LBJ Proposes $2.1 Billion Manpower Jobs Plan
President Johnson urged Congress to approve a $2.1 billion manpower program aimed at placing half a million hard core unemployed in urban areas. The plan would expand the existing labor department program to 146 areas and create a national business alliance to help employ 500,000 over three years.
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Johnson
Congress
America
House
Senate
Labor Department
National Alliance of Business Men
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Federal Manpower Administration
Gross Seeks Re election Not Senate
Rep. H. R. Gross of Iowa announced he will seek a eleventh two year term in the House rather than run for the Senate seat vacated by Sen. Rourke Hickenlooper. He cited a desire to advance fiscal restraint through the House and expressed optimism Republicans will regain control in November.
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Washington
H. R. Gross
Iowa
House of Representatives
U.S
Senate
Rourke Hickenlooper
Waterloo
House
Gross
Harold Hughes
Japanese Drug Cures Mouth Cancer in Trial Report
Officials of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co report a Japanese research team developed a drug that cured cancer in a man’s mouth roof and showed encouraging clinical results in other patients. They noted drastic improvements in some cases and slower responses in others with marketing rights held by the company.
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Tokyo
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co
Second Town Falls Quietly in Khe Sanh Valley Relocation
South Vietnamese troops and civilians evacuated Huong Hoa in the Khe Sanh valley as U S forces rushed reinforcements to the threatened region. About 200 militiamen left with civilians, while 3 000 U S helicopter borne infantry and a Marine battalion moved to bolster the area amid ongoing fighting.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
U.S
First Air Cavalry Division
Theront
Huong Hoa
Marine Combat
da Nang
FHA Approves Cedar Rapids Low Income Housing Plan
The Federal Housing Administration approves a 202 unit low income housing project on Hawthorne drive and C street SW Cedar Rapids. A 26 acre site and building layout are accepted while rent supplement funds totaling 120000 annually for 40 years are requested.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Hawthorne Drive
C Street
Robert Wickman
Omaha
Mayor’s Commission
FHA Soffice
Des Moines
Wickman
Commission
J. Thomas Hoegen
Don Decker
Presi
U.S. Revives Normal Ties and Greek Relations Evolving
Plans outline construction of 240 rental units in Omaha with FHA loan backing including 120 efficiency units and 32 one bedroom, 32 two bedroom, and 18 three bedroom buildings. Construction targets April start and September occupancy. Meanwhile Greece-U S relations are officially eased with Ambassador Talbot delivering word that formal recognition is not required.
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Decker
State Department
Omaha
Beatrice
Neb
U.S
Greece
Constantine
Athens
Phillips Talbot
Department
Robert McCloskey
Johnson
Mediterranean
Turkey
NATO
Pueblo Seizure by North Korea Sparks U S Alarm
The USS Pueblo with 83 crew was captured by North Korean patrol boats off the coast near Wonsan in what U S officials call a grave incident. Secretary of State Rusk called it a matter of the utmost gravity as White House and State Department seek release through Moscow and Panmunjom.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
White House
Congress
State Department
State Rusk
U.S
Russia
North Korea
McCloskey
Moscow
United States
Military Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Johnson
Rusk
Pentagon
Navy
Io Wonsan
Pueblo
Wonsan
Defense Department
Plane crash rocks Danish vote as U S bomb loss looms
In Copenhagen a B 52 crash with hydrogen bombs became a late factor in Denmark’s national elections. Krag's Social Democrats faced a strong challenge as authorities search Thule for up to four missing bombs and critics accuse the government of delaying word.
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Copenhagen
Greenland
U.S
Jens Otto Krag
Social Democrats
Krag
Denmark
Thule
Pentagon
Hiroshima
Candle Ends Light Riddle Sparks Quick Witty Quote
A pun noting that burning a candle at both ends yields more light appears as a quirky saying. The line suggests increased illumination as a humorous metaphor for exerting effort.
Dog Saves Four Pups and Dies in Fire
In Lancaster California a dog named Candy saved four lives by waking the family but perished with her newborn pups. Timothy Deer 19 and his wife Sheryl 18 evacuated their children Tammy 14 months and Timothy Jr 4 months after smoke filled the bedroom. Firemen report Candy had given birth to a litter during the night and could not be retrieved.
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Lancaster
Calif
Timothy Deer
Candy
Sheryl
Tammy
Timothy, Jr
Deer
Lunar Module 1 Demonstrates Path to Manned Moon Flight
NASA officials hailed Lunar Module 1's maiden 7 hour 62 minute flight as a major step toward Apollo. The craft handled a risky sequence including a fire in the hole test and a final ascent burn, signaling readiness for an early 1969 lunar mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
George Mueller
Mueller
Tional Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo
Indian Ocean
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Moon
Earth
Orbiting Laboratories
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Kosygin
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
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Jerry Elsen
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Richard Russell
Dga
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