Johnson warns of wider options if Viet Nam attack grows
President Johnson said the United States may consider additional military measures if North Vietnam launches a major offense in the South. He criticized Bethlehem Steel’s across the board price rise as harmful to inflation control while noting U S steel company actions and rising North Vietnamese infiltration estimated at record levels.
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Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
South
United States
South Vietnam
Bethlehem Steel Co
United States Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Kennedy
U.S
Viet Cong Mortar Attacks Hit South Vietnam Installations
Saigon reports light damage and few casualties from predawn mortar strikes on South Vietnamese sites after allied forces destroyed a major enemy base 92 miles southwest of the capital in the Mekong Delta. U.S. Navy monitors and helicopter gunships supported a broad offensive that yielded 93 VC bodies, 423 mortars, 62 weapons, and over 12 000 rounds.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
North Vietnamese Attack Rusk During Peace Talks
In Paris, North Vietnamese delegates attacked Secretary of State Dean Rusk over a US demand for clarifications on bombing stoppage. Ambassador Ha Van Lau substituted for Xuan Thuy, denouncing reciprocity and urging peace, while Harriman urged Laos respect and asked Lau to discuss with refugees. No progress reported after 15th session.
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Paris
Dean Rusk
North Vietnam
United States
Ha van Lau
Xuan Thuy
Lau
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Laos
Harriman
Identified 13 year old victim in New York rape case
Deborah Neil, 13, was found July 15 in a Mott Street tenement airshaft with evidence she was raped and killed. Her father, Charles Neil of Ohio, identified the body after 16 days. Two suspects, Ronald Alfo and David Thomas Jr., face homicide and rape charges.
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New York
Ohio
Mott Street
Charles B. Neil
Deborah
Ronald Alfo
David Thomas Jr
Alfo
Thomas
Neil
Deductions Finally Catch Up Woman Owes 26 Cents
Delores Detrio, on vacation from Snyder Mig Co in New Philadelphia Ohio, received a $14.48 extra holiday paycheck for July 4. Deductions for taxes union dues hospitalization and a union piece totaled $14.74, leaving her owing 26 cents. The remarks capture the small pay discrepancy reported.
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Philadelphia
Ohio
Delores Detrio
Snyder Mig. Co
Steelmakers raise prices as Bethlehem hike draws rebuke
U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel announce across the board price increases. President Johnson denounces Bethlehem for the move as unwarranted and warned other firms not to follow. Inland Steel signals cost driven strategy while industry seeks to offset rising costs with higher revenue.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Johnson
Bethlehem’s
Bethlehem
United Steelworkers Union
Washington
Inland Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Last-minute snag extends Prague summit on Czechoslovakia
Soviet leader Brezhnev rejoined late talks at the Cierna conference site as the Moscow Prague discussions over Czechoslovakia’s future continue into Thursday. Dubcek visited Brezhnev on the train during a lunch break amid a softening of the Soviet position and questions over the communiqué.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Cierna
Alexander Dubcek
Moscow
Brezhnev
Vienna
Austria
Nikita
Khrushchev
Nixon calls for anti crime plank at GOP platform
In Miami Beach Nixon urged a militant crusade against crime while Ronald Reagan and John Lindsay pressed the anti crime theme. Reagan, greeted by supporters, urged a halt to Communist expansion and to crime at home as Lindsay condemned federal inaction on urban violence and ghetto unrest.
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Nixon
Miami Beach, Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
John V. Lindsay
New York
Lindsay
Reagan
California
Fontainebleau
Favoriite Son
Reagan Active At GOP Convention Defends Lack Of Candidacy
Ronald Reagan pressed crowds in Miami Beach as he acted like a presidential candidate yet insisted he is not seeking the nomination. He cited California as his favored son bid and claimed delegates may choose to consider him while aides estimate 180 to 200 California delegates backing him.
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Reagan
MIAM
California
Wreck Traps Tunnel Worker Near Bluefield
A 22 year old Big Walker Mountain tunnel worker Michael Preusaick of Wytheville Va was trapped in his overturned two ton flat bed truck outside Bluefield for over an hour. He was rescued in good condition with scalp neck and ear lacerations. The truck owned by Lang enfelder and Raymond Construction Company of Baltimore. State police cited defective brakes as the cause and no charges were filed. West Virginia State Trooper G W Slater praised the rescue squad for their work.
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Bluefield
Wytheville, Va
Michael Preusatik
U.S. 52
East River Mountain
Michael Preusaick
Wytheville
Bluefield Sanitarium
Preusatik
Langenfelder and Raymond Construction Company
Baltimore
West Virginia
G. W. Slater
Mercer Demo Chairman Alfred White Dies After Heart Attack
Alfred Clyde White, 67, Mercer County Democratic chair man and longtime political figure from Athens, died at his home of an apparent heart attack. He served as constable, Mercer County Court commissioner for three terms, sheriff from 1957 to 1960, and was a truant officer. He had retired last year from the Liquor Commission. White lived at 300 North State Street and was a member of the Athens Baptist Church.
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Alfred Clyde White
Mercer County
Athens
White
House of Delegates
Plymouth
Mercer County Court
Mercer County Board of Education
West Virginia Liquod Commission
North State St
Athens Baptist Church
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U.S. Agency For International Development
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Bill Claypoole
Red Bluff
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Claypoole
Bob Cline
Bill Cundiff
Cline
C. J. Thompson
Tom Wellman
Republican Platform Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
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