One Sided Rebuff of Morse Bid
Vice President Humphrey faced questioning on Asian policy after Congress passed a 4.8 billion Vietnam aid bill. Morse sought to repeal the 1964 Tonkin Gulf era use of force resolution, but the Senate and House rejected the move, keeping Johnson's broader Vietnam stance unsettled.
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Humphrey
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Vietnam
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D-Ore
Johnson
Asia
Fullbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gruening
Fulbright
Tonkin Gulf
Russell
D-Ga
McCarthy
Mansfield
Mont
Case
R-N.j
Republicans say Democratic split prolongs Vietnam war
House Republicans accuse the Democratic party of deep division over Vietnam policy, urging President Johnson to take command to end confusion. Rep. Rhodes and Rep. Ford led a news conference, insisting Republicans support the president’s policy while rejecting tactics. They warned continued discord weakens morale and delays peace.
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House Republicans
Democratic Party
Vietnam
Johnson
House Republican Policy Committee
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Rhodes
Ariz
House
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McNamara
Ford
Mich
Barry Goldwater
G.O.P
U. S
Laird
Wis
House Republican Conference
Southeast Asia
New Techniques Slated for 727 Training
Four teen American and foreign airlines plan to adopt new training techniques for Boeing 727 landings. The program focuses on the jet’s rapid sink rate and the extra time pilots need to regain altitude after a descent. The sink rate has been cited as a possible factor in recent crashes.
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Washington
Snowstorm Dumps Heavy Snow Across Rocky Mountain West
A developing storm dumped heavy snow across the Rocky mountain region and moved toward the northern plains. Weather warnings urged stockmen and travelers in Wyoming Colorado Nebraska eastern Nevada Utah and South Dakota. Salt Lake City recorded 10 inches with five inches in six hours.
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Weather Bureau
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South Dakota
Salt Lake City
Election in Elizabethport District Sees No Voters
In Elizabethport district voters apparently did not know about the constitutional convention election on Tuesday. County election officials could not confirm how many voters were registered in the district as no one cast a ballot.
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Elizabethport
New Jersey
U.S. Acknowledges Radiation from Palomares B-52 Crash
The United States confirms plutonium and uranium scattered around the Palomares Spain crash site. No health hazard evidence cited. four bombs reported lost with one not recovered. Radiological surveys conducted. search continues in land and sea areas.
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Washington
U.S
Palomares
Spain
State Department
Robert McCloskey
Marines Battle Reds On Peninsula Southeast of Hue
Marines clashed with Viet Cong on a canal laced peninsula 55 miles southeast of the North Vietnamese border as U S forces press toward Hue vicinity. Additional air strikes hit Viet Cong concentrations while a Fifth Cavalry unit overran a shore camp, capturing 33 suspects.
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USS. Marine
South China Sea
Hue
U.S. Fifth Cavalry Regiment
Toll toll rises as U S force reports week of fighting
The U S command says 109 Americans killed and 747 wounded in the fighting last week with 0 missing. A prior week counted 112 dead and 405 wounded with four missing. Marine losses at Da Nang describe light casualties against a large Viet Cong force near Phu Bai. Air power led the operations with B 52s striking suspected storage near Saigon.
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Vietnam
Rex
Richard Gordon
Detroit
Gordon
da Nang
Lackland Air Base
Texas
Saigon
U.S
Phu Bai
McNamara Says U.S. Not Over-Extended
Secretary of Defense McNamara defended U S military readiness amid about 300000 U S troops in Southeast Asia stating the nation can meet commitments elsewhere and dismissing reports that deployments cause over extension as false and dangerous.
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Washington
McNamara
U.S
Southeast Asia
New Kennedy Half Dollars To Flow Soon
The new 40 percent silver Kennedy half dollars are expected to begin circulating within one to two weeks. Treasury officials say the change may draw the remaining Kennedy halves out of hoards as they mix with the new coins.
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Kennedy
Robert Wallace
Treasury
Wallace
U.S. Mint
Federal Reserve System
Congress
Eva Adams
Mint
Johnson urges federal power to ban unsafe interstate autos
President Johnson asks Congress to empower the commerce secretary to set national vehicle safety standards and to ban interstate sales of cars not meeting those standards. He calls for a traffic safety act and mandatory rules if voluntary standards fail, plus action on tires and a new highway safety unit.
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UPI
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Commerce
Connor
Johnson seeks new cabinet department of transportation
President Johnson urged Congress to create a cabinet level Department of Transportation to consolidate 100000 workers and 6 billion dollars in annual spending. He proposed a 700 million six year highway safety program and a 200 million prototype phase for a 2000 mph supersonic airliner with first flight tests aimed for 1970 and commercial service by 1974.
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UPI
Johnson
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Department of Transportation
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Senate
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