Night Long Leftist Protests Disrupt Okinawa Visit
Night long demonstrations by students and unionists disrupted Prime Minister Eisaku Sato’s three day visit to Okinawa. Rioters clashed with police on Naha’s main road outside the Tokyo Hotel, about 3,000 protesters blocking a four lane highway and squatting in the street. Police moved in with baton and helmeted officers, clearing the area after hours of disruption. None reported injured. The protestors demanded Japan resume rule of Okinawa, which remains under U.S. control with nominal sovereignty.
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Okinawa
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Ryukyu Islands
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Eisenhower Defends Vietnam Record at GOP Fund Rares
In remarks at a GOP gathering, Eisenhower rejected claims of a split with Johnson and defended America's Vietnam role. Ford and Romney criticized administration messaging while Nixon urged completing war aims. Clay outlined a $2.8 million year and future fundraising plans to unify Republican campaigns.
Farm Bill Debate Boosts Wheat Tax to 1.26
A voice vote approved a compromise raising the wheat processing tax from 75 cents to 1.26 per bushel with the Treasury covering the extra 50 cents while millers pay 75 cents on certificates. Rep Finchey failed to win Treasury payment for the entire 1.25. The plan aims to lift wheat prices to 2.50 per bushel, opponents call it a bread tax and sought Treasury payment for the added amount. The House also wrestled with cotton provisions for hours before voting.
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Alll
Treasury
America
Maui
Virginia
Tom
Holton
Gate City
Prison sit down at Louisiana facility ends without violence
About 1000 inmates at the medium security compound joined a work stoppage at the Louisiana prison. White, the institutions director, refused to meet under duress as guards ringed dormitories. Warden Allgood away, Middlebrook led operations, and Gov McKeithen was informed. No violence occurred and medical care was available to any wounded.
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Wayne Allgood
J. D. Middlebrook
Baton Ronge
John J. McKeithen
McKeithen
Chicago
Intruders near Cape Launch Pad Prompt Security Action
Intruders included two youths near a Cape Canaveral launch site during liftoff conditions that ban entry within 7,000 feet to avoid flaming debris. Four other people were detained by security police but released without charges as none approached the launch area as closely.
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Cape
Ike Planning To Assist Holton's Bid
Former President Eisenhower plans to aid Linwood Holton's gubernatorial bid in Virginia. He will join a Richmond campaign meeting September 14 to speak briefly for GOP nominees, then attend a luncheon at Hotel John Marshall before visiting GOP workers. He returns to Gettysburg that afternoon.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Linwood Holton
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Holton
State Capitol
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Capitol
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Gettysburg
House debates cotton allotment changes and cropland retirement
The House approved a major shift allowing sale or lease of cotton allotments across county lines after 45 days without a taker. An amendment requiring a two thirds growers vote failed. Rep. Yates led a bid to shorten a four year program to two years while proposing retirement of 32 million cropland acres. A separate bid to bar government sales of surplus wheat below 110 percent of support prices was defeated 141 to 82.
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Maston O'Neal
D-Ga
Sidney R. Yates
R-M
Secretary of Agriculture
16 Year Old Reaches Hawaii On World Voyage First Lap
Honolulu AP reports Graham a 16 year old from San Pedro California completed the first leg of his solo voyage aboard a fiberglass sailboat named Dove. He arrived off Diamond Head after 24 days at sea facing 20 knot winds and seasick moments.
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Auschwitz Trials Verdicts and Sentences Reported
The trial focused on truth seeking and criminal guilt, not political guilt. Defendants at Auschwitz faced varied sentences with Mulka given 14 years for aiding at least 2800 deaths, Boger life imprisonment 114 times, Kaduk life terms, Kehr 250 to 300 inmate deaths admitted, Hofmann over 2000 murders, Baretzki over 8000, Bednarek 14 counts of murder, and the report notes the Devil of Auschwitz among those condemned. Also included is a note that Richland School District No 2 has complied with the Civil Rights Act as approved by the federal government.
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Robert Mulka
Wil
Helm Boger
Hofmeyer
Roger
Oswald Kaduk
Josef Kehr
ACT Columbia
Richland
State Department of Education
Greece picks Tsirimokos to form government amid protests
Tsirimokos chosen to form a new cabinet after Papandreou ouster. delay to swear in risks cabinet talks. About 3,000 Papandreou supporters clash with police in central Athens where a police ban on demonstrations was ignored. Earlier violence left a student dead and dozens injured in the ongoing crisis.
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George Papandreou
Papandreou
Paice
Antipoverty veto power debate shapes Johnson plan
Senate fight over preserving governor veto rights on three antipoverty programs drew sharp party lines. GOP attempts to retain veto authority failed in several votes while Democratic sponsors argued the fight could derail a broader effort aiding 35 million Americans. The Senate bill outlines funds for Job Corps camps 240 million Neighborhood Youth Corps 60 million work study 85 000 needy students community action 700 million adult basic education 30 million migrant workers 55 million VISTA 20 million and administration 510 million as Johnson sought a second year of the program.
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Government's Top Mediator Reenters Steel Talks in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh AP news: William E. Simkin of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service returns for a second time to aid steel talks aiming to avert a nationwide strike. He meets with KR Conrad Cooper and I W J Abel as union officials and industry negotiators weigh wage and benefit raises and the union notes about nine cents apart.
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William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Tthe
Conrad Cooper
I. W. J Abel
United Steelworkers Union
Viet Nam side details Van Tuong action losses and Viet Cong retreat
Viet Nam officials cited a body count plus aerial observations in estimating over 600 Viet Cong dead from the Van Tuong action and alleged 1,200 guerrillas in the combat zone with 800 in the area. Casualties among Americans were heavy in the Dak Sut attack, with eight Americans evacuated by helicopter after the camp fell to Viet Cong forces near Dak To.
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Chu Lai
van Tuong
Snyder
7Th Regiment
George H. Gentry Jr
Falbrook
U.S
Saigon
Amtrak
Okinawa
Dak Sut
Dak To
Column 21 Rescue and Aftermath at Daybreak
A solitary helicopter landed at daybreak mistaking a body littered field for a landing zone. Americans evacuated the wounded in two flights while 18 Viet Cong were counted dead. Ground forces arrived to aid survivors as officers ordered personal belongings removed before destroying the vehicles. Cpl Farle Eberly of Sycamore NL voiced survivor sentiment.
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Farle Eberly
Sycamore, NL
Space capsule dream of endurance flight crosses limits
Space sewed on the sleeves and a 10 42 a m entry into the capsule launched plans for a 192 hour space endurance mission to reach the moon and return. Cooper and Conrad aimed to rendezvous with an orbiting satellite and test a new fuel system amid civil unrest in Los Angeles and city hall pressure.
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United California Bank
Valery Bykovsky
Cooper
Conrad
Cape Kenne
Pickers
Congress of Problems
Ccity Hall
Resigra- Manned Spacecraft Center
William H. Houston
Tay Parth
Samuel W. ‘Arty
Don Smith
Los Angeles
CORE
Los Ang
Astronauts arouse as Titan 2 rocket launches amid riot unrest
Amid Los Angeles rioting, Cooper and Conrad awaken after 7:50 to breakfast aboard a Titan 2 mission. Lt Gen Hill and Police Chief Parker oversee a spartan launch prep, a record fueling time, and a cautious timetable as National Guard and state officials monitor the riot zone and budget impact.
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Lem
Roderic Hill
California
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Brown
Hill
Said
Johnson
LeRoy Collins
Collins
Ians
Hale Conrad
Champion
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