Dominican Army Chief Wessin Loses Post In Coup Fallout
Gen Elias Wessin Wessin, longtime anti Communist figure in the Dominican army, is ousted by provisional President Hector Garcia Godoy. Readied for retirement, he leaves his Santo Domingo home with heavy escort and is flown to an unknown destination aboard a U.S. transport.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Elias Wessing
Wessin
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Juan Bosch
Garcia-Godoy
Miami
Fla
U S Asks Britain to Help in Asia
London reports say the United States urged Britain to keep its Malaysia military strength amid wider Viet Nam and Asia tensions. George W. Ball discussed Southeast Asia with Prime Minister Wilson and Foreign Secretary Stewart, with talks on East of Suez policy and defense savings. In Richmond, a driver left a car in a no-parking zone and received a ticket after claiming he was on official business.
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London
UPI
United States
Britain
Malaysia
Viet Nam
Asia
Singapore
Federation
U. S
George W. Ball
Southeast Asia
Harold Wilson
Michael Stewart
Wilson
Johnson
United Nations General Assembly
Richmond, Va
LBJ Seeks Stronger NATO Amid French Pushout Threat
President Johnson announces a new ambassador to NATO in Paris to bolster political and nuclear roles, vowing a strong alliance despite De Gaulle’s plan to end France's subordination to NATO by 1969. He outlines three future priorities: strengthen NATO, boost political cooperation, and improve a joint nuclear defense framework, while noting no mention of the Multilateral Nuclear Force proposal.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Paris
NATO
Harland Cleveland
Soviet Union
Cleveland
White House
de Gaulle
France
U.S
Atlantic Alliance
NATO Alliance
MLF
United States
West Germany
MIT
Expert Sees Economy On the Rise
Washington Gardner Ackley, chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, told the American Statistical Association in Philadelphia that the economy will expand through 1965 and 1966. He cited the steel wage settlement, defense spending, and likely growth of GNP to about 40 billion dollars, with a stable labor cost and no overheating fears. He argued policy, not inevitability, drives cycles and predicted continued expansion.
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Washington
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
American Statistical Association
Philadelphia
Viet Nam
Ackley
Lord Keynes
Ackrey
Congo Troops Seize Rebel Outpost
In Leopoldville Congo troops led by mercenaries captured a rebel outpost after killing 36 rebels in a brutal clash. The fight ranks among the bloodiest since last year’s Communist backed revolt and recalls the heavy casualties of the eastern Congo insurrection.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
Congo
Democrats To Act on Taxes Opposed to Sales Levy
Massachusetts House leaders announced plans to move a Democrat sponsored tax bill while reaffirming opposition to a sales tax. The plan follows an hour long meeting with Senate President Donahue House Speaker Davoren and other leaders. The group said Ways and Means would report the bill for floor action next Wednesday and a public hearing on Gov Volpe's compromise sales tax based program might be decided Monday. The debate will continue with limited disclosed details.
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Boston
House
Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
Holyoke
John F.X. Davoren
D-Milford
House Ways and Means
Anthony M. Scibelli
Springfield
Gov. Volpe
Donahue
Davoren
James R. Nolen
D-Ware
Nolen
Ware
Pakistani Mob Attacks US Consulate in Lahore
A crowd of about 50 Pakistani youths ripped down the U S flag at the Lahore consulate, burned it in post office square, and chanted Yankees go home. Security bolted the nine doors while police arrived 30 minutes after the group dispersed.
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Lahore
Pakistan
U.S
Post Office Square
GI Bill Sought For Cold War Veterans
Washington AP Rep Carleton J King urged House Veterans Affairs to approve a Cold War veterans bill of rights. It would grant benefits like World War II and Korean War veterans for service from January 1941 to July 1 1967. Rep Howard W Robison urged a Southeast Asian conflict veterans program starting in 1961.
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Washington
Carleton J. King
R-N.y
House Veterans Affairs Committee
King
Howard W. Robison
Robison
Whitin Firm Merger Put to Stockholders
Whitin Machine Works stockholders are asked to approve a merger offer from White Consolidated Industries Inc of Cleveland. Whitin shareholders would receive at least 12.50 dollars in White common stock and 26 dollars in a new 5 percent cumulative preferred stock per Whitin share.
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Whitinsville
Mass
Whitin Machine Works
White Consolidated Industries Inc
Cleveland
Whitin
White
Ohio
Nixon backs bombing China if volunteers enter Vietnam
Sydney dispatch reports former Vice President Nixon stating the U S should bomb Communist China if Chinese volunteers join the Vietnam conflict. He warned against a Yalu River restraint and said the Viet Cong cannot win, asserting renewed belief in their defeat.
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Sydney
Australia
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
United States
China
Viet Nam
Yalu River
Federal Revenue A Record in 1965
Washington AP reports federal tax collections for the year ended June 30 totaled 114.4 billion dollars, 2.2 billion higher than 1964. Personal income taxes fell about 930 million, while corporate income taxes rose 31.8 billion to 26.1 billion, with increases also in excise taxes and estate and gift taxes.
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Washington
White House
Bullet-Hole Stickers Spark UK Car Look Craze
LEICESTER England A local firm reports selling over 36000 James Bond look bullet hole stickers in two weeks at five cents each. The stickers transform cars to appear heavily riddled with bullet holes, fueling novelty demand.
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Leicester
England
UPI
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