US Air Transport Plane Crash in Manila Kills 71
A US Air Transport plane collided with death and survivors at Clark Air Base Manila leaving 71 of 83 aboard dead and 12 injured. The C135 jet, from Travis AFB and Hawaii layovers, crashed near the runway in a fire filled area. Clark Field hosts the 13th Air Force and serves as a key supply link for South Vietnam. Two Philippine jets earlier at Basa base had crashes, one pilot killed and the other safe by parachute.
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Manila
Clark Air Base
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hawaii
Army
Navy
Clark
Clark Field
U.S
Southeast Asia
13Th Air Force
South Viet Nam
44Th Air Transport Squadron
Philippines
Hickem
Philippine Air Force
Basa Base
Luzon Island
Abrupt Shift in Civil Rights Battle Emerges in Senate
Washington AP reports a strategic pivot by civil rights bill supporters as the Senate debate enters its 10th week and 52nd session. A compromise package outside the chamber aims to woo 67 votes for a two thirds majority, binding both parties behind the measure. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen push to make the bill Senate business by March 26, with extensive conference talks involving Kennedy aides and key House members. Opponents led by Russell claim votes are insufficient for final passage, while Eastland Sparkman note uncertainty as discussions continue.
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Washington
Senate
Eader Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Dixie
Robert F. Kennedy
House
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Georgia
James O. Eastland
D. Miss
John Sparkman
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Cambridge
Communist Plot Uncovered In Saigon Vietnam
AP reports a Communist Viet Cong agent, Ngyuen Van Troi, leaped from a second floor window after plans to kill U.S. Defense Secretary McNamara were uncovered. Troi fled to a jeep, breaking his leg and ending in a coma as police linked him to a broader plot to blow a bridge on McNamara’s route to Saigon. Police recovered explosives and a wired under the bridge, while Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor and McNamara prepared for talks on the war.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Nguyen van Troi
Troi
McNamara
Henry Cabot Lodge
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taylor
Washington
Nguyen Khanh
Johnson Republicans Likely Split Debate Time on TV
The piece reports that President Johnson is unlikely to debate his Republican foe on TV, with a plan to grant equal time and allow separate appearances. A compromise bill may suspend equal time rules, enabling debates between major candidates in 1960s style.
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Johnson
Nixon
Kennedy
Washington
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
Wallace campaign hits racially tense Cambridge scene
Gov. George C. Wallace arrives in Cambridge amid a Negro protest after a weekend clash in the city. About 50 youths marched, throwing firecrackers and stones as a brick shattered a high school principal's window. National Guard forces, increasing to 400, were on alert to maintain order.
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Cambridge
George C. Wallace
Maryland
Dorchester
Jolley
Negro, High School
National Guard
Maj
Bernard Feingold
Wallace
Richardson
Washington, D.C
Oregon Primary Seen As Donnybrook in 1964 GOP race
Washington AP reports Oregon's Republican presidential primary Friday as a six sided donnybrook amid Goldwater leading with 266 delegates and Rockefeller as the only candidate on the West Virginia ballot. The slate includes Scranton Lodge Nixon Rhodes Byrnes Judd and 210 uncommitted. Delegates chosen total 701 of 1308 with Goldwater short of the 655 needed for nomination. Also on Tuesday Nebraska and West Virginia held separate contests with write in efforts for Lodge and Nixon. Rhode Island Republican convention follows.
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Washington
Oregon
Donnybrook
West Coast
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arizona
Nebraska
New York
West Virginia
San Francisco
Associated Press
Goldwater
William W. Scranton
Henry Cabot Lodge
Margaret Chase Smith
Richard M. Nixon Rockefeller
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Thhan
Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Nixon
Rockefeller
Senate
Rhode Island
John H. Chafee
Chuckle Things Leave Narrow Minds Thick-Headed
A brief humorous note notes that today’s Chuckle Things seem needlessly complex and pokes fun at narrow minded folks as thick headed. It carries a light, period voice and wry tone.
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Gen
Fea
Corp
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