Medal of Honor Vets Return Looks for Viet Nam Duty
Lt Col Scooter Burke, Viet Nam Medal of Honor recipient, returns home with shrapnel and a cast, aims to walk in six months and go back to Viet Nam. He praises chopper pilots and says American forces will go on the offensive against the Viet Cong, asserting confidence in victory.
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Little Rock
Ark
Scooter Burke
Burke
Lloyd Lb
Scooter) Burke
Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Stuttgart
Korea
Cambodia
Ouadao
Duc Co
Saigon
Peking
New China News Agency
Lodge
Johnson
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet
Gemini mission faces checks after nighttime repairs
Engineers report corrective measures for Thursday troubles including a non scrambled memory bank. an auxiliary power unit prevented computer damage. Cables repaired, a programmer moved to telemetry, and crews run through mission reviews for the 3.12 million mile voyage and planned rendezvous with another satellite. Weather forecasts call for ideal Cape conditions despite a Typhoon in the western Pacific and afternoon storms.
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Cooper
Conrad
Moon
Earth
Western
Pacific
Lucy
Japan
Cape
Merritt Island
Titan
Pad 19
Church participation in demonstrations for liberation of Negro people
Dr. King will speak at the event with John Doar of the U.S. Justice Department delivering the talk on Resources in Legislation. The Saturday program emphasizes church involvement in protests against racism and oppression across northern and southern cities.
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Dr. King
John Doar
U.S. Department of Justice
CBS Reassesses Space Shot Coverage Plan
CBS News president Fred Friendly admitted the network erred by airing seven straight hours of the scrubbed Gemini shot. He said coverage will start no earlier than 30 minutes before launch unless the feat is extraordinary, and pledged no gavel to gavel coverage in the future.
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New York
Fred Friendly
CBS News
iThursday
Friendly
CBS
Arrington Trial Details Violence Claims and Wife’s Testimony
In Culpeper County Judge hears testimony on Mrs. Arrington and her husband Arrington accused of violence and faithlessness. Billy Howard testifies she was beaten and dragged through snow after arriving home seeking help. Evidence includes letters and accounts of drinking and gunplay. she denies murder plotting.
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Arrington
Culpeper
Christiansburg
Billy Howard
Rs. Arrington
Howard
Ran
Florida
Security near Cape secrecy draws attention during Gemini viewing
Two youths, Ballenger and Young, were within about two to four thousand feet of a Gemini launch site, prompting Air Force officials to warn of possible harm if a blastoff malfunctioned. They planned to leave for Miami after visiting, while authorities tighten barriers as weekend crowds gather for the space shot.
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Young
Ballenger
Air Force
Cape
FBI
Miami
Fila
Miami Dade Junior College
Ballengers
Frank Brown
Cocoa
Fla
Alabama attorney described as protecting Black clients in racist era
The obituary notes an Alabama lawyer who said he would represent Black clients while demanding deference in his office. It recalls his postwar education at the University of Alabama, early work in steel mills, and a family link to a racist political ticket. It also mentions a praise from Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Astrong
Paint Rock
Alabama
Robert Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Salisbury
N.C
Murphy
Widower to begin priesthood honoring wife’s wish
John Paul Habiger, 60, of Atchison Kansas, plans to start studies for the Roman Catholic priesthood next month at St Benedicts Abbey, fulfilling a pact with his late wife Mildred Ludes. He will join his two sons Benedict John and Matthew Henry already in theological training.
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Atchison, Kan
St. Benedict's Abbey
John Paul Habiger
Mildred Ludes
Salina
Habiger
Hrabiger
Lawrence
Wichita
Kan
Frater Iglnniture
Benedict John
Matthew Henry
Habigers
St. Benedict’s College
Atchison
Abbey
Body of 14-Year-Old Boy Found in Makeshift Grave
Richard Papieres 14, missing since June 11, was found in a makeshift grave near Haverford Township, Pa. An 18-year-old, Joseph Kelly, is named in a homicide warrant as a material witness and accessory after the fact. Owen Lawrence 18 is also named. autopsy cites a broken neck.
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Haverford
Richard Papieres
Philadelphia
Haverford Township
Delaware County
Jacques Fox
Joseph Kelly
Fox
Kelly
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Owen Lawrence
Papieres
Joseph
Lodge says U S united in Viet Nam effort amid clashes
U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge declared continued unity and persistence in opposing the Viet Cong aggression in South Viet Nam as fighting persisted. Reports detail Viet Cong mortar attacks on Dak To, evacuations, and shifts in regional diplomacy including Ky’s Bangkok trip and allied air strikes.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United States
South
Viet Nam
Lodge
Maxiwell D. Taylor
Washington
Nguyen Cao Ky
Bangkok
Thailand
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Philippines
Malaysia
Singapore
South Korea
Dak To
Dak Sut
Saigon
Mekong River
van Tuong
Highlands
North Viet Nam
Radio Hanoi
Vinh
Hanoi
Phnom Penh
Washington orders immediate FBI inquiry into Alabama shooting
The White House orders a vigorous and immediate federal probe after a shooting in Hayneville Alabama. President Johnson directs Attorney General Katzenbach to identify and arrest those responsible while state police bolster the investigation in the civil rights hotspot near Selma.
