Guard Ordered Out For Springfield Demonstration
Gov Volpe ordered Springfield area National Guard contingents out and alerted state police as civil rights demonstrators were set to march. Mayor Ryan banned alcohol sales 7:30 p m Saturday to Monday morning to guard citizens and property. Police signed a permit for a 2000 demonstrators street parade protesting alleged police brutality and officials planned morning talks to assess needed assistance.
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Springfield
Mass
John A. Volpe
National Guard
Charles W. Ryan Jr
Ryan
Boston
Volpe
Eurlier
Joh Lyons
Joseph M. Ambrose
Generral
Public Safety
Richard ©. Caples
Valpe
U Springfield
Job Corps leaders defend center after riot at Owensboro
Shriver says more corpsmen may leave as six students arraigned in Owensboro on drunkenness charges were dismissed from the corps. He notes corrective actions including new barracks and a Philco Corp training subcontract. SIU cites poor facilities and admits initial center opening was a limited choice. Officials say media exaggerated the situation and some corpsmen seek transfers.
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Owensboro
Shriver
Philco Corp
Robert MacVicar
Southern Ilinois University
SIU
MacVicar
Yette
Hughes
Camp Breckinridge
King on Viet Nam and riots court broader civil rights view
Civil rights leader King commented that President Johnson did not urge silence on Viet Nam and argued the Los Angeles riots reflected class revolt, not pure racial anger. He urged the church to fight immorality, promote reform, and address root prejudice while noting hydrogen fuel cell tech and Garrett Corp. involvement amid broader political tensions.
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Angeles
Viet Nam
Rosia
Sal
King
Los Angeles
Civil Rights Conference
Garrett Corp
Families and astronauts hail Gemini 5 mission joy and calm
Astronaut James McDivitt described McDivitt's wife as calm during a tense Gemini 5 period. Newsmen were kept from questions by a NASA spokesman as demonstrators planned a peaceful march, with civil rights leaders shifting focus to Sunday activities. The Cooper and Conrad families celebrated the launch with pride, while others described the event as exciting and reassuring.
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James A
McDivitt
DeBerry Playground
Winchester Square
Space Agency
Chris Conrad
New England
New York
New Jersey
Blast Levels Elgin Yard and Injures Family Members
A massive propane pipeline explosion near Elgin injured several relatives and a neighbor who were staying in a yard tent. Witnesses described a giant fireball leaping into the sky as a leaking eight inch line ignited by a passing Erie-Lackawanna train. The Buckeye Pipeline Co. line carries propane and other fuels and burned for hours despite fuel cuts.
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Page
Rigdon
Esther
Rachel
Timmy
Richard Jones
Liwins
Ridon Yard
Georgia Graham
Erie-Lackawanna
Buckeye Pipeline Co
Elgin
Ohio
Indiana
Marines Sustain Casualties In Vietnam Battle Difficult to Quantify
Military spokesmen reported a Marine assault in Vietnam with a regimental landing force likely numbering 5 000 to 6 000. General Krulak declined precise casualty totals and said casualties were light by Korea or World War II standards while stressing the human cost of every death and injury.
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Krulak
Dai Nang
3Rd Force Service Regiment
Chu Lai
Korea
Ousted Premier Leaves Riot-Torn Athens In Conflict With King
Ousted Greek premier George Papandreou tours Athens to rally support amid a clash with King Constantine. Tsirimakos, the crisis premier, meets army leaders to plan measures as 15,000 demonstrators clash with 5,000 police in a six hour street battle. The turmoil stems from Panpandreou and the king over politics and armed forces control.
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Athens
King
Greece
George Papandreou
Constantine
Elias Tsirimakos
Tsirimakos
Pa] Nagiolis Vnikolodimos
Panaphreon
Werth Constantine
Tsirimokos
Ures
Center Union
Panpandreou
Gemini 5 liftoff marks first in-flight power test
The Gemini 5 mission faced fuel cell challenges as it powered to orbit. Cooper and Conrad, 38 and 35, aimed to set endurance records while scientists hoped to study rendezvous issues and human responses to weightlessness. The launch drew cheers from Cape Kennedy observers as the countdown proceeded smoothly.
