De Gaulle Addresses Mexican Congress in Bold Western Push
In Mexico City President Charles de Gaulle campaigns to widen French influence in the Western Hemisphere. He speaks to a joint Mexican Congress and meets President Adolfo Lopez Mateos while data show hundreds of thousands fill Plaza De Gaulle and the route to the airport.
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Charles de Gaulle
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Plaza
de Gaulle
National Palace
John F. Kennedy
Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Presidential Palace
Johnson Observes St Patrick's Day in White House
Irish Ambassador Kiernan visited President Johnson to present shamrocks for St Patrick's Day. Johnson later planned a 445 PM EST flight to New York to speak at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick Society banquet at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Kiernan
Johnson
New York
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Society
Waldorf-Asboria Hotel
Johnson urges Congress to raise federal pay this year
President Johnson asked Congress to raise pay for government employees, saying two million workers would miss fair adjustments and top talent would be harder to recruit. He sent identical letters to Speaker McCormack and Sen. Hayden without naming exact figures, noting the budget contains needed funds for a July 1 fiscal year start.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
John W. McCormack
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate
House
Inonu Full Powers to Act in Cyprus Crisis
Ankara AP report says Premie r Ismet Inonu won full parliamentary backing to handle the Cyprus crisis and warned of intervention if the UN peace force does not protect Turkish Cypriots. Turkey plans to revoke a 1936 treaty granting Greek nationals residence and trade privileges, effective Sept 16. Greek Cypriot tensions and Turkish warship movements around Iskenderun marked renewed crisis activity.
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Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Cyprus
Inonu
Iskenderun
United Nations
Mediterranean
Inenu
Greece
U.N
Cyrus
Jie
Iskanderun
Dimitri Bitsios
Nicosia
Senate Dixie decoy plan sparks civil rights clash
Senator Richard Russell proposes a voluntary relocation plan moving about 869,119 Black residents to New England as part of a broader effort to balance Negro population shares in all 50 states. Hubert Humphrey calls it a distraction not addressing discrimination, while Senate leaders push to move the civil rights bill forward amid a looming judiciary committee review.
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New England
Associated Press
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North Dakota
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Wayne More
D-Ore
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Maine
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Rhode Island
Beatles barred from Israel due to schedule conflicts
Israel’s Foreign Currency Control Commission vetoed a local impresario’s petition to bring the Beatles to Israel, deeming September bookings more artistically valuable. The report also outlines a Russell plan to relocate African Americans to New England with $1.5 billion in incentives, detailing projected state popu-lations and movements.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Foreign Currency Control Commission
Britain
Singida Lionmen Again on Prowl
In Tanganyika's Singida region the lionmen cult is reported active again as regional officials urge public cooperation to stamp out the recurring danger. The group is described as killing and injuring victims with claws, causing fear in central Tanganyika.
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Singida Lionmen
Dar ES Salaam
Tanganyika
Singida
Inquiry on Baker Steps for Sniping
Washington report notes Senate Chairman Everett Jordan abruptly recessed the Bobby Baker inquiry delaying a final decision on halting proceedings. Republicans pressed for more witnesses while GOP charges of a whitewash are echoed by Sen. Hugh Scott and Sen. Carl Curtis. Jordan said he expected no action that day as McClendon’s testimony about conflict of interest prompts remedial legislation. Milton L. Wauft claims his signature on Baker tax return was forged and says he has not been recalled to testify.
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B.everett Jordan
Dn.c
Senate
Bobby Baker
Jordan
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Lennox P. McClendon
Baker
Senate Democrats
McClendon
Scott
Carl. T. Curtis
Curtis
Milton L. Wauft
Hauft
United Press Inter National
Senate Rules
Capitol Hill
Education and Labor
R. Sargent Shriver
Charles E. Godell
R-N.y
Special Education and Labor
Kennedy
Albert H. Quic
R-Minn
Congress
John ¥. Kennedy
GOP
Million-Dollar Fires Strike Southern California
Winds weakened overnight allowing planes to drop fire retardant on hot spots north of Los Angeles as two major brush fires expanded to burn about 10 000 acres. Suburban homes near Glendale Burbank Pasadena and Newhall were evacuated while 800 firefighters and 175 pieces of equipment fought the flames. No deaths reported though several firemen were injured and an artist helicopter crashed during a gust.
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Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Glendale
Burbank
Pasadena
Newhall
Bel Air - Brentwood
Brosla
California
Foreign Aid Message From Johnson Due in Congress Thursday
President Johnson told Democratic congressional leaders that his foreign aid message will go to Congress Thursday. Speaker McCormack said the message will stress continuing the International Development Association to assist underdeveloped nations in helping themselves.
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Johnson
Congress
Washington
John W. McCormack
International Development Association
Anti-Poverty Hearings Under Way
Washington reports that Congress opened hearings on President Johnson’s anti poverty drive. Speaker McCormack forecast rapid action on the $692 million proposal and said congressional action should fit within the current budget. R. Sargent Shriver will head testimony as hearings begin amid mixed GOP reception.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Johnson
House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Girl's Plunge Under Inquiry in Massachusetts
In North Reading a 15-year-old Malden High School girl Bernice Farrell died after a plunge from a crowded automobile. Police and the medical examiner opened a full investigation with Dr. John T. Batal and a Harvard pathologist assisting. Auxiliary Officer Chester C. Repucci, driving behind the shabby former taxi, said the girl suddenly fell from a right-hand door.
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North Reading
Mass
Malden
John T. Batal
Bernice Farrell
Harvard Medical School
Chester C. Repucci
Repucci
U.S. flier Welch in soviet hospital after raid
An Air Force flight surgeon visited Lt. Harold W. Welch in a Magdeburg Soviet hospital. Welch, 24, of Detroit, is in fair condition with multiple fractures and abrasions after the RB 66B downing over East Germany. Soviet officials have not released information on two other crew members and hint at espionage charges.
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U.S
East Germany
Air Force
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
Magdeburg
Welch
John 4. Monroe
West End
N.C
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessier
Philadelphia
Monroe
Gardelegen
United States
Potsdam
West Germany
Switch Blade Cat In Nashua Stabs Woman
A 23 year old Nashua housewife, Mrs Gerard Pelletier, is in 800d condition after her cat leaped onto the kitchen counter and stabbed her in the stomach with a knife. The incident occurred while she was cleaning knives at the sink.
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N.H
UPI
Gerard Pelletier
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