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Washington
FBI
Alabama
White House
Johnson
Nicholas Katzenbach
Joe Laitin
Hayneville
Loutheast
Selma
Lowndes County
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Collie Wilkins Jr
Wilkins
Matt H. Murphy Jr
Legion Meet Draws 25000 Delegates to Portland
About 25 000 delegates and dignitaries including Secretary of State Dean Rusk are expected for the six day American Legion convention in Portland Oregon. General Maxwell D Taylor will address the gathering and the event runs through Thursday with officer elections and hundreds of resolutions on topics such as Vietnam. Strong local activity includes drum and bugle exhibitions at Multnomah Stadium and a coordinated Legion Auxiliary session led by Mrs Walter Wild Andrews.
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Sec. Rusk
Legion Meet
Portland
Ore
Ate American Legion
Dean Rusk
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Viet Nam
Multonomah
Donald Johnson
Indianapolis
Ind
Legion Auxiliary
Walter Wild Andrews
Jackson
Ala
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
James L. Richardson Jr
6Th Army
San Francisco
George Murphy
R-Calif
Thomas J Dodd
D-Conn
Adm
David L. McDonald
Naval Operations
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Dallas
The
Colliseum
Four Killed As Polish Plane Crashes
A four engine Polish Viscount from Lot crashed in a thunderstorm near Saint Trond Belgium killing all four aboard. The pilot copilot and two stewardesses died. The plane carried 64 Polish coal miner children from Lille on a return trip to Poland. Witnesses said the craft exploded in flight and may have been struck by lightning amid poor visibility.
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SAINT+TROND
Belgium
Lot
Lille
France
Warsaw
Poland
Greece rocked by antiroyal protests across Athens and islands
Demonstrations in Athens Piraeus and Crete turn violent as police clash with protesters over the 35 day crisis. Rioters burn vehicles toss stones and ignite bonfires while authorities arrest hundreds and Tsirimokos tours the affected areas.
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Andreas Papandreou
Tsirimakos
Athens
Piraeus
Iraklion
Crete
Frederika Gestapo
Constantine
Frederika
Isle of
Panagiotis Nikoldimos
U.S. Information Agency
Stadium Street
George Papandreou
Andreas
Tsirimokos
Woman Passes Diploma Despite Male-Dominated Field
Mrs Lewandowski passed the examination with glowing marks, one of only 200 men and no other women holding the diploma. She quipped she beat her husband because he struggled writing answers in English, while a spokesman from Britain's forks managers Institute praised the achievement and urged more women to enter management.
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Forks Managers Institute
Riot, Fire Truck Spark Violent Center Riots In Training Camp
A riot at a poverty program center near Morganfield involved about 700 trainees aged 16 to 21. A fireman was dragged from a vehicle, beaten, and left in critical condition as the FBI investigated. officials blamed a misunderstanding over a fire truck and said no racial motive was found.
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Page One
Center
Robert MacVicar
Southern Illinois University
James Hughes
MacVicar
MacViccar
D. L. Coleman
Oakland
Calif
Coleman
FBI
Dick Gregory
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gregory
NAACP
Louisville
Morganfield
Prisoners at 18,000 Acre Farm Stage Quiet Rebellion
About 500 inmates at a medium security prison farm refused to return to the sugar cane fields after lunch. The facility spans 18 000 acres and is divided into camp compounds with fenced exercise yards. White avoided talks with strikers pending surrender. Mosquitoes were expected to force resumption, but a breeze limited their effect. Overnight, inmates gathered in the yard under floodlights while guards stood outside fences. By midmorning, inmates began to leave. guards moved in to pick up a dozen holdouts. No violence occurred.
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Ifields
White
Pardon Comes After Long Fallout From Connelly Caudle Case
Caudle and Matthew J. Connelly were investigated and convicted in a 1950s tax case. Truman supported Connelly during a lengthy St. Louis trial. Caudle, paroled from Danbury, received a full presidential pardon from Johnson in 1962. A third man, Harry Schwimmer, was freed on a mistrial after a heart attack and not retried. Judge in the case died by pistol shot shortly after.
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Eisenhower
Connelly
Land
Truman
St. Louis
White House
Matt
Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
Caudle
North Carolina
Sam J. Ervin Jr
B. Everett Jordan
Charles Farnsley
D-N.c
Wadesboro
N.C
Harry Truman
T. Lamar Caudle
Johnson
Justice Department
Irving Sachs
Johnson Urges Calm After Riots and Calls for Equal Opportunity
The President warned that anger cannot justify arson or murder and stressed that old wrongs or new fears do not excuse violence. He urged Americans to preserve goodwill built over months and years and pleaded for all to respect the law and protect citizens' safety.
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Johnson
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