Skyhawk downed by mobile SAM near Hanoi amid siege lift
In South Viet Nam the 70 day Duc Co siege eased as ground forces loosened the Vietnamese camp under light Viet Cong mortar fire. A U S Navy Skyhawk was shot down by a presumed Soviet mobile SAM launcher outside Hanoi's range, pilot listed missing presumed dead. Heavy fighting continued in the Mekong Delta with both sides reporting significant casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Adm
U.S. G. Sharp Jr
Pacific
Coronado
Calif
U.S
Duc Co
Mekong River
Can Tho
Cers
U.S. Air Force
Hapital
Skyhawk
Soviet Union
Johnson and Lodge dispute Viet Nam entry by request
President Johnson backed the administration line that U S involvement in Viet Nam is by request only. He referenced remarks attributed to Henry Cabot Lodge contradicting policy, then swore in Lodge for a second tour as ambassador to South Viet Nam. Johnson noted Lodge denied making the claim.
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Lodge
U.S
Viet Nam
Washington
Johnson
United States
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Ammbassador
Ale Foreign Relations Committee
South Viet Nam
See
Public Works Development Bill Approved
The House passed a 3.25 billion public works development bill by a 246 to 138 vote after defeating attempts to cut it. The measure, labeled by sponsors as a step toward reducing unemployment, drew strong opposition as a boondoggle from mainly Republicans. Senate had boosted the total by 750 million earlier, and the bill itself is an authorization, requiring separate funding to operate.
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Washington
House
Hursday
Senate
Johnson
Virginia and South Carolina weigh legal challenges to Voting Rights law
Virginia Governor Harrison says action will target parts of the federal voting rights bill that affect registration and literacy tests while awaiting court stay. He notes potential joint action with other states. In Columbia, Governor McNair calls the law discriminatory and says South Carolina will pursue constitutional challenges, possibly with others, to the federal voting rights measure.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
Harrison
Virginia
Columbia
Robert McNair
South Carolina
Suspect Flees Police In D C
CHAPEL HILL N C AP A suspect sought for questioning in the slaying of UNC coed Suellen Evans escaped from Washington DC police custody Wednesday night The fugitive was identified as Robert L Thornton a black AWOL soldier from Ft Bragg Thornton had been sought since a man described as desperate stole a car in Cumberland County last week He was wanted in the fatal stabbing of Evans 21 of Amfoores ville.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Cumberland County
Suellen Evans
Amfooresville
Farm Bureau condemns Johnson crop control plan as failure
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged President Johnson to withdraw the farm bill noting the August crop forecast shows record outputs and arguing the administration plan would raise bread prices. It called for a market driven approach with voluntary land retirement and less government interference, criticizing proposed payments and subsidies. Charles E. Shuman led the telegram accusing the program of costly missteps while urging Congress to adopt a new approach restoring market guidance in production and consumption.
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Washington
Americas Farm Bureau Federation
Johnson
Big Farm
Bureau
Charles E. Shuman
House
Farm Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Shuman
Shumann
Congress
Les
Johnson Honors Hoover Despite Sparse Republican Turnout
President Johnson honored Herbert Hoover at the White House garden ceremony for signing a bill to set aside a national historic site in Iowa. About 80 guests, mostly Republicans or Hoover family members, attended as Eisenhower and other nominees were absent. Johnson urged nonpartisanship, noting Hoover and Eisenhower raised the office’s standards. Allan Hoover and Harold Stassen attended, among others.
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Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alfred M. Landon
Thomas E. Dewey
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
White House
Cabinet
Senate
House
America
Congress Acts Swiftly On Military Pay Boost
Congress moved quickly to pass a billion dollar military pay raise, sending the bill to President Johnson for signature. The measure, approved without dissent by both chambers, raises pay for about 2.5 million service members and could take effect September 1, delivering over $30 million to uniformed personnel. Rep. L Mendel Rivers urged swift action to avoid delays.
