Khanh resigns Vietnam presidency amid protests
Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, 37, who seized power January 30, resigns as president as large demonstrations demand end to dictatorship. Min h, ousted by Khanh nine days earlier, likely to be caretaker chief of state. Junta to elect a premier and dissolve itself, civilian ruling council promised later. Demonstrations, shouting Down with dictatorship, mark the largest since 1954.
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Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
Khanh
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Minh
Tthe
Can Lao
Ngo Tinh Diem
Cahn
Associated Press
Ithe
Diem
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
Maxwell D. Taylor
A. Alexis Johnson
Taylor
Ikhanh
Cleo Winds Batter Cuba and Jamaica as Storm Moves North
Hurricane Cleo churned through the strait between Cuba and Jamaica with 110 mph winds. Evacuations were under way in Oriente Province and Camaguey as researchers tracked a northward turn toward Cuba. No Haiti damage reported, while prior impacts included 14 deaths and $50 million in Guadeloupe.
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Fla
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Guadeloupe
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Dominican Republic
Airways Hit By Union Strike
AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union walkout cripples Pan American Airlines after failed talks. About 12,000 employees walk off across JFK New York Pacific Coast Hawaii and Miami with pickets at bases. Union seeks 15 percent pay rise, shorter week, three weeks vacation after five years, better insurance and pensions. Cape Kennedy workers stay on duty due to no strike pact.
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Pan American Airways
Afl-Cio Transport Workers
Pan American
New York
John F. Kennedy International
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Miami
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Seattle
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Portland
Ore
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Los Angeles
Houston
Tex
Cape Kennedy
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Military Air Transport Service
Unification of Five Railroads Proposed
Washington AP. An examiner urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve merging four lines the Great Northern Northern Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Pacific Coast plus a 10 year lease on Spokane Portland and Seattle to form the nations largest system nearly 25000 miles with assets over 2.6 billion and annual income above 775 million. The plan would createGreat Northern Pacific Burlington Lines Inc the third largest by revenue and require open routes new gateways and protection for affected workers while opponents call it a monopoly surrendering service and jobs.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert H.murphy
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Pacific Coast Railroad
Spokane, Portland and Seattle
Great Northern Pacific
Burlington Lines, Inc
Johnson Hesitating Over Running Mate
ATLANTIC CITY New Jersey AP President Johnson hesitates over Hubert Humphrey as running mate amid Southern opposition and Mississippi delegation disputes. Minnesota's Humphrey remains the leading Democratic choice, while Gov. Carl Sanders suggests Eugene McCarthy as a better South ally. Johnson seeks unity as the convention wrestles with civil rights planks and seating fights.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Humphrey
Carl Sanders
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Kennedy in New York Senate bid launches campaign
Atty Gen. Robert F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate from New York. He spoke from Gracie Mansion with Mayor Robert Wagner by his side and pledged to resign from the cabinet if nominated and elected. Kennedy aims at the seat held by Republican Kenneth Keating as Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce weighs a Conservative bid.
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Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Kennedy
Robert F
Kenneth B. Keating
Clare Boothe Luce
Democrats Approve Moderate Platform At Convention
The Democratic platform committee approves a middle road document mirroring President Johnson's aims with no floor fight. It condemns extremism, keeps nuclear weapons in presidential control, and supports full enforcement of civil rights laws while avoiding new comprehensive civil rights legislation. Southerners gain acceptance on several provisions, including the rejection of a proposed 14th Amendment voting representation trigger.
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Johnson
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Mississippi
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GOP
John O. Pastore
White House
Barry Goldwater
Pastore
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N.J
Democratic Platform
Pierre Pelham
Goldwater
Platform
Goldwater Promises NATO Ties and Small Nuclear Arsenal
Senator Barry Goldwater, speaking in Cleveland and New York, charged Democrats with unrealistic appeasement views and urged NATO unity. He proposed allowing four allied nations to use Washington Moscow hot lines and backed providing NATO with small battlefield nuclear weapons. He criticized Johnson for unilateral talks with the Soviet Union and urged stronger allied involvement.
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Barry Goldwater
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Europe
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Goldwater
Arizona
Johnson
NATO
Goldwaters
Meat Prices Rise As Farmers Unit Balks
In Corning Iowa AP report farmers group NFC holds cattle from markets across 23 states causing higher meat prices for buyers. Receipts fall while midwest packing plants lay off workers. NFC aims for specific hog beef and sheep price floors with past action guiding today’s market. Grocery chains warn of further price increases this week.
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National Farmers Organization
Midwest
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Duluth
Minn
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First National
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Imany
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