Symington Leads Senate Protests Over Bombing Curbs
Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri says North Vietnamese military targets are off limits to U.S. pilots under strict rules, reducing effectiveness of the air war and resulting in more civilian deaths. He leads a Senate chorus protesting these curbs on bombing.
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Senate
Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Ho Chi
Symington Inh Traitee
United States
Tgaid
Johnson Seeks Limited Economic Fixes in 1987 Plan
Administration officials project a 2.5 percent rise in the cost of living this year, down from a 3.3 percent increase last year, as President Johnson outlines gradual aims to tackle poverty, tight money, high interest rates, and ongoing international dollar drain. He notes substantial obstacles remain for 1987 while pursuing a broader “After Vietnam” economic policy. Senators Symington and Tower criticize targeting nonmilitary sites in North Vietnam, urging action to shut Haiphong harbor and cut Communist material flows, amid pilot complaints about bypassing trucks, ammo barges, and crowded airfields.
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Haiphongut
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Symington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Haithong
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Air Force
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Sohnson
William
Westmoreland
U.S
Viet
Nam
Vietnam
Toney
Spopss Eer
Easu
Aments
Reed
Van
Johnson outlines plan to shift Vietnam war resources home
President Johnson urges accelerating economic planning to redirect Vietnam war resources to peace. Gardner Ackley to lead after-Vietnam planning, focusing on tax cuts, monetary policy tweaks, and swift expansion of high-priority programs. He projects a 4 percent real growth with a 47 billion GNP rise, while warning inflation risks and recession threats.
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Vietnam
Johnson
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisors
Federal Reserve Board
McNamara warns on Nike X limits and Soviet defenses
McNamara warned that forthcoming tech could render Nike X obsolete. He said the US could spend up to 40 billion over ten years on missile defense and still suffer millions of deaths in a saturation attack. He outlined 1968 budget figures totaling over 800 million for antimissile work and noted renewed Soviet hard silo construction and deployment of a second defensive system aimed at bombers, with possible use against American warheads.
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25Th Infantry
196Th Light Infantry
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Saigon
Tay Ninh
Plei Diereng
Camboudian
Demilitarized
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Ky Lam
da Nang
Pentagon
United States
Euule Speon
McNamara
Soviet Union
Yeo
Satelite Sce
Girl in Care Faces Abrupt Shift to Juvenile Court
A welfare case in which a girl, abused and runaway, was declared a ward of the Juvenile Court by Judge Gatling after a 26 page diagnostic in the Juvenile Diagnostic Center. Social workers report she can read and write, while authorities discuss deterrence and strategic forces in the context of national defense.
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Amalifauon
U.S
United
Benbow
Gatling
Florida
Petersburg
Fla
McNamara
Charlotte
Macclenny
Brough
U.s.ton
Morganton
N.C
Baker Case to Go to Jury Saturday in Tax Evasion Trial
Private top floor rooms and closing arguments frame the tax evasion trial of former Senate aide Bobby Baker. Defense motions to dismiss cited electronic eavesdropping. judge denied. Jury is to be charged Saturday after a week of legal argument and prep.
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Senate
Bobby Baker
Baker
Elec
Oliver Gasch
Storm and wind sweep Louisiana to Missouri with damage
Violent winds and tornadoes battered Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas destroying buildings in Boyce Colfax and near Itta Bena. A lightning strike hit a Monroe Louisiana Training Institute killing a worker. Northwest states faced snow and ice with heavy drifts and power outages. In Oregon snow blocked streets while Missouri faced highway closures and major utility damage. In court Boris Kostelanter Baker case testimony featured loans and alleged tax evasion involving Robert Kerr Sr. and Kerr Jr.
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Mississippi
Arkansas
Boyce
Colfax
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
Itta
unLy
Ula
Midwest
Ohio
Missouri
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Macon
Brookfield
Stow
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Columbia
Higginsville
Hoffa Trial Requests Dismissal Or New Trial
Hoffa seeks dismissal or a new trial alleging juror eavesdropping schemes. FBI informant Nichols and Walter Sheridan, then Kennedy aide, are accused of placing radio transmitters in juror rooms and tapping phones. DeLoach and FBI declined comment as the matter sits before the court.
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Hoffa
Walter Sheridan
Robert F. Kennedy
Benjamin David Nichols
Heiskell, Tenn
Sheridan
Nichols
Sen
Sherian
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James E. Haggerty Sr
William E. Bufatino
Cartha D. Deloach
FBI
William Loeb
New England
DeLoach
Loeb
National Broadcasting Co
U S Directs Indirect Talks With Viet Cong On Prisoners
Washington reports indicate the United States has used indirect channels through other nations to discuss the welfare of Americans believed held by the Viet Cong in South Vietnam. Officials deny any peace talks or direct meetings, noting few verifiable results and emphasizing prisoner welfare as the sole subject.
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Washington
U.S
United States
South Vietnam
Johnson Administration
State Department
National Liberation Front
Thomas R. Seales
Robert W. Monahan
Scales
Vietnam
NBC
South Vietnamese National Front For Liberation
North Vietnam
Johnson
Collapse at Broadway Sdth Street demolition site traps workers
Rescue workers fought through rubble as a demolition project near the theatre district on Sdth Street and Broadway collapsed. Five men were pulled alive, one dying later, with others escaping or being treated for injuries as authorities feared further shell collapses and vibrations from trains.
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Theatre
Sdth Street
Broadway
Robert Hinesman
William Ferrell
Makola Marczuk
Steve Woijcickiz
Hinesman
Transit Authority
Theater
Manhattan
Larry Johnson
Dematton
Vietnam’s leadership crisis deepens as cabinet shifts loom
In Saigon the 36-year-old premier urged unity and warned against corruption while confirming unsettled talk on General Co’s status. Sources say Co remains in place though a successor for deputy premier may be created. Brig. Gen. Linh Quang Vien is eyed for defense, with talks ongoing in Hong Kong to explain the junta’s stance.
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Hong Kong
Saigon
Taipei
Nguyen Lau Vien
Cao van Vien
Linh Quang Vien
Chase lowers lending rate as Johnson backs easing
The Chase cuts its basic lending charge amid praise from White House aides and the Council of Economic Advisers for easing credit. The move follows President Johnson's warning that tight money is loosening and aligns with international efforts to reduce interest rates. Markets reacted with stock prices rising on the news.
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Johnson
Congress
New York Bank
White House
Tom Johnson
Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
Treasury Department
Department
Harold Wilson
Great Britain
Italy
United States
West Germany
France
Defense Ministry
London
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New York
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