Nixon eyes Kennedy on Johnson ticket in 1968 race
AP reports Richard Nixon floated the idea that President Johnson could replace Vice President Humphrey with Senator Robert Kennedy on the 1968 ticket as added insurance in a close race. Nixon sees Kennedy as a strong poll draw but says Johnson remains hard to unseat. Kennedy dismissed Nixon’s advice as unhelpful to Republicans or Democrats.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Six Die In Thunderstorm Plane Crash At MacArthur
A twin engine Piper Comanche crashed during takeoff in a thunderstorm near MacArthur Airport killing six, Captain Robert F. Shaw his wife Joan and their four children Debra Christine Jeffrey and James all from North Little Rock Arkansas. The Civil Aeronautics Board and FAA investigated. Weather reported thunderstorms with three mile visibility and 800 foot ceiling at the time.
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N.Y
Air Force
Suffolk County
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Christine
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Ark
Long Island
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Fort Wayne Explosion Kills One and Buries Four
A wire plant executive building near Fort Wayne collapsed after an explosion. One body recovered, four missing presumed dead. 19 injured. A Honeywell computer valued at 1.38 million and parts worth 400000 destroyed. Names identified include Margaret Sleesman, 24, secretary, and several operators and a research executive.
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Custer Duniton
Fort Wayne
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Margaret Sleesman
Edgerton
Ohio
Marie Jackson
Ruth Deyoung
Virginia Becher
Earl Smith
Gas Blamed In Blast At Church
Natural gas was blamed as the probable cause of an explosion at the Church of God in Christ in Plainview Texas that killed one woman and injured 55 as more than 200 worshipers filled the church. Preliminary findings cited a gas leak possibly set off by an electric organ. Fire officials later said two leaking pipes caused the gas buildup under the floor. Bulldozers cleared debris after the blast.
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Odella Duncan
Nearly Blind Merchant Slain In Robbery Mapohick
Maxie H Mundy a nearly blind King William County merchant was beaten to death during an apparent robbery. His body lay in a pool of blood near the store counter while a hammer and an empty wallet were found nearby. Mundy died en route to a Richmond hospital. Police pursued a greenish car seen leaving the State Rt 30 area. The Mac s roadside store sold soft drinks beans cigarettes and bread. Mundy had long fought failing eyesight and identified items by feel as clerks stacked merchandise.
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King William County
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Mandy
U S Raiders Sink One and Damage Two PT Boats
U S Navy Skyhawks attacked four North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, sinking one and heavily damaging two others near Hai Phong and Hon Gai. Three MIGs were sighted but no aerial clashes occurred. U S Air Force hit targets near the DMZ including a five-building storage complex and a truck park with several explosions. A mine sunk the Baton Rouge Victory in the Saigon River, killing seven crew and prompting salvage operations and U S and South Vietnamese countermeasures along the river.
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McNamara Plans Training to Convert Draft-Rejected Men
Secretary Robert S McNamara announced at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention that 40 000 men rejected for the draft on education and health grounds will receive special training at military posts to qualify for regular service within 10 months. The program would rise to 100 000 in the next fiscal year. He said the poor can gain skills and civillian life benefits through defense service and later return to civilian life. 85 percent could meet draft standards.
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Defense
Washington
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Chicago clashes as white mob harasses civil rights marchers
In Chicago's Southeast Side, more than 1,500 whites waved swastikas and threw rocks and bottles at about 150 civil rights marchers, prompting 450 police to separate groups. A brick struck a officer. another bottle hit a patrol car. The march, linked to open housing protests, drew Cicero police concerns and a bid for National Guard mobilization.
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Subcommittee Clears Bill To Crack Down On Anti Viet Nam War Activity
Washington AP A House subcommittee on Un American Activities approved unanimously a bill to impose stiff fines or imprisonment for anti Viet Nam war activities. The measure would punish efforts to interfere with troop movement or aid the Viet Cong and was sent to the full committee for Wednesday approval. The hearing featured protests and clashes as officials debated the need for new laws.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities
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D-Tex
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Conferees Agree On Housing Money Bill
Washington AP conferees reached a $4.76 billion housing bill to inject mortgage funds into the slowed homebuilding industry and extended a $150 million a year mass transit subsidy for two fiscal years starting next July. The plan channels most money through Fannie Mae to bolster FHA VA and conventional mortgages, aiming to ease rising interest rates and revive construction.
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Washington
House
Senate
Transatlantic Tizzy Over Skirt Length Sparks U S Debate
British envoy East David Meshum sparked a transatlantic row by saying American women have terrible figures and should cover up. NY designers contested the claim, with Max Bernegger and Bill Blass defending longer skirts amid friction over U S fashion norms.
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Daystona Beach
Fla
Vic
David Meshum
New York
Max Bernegger
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Bill Blass
Francis X Bushman Dies at 83 Silent Movie King
Hollywood AP reports Francis X Bushman, famed silent era star dubbed King of the Movies, died at age 83 after a kitchen fall following a prior tumble at his Pacific Palisades home. He began in 1911 at Essanay, rose to Metro and MGM, faced personal scandal, and remained active until his death days before a planned Huntsville Western.
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Bushman
Chicago
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Racial, Page Two Married Men Being Drafted in Virginia
Richmond AP report: Virginia Selective Service begins drafting married men without children to meet the September quota of 1,037. Local boards say some married men born in 1940 under 26 are being called. Since the Vietnam crisis, this is the first time childless married men are drafted in Virginia. October quota set at 1,136.
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Selective Service
Virginia
Virginia Selective Service
Dell City Flood Cut Off by Six-Foot Waters
Relief helicopters ferried water milk vaccine and blood into flood struck Dell City Texas after torrential rain. Up to six feet of water covered most of the town with 90 percent of residents affected and 75 percent of homes flooded. Army trucks and 100 men stood by as waters blocked U S 62 180 and carriers ferried aid from Fort Bliss to the hard hit community.
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Texas
New Mexico
New Mexico Line
Texas Highway Patrol
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Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Cornudas
Carlsbad
N.M
Weather Brief for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia fair and cooler with lower humidity Wednesday. Lows in the upper fifties. highs 75 to 82. Thursday remains fair and cool. North Carolina fair to partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday, cooler Wednesday with mountain highs in the 70s and lower 80s elsewhere. Mild Thursday. Downtown weather log notes 7 pm observations with 24 hour low near 73 and high near 78. Precipitation none.
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