Congressmen Say Administration Will Risk War In Asia
Washington lawmakers say the administration plans to expand the Southeast Asia conflict to prevent Communist advances in Vietnam and Laos. Senator Aiken warned of a possible general war, calling for Russia to stay out, while General Harkins argued risking war might be worth saving South Vietnam. House and Senate leaders prepared for closed hearings on the matter as defense officials testified on foreign aid requests.
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Asia
Washington
Congress
Red China
Southeast Asia
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Viet Nam
Laos
U.S
South Viet Nam
Peking
Harkins
Clement J. Zablocki
Dwis
Pentagon
House Foreign Affairs
Zablocki
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate ‘Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Disappearance Deepens Of Civil Rights Workers In Mississippi
Three young civil rights volunteers Andy Goodman Mickey Schwerner and James Cheney vanished after being stopped for speeding in Philadelphia Mississippi They had attended a Mississippi Freedom Summer Project orientation in Oxford and were aiding voter registration and rights education Local and federal officials including FBI Mississippi Highway Patrol and civil rights leaders launched an air and ground search with concerns they were held against their will or deprived of rights.
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Miss
Mississippi
FBI
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
New York City
James Cheney
Congress of Racial Equality
Meridian
Oxford
Ohio
Cheney
Neshoba County
New York
James Farmer
Meridian Naval Air Station
Council of Federated Or
Ganizations
Washington
Edwin O. Guthman
Justice Department
Goldwater gains largest block on GOP Platform Committee
Senator Barry Goldwater commands the largest single bloc of votes named to the Republican Platform Committee, potentially allowing him to veto any plank he opposes. Gov. William Scranton campaigns in Delaware and New Jersey for the GOP nomination. Washington lawmakers suggest the Johnson administration is ready to risk war with China to stop Communist advances in Southeast Asia. Supreme Court closes a busy term voiding sit-in decisions in several states while avoiding the core constitutional issue. Mystery swirls around the disappearance of three civil rights workers. Pan American expands flights to Berlin amid Soviet protest. a foreigner is arrested in Stockholm for plotting to abduct Premier Khrushchev for prisoner releases.
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Republican Platform Committee
William Scranton
Delaware
New Jersey
Washington
Congress
Johnson Administration
Red China
Southeast Asia
Supreme Court
National Pan American
Berlin
Stockholm
Khrushchev
Lodge Resigns as Viet Nam Envoy. Taylor to Succeed Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as ambassador to South Viet Nam and Gen Maxwell D. Taylor will succeed him. John son announces Alexis Johnson will become deputy ambassador. Johnson also notes Wheeler will be replaced as Army chief of staff by Gen. Earle G. Wheeler. Further remarks cover U.S. commitment to South Viet Nam and Laos inspections.
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Viet Nam
Taylor
Johnson
Johnson Mere Grim
White House
South Viet Nam
U.S
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. Alexis Johnson
Foreign Service
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
Army
Robert S. McNamara
Wheeler
Laos
International Control Commission
Goldwater Bloc Dominates GOP Platform Committee
Washington AP reports Sen. Barry Goldwater commands the largest bloc on the Republican Platform Committee and may veto any plank he opposes. Moderates push for a civil rights endorsement and for swift enforcement of a pending bill, while Goldwater backers seek a middle ground. Rep. Melvin Laird expects 17 to 19 Goldwater supporters on the 100-member panel, with debate over civil rights plank likely split among factions.
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Barry Goldwater
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GOP
Congress
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Senate
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Edwards
Platform Committee
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House
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Generational Debt Title for Chuckle Comment
A quip defines modern civilization as the condition where one generation pays the prior generation's debt by issuing bonds for the next generation to repay. The line coins a satirical view on public finance and intergenerational burden.
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Control Of Births Studied In Vatican Speech
Pope Paul VI said the Church is studying the birth control problem in light of new developments while maintaining bans on contraceptives for the present. He spoke to cardinals on Church and world affairs amid rising discussion of contraception, likely pills, though he did not name them. He noted the rhythm method remains permitted and referenced Pope Pius XII's guidance, allowing medical use of pills only to treat uterine ailments when not intended to prevent pregnancy.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Paul
Pius XII
Lodge Quits Saigon Post to Back Scranton in Goldwater Bid
U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge resigns in Saigon after ten stormy months to help Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton block Barry Goldwater's nomination. Lodge pledges full support to Scranton's late bid at the Republican convention.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Barry Goldwater
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Ulbricht Abandons Quest for Separate German Peace Pact
Berlin AP Walter Ulbricht, East German Communist leader, publicly says he no longer expects a separate peace treaty with the Soviet Union. For years Moscow warned of such a pact to drive Western Allies from Berlin. Khrushchev set a six month deadline, then softened it. After the Cuba missile crisis, talk faded.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Soviet Union
Moscow
Khrushchev
Cuba
Controlled East
Kidnap Plot Foiled During Khrushchev Visit in Sweden
Swedish police foiled a planned kidnapping of Soviet Premier Khrushchev during his five day state visit. A man, described as a 30 year old foreigner and possibly Hungarian, was arrested near Haga Castle where Khrushchev stays. Authorities suspect Ustashi involvement, though police deny armed plot reports. Security around the visit was intensified with extra units and strict crowd control.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Khrushchev
Haga
Ustashi
Magnusson
Haga Castle
Denmark
Airways defy Soviet protest with West Berlin flight
A Pan American World Airways jet from New York entered the Berlin air corridor despite a Soviet warning that the service is illegal. The plane landed at Tegel at 1:27 p.m. after a Keflavik and Prestwick stop, with 77 passengers aboard. Pan Am vows to continue flights while State Department signals no objection but notes past similar protests.
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New York
Soviet Union
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Tegel
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Pan American
Keflavik
Prestwick
State Department
West Berlin
Washington
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Frankfurt
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