 46.
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San Francisco
Reds Agitating Against Policies in U S Steps
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says U S Communists are driving agitation against Viet Nam policy and the Dominican Republic crisis. He warns of nationwide actions such as peace strikes, as Johnson notes continued Communist influence but diminishing activity in the Dominican revolt. A 3 nation inter-American mission for peace is formed. Melbourne and Perth prepare to light buildings for Gemini 4 pass.
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Kitterman Wins Battle on Education Standards in Welfare Agencies
In Boston Rep. William T. Kitterman won a key House vote to adopt a bill setting professional education requirements for welfare agency personnel at state and local levels. An earlier grandfather clause was struck down 110 to 91, sending the measure to the Senate amid federal grant funding concerns.
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Sales Tax Advocate Will Face Hughes
Newark New Jersey Governor Richard J. Hughes won Democratic renomination for a second term Tuesday night over William Clark the first Negro gubernatorial challenger in state history. Wayne Dumont Jr. captured the Republican nomination after a tight race with Charles W. Sandman in a campaign that focused on a sales tax proposal. Dumont’s victory undercuts the broad-based tax issue while Hughes favors a state income tax to cover needs as New Jersey and Nebraska remain without broad-based taxes.
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William Clark
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Charles W. Sandman
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Hughes
Nebraska
Soviet Attacks Israeli Embassy Staff in Georgia
The Soviet Union launched its fifth assault in two months on Israeli Embassy staff. It accuses first secretary David Bartow of attempting to lure Jews in Georgia to Israel and of distributing propaganda, books, cigarettes, and prayer shawls in cities such as Gori, Stalin’s birthplace, via Zarya Vostoka the Georgia communist party newspaper.
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White House Meeting On Education Set For July 21
President Johnson announced a White House education conference to explore major school and college problems. John W. Gardner of the Carnegie foundations will chair. Four state governors, Pat Brown, Connally, Hughes, and Reed, join as vice chairmen at large.
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Erhard Receives Columbia Degree
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard received his first honorary degree in the United States at Columbia University commencement. Wearing a light blue gown he was praised by University President Grayson Kirk as a passionate defender of individual human freedom during the Tuesday ceremony.
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