Constantine Crisis Deepens as Compromise Premier Fails
In Athens King Constantine’s bid for a compromise premier ends in defeat as Papandreou’s Center Union commands deputies. Stephanopoulos refuses the mandate, Papandreou’s caucus unites behind him, and the king’s options narrow amid ongoing street clashes and fear of further unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantine
Athens
Greece
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Center Union Party
Stephanos Stephanopoulos
Stephanopoulos
Center Union
George Athanasiadis Novas
Singapore-Separation from Malaysia Shocks Region
Malaysia announced Singapore would become independent and sovereign, ending the federation formed in 1963 after talks with Rahman. Lee Kuan Yew urged calm as Singapore prepared its own foreign policy and Cabinet, while Britain’s bases remained in use for defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahman
Lee
Kuala Lumpur
Federation
Singapore
Alliance Party
United Nations
Europe
British High Commission
Britain
Australia
New Zeland
Indonesia
Malaysia
Borneo
Jakarta
Subandrio
Southeast Asia
Sarawak
Sabah
Kual Lumpur
Philadelphia chromosome linked to chronic leukemia notes
A genetics lecture from the Jackson Laboratory and Johns Hopkins University, sponsored by March of Dimes, discusses the Philadelphia chromosome as a possible leukemia cause. The Philadelphia variant, found in a Philadelphia research group, shows abnormal short rods in chromosomes and appears in a family with chronic myelogenous leukemia, with relatives having elevated white blood cells but no disease signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Laboratory For Cancer Research
Bar Harbor
Johns Hopkins University
National Foundation
March of Dimes Organization
Philadelphia
Hirschhorn
Johnson frames bill push for global disease battle
President Johnson pledges rapid passage of health bills, claiming dozens more will be signed before Congress adjourns. His rambling remarks touched on a vaccination program to immunize children against measles in an unnamed nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Jonson
Viet Nam War Front Sees Skirmishes and Bombardments
In Binh Chanh district southwest of Saigon two Viet Cong were killed as government casualties were light. U.S. Army 1st Division destroyed Viet Cong huts bunkers and bridges near Bien Hoa. Viet Cong mortar and small arms fire hit outposts 100 to 120 miles southwest of Saigon with no casualties reported. U.S. Air Force Navy and Marine planes conducted heavy strikes totaling 126 sorties destroying buildings and sinking sampans. ships John R. Craig Orlock and Hanson supported coastal raids. Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky presided over the arrival of U.S. jet Canberra bombers, while U.S. totals show 125000 forces in Viet Nam with younger soldiers screened for combat. Financial and political moves included plans to manage dollars in Saigon and possible introduction of military scrip. Global reactions include Red China denouncing U.S. actions and North Korea pledging solidarity. Sihanouk of Cambodia rejected Viet Cong aid, and London Conservative MPs suggested Wilson reassess seapower use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binh Chanh
Saigon
U.S. Army
1St Infantry
Bien Hoa
Vinh
Radio
Air Force
U.S
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Okinawa
United States
Tran van Kiem
Civil Service trains staff to register Negro voters in nine counties
The Civil Service Commission trains 75 officials to register Black voters, with court findings of discrimination in nine counties. In Hale County Alabama whites exceed total eligible whites, while some counties show only 2 to 10 percent of eligible Negroes registered. DOJ will file suits Tuesday in Alabama, Texas, and Virginia to challenge poll tax rules. a similar suit was filed in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Katzenbach
Alabama
Hale
Justice Department
Texas
Virginia
Mississippi
320 Negroes Register In Sumter County Georgia
Negroes flocked to Sumter County Board of Voter Registrars as 320 registered and 144 filed but did not complete processing. In two days total Negro registration rose to about 1,700 from 1,000 before federal voting law. Whites numbered about 7,000. The board met in special session to handle the surge, delaying no longer after protests and calls for guidance from U.S. officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Sumter County
Georgia
Spe
Cial
U.S
John Doar
Washington
Board of Voting Registrars
Extended House Debate On General Farm Bill Urged By Findley
