Watchdog Domingo New Fighting Is Threatened
The United Nations sets up a watchdog post in the Dominican Republic as cease-fire tensions rise in Santo Domingo. Four U.N. secretariat members report on the situation while rebel radio remains off air amid shelling and gunfire. Seventeen American service members are dead with 86 wounded. U.S. emissary John Bartlow Martin withdraws without progress.
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Dominican Republic
United Nations
U.N. Secretariat
New York
Security Council
Indar Jit Rikhye
U.N
A. Thant
United States
Organization of American States
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
OAS
Washington
John Bartlow Martin
Nego
China tests second atomic bomb spurs regional alarm
A second Chinese nuclear blast triggers shock in neighbors and sharp protests from Japan. Peking calls the test defensive while noting it will not be first to use nuclear arms. Western allies warn and seek nonproliferation backing.
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China
United States
Johnson
Peking People’s Daily
Japan
Peking
Kyodo
Mainichi
World events mix sharp Viet Cong defeats with global tension
The report notes renewed fighting in South Vietnam near Saigon and Da Nang, while President Johnson urges Asia to seek peace terms. China threatens and detonates a second atomic device in Sinkiang, aiming to undermine U.S. influence in Asia, and Dominican Republic unrest continues with 21,000 American troops in Santo Domingo.
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da Nang
Washington
Johnson
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Asia
Red China
All Asia
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America
Sinkiang Wilds
China
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
United States
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
First Woman In US Cabinet Dies
Frances Perkins the first U S woman cabinet member dies at 83 in Manhattan after a stroke. She served as labor secretary from 1933 to 1945 under Franklin D Roosevelt and left Cornell two weeks earlier to become ill. Perkins helped push safety standards and the 54 hour work week for women and children following the Triangle fire.
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Frances Perkins
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Midtown
Manhattan
East Side
New York State School of Industrial Relations
Cornell University
Madame Perkins
Miss Perkins
Boston
W. Willard Wirtz
Washington
Miss. Perkins
Labor Department
America
Wirtz
George Meany
Afl-Cio
New York Consumers’ League
League
New York State
Triangle
New
Population of Young Adults Is Increasing
New York County sees a rising young adult population ages 20 to 24, with 7,495 individuals. The coming marriages and household formations could generate about 17.6 million dollars in new local business and housing demand over the next few years, driven by purchases like furniture, appliances, and baby carriages.
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New York
York County
Census Bureau
Population Reference Bureau
North Viet Nam rejects Indian peace proposal
Communist North Viet Nam dismissed India's April 24 cease fire plan as an offense to the Vietnamese people and accused Indian authorities of pro-US bias. China also rejected the proposal, while the United States considered it but paused certain air strikes to review damage and policy.
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Viet Nam
U.S
India
China
United States
Washington Post
North
Edward C. Outlaw
7Th Fleet
Song Be
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Dominican Republic
Kosygin
Kremlin
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Bourguiba
Senate battle over voting rights bill slows in Congress
In Washington the Senate knocks down Southern amendments to the voting rights bill while no firm passage timetable emerges. Leaders weigh cloture as debate lingers and Johnson urges quick action amid mounting proposed amendments.
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Senate
Johnson
House
Herman Talmadge
Dga
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Congress
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