Johnson withholds commitment to campaign for nomine
President Johnson said he would discuss altering the convention but offered no promise to campaign for the Democratic nominee. He cited a tentative plan for talks with North Vietnam and defended his March decision not to seek re election. He spoke on the Poor People’s March, budget concerns, and tax proposals, warning of potential consequences of large protests.
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Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
Congress
Vietnam
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means
Confusion Grows in Poor People's Campaign Stop in Mississippi
Field organizers of the Poor People's Campaign press volunteers in Quitman County Mississippi as they drum up support for a Washington march. About 600 marchers arrived in Marks from Memphis, with a helicopter bullet incident over the rally and plans to sleep in tents that faced electrical and water issues.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Tenn
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Larry Pomeroy
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Quitman
Ney Gore
Marks
Brother of MLK assassin quits job, vanishes
Jerry Ray, brother of James Earl Ray the man sought for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., quit his job at a Chicago area golf club and disappeared after a national magazine photo. Family fears for his safety and urged surrender to the FBI.
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Chicago
Jerry Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago Tribune
Ray
The
Sun-Times
James Earl Ray
the Tribune
Sportsman Country Club
Northbrook
Wheeling
Tay
FBI
United States and North Vietnam Agree on Paris Peace Talks
President Johnson announced that a preliminary round of peace talks would begin in Paris after Hanoi accepted a U S proposal for talks. Officials noted the move could mark the first step toward ending the war in Southeast Asia with discussions set for next Friday or soon after and a potential meeting in multiple Asian and European capitals.
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Washington
Hanoi
United States
North Viethe
Dam
Paris
World
Johnson
Sharaaftar
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
Tonkin Gulf
U.S
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Growth of Corry area fund and Vietnam battle toll
The Corry area Industrial Development Fund grew by 7829 in the last year as interest and contributions flow in from city sources and firms. An audit was presented as the fund posted 5695 in interest and 774 contributed by the city, 1900 from Corry Concrete and Gravel and 20 from others. In expenses the fund paid 1800 to the Chamber of Commerce and 1334 to local banks plus 70 audit fees. In Vietnam, U S forces crushed a North Vietnamese counterattack near Dong Ha after four days of fighting leaving at least 1208 enemy dead.
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Corry Area
CAIDC
City of
Corry
Saigon
U.S
Dong Ha
South Vietnam
3Rd Marine Division
Hue
U.S. B2nd Airborne Division
Imperial
Man charged after police chase and crash in Corry
Police filed a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an accident against John V. Clawson 23 of Tunnelton Pa after his car struck Ronald Rathbun 302 East Smith Street and fled. Clawson injured in crash being treated at Corry Memorial Hospital awaiting arraignment. Separately US and Vietnamese casualty tallies and Dong Ha fighting update.
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John V. Clawson
Tunnelton
Ronald Rathbun
East Smith Street
Clawson
Corry Memorial Hospital
Porter Auer
Greensburg
Corry
Stanford Surgeries Highlight Heart Transplant Milestones
At Stanford University Medical Center a 40 year old patient received a donor heart amid artificial respiration during a 14 hour operation led by Dr Norman E Shumway. The patient, Rizor, was reported in critical condition as doctors emphasized the first 10 hours were crucial.
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Stanford
Calif
Austeely-Balinas
Galif
Joseph Dillon
Shutnway
Dave
Stanford University Medical Center
Rizor
Norman E. Shumway
Houston
Tex
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Everett Clair ‘Thomas
Phoenix, Ariz
Thomas
Telephone workers vote on big wage deal amid nationwide strike
Tele phone workers across the nation prepare to vote on a three year contract offering nearly 20 percent in wage and fringe benefit increases. A company official warned higher phone bills may result for about 50 million customers as results are awaited.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
Columbia University confronts student protests over gym plan
Police and students clash at Columbia University for a second day as classes are canceled and a fact finding commission is formed to probe the campus crisis. A 12 member panel will investigate causes of the 10 day uprising while protests demand policy influence and resignations.
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Columbia University
New York
University
Morningside Park
Columbia
Harlem
Voice
Grayson Kirk
David B. Truman
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