Investigators Probe Poverty Funds amid Riot Allegations
Senate investigators demanded a broader review of antipoverty funds after police accounts tied poverty workers to riots in Newark and Nashville. Key figures, including Eastland and Ervin, questioned if funds subsidize rioters or militant groups, while OEO denied ties to the riots and white-teaching claims.
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Washington
Senate
Newark
N.J
Nashville
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Ervin
Scott
Office of Economic Opportunity
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Sargent Shriver
William Millard
Eastland
Millard
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John A. Sorace
Sen
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Subcommittee
Pressure Rises For Anti-Missile System
Congress presses for a national ABM system amid Cold War fears as NORAD and radar networks defend North America from potential Soviet and Chinese missile threats. Defense chiefs resist with McNamara opposing while a commission calls for study before committing billions. Area defense estimates run about 5 billion dollars. Seaborne ABM plans push ships to intercept missiles offshore.
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America
Johnson Administration
United States
North America
Combat Operations Center
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
NORAD
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert S. McNamara
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Navy
Senate panel trims defense bill and allows seven British minesweepers
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 70.16 billion defense bill, trimming overall funding and deleting a House amendment that would ban foreign built warships. It includes 63 million to buy seven British minesweepers, with Vietnam force buildup noted.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
U.S
Johnson
House
Vietnam
Senate Committee
Army
Navy and
Marine Corps
Air Force
Defense Agencies
Draftees Attack Peace Pickets in Chicago Fracas
In Chicago an attack by draftees on about 50 antiwar pickets near a selective service induction center lasted five minutes. Police arrived as the melee ended after CADRE organizers said the group is non violent. One member burned a draft card previously in New York.
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Chicago
Selective Service
Loop
Rader
New York
Dennis Riordan
van Buren
The Hower Fund Still Alive Amid Donations Debate
Huntington AP reports a state road commission worker dismisses abolition of the flower fund as a joke and says forced contributions remain. He notes the $1 per $50 salary monthly mandate continues, despite James Sprouse calling for an end to involuntary donations.
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Huntington
State Road Commission
SRC
Charleston
Road Commission
James Sprouse
Democratic
Despondent Cambridge businessman dies by own hand
Harsel Greene, a 58 year old Black Cambridge merchant, was devastated by a fire during riots last week and later found shot through the heart. Coroner rules death by own action amid community unrest and loss.
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Cambridge, Md
Harsel Greene
Cambridge
Greene
Johnson proposal would tax 82 million individuals 10 percent surcharge
Treasury officials say about 82 million individual taxpayers would pay more money to the government under Johnson’s 10 percent surcharge plan. Only 16 million in the two lowest brackets would escape. The plan would take effect after Oct 1 with higher withholding. For corporations the surcharge would be retroactive to July 1.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Uncle Sam
Congress
Johnson
Treasury
Strategic Reserve Tapped to Boost Vietnam Force Levels
The Pentagon will draw from the strategic reserve to reach a 525,000-man Vietnam force, with 45 000 to 50 000 additional troops drawn from active reserve units. Major components include the 82nd Airborne, 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions, and others totaling about 83 000 personnel. Specific unit details withheld until deployment.
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Washington
Strategic Reserve
Vietnam
Pentagon
Strategic Reserve Force
291St Airborne Division
Kentucky
82Nd Airborne Division
North Carolina
2Nd Armored
Texas
5Th Mechanized Division
Colorado
6Th Armored Calvary Regiment
Maryland
11Th Infantry
Hawaii
198Th
United States
Congress
Record Air Missions Hit North Vietnam in 197 Flights
U S pilots flew a record 197 multiplane missions Thursday across North Vietnam opening Feb 7 1965. Forces from Navy Air Force and Marines totaled nearly 600 planes bombing bridges boats and other targets from the border to near Hanoi.
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North Vietnam
Saigon
U. S
Dong Hoi
Navy
Air Force
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Gavin quits Demo post over war protests
Retired Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin resigns from the Massachusetts Democratic Advisory Council citing opposition to President Johnson in 1968. Gavin, ex-ambassador to France and head of Arthur D. Little, says U.S. focus on Vietnam has neglected domestic issues and condemns riots and unrest at home.
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Cambridge
Mass
James M. Gavin
France
Democratic Party
Vietnam
Johnson
Gavin
State
Democratic Advisory Council
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Army
Southeast Asia
FCC Exempts News Coverage from Fairness Doctrine Attacks
The FCC rules exclude news broadcasts and on the spot coverage of breaking stories from personal attack provisions of the fairness doctrine. Stations need not notify the attacked person or supply a transcript for news casts and bona fide events. News interviews and documentaries still must meet fairness requirements.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Sympathy Strikes Spread From Eccles Mine Action
In Beckley AP report a dispute at the Eccles Mine of Winding Gulf Coal Co. triggers sympathy strikes at six Raleigh and Fayette county mines. About 1500 miners idle after the Eccles walkout over grievance procedure for a discharged miner. Pickets close mines at Riffe's Branch and East Gulf while workers refuse at New River Coal Co. yards in Maben Mount Hope Cranberry and Stanaford.
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Beckley
Eccles
Winding Gulf Coal Co
Raleigh
Fayette Counties
Winding Gulf
Riffe's Branch
East Gulf
New River Coal Co
Maben
Mount Hope
Cranberry
Stanaford
Sawyers Sees Value Of Road Funds Shrinking
West Virginia road officials warn inflation and safety standards have cut buying power of Congress funds for the Appalachian development highway. Burl A. Sawyers says 262 million federal and 236 million state matching funds now cover only 76 percent of the planned 426 mile system. Costs could rise from 500 million to 620 million, requiring more federal funds or state money.
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Washington
Congress
West Virginia
Burl A. Sawyers
Sawyers
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