Congo Conflict Halts Stanleyville Flights and Firefight Rages
Rebels tightened control of Stanleyville as planes were forced back and a Belgian DC4 crashed on takeoff amid sniper fire. Seven of fifteen aboard died, including three Belgians. Major mercenary leader Hoare evacuated white forces as Congolese troops pressed forward toward Bunia and Watsa.
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Congo
Stanleyville
Ezim
U.S
Stanley-bassy
Reportsville
Michael Hoare
Joseph Mobutu
Stanieyville
Bunia
Soviet Union launches satellite race to Mars against Mariner 4
The Soviet Union fired a rocket toward Mars from a heavy earth satellite launched Monday in a bid to outpace the U.S. Mariner 4 mission in a space race.
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Soviet Union
Mars
U.S
Mariner
U. S
Tags
Ambassadors Talks on Viet Nam and Space News
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor reports to President Johnson on the South Viet Nam situation amid U S State and Defense rifts. Mariner 4 heads to Mars after launch. Soviet Zond-2 competes with similar probe and Tass details outline aims and trajectory for interplanetary study.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Johnson
White House
State
Defense Departments
South Viet Nam
U. S
U. S. S Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hearings reopen to testify in Baker case
The Senate Rules Committee will hear 21 witnesses led by insurance man Don Reynolds about an alleged 25 000 contribution to the Kennedy Johnson campaign fund. Reynolds may accuse Bobby Baker, a former Senate aide, of diverting funds from the Stadium project into campaign coffers. Lennox P. McLendon, special counsel, said Reynolds will present his version at today’s session.
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Senate Rules Committee
Don B. Reynolds
Kennedy- Johnson
Rey
Nolds
Bobby Baker
Senate
Lennox P. McLendon
Committee
Reynolds
Washington D. C
Replacing Of Hoover Is Denied In White House Denial
The White House rejected Newsweek claims that President Johnson planned to replace FBI director J Edgar Hoover. Presidential Press Secretary George Reedy said Johnson never contemplated removing Hoover. Reynolds has been a key accuser in hearings on Baker and McCloskey tied payoffs and said he would testify if Williams could secure questions on other matters.
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F. J. Gunningham
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William McChesney
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Worldwide Evangelization Crusade
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Dean Rusk
U. N. General Assembly
Robert 5. McNamara
Johnson + Taylor
George Reedy
America
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FBI
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Reedy
Reynolds
Baker
Matthew H. McCloskey
Ireland
McLendon
John J. Williams
Williams
Newsweek Stoo
Osborn Elliott
Sue
Newsweek
Euil
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Turnpike Seen Blocking West Virginia Interstate Deadline
Washington report notes the West Virginia Turnpike blocks 509 miles of planned interstates from meeting the 1972 deadline. Federal funds cannot buy or improve toll roads, only build access roads to toll gates, risking traffic from I-64 I-77 and I-79.
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Harry Ernst Guzetle
Washington Bureau
Washington
West Virginia
U. S Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Burl A. Sawyers
Churchill at 90 as flood of birthday greetings pour in
Sir Winston Churchill turned 90 with world leaders sending tributes and thousands of Britons mailing cards and telegrams. At his Hyde Park apartment he received about 60,000 pieces of mail while frail health limited his movement. He recalled wartime leadership as Britain’s finest hour and dinner with close friends marked the celebration.
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Anthony White
London
Sir Winston Churchill
West End
Hyde Park
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Churchill
U N financing clash sparks high level diplomacy
The Soviet Union rejected a plan to delay U N debate on dues for peacekeeping, risking its General Assembly veto in the fall session. African Asian nations met to seek a crisis solution while U S Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko planned further talks. Both sides called the session inconclusive as they eyed another meeting in coming days.
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U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Waldorf Astoria
New York
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N
U Thant
Russia
Ussr
General Assembly
Rusk
Khrushchev
Kant
Gromyko
U. S
United States
President Offers Post To Keating
The White House informally invited Senator Kenneth B. Keating to suggest areas of government to serve by appointment next year. Keating, defeated by Robert F. Kennedy for a second term, weighs offers from law firms and business interests. Kennedy had no knowledge of the move according to a spokesman.
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New York Times Co
Washington
White House
Kenneth B. Keating
Johneson
New York Republican
Keating
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Switch in House Speaker Candidates Cited by Gov Elect
In Charleston the transfer from Ivor F. Buiarsky to H Laban White Jr. as Speaker of the House of Delegates is attributed to ease for Gov elect Hulett C Smith. Editor Harry Hoffmann notes in his Page 6 column an education writer condemns a nation's failure to produce capable writers in a new series starting today on Page 7.
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Charleston
H. Laban White Jr
Clarksburg
House of Delegates
Hulett C. Smith
White
Harry Hoffmann
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