McCarthy Calls U S Negroes a Colonial Nation
Sen Eugene McCarthy described U S Negroes as a colonial nation living among Americans during a Milwaukee campaign stop. He urged redress of domestic oppression while criticizing Vietnam policy and the Johnson administration. Local NAACP groups backed open housing protests in Milwaukee.
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U.S
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Milwaukee
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Weather forecast for Sterling and Iowa region
Partly cloudy tonight with lows 25 to 35. Sunday will be fair and mild with highs 42 to 52. Iowa forecast shows fair and mild tonight and Sunday with lows in the 20s to around 30 and highs near 50 to mid-50s.
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Sterling
Vicinity
Fair
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Soviet General Claims Red Army Powers to Halt Invasions
Deputy defense minister Gen Ivan Pavlovsky stated in Pravda that the Soviet Union can stop any invasion by land air or sea. He praised the Red Army’s combat potential moral resolve and officer corps while noting over 90 percent of troops have advanced education as the army marks its 50th anniversary.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Ivan Pavlovsky
Communist Party
Pravda
Pavlovsky
Red Army
Vietnam battalion attack repulsed in Mekong Delta
Viet Cong battalion fired 600 rockets and mortars at South Vietnamese marines in the Mekong Delta, killing 37 guerrillas and wounding 62 in a four hour assault. U S air power and helicopter gunships supported the defense as U S casualties included one killed and two wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Mekong
Demilitarized Zone
Dinh Tuong
U.S. 9Th Division
British Labor expels rebel MPs after confidence vote
Labor Party expelled at least 25 rebel members who abstained in a key House of Commons confidence vote. Reginald Paget and Michael Foot were among those ousted, as Prime Minister Wilson seeks to reassert control while the party holds a 304 to 9 margin. Most rebels may be restored later with loyalty assurances.
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Arthur L. Gavshon
Associated Press
Party Today
House of Commons
Reginald Paget
Wilson
Michael Foot
John Silkin
Laborites
Labor
Plan Lunar Module Launching Monday
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP after a computer power supply failure during a two day countdown rehearsal NASA still hopes to launch its first Lunar Module Monday. Ground based computer power failed Friday night 20 minutes before the end of the countdown.
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Cape Kennedy
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Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Storms and disease plague Sicily earthquake refugees
In Sicily heavy rain hail and winds hinder relief as 40 000 refugees endure soggy camps and disease outbreaks. Typhoid vaccines begin while scarlet fever chicken pox and pneumonia rise. Two deaths from exposure reported. death toll feared near 400 as rescue winds down.
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Palermo
Sicily
Gibellina
Aldo Moro
Italy
O Hare Still Busy in 1967 World’s Busiest Airport
Chicago O Hare International Airport remained the top world’s busiest commercial terminal in 1967. Aviation commissioner William E Downes Jr released figures showing 612 828 arrivals and departures. The airport handled 27 552 816 passengers with 596 280 domestic and 16 548 international flights. Freight totaled 792 779 312 pounds.
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Chicago
O’hare International
William E. Downes Jr
Religious Leaders On Viet Visit Urge Bombing Halt
In Saigon fifteen Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders urged President Johnson to halt North Vietnam bombing and ease the ground war. The four day South Vietnam visit follows the New Delhi interreligious peace symposium and targets broader justice at home and abroad.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Johnson
North Vietnam
South
South Vietnam
New Delhi
Harold E. Stassen
Penna
Nce
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Maurice Eisendrath
New York
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
John Wesley Lord
Monday Set as First Work Day for Sauk Valley Campus
Sauk Valley College moves into Phase One construction after the Illinois Building Authority orders work to begin. Donovan Construction of St Paul has the contract worth 8.9 million dollars. Groundbreaking was Jan 6 with occupancy planned for November 2, 1969 after a 640 day schedule.
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Sauk Valley College
Illinois Building Authority
Edward J. Sabol
Sabol
I.B.A
The
Washington Lawyer Clark Clifford as McNamara successor
President Johnson nominates Clark M. Clifford longtime White House adviser and Washington lawyer to be secretary of defense replacing Robert S. McNamara Clifford would take over before March 1 McNamara to become president of the World Bank Clifford is seen as a hard liner on Vietnam policy awaiting Senate confirmation debates and hawk dove divisions shape the reaction
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Fred S. Hoffman
Johnson
Clark M. Clifford
White House
Washington
Clifford
Senate
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
McNamara
World Bank
Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Choice For Sec. Of Defense Was Truman Adviser
Clifford a ruggedly handsome lawyer from Connecticut Avenue near the White House walked to Johnsons office Friday after being announced as the nominee for secretary of defense. At 61 he is a longtime confidant of Truman Kennedy and Johnson, a man Democrats rely on for political advice and policy matters.
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Connecticut Avenue
White House
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Johnson
Defense
Clifford
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Book of Friendship given by State Department officials
Dean Rusk presented a handmade leather volume titled Liber Amicitiae to the First Lady at a tea honoring her. The book features the flags and coats of arms of more than 100 nations with U S diplomatic relations, highlighting the role of the officials wives in public life.
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State Department
United States
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Blaiberg Doing Very Well, Kasperak Condition Critical
Philip Blaiberg marked his 19th day with a transplanted heart at Groote Schuur Hospital and showed no signs of rejection or infection. Mike Kasperak remained in extremely grave condition at Stanford after multiple operations and complications following his transplant.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Louis Washkansky
Blaiberg
Christian Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Mike Kasperak
Stanford University Medical Center
California
Washkansky
Denise Darvaill
Baliberg
Clive Haupt
Stanford
Calif
Kasperak
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Heart Association
Underground Test Blast Stronger Than Expected
The underground nuke near Hot Creek Valley Nevada yielded energy near one million tons of TNT and registered 6.25 on the Richter scale. Seismographs in Salt Lake City Los Angeles and Mobile reported strong ground motion while Eureka California felt a gentle roll. The blast came from 3 200 feet underground and the AEC had warned motions would extend 75 to 100 miles.
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Nev
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Ala
AEC
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