Mansfield Says Johnson Confident in Westmoreland Defense
Senator Mike Mansfield said President Johnson has repeatedly told Gen. William Westmoreland of his fullest confidence to cope with a threatened new communist offensive at Khe Sanh. He dismissed rumors of nuclear weapons and urged delaying congressional trips to Vietnam while focusing on the city battles.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Johnson
William CC
Westmoreland
Khe Sanh
Marsfield
Senate
Vietnam
Mansfield
White House
South Vietnam
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
McCarthy
Miami
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
House Atomic Energy Committee
South Korea
United States
Pentagon
Congress
Colt’s Workers Battle Over Union Drive In Crossfire
Plant workers recount a clash between management and union factions, forced to defend not just jobs but a domestic dispute. Colt’s joint managing director Jerome O’Hea says the decision was a personal matter, while overtime in the factory dwindles as about half the workforce stops adding extra time.
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Colt's
Tyler
Jerome O'Hea
Alabama shooting tied to Boyd car escape
Witnesses describe two teens, a boy and a girl, who fired on a group in Summerville. The wounded youth said a hunting accident story was told as the assailants fled in a red Rambler with Georgia plates. One man, about 50, dead at the scene, and a search for a brown and white Chevrolet with Chilton County plates ensued.
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Alabama
Boyd
Georgia
Young Boyd
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Julius E. Bone
Bone
Chilton County
Ala
Air Force
McConnell
Summerville
Brown
McConnel
Senators Attack Education Budget Cuts And Delays
Sen Javits contends the presidents education message masks deep cuts in essential programs while Sen Clark calls the budget situation depressing as the Vietnam war strains the Great Society. Subcommittee members challenge claims that construction funds are postponable and press for higher education building needs given rising college enrollments.
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Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Congress
Javits
Joseph S. Clark
Vietnam
Senate Subcommittee
Johnson
Subcommittee
Marines Press Hard with Bombers and Artillery
Marines rely on air power and heavy shelling to break Communist will as clashes persist. By Saturday the Marines report about 85 dead and claim a Communist body count near 700 amid efforts to breach wire defenses and force surrender.
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Castagna
Rockefeller Backs Mediation To End New York Sanitation Strike
A five member panel appointed by Governor Rockefeller moves to end the city sanitation strike after Mayor Lindsay rejected a 425 annual plan and urged National Guard aid. Rockefeller argues the guard would cost 16 million and warns of health and fire hazards from 100,900 tons of garb age. He seeks legislative approval for a mediators plan paying strikers 425 more per year, while Lindsay insists on 375 and resists guard use, intensifying a political showdown with organized labor threatening a general strike.
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Fiveman Mediating Board
Rockefeller
Lindsay
National Guard
New York City
Rockefeler
John J. DeLury
DeLury
Harry van Ragsdale
Afl-Cio Central Labor Council
Aoint
Wuara
Nand
Lind
New York
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Teamsters
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