Ground Action Revives Amidst Reports Of U.S. Troop Boost
U S Marines fought Communist forces south of Da Nang as Vietnam troop buildup rumors swirl around McNamara trip. Casualties show fewer losses on both sides in late May and early June with American fatalities rising to 10 956 since 1961 and 66 130 wounded.
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Saigon
Leatherneck
da Nang
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Vietnam
5Th Marine Regiment
Norfolk and Western Orders 1000 Cars After Tax Credit
The Norfolk and Western Railroad ordered 1,000 50 foot cars from Pullman Standard for delivery in the fourth quarter, with a value around $15 million, as railroads rush to place orders after the 7 percent investment tax credit restoration. Several other railroads followed suit, while the American Railway Car Institute noted a 60 percent drop in industry orders from the prior year during November May.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Pullman-Standard Division
Pullman Inc
American Railway Car Institute
Kosygin Heads to U.S. for Arab Cause at U.N.
Soviet Premier Kosygin will fly from Moscow to the United States with a 50 man delegation to press the Arab cause before a possible emergency U.N. General Assembly over the six day Israeli war. He will also stop in Paris to confer with De Gaulle as White House officials keep open the chance of a Johnson meeting.
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Syria
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de Gaulle
New York
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Vietnam
Mideast
White House
George Christian
Texas
Christian
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Tel Aviv
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Thant
House Defeats Compulsory Settlement of Rail Shop Issue
The House rejected President Johnson's plan for a compulsory settlement in the rail shopcraft dispute and passed a 90 day extension of the no strike period after approving Rep Claude Pepper's amendment. The vote was 189 to 105 to strike the compulsory feature, sending the measure back to the Senate.
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Johnson
Claude D. Pepper
D-Fila
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White House
Stennis likens Dodd Case to McCarthy wrongdoing
Senator Stennis compared the Dodd ethics case to McCarthy era actions, saying both harmed the Senate. He urged censure for Dodd over misused contributions and double billing, while Dodd defended the dinners as nonpolitical gifts. Other senators debated charges and separated votes on the issues.
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Dodd
McCarthy
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Washington
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Thomas J. Dodd
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate Ethics Committee
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Connecticut
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Fila
Ernest F. Hollings
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Holland
Charles H. Percy
Bill
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Ethics Committee
NAB Objects to TV Relay Linking NY Stations to WV CATV
National Association of Broadcasters filed objections with the FCC on a New York Penn Microwave plan to send WNEW TV WOR TV and WPIX signals to Morgantown and Bluefield West Virginia. NAB argues the system could threaten existing stations and urges a hearing on the applications while noting common carriers must meet service demands along routes.
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National Association of Broadcasters
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Bluefield
Anello
New York Penn
West Virginia
United States
Riots Sweep Several States As Tampa Quiet After Violence
Sporadic outbursts of violence hit Ohio Illinois Michigan and Los Angeles Watts. Cincinnati saw over 70 arrests and a white youth was wounded after patrols. James R. Calvert the officer who shot Martin Chambers 19 was placed on leave as investigations continue.
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Fla
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Watts
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Dayton
Middleton
Human Relations Council
National Guard
James R. Calvert
Martin Chambers
Chambers
Missing 35000 Tracked Beer Truck Stuns Huntington
A blue tractor trailer carrying nearly 56 000 bottles of beer vanished from the L J Navy Trucking loading dock between 1 and 8 am. Police have no clues on where to begin the search. The 1700 cases valued at about 5000 dollars were to be delivered to Tri State Distributing later that day.
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L. J. Navy Trucking Co
Detroit
Tri-State Distributing Co
California Solon Defends Port Chicago Town Against Navy Move
California Congressman Waldie urges Congress to block Navy plan to buy Port Chicago and move residents citing 1944 explosion deaths. He proposes relocating piers to reduce risk and relocating ships to an island in Suisun Bay with a bridge to lessen chain reactions.
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California
Port Chicago
Navy
San Francisco
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Armed Service Committee
Vietnam
Congress
Jerome R. Waldie
Dcalif
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Waldie
Defense Department
Suisun Bay
Injured Flagman Dies After Bluefield Tazewell Road Work
Thomas Zebedee Horne 27 of Pounding Mill Va died Thursday at Bluefield Sanitarium from injuries suffered May 26 as a flagman on a new four lane highway project between Bluefield and Tazewell. Donald C. Simpkins 22 of Bramwell was charged with reckless driving.
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Zeb) Horne
Rt. 1
Pounding Mill
Bluefield
Tazewell
Horne
Donald C. Simpkins
Bramwell
Simpkins
Blue
Decision Near on Virginia Auto Insurance Rates
Richmond AP reports a Virginia State Corporation Commission decision on automobile insurance costs for motorists is due next week. Commissioner Jesse W. Dillon said the ruling would be announced by mid or late next week after public hearings on three rate increase requests conducted by the SCC.
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Richmond
Virginia
Jesse W. Dillon
State Corporation Commission
SCC
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