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Congress
Washington
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House Armed Services Committee
House
Johnson
Senate
Pacifists Clash With Troop Train in Berkeley Crowd
Four demonstrators were hurt as about 300 chanting pacifists sought to stop a troop train leaving Berkeley Santa Fe station. The crowd moved to Albany to intercept the 11 car train, some standing on tracks until steam drove them off. Ten or more tried to board cars. four injured were among these. Police actions drew accusations of force. Two more demonstrators were arrested and identified as 22 year old Ann Hallett and 25 year old Kathleen Lynch among others. a 16 year old boy was later charged with assaulting an officer in Albany. Policemen, hospital reports, and ongoing investigations were noted.
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Berkeley
Santa Fe
Albany
Herrick Hospital
Ann Hallett
San Franccisco
Kathleen Lynch
John Seitz
Richard Bogart
Palo Alto
Miss Hallett
Art Smith
Bill To Repeal Section 146 Encounters Jam After Approval by Subcommittee
Washington AP. Legislation to repeal section 14B of the Taft Hartley Act, allowing states to outlaw the union shop, advances in Senate Labor subcommittee but stalls amid other bills. The panel approved by 4 to 1 with a religious conscience amendment. Senators McNamara Morse Randolph Pell Nelson Kennedy Javits vote yes. Fannin voted no. Frouty present. A companion provision seeks to let a union shop election be decided by majority of those voting rather than all eligible voters. Page 2-A LABOR.
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Senate Labor
Fulk Labor Committee
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Paul F. Fannin
R-Ariz
Sens
McNamara
Wayne iMorse
D-Ore
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Claiborne Pell
Id- R.I
Gaylor Nelson
D- Wis
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N-Y
Jacob K. Ja
National Labor Relations Board
Negroes In Los Angeles Riot For Second Night
LA police sealed a six block Watts area as about 6000 people rioted for a second night. Youths threw rocks at cars and pedestrians, overturned vehicles, and beat people. A knife wound and multiple injuries were reported while police begged for help.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Wall Collapses Killing One at Fieldcrest Mills
A brick wall fell during shoring work at Fieldcrest Mills in Alexander Mills North Carolina, killing Jack Lee Stanley age 32 of Chesnee South Carolina and injuring Harold Moseley, Earl Padgett, and Tredges McCleave. The incident happened at 4 30 p m while workers employed by Daniel le Co of Greenville were shoring the wall. Stanley died at Rutherford Hospital from head and neck injuries.
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Alexander Mills
N.C
Fieldcrest Mills
Rutherford Hospital
Jack Lee Stanley
Chesneée
S.C
Harold Moseley
Forest City
Rt. 3
Earl Padgett
Caroleen
Tredges McCleave
Chesnee
Danielle Co
Greenville
Stanley
Fire Sweeps Brooklyn Industrial Area Causing Major Loss
An AP report describes a Thursday blaze in Brooklyn's Williamsburg district destroying several buildings, a lumberyard, a pickle plant, tinsmith and rubber plants, and a beer warehouse. Firefighters battled the flames for hours amid giant gas tanks with no serious injuries reported. Damage estimates start at at least $5 million, with sawdust explosions blamed for starting fires.
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New York
Ifs
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Paratrooper Patrol Encounters Viet Cong Fire in Highlands
AP photographer Horst Faas reports U S paratroopers of the 1178th Airborne Brigade engaging Viet Cong guerrillas near Pleiku in central highlands Viet Nam. A brief firefight followed by a tense village scene as villagers and Montagnards react to the clash and a captured old man.
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Horst Faas
U.S
Viet Nam
Plee YA HO
South Viet Nam
David G. Moore
Seattle
Wash
U.S. 1178Rd Airborne Brigade
Weather prospects for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia sunny with highs near 86 to 92, cooler coast and mountains mid 80s. Partly cloudy tonight into Saturday with scattered showers possible. North Carolina partly cloudy and warm with humid conditions and afternoon to evening thundershowers affecting up to 26 percent of the state. mountains highs 77 to 85, elsewhere 86 to 92.
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North Carolina
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