Airborne anti missile system studied by Air Force chief
General John McConnell said the Pentagon studies an airborne anti missile defense carried by large planes such as the C 5A. The plan envisions interceptors, radar, and electronics to detect and destroy missiles hundreds of miles from the plane, with funding around 5 billion for ground based Sentinel defenses and aims to counter missiles before warheads separate.
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Atlanta
John McConnell
Air Force
Pentagon
McConnell
Strategic ‘Air Command
Sentinel
Army
Ask Renaming of Town as Nairobi
East Palo Alto residents consider renaming the unincorporated area Nairobi. The municipal council plans a public hearing on the proposal. A local Black resident urged naming the community Nairobi to foster pride and belonging among Black Americans.
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Ask
Nairobi
East Palo Alto
Calif
Donald Ried
Kenya
America
Korean Leader To See Johnson
South Korean President Park will fly to Honolulu Sunday for a private meeting with President Johnson. He will travel aboard U S Air Force One, sent by Johnson.
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Seoul
Park
Honolulu
Johnson
U. S. Air Force One
New Postal Rule Blocks Offensive Mail to Consumers
The U S Postal Service will allow Americans to stop receiving mail they deem erotically arousing or sexually provocative under new regulations effective April 15. Officials expect headaches as the rule targets smutty mail and may remove complainants from mailing lists without challenge. A department lawyer notes some will claim all unsolicited mail is obscene including catalogs containing lingerie.
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Washington
Amercans
Post Office Department
Post Office
Department
Timothy May
Sears Roebuck
Belly Dancer on TV Triggers Australian Apology
The Australian Broadcasting Co apologizes for a bikini clad belly dancer on a satellite program between Australia and Japan. General Manager Talbot Duckmanton calls it an error of judgment and a lapse from good taste as protests rise from the public and parliament. Producer Bill Fitzwater resigns and plans to seek work overseas.
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Melbourne
Australian Broadcasting Co
Australia
Japan
Talbot Duckmanton
Faye. Sullivan
Bill Fitzwater
Bomb Attacks Strike Two Puerto Rico Hotels
Explosions at the La Concha and Condado Beach hotels damaged both venues about $5,000 each and caused fires that destroyed five stores in Arecibo and a supermarket in Caguas with no injuries reported. Police reported the incidents as terrorist bombs and noted the fires alongside the hotel damage and business losses.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
Puerto Rico
Criminal Investigation Corps
la Concha
Condado Beach
Arecibo
Caguas
Drug Law Authority Held on Drug Count
New York police charged Melvyn Green a 21 year old Ottawa Canada resident with possession of 18 pounds of marijuana after he allegedly accepted a parcel from California containing the drug Federal authorities said Green kept 60 narcotics and law enforcement books in his apartment used for a sociology masters thesis.
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Drug Law Authority
New York
APLA
Columbia University
Melvyn Green
Ottawa
Canada
California
Green
World mood brightens on Vietnam peace signals
Global leaders from de Gaulle and Fulbright to Pope Paul VI and U Thant welcomed a possible peace step in Vietnam. While optimism spread, skeptics urged caution over Hanoi and U.S. motives as campaigns and diplomacy continued around the world.
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Washington
Vietnam
Pope Paul VI
U Thant
United Nations
U.S
de Gaulle
North Vietnam
United States
Fulbright
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Charles Percy
Ill
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Bourke Hickenlooper
Iowa
Vatican
Paul VI
Japan
Takeo Miki
Radio Moscow
West Bengal Port Strike Ends After Demand Concessions
A port strike in West Bengal’s Midnapore district ends after authorities meet most demands of 42,000 workers, including granting permanent status to casual staff. The stoppage halted food unloading for about 900,000 villagers and began last Friday. The settlement brings an end to the week long labor dispute.
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Calcutta
Midnapore
West Bengal
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