Johnson heads to Puerto Rico as Galaxy aircraft unveiled
President Johnson tours Marietta unveiling Lockheed Galaxy airlift monster, touts global duty and U S military strength. He defends Vietnam policy at Beaumont dinner for Rep Jack Brooks after stops in Houston and Beaumont.
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Marietta, Ga
Johnson
Ramey
Puerto Rico
America
CSA Galaxy
Lockheed-Georgia Corp
Air Force
Beaumont
Texas
Vietnam
Jack Brooks
White House
Houston
Manned Space Flight Center
Congress
Space Center
Rockefeller Won't Enter Primaries for Nomination
New York Governor Rockefeller says he will not appear on primary ballots to avoid party splits and will consider a bid only if there is clear support to reach 667 convention votes. Nixon counters no draft and predicts victory if Rockefeller stays out.
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Washington
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
Larry Goldwater
California
Goldwater
New Hampshire
Oregon
Capitol Hill
Republican Governors Association
Seattle
G.O.P. Governors’ i
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Western
Europe
McCarthy Aide Claims Johnson Backers Violate Rules
Wisconsin campaign director says Johnson backers circulate letters to form county and ward committees to gain endorsements for the April 2 presidential primary. He cites a constitutional ban on party units endorsing candidates while party leaders deny a violation and say McCarthy backers may run a similar drive.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Jay Sykes
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Leslie Aspin
Wisconsin Citizens Committee For
Richard Cudahy
McCarthy
Costly Riot Panel Plan Draws House Criticism
Washington AP reports Rep Mahon of Texas calls the President's Commission on Civil Disorders plan costly and unrealistic. Southern lawmakers harshly critique the report arguing it inflates hopes and demands excessive spending. Senator Ellender Colmer and Senator Long condemn the approach as impractical in a tight budget.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Commission On Civil Disorders
Commission
Rep
Mahon
Texas
Congress
Ellender
D-La
Colmer
D-Miss
Long
Blaiberg Extends Second Month After Heart Transplant
Cape Town AP report says Dr. Philip Blaiberg, the world’s only surviving heart transplant patient, completed two months since his operation with no signs of complications, suggesting a possible discharge from the hospital.
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Gape Town
Philip Blaiberg
Spine injuries may underlie many sudden infant deaths
Boston pathologist Dr Abraham Towbin told the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists that spinal hemorrhage in infants may cause sudden crib deaths. He cited autopsy findings in seven of eight unexplained crib deaths and noted the head's heavy proportion and neck vulnerability as factors. Sudden death is most common from two to four months but can occur from birth to two years.
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Chicago
Boston University
Public Health Service
U.S
American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists
Abraham Towbin
Towbin
Power Too Great Can Shatter Freedom
Dr. Samuel E. Stumpf, president of Cornell College since 1967, spoke at a Len ten luncheon about power, freedom, and order. He warned that excessive power destroys, while insufficient power stalls progress, urging responsibility and just motivation behind authority.
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Stumpf
Samuel E. Stumpf
Roosevelt Hotel
Cornwell College
Saigon Army Paper Urges Invasion of North Vietnam
A Saigon newspaper linked to the South Vietnamese army calls for launching an invasion of North Vietnam. The move gains support from top leaders including President Thieu and Vice President Ky, and the editorial appears government approved through army paper censors.
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Saigon
Voice
North Vietnam
Thieu
UAW Calls for Special Convention Over AFL CIO Rift
The United Auto Workers urged a special convention to address its dispute with AFL CIO leader George Meany holding a telegram from Walter Reuther threatening disaffiliation if not granted. Reuther accused Meany’s leadership of being undemocratic and stagnant. Reuther invited several union presidents to a New York caucus on March 8 to discuss the differences.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Labor Federation
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Auto Union
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Meany
Auto Workers
Aflcio
New York
Max Greenberg
Retail
William Pollock
Textile Workers Union of America
Charles Cogen
American Federation of Teachers
CIO
AFL
Joseph Beirne
Communications Workers of America
Paratroops Rout Viet Cong Near Saigon Bases
U S and South Vietnamese paratroopers routed Viet Cong fighters threatening Tan Son Nhut and Bien Hoa near Saigon. Forty to fifty six enemy dead reported in Friday battles as Khe Sanh defenses repelled North Vietnamese thrusts.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
South Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Bien Hoa
Patrick Brooks
Washington, D.C
U.S. Airborne Division
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S. Navy
Brooks
Oriental dolls from Vietnam suspected in narcotics smuggling
Detectives in New Kensington Pennsylvania investigate dolls mailed from Vietnam after two dolls sent to a soldier’s girlfriend were found stuffed with marijuana. The soldier returned home days later, was arrested, and charged with possession of narcotics.
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New Kensington
Vietnam
William Jennings
Czech General Missing Amid Theft Rumors Unclear
Prague AP reported Czechoslovakia’s chief military prosecutor Jan Samek confirmed a general vanished. He noted rumors of stolen documents and large sums of public money not yet confirmed. Major Gen Jan Sejna left by car February 25 crossing the border. Lt Col Jaroslav Moravek is also under investigation for large scale machinations with grass seeds. The case involves property theft in Socialist ownership with damage over 300 000 crowns.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Samek
Jan Sejna
Samek
Sejna
Jaroslav Moravek
Sejia
Moravek
Night Riders Threaten to Shoot to Kill in Mississippi
Meridian Police Chief C L Gunn ordered officers to shoot to kill if necessary to stop night riders who have burned four Negro churches a parsonage and a store. Mayor Al Key denounced the acts as a cowardly spectacle and supported tougher patrols armed with riot guns.
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Meridian
Miss
C. L. Gunn
Gunn
al Key
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