Rep Paul Findley calls for at least eight hours of House debate on the proposed general farm bill to allow thorough discussion of feed grains wheat and cotton provisions and five year land retirement contracts. He criticized Agriculture Secretary Freeman and urged the Rules Committee to extend time beyond four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findley
Washington
Paul] Findley
House Rules Committee
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
Agriculture Committee
Rules Committee
Agri
Orville L
Freeman
Congress
Dominican plan aims for nine ministers and military pullback
OAS team proposes a provisional Dominican government with nine ministers and a general amnesty. All military personnel to return to units or leave the country, while a three month political truce and inter-American military force keep the peace until elections. The United States funds most aid and welcomes broad public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garcia Godoy
OAS
Dominican Republic
Omar Penna Marinho
Brazil
Ramon de Clairmont Duenas
Salvador
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Antonio Imbert
Francisco Caamano-Deno
Santo Domingo
Washington
State Department
Found Hole In Henderson Street Traps Patrolman
Patrolman Sherman Hill was dispatched to a reported street hole in Henderson Kentucky. He halted at an intersection and exited to inspect when the car’s front wheels dropped into a sewer crack. He radioed headquarters that he had found the hole and was in it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Sherman Hill
Bodies Of Two Teen-Agers Identified In Maryland
Two teenaged boys found on the Baltimore Washington Expressway were identified as Kermit C. O'Brien 16 and Wayne Corlew 14 of Ballston Spa New York. Father Richard L. O'Brien identified them at the city morgue and said the boys left home August 3 to visit Wayne's aunt in Miami. Authorities noted head injuries from a vehicle and ruled out homicide. The FBI continues to investigate the circumstances of their meeting and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore- Washington
Kermit C.o’brien
Wayne Corlew
Ballston Spa
N.Y
Richard L. O’brien
Kermit’s
City
Federal Bureau of ‘Investigation
Wayne
Karin Auer
Miami
Fla
C. S. Petty
Edwin R. Tully
FBI
Evelyn Klippi
Corlew
Barry
Sunday Sun
Fire at Titan II Silo Sends Eight State Police Units
Silo near Searcy Arkansas dispatched eight state police units and Civil Defense to the site as a fire trapped workers inside the launch tube. Gary Wayne Lay 18 from Clinton escaped after suffering burns giving a vivid account of screams and confusion while Hubert A. Saunders 59 of Conway also escaped climbing a ladder. Many men remained unaccounted for and presumed dead as the blaze raged with smoke filling the tube and hatch area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Lay
Clinton, Ark
Hubert A. Saunders
Conway
Saunders
Shipboard Murders Aboard Banana Vessel Near Key West
Coast Guard dives into a fatal incident aboard the Seven Seas as captain and two others are found dead after gunfire aboard the drifting freighter heading toward Tampa. A Cuban refugee, Roberto Ramirez, identified as a suspect by Cmdr. C. W. Wahl, is described by eyewitness Burgwaise who says Ramirez talked of life in Cuba. The Coast Guard mounted a formal inquiry as the ship docked at Key West to determine the motive and sequence of the shootings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetain
Coast Guard
Burywaise
Aldrick Hinds
Honduras
Seven Seas
Key West
Tampa
Rogelio Diaz
Thut
Burgwaise
Cmdr
C. W. Wahl
Key
Cuba
Ramirez
Fidel Castro
J.g
Charles Morgan
Cape Shoalwater
Coast Guards
Louis M. Thayer
Lena
Raul Garcis
Caribbean
Florida
Protest march continues amid arrests and chants in cold
Two counter demonstrators jumped from a tourist crowd shouting insults and splashed red paint on march leaders. Police quickly removed them as a one mile march pressed on in about nine degrees. Marchers drank soda and sang freedom and civil rights songs, chanting LBJ lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
LBJ
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woodmen
FIC
Woodmen of the World
Wayne Yeatts
F.1.c
Greenwood Lane
Danville
Dolly
Bill Williams
Red China
Hainan Island
New China News Agency
North Korea
Communist Party
Rodong Shinmoon
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Paris
London
Harold Wilson
7Th Fleet
John Hay
The
Admiralty
National Guard
Roanoke
Pickwick Club
Hotel
Motor Inn
Roanoke, Virginia
Mie
Fer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!