Senate Approves 3.3 Billion in U.S. Aid for Depressed Regions
The Senate passed a 3.325 billion five year program to fund public works and regional development in economically distressed areas dubbed Little Appalachias. The measure, backed by President Johnson, replaces earlier acts and focuses on regional grants with up to 80 percent federal funding in extreme poverty zones.
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Senate
Appalachias
Uoto
Tito
Johnson
House
Appalachia
Jennings Randolph
DW. Va
Senate Public Works Committee
Randolph
East German Protest Breaks U S Mission in Potsdam
East German demonstrators attacked the U S military mission in Potsdam smashing windows and removing the Stars and Stripes. Police surrounded the area as protesters shouted Ami go home and carried antiwar posters. No Americans were reported injured.
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Berlin
U. S
Potsdam
ADN
East Berlin
Viet Nam
U.S
McChesney Martin Warns Against Repeating Prosperity Pitfalls
Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin warned of similarities between current prosperity and past boom periods, but noted important differences that lessen the chance of another 19th century style depression. He spoke at Columbia University's Alumni Federation in New York, linking lessons of history to today’s markets.
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New York Times
Sormer
NEW York
Federal Reserve Board
William McChesney Martin
Hal
Alumni Federation
Columbia University
Viet Cong Ambushed Four Killed by U S Paratroopers
U S paratroopers killed four Viet Cong in an ambush 40 miles northeast of Saigon. Earlier, another convoy attack in the central highlands killed an American officer and enlisted man as air operations with U S and Vietnamese forces pursued the enemy. Two Navy F8 Crusader jets were shot down. one pilot rescued at sea. Australian troops arrived at Saigon airport to join Bien Hoa base duties.
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Viet Nam
U. S
Central Highlands
North Viet Nam
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U.S
Dong Nai River
Altack
Big
Bien Hoa
Ramsey Wins Upset in St Albans Mayor Race
Ramsey defeats Davisson in St Albans mayoral contest as Democrat rivals fall. In Kanawha County, two veteran mayors lose and Republican Curtis Sutphin upends Democrat Buckley in Marmet. Cedar Grove retains Peoples party control. Ramsey leads Daw in big St Albans vote with council slates mostly allied to him.
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K. W. Lee
Michael Puta
Averil Ramsey
Russell Davisson
St. Albans
Fred Young
Oast
Dunbar
Kanawha County
Chesapeake
Marmet
S. E
Sidewalk Eddie) McConshay
Citizens
Buryl E. White
Peoples
Ramsey
Davisson
Donald E. Spencer
James L. Durrett
Terrier Given $1,000 Funeral In Madison Town
MADISON Ga a terrier named Sheila received an elaborate funeral costing about 1000 dollars. Go Booth, her owner, read scriptures and laid her in an infant casket with red rosebuds. Booth, a 66 year old grocer, cried and recalled the dog’s daily companionship in the town east of Atlanta.
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Sheila
Booth
Schubert
Ava Maria
Rooih
Sheila Ac
Atlanta
Avaman
Shea
Japanese Mine Blast Kills 136 in Kyushu Mine
A gas explosion 2,000 feet underground in the Yamano coal mine on Kyushu Island during a government safety inspection period left 136 company employees dead with 100 still trapped. Unofficial counts claimed 186 bodies recovered and 50 more declared dead. Industry Minister Yoshio Sakurauchi offered his resignation as he led Japan’s mine safety drive.
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Tokyo
Yamano
Kyushu
Yoshio Sakurauchi
Japan
2000 Marines In Dominican Ordered Home
President Johnson ordered 2000 Marines home from the Dominican Republic while saying he does not feel the Communist threat is over. He noted ongoing Viet Cong action in South Vietnam with reported heavy losses there and said withdrawal will reduce U S forces on the island to about 16,000 while maintaining a sizable multinational presence. Johnson spoke at a White House news conference, his first national TV briefing since April 27, with domestic questions largely avoided.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Johnson
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
inter-American Force
Organization of American States
OAS
United States
White House
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Gemini Crew Ready for Thursday Gemini 4 Launch
Spacecraft commander James McDivitt and pilot Edward White say Gemini 4 is ready for a four day mission. Mission director Kraft and physician Berry report excellent health. Weather concerns loom with possible morning clouds at Cape Kennedy.
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Ry Charles Stafford
Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Howard White
McDivitt
Christopher C. Kraft
Kraft
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cape Area
Marina Oswald Marries Texan in Sherman Oklahoma blood test used
Marina Oswald, widow of John F. Kennedy's assassin, wed Kenneth Jess Porter in Fate Texas after an Oklahoma blood test to bypass Texas waiting rules. The pair eloped, obtained a Sherman license, and were married by Justice of the Peace Carl Leonard Jr. The ceremony followed a day of fleeing reporters in Porter's red 1965 Pontiac.
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Marina Oswald
John F. Kennedy
North
Texas
Oswald
Kenneth Jess Porter
Justice of the Peace
Carl Leonard Jr
Oklahoma
Sherman
Porter
Leonard
W. J. Fry
Rockwall
Fate
Dallas
Mary Chumbley
GIs Freed After Capture in Dominican Rebel Zone
Three U S paratroopers from the 2nd Airborne Rangers were captured in downtown Santo Domingo after straying into rebel territory. They were released 33 hours later to a United Nations and Organization of American States commission, handed over by rebel leader Col Francisco Caamano Deno. The men are 2nd Lt Alvin R Gelb of Scranton Pennsylvania Pres Antonio Hernandez of San Antonio Texas and Dennis Eppers of Kenosha Wisconsin. Gelb said they mistook Dominican soldiers for rebels.
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Dominican Republic
U. S
2Nd Airborne
United Nations
Organization of American States
Francisco Caamano Deno
Alvin R. Gelb
Scranton
Pres Antonio Hernandez
San Antonio
Tea
Dennis Eppers
Kenosha
Wis
Gelb
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