McNamara Defends Nation's Overall Fighting Fitness
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told reporters that the four complete Army divisions in the United States are not combat ready but stressed the nation’s overall fighting fitness has not decreased. He released a letter to Senator John Stennis stating training may use divisions without signaling overextension or diminished readiness.
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Robert S. McNamara
United States
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John Stennis
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Senate Prepared Chess Subcommittee
Defense
Stennis
Senate Appropriations
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Congress
Subcommittee
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Viet Nam
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Ft. Hood
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Ft Lewis
Wash
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Ft. Carson
Colo
Bomb blast at Victoria billet in Saigon wounds many
An explosion at the Victoria billet in southern Saigon killed and wounded Vietnamese civilians across nearby homes. A single American officer described a girl at a cash register who perished, while attackers vanished after triggering a gas-filled vehicle blast. The attack followed a pattern of small-arms and vehicle assaults amid a wartime lull in the capital.
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Saigon
U.S
Metropole
Poll Tax Questioned in Virginia Voting Case
Justice Douglas issued an order on a request by Evelyn Butts of Norfolk, one of five plaintiffs in the Virginia poll tax dispute. The suit argues the poll tax in state and local elections discriminates against thousands of Virginians eligible to vote, with the tax totaling $4.50 for those newly liable for prior years. The case hinges on the Virginia poll tax law and its enforcement, while federal law has already ended the poll tax in federal elections. Virginia officials declined to comment.
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Douglas
Evelyn Butts
Norfolk
Justice Department
United States
Butts
Virginia
U. S
Fire Rips Through City Homes Leaving Damage Wide
A severe blaze tore through a neighborhood as a woman aided by a helper jumped a five foot fence. A teenager and two men carried four children to safety including a nine month old baby. Mayor Gaillard pledged city aid. Teen boys fought the flames, doors were forced, and furniture was hurled from windows. By evening streets were cluttered with bedding furniture and ruined electronics while power lines burned near the ruins. Firefighters later felled standing chimneys as a precaution.
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Page One
J. Palmer Gaillard Jr
Medicare details and last minute enrollment surge
More than 700 Social Security offices stayed open until midnight Thursday to enroll last minute signers. A sample medical bill analysis shows how combined doctors and hospital insurance would work, comparing current costs to potential post July 1 coverage with a $3 monthly plan, detailing room and board, hospital services, and doctors’ fees with insurance contributions.
Officers Describe Shaken Night After Viet Nam Bomb Blast
In Saigon and at the U.S. billet officers recount a pre-dawn blast that wrecked quarters, sent debris into hallways, and left Lt. Edgar Dowling and Lt. James McGoodwin shaken but alive. Navy Lt. Dowling recalled tracers and a vast bang as a stairwell filled with debris and the wall disappeared.
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Viet Nam
Victoria
U.S
Navy
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Dowling
Schuylkill Haven
Dorling
James R. McGoodwin
Houston
Tex
Arrow
Hell
Claymore Mine
McGoodwin
Moore
Rail Strike Halts Major U S Rail Services Across 12 States
A sudden strike at 12 01 a m Thursday ends a seven year dispute over 18000 firemen jobs under a federal arbitration ruling that expired Wednesday. unions and railroads clash over reinstating jobs and apprenticeship programs while federal authorities weigh court action and possible damages. The stoppage disrupts Missouri Pacific, Pennsylvania, and Union Pacific lines, with national defense implications noted by a railroad spokesman.
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Gilbert
Wirtz
J. E. Wolfe
Johnson
Obert
Union
Cleveland
Ohio City
Washington
White House
Robert H. Fleming
U.S
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Holtzoté
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Missouri Pacific
Mopac
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Election night vivid in Britain as Labour scores surge
Heath warned of national bankruptcy unless Labour ousted. Labour triumphs spread across London Midlands and southeast England with Gordon Walker in Leyton and Amery defeated. Fitt elected in Belfast. Labour top figures Stewart Castle Brown and Cousins win. Turnout high, counting continues into Friday. industrial transport disputes and rail strikes affect cities nationwide.
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La‘borites
London
Midlands
England
Patrick Gordon Walker
Commons
Leyton
Wilson
Samuel Storey
Henry Brooke
Hampstead
Julian Amery
Preston
Amery
United States
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Northern Ireland
George Fitt
Fitt
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Labor Party
Laborites
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Smith Square
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Edward Heath
Labor
Michael Stewart
Barbara Castle
George Brown
Frank Cousins
Sutch
Four Robbers Loot Hotel Lock Boxes For $2 Million
Four robbers hammered open lobby lock boxes at a Miami Beach Harbor Island Spa Hotel during Passover guests. About 30 boxes yielded 856000 in cash and valuables, with 10 smashed. The raid lasted 40 minutes as masked men tied up staff and used hammers and chisels. The hotel faced $1 million in contents insurance, and the heist echoed a similar earlier Miami Beach crime.
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BEACI
Fla
Harbor Island Spa
Iler
Larry J. Paskow
Miami Beach
James T. Yerby
Bernard Appleton
Jenze Lansons
Appleton
Paskow
North Bay Island
Johnson urges restraint as inflation fears rise
President Johnson in a speech urged calm and fiscal restraint amid rising prices and a heated economy. He warned against impressionists and alarmists while vowing to trim government where possible and to seek further restraint from Congress. He promised Cabinet talks on inflation and future talks with union leaders.
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Johnson
Campbell
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
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Business Council
Mayors’ Organization
Mrs. Johnson
White House
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House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen Ofllinois
Ford
Congress
Virginia Eyes Six Month DST After Memorial Day
The state weighs a six month daylight saving time plan starting next year unless lawmakers vote to keep standard time Virginia seeks federal guidance as Attorney General Butler reviews the act The current law uses DST from Memorial Day to Labor Day with a shift to end of October under a new Virginia measure not in effect until late June for this year only DST runs through late October current law and proposed change create a year difference in timing.
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Robert Y. Button
Virginia
General Assembly
Marines claim heavy Viet Cong toll in five-day drive
Report from Vietnam states 69 Viet Cong killed and 21 weapons seized in a five day operation around coastal Quang Ngai. U S Marines and 25th Infantry elements pressed advances north west of Saigon with several clashes and multiple enemy detentions. B52 bombers struck jungle base camps near Da Nang in Quang Nam Province.
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Quang Ngai
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
Cmdr
Derman T. Lamb
San Diego
Calif
Quang Nami
da Nang
Pacifist Speaker Injured as Demonstrators Clash at Boston Army Base
In Massachusetts a crowd near the Boston Army Base escalated into violence injuring Susanne Williams of Amherst and nine others identified as Committee for Nonviolent Action members. David Benson and David Reed previously burned draft notices while Phillips, a Harvard senior, required hospital care after being struck while urging lawful, science-informed protest. Eleven demonstrators were arrested for sauntering and loitering during the rally.
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David Benson
Morgantown
W.va
David Reed
Voluntown
Conn
David O'Brien
John A. Phillips
Boston
Susanne Williams
Amherst
Mass
Peter Gregouis
Robert Stickgard
Harvard
Wilmette
Committee For Nonviolent Action
Benson
Reed
Phillips
Boston Army Base
Johnson names Kintner as secretary to the cabinet
President Johnson announces John Kintner will serve as secretary to the cabinet and aid in presidential personnel planning while Walt Rostow moves to the White House as special assistant on foreign policy. Johnson discusses NATO France issues, draft protests, and concerns of Mexican American communities.
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White House
Rostow
Johnson
Kintner
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
NATO
FBI
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