Mankiewicz Named Peace Corps Latin American Director
Frank Mankiewicz currently Peace Corps representative in Peru is appointed director of the Latin American region. He will oversee 17 countries where 2 450 volunteers serve as Peace Corps Director R Sargent Shriver announced. He replaces Jack Heed Vaughn who becomes U S ambassador to Panama.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Mankiewicz
Peace Corps
Peru
Latin American
Mankiewicz
R. Sargent Shriver
Jack Heed Vaughn
U.S
Panama
Khrushchev Softens Tone On China Ties At 70
Premier Nikita Khrushchev, honored on his 70th birthday, said the Soviet Union will not break off relations with Communist China. He urged continued unity and possible rapprochement while defending Marxist Leninist principles amid a Kremlin ceremony and muted by earlier sharp attacks on Mao Tse Tung.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
China
Kremlin
Kftrustichev
Khrushchev
Thundershowers Forecast for Bonham Area
A few scattered thundershowers are forecast for the Bonham area tonight and Saturday morning. Skies remain cloudy with slightly cooler temperatures through Saturday. The five day outlook calls for near normal averages in North Texas with .25 to .75 inch of rain. Bonham had .26 inch Thursday afternoon.
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Paris
Ector
Johnson urges civil rights bill passage at earliest date
President Johnson said civil rights demonstrators hurt the cause when they resort to civil disobedience or threaten health or safety. He urged the Senate to pass the civil rights bill on the earliest date, while noting unruly demonstrations harm its chances as the 33rd day of Senate debate on the House-passed measure continues.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Economy Booming as Johnson Sees Growth and Stability
President Johnson opened a conference praising a booming economy with a record first quarter GNP of 9006.5 billion and an $8.5 billion rise from late 1963. He urged labor and business to sustain price stability and full employment while calling for moderation from civil rights extremists.
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Washington
UPI
Presiden Jonason
Tee Chet Ruecutive
State Department
Atlantic-Pacife
Colom
Rios
Johnson
Texas
White House
Esteet
Senate Eyes Long Review of Anti Trust Laws
Senator Hart calls for an extensive review of anti trust laws focusing on concentration of economic power and foreign trade. Subcommittee will study mergers and foreign restraints on trade as part of a long range inquiry. Proxmire notes sharp trade decline between Red China and Russia from 955 million in 1959 to 233 million three years later.
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Washington
API
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate Antitrust and
Napply
Congressional
China
Russia
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Khrushchev Turning70 but Refusing Retirement
Nikita S Khrushchev marked his 70th birthday at the Kremlin with praise and honors. He said he had not much time left but would not retire. Messages came from President Johnson and Mao Zedong among others. Ion Maurer of Romania joined a reception as Moscow-Peking tensions influenced the guest list.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Mao Tze-tung
Romania
Ion Maurer
Pistol Taken Here Is Returned
A German luger pistol stolen in a Dudley Jackson filling station burglary on North Center Street earlier this year has been returned to Sheriff Hoyt Ivey in Leesville Louisiana. Billy Blake Johnson was sentenced to 17 years in Louisiana for armed robbery and burglary. Walter Rey Crews received the same sentence for aiding the escape of Crews from Fannin county jail by forcing jailer Ed Fulcher and two trusties into a cell.
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North Center Street
Hoyt Ivey
Leesville
Billy Blake Johnson Johnson
Louisiana
Walter Rey Crews
Johnson
Crews
Fannin County
Ed Fulcher
Ultimate Weapons Appropriation Debates Death Ray Future
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted funding to advance a next generation of weapons including a possible death ray and continued support for a bomber program. It earmarked 52 million for a B 52 replacement design and outlined space based options and incapacitating agents as potential future systems. The panel stressed missiles remain dependable and power margins persist while debating what comes after current capabilities.
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UPI
House Appropriations Committee
U.S
Air Force
Milon
House
U. S
Russia
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
De Gaulle Hospitalized Amid Nuclear Policy Push
President Charles de Gaulle, 73, underwent prostate surgery at Cochin Hospital Paris after delivering a nationwide address urging France to build its own nuclear force. Reports say the operation was successful and he may stay about 10 days. If he dies or is removed, Gaston Monnerville would be next in line, though his influence is limited and a vice presidency remains unestablished.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Cochin
France
United States
Harold Macmillan
Gaston Monnerville
French Guiana
Monnerville
Makarios Summons Top Brass Over Cyprus Fighting
President Makarios calls a cabinet meeting to discuss strategy amid intensified Greek and Turkish Cypriot clashes. He returns from Athens after talks with Greek leaders as UN officials warn a major offensive near Kao Dhikomo and Pano Dhikomo could spark wider war and threaten the Kyrenia Pass and Nicosia Kyrenia highway.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
UPI
Makarios
Athens
Nicosia
Kyrenia
George Papandreou
George Grivas
Nicosia- Kyrenia
Kyrenia Pass
Supreme Court to hear mandamus over voting rights conflict
The Texas Supreme Court approved a motion to file for a writ of mandamus in a case involving Army Sgt. Herbert N. Carrington seeking to vote in the May 3 Republican primary. Carrington, stationed at White Sands Missile Range, challenged El Paso County officials over his voting eligibility. Separately, a U S Cable issue ties LBJ family stock in an irrevocable trust to a Austin television venture KTBC, with no claimed conflict by President Johnson.
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LBJ Co
Austin
KTBC
FCC
Capital Cable Co
Capital Cable
Capital
Quake Strikes Kodiak Area with No Waves Reported
A strong earthquake about 300 miles southwest of Kodiak Island rattled Alaska at 9 30 a m Alaska time. Seismic stations were alerted but no tsunami waves were detected. Geologists worried it could echo the 1964 Good Friday quake and its aftereffects.
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Alaska
UPD
Kodiak Island
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