Solons Seek LBJ Aid On Key Legislation
Washington AP reports Democratic leaders press President Johnson for help moving three blocks of his program on Capitol Hill. They seek guidance to break a Senate reapportionment stalemate blocking foreign aid and Appalachian aid measures and aim to salvage the elderly health care bill now in a House Senate conference. Johnson weighs options as the session risk drags toward election year.
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Capitol Hill
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House
Senate House ‘Conference Committee
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Everett M. Dirksen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Strom Thurmond
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Thurmond to Bolt Democratic Party in televised switch
South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond plans to announce tonight on a Columbia television broadcast that he will leave the Democratic Party and align with the Republican camp backing Barry Goldwater for president. The 61 year old leader hints at a realignment in U.S. politics, citing a split between liberals and conservatives.
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Barry Goldwater
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
States Rights Party
Columbia
North Carolina
Strom Thurmond
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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J. Drake Edens
Roger Milliken
Artanburg
Senate
Olin D. Johnson
Edgar A. Brown
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Adlai E. Steven
Dwight D.eisenhower
Knoxville
Tenn
Deep South
Johnson
Cuba
TVA
Old Town Firm To Build Plant
The Penobscot Co. disclosed plans for a $15 million kraft pulp mill at its Old Town plant. A spokesman said the mill should be in operation by January 1, 1966, with a capacity of 275 tons daily, replacing the existing 200-ton sulphite mill for market pulp.
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Penobscot Co
Penobscot
Auto Workers Strike Deadline Set At Ford
The United Auto Workers union set a 10 a.m. Friday strike deadline at Ford Motor Co in Detroit as talks over wage equity relief time and production standards continued. UAW President Walter Reuther said the union was prepared to spend hours at the bargaining table to reach an agreement amid remaining non economic issues.
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United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Ford
Chrysler
Dearborn
Malcolm Denise
Two Held For Would-Be Coup In Saigon
In Saigon two of the three top coup leaders were under government custody as Maj. Gen. Duong Van Duc faced probable trial under house arrest and Col. Joynh Van Ton returned to Saigon after withdrawing forces. Brig. Gen. Lam Van Phat remained in My Tho denouncing Khanh. Air force Commodore Nguyen Cao Ky called for a purge of corrupt officers and urged civilian handover within six weeks.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Mekong River
Duong van Duc
4Th Army
Joynh van Ton
My Tho
Ton
Duc
Lam van Phat
Phat
Khanh
Air Force
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dalat
Duong van Minh
Johnson Opens Western Tour With First Foreign Flight
President Johnson begins a two day Western foray labeled nonpolitical by the White House touching foreign soil for the first time. He flies from Great Falls to Vancouver with Canadian Prime Minister Lester B Pearson aboard the latter's jetstar. The trip includes treaty ceremonies at Blaine and speeches in Seattle Portland and Sacramento, with possible stops announced later. The trip draws Republican criticism as a partisan use of funds.
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Johnson
White House
Great Falls
Mont
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
United States
Columbia River
Dean Burch
Pearson
Therime
Blaine
Ash
Seattle
Sacramento
Denver
North Dakota
Khrushchev hints at secret Soviet weapon could destroy life
Premier Khrushchev told a Japanese delegation that the Soviet Union possesses a new secret weapon capable of destroying all life on earth. He did not specify the weapon and noted his warning to Mao Tze-tung about aggression. Japanese and U.S. experts weighed possibilities including a cobalt bomb, death ray, neutron device, or advanced chemical or germ warfare.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Red China
West
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Kenji Fukunaga
Washington
U.S
Strike Talk Threatens to Break Railroad Peace
Washington AP reports new rail labor talks threaten to disrupt the uneasy peace after last spring's White House settlement. About 150,000 workers in six AFL CIO shop unions may walk out if no agreement is reached, with demands for job protection amid declining employment and technological changes.
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White House
Afl-Cio
Edward J. Carlough
J. E. Wolfe
Boston
Johnson
Carlough
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association
Sheet Metal Workers
International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers
International Association of Machinists
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Brotherhood of Firemen and
Giles
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