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al Chop
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Timber Cove
Tex
Space Center
Conrad
Christopher
Chris
Jane Conrad
Earth
wGaht Daare
Cooper
James A. McDivitt
Roger
McDivitt
Air Force
Gordon Cooper Jr
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Valery Bykovysky
Bermuda
Moon
Pete
Reatundaw
Tianald
EO Clachan
Eisenhower backs Johnson Viet Nam policy at Gettysburg meeting
A Gettysburg GOP gathering shows Eisenhower endorsing Johnson Viet Nam policies while noting changed circumstances since his own commitment. Report also covers Ford reaction, U N assessments, and a spaceflight countdown with astronauts Cooper and Conrad amid audience reactions and pulse-rate notes.
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Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Ford
Eisenhower
Gettysburg Farm
House Gop
Johnson
U.S
Soviet Union
France
U.N
GOP
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
Eugene Tubbs
Howard Minners
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Cooper
Conrad
Pad 19
America
Russell L. Schweickart
Rain and police break up Salisbury clash between Klansmen and Negroes
In Salisbury North Carolina a torrential rainstorm and rapid police action ended a confrontation between Ku Klux Klan members and Black residents. Several mild blows and scuffles occurred before officers arrived with reinforcements and police dogs. no arrests were reported as the crowd sheltered from the downpour. Robert Jones, NC grand dragon, and his security guard urged Klansmen to move on.
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Salisbury
N.C
Piedmont
North Carolina
Landis
R. C. Kirchin
Ered
Robert Jones
Ku Klux Klan
Viet Cong losses may push talks or tougher war effort
Washington reports heavy Viet Cong casualties amid a surge in small engagements and rising South Vietnamese morale. U S officials say Hanoi and Beijing may reconsider strategy while Washington weighs briefings and possible diplomatic moves ahead of the U N General Assembly.
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Bill Williams
Washington
John
Viet Son Administration
Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
U.N
United States
Chu Lai
Lonty
Red
Uganda
Shooting raises peace talk doubts amid unrest and a Alabama slaying
The report notes no sign of peace negotiations from Communists, citing Fenner Brockway's Moscow meeting with Vietnamese reps and Hanoi’s refusal to demand U.S. withdrawal before talks. It also recounts the Lowndes County shooting in Alabama where civil rights workers Daniels and Morrisroe were killed, their arrestees released, and Coleman’s arraignment amid mounting civil rights tension and a death toll reaching 12 since 1963.
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Fenner Brockway
Moscow
Brockway
Hanoi
U.S
Mer
N.H
Morrisroe
Daniels
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Mass
St. Columbanus Church
Chicago
Lowndes County
Fort Deposit
Frank Ryals
Coleman
Vaughan Mill Robison
Montgomery
Robison
Times
Cess
Carlton Perdue
Tom Coleman Jr
Arthur E. Gamble Jr
Jesse Coleman
Hulda Coleman
Joe L. Coleman
Montgomery City Water Works
Perdue
Alabama
Johnson vetoes public bill over wartime duties limits
President Johnson vetoes a broad public relief bill arguing it would curb his authority for eight months and hamper military actions. He insists the veto contrasts with private bills and notes Congress raised $550 million annually. The pay bill boosts pay for service members, with larger raises for newer personnel and a four year review of military pay, plus Viet Nam combat pay. The House added Johnson’s cited restrictions into the construction bill. the Senate version lacked them, but conferees kept them in.
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Johnson
Congress
America
Land of the Free
Viet Nam
House
Senate
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Okla
Hattie Cooper
Charles Sr
Sarasota, Fla
Gemini
Paul Haney
Anylthe
Slayton
Gannel OF Love
KKK
Eirick
North Viet Nam
Mander
STE
Ballou Park
Danville Evening Lions Club
Light Conservation
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Craghead Sr
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