Bogalusa Marches Suspended After Tense Civil Strife
Bogalusa leaders canceled planned civil rights marches amid pressure from Mayor Culver and Gov. McKeithen after a shooting during a protest left Allen Crowe Jr. wounded. Police kept the peace with state support as Crowe, unarmed, was treated in New Orleans. Two Negro suspects, Henry Austin and Milton Johnson, were jailed for aggravated battery. The city had faced calls for mill employment favors, while plans to resume marches remained uncertain with Sunday possible and James Farmer slated to visit.
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Young
Bogalusa Civic and Voters League
Jesse Culver
Tom Burbank
Culver
Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
League
McKeithen
Southeast
Louisiana
Mit
National Guard
Allen D. Crowe Jr
Pearl River, la
New Orleans
Henry Austin
Milton Johnson
Bogalusa
Austin
Crowe
Murcher
Johnson
Civic and Voters League
Crown-Zellerbach
James Farmer
Congress For Racial Equality
Farmer
British leader weighs Vietnam peace mission timing
Wilson expressed cautious optimism over North Vietnam s interest in peace moves and outlined aims for Davies mission to Hanoi. Thant and Commonwealth officials held a long luncheon where Thant urged a halt to hostilities and recalled the 1954 Geneva conference as a viable framework.
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Wilson
Davies
Ho Chi Minh
Davis
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
U.N
Thant
Viet Nam
New York
Puller requests reactivation denied by Marine commandant
In an Associated Press interview the famed Marine Puller states he sought active duty and a combat command. General Wallace M. Greene rejects the request, saying no need to recall him from retirement under current conditions. Puller criticizes U S policy in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic and offers views on strategies to win.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallace M. Greene
Puller
United States
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
U.S. Navy
Ho Chi Minh
Civil rights amendments spark sharp House vote clash
Bill Thon reports that the House split on amendments aimed at hindering voter registration for Negroes and expanding literacy tests. A Boggs provision to remove examiners faced stiff defeats while a separate measure to admit federal registrars after district complaints also failed.
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Celler
House
Boggs
Bogg
Senate
New York
Jacob H. Gilbert
D-N.y
Paul A. Fine
R-N.y
Boges
Cahill
Buggs
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Albert W. Watson
Is.c
Martin Snuther King Jr
Watson
England
United States
Nevada Kidnapping Flight Ends in Capture Near Tonopah
Fugitives Gray and Bowles abducted the Champion family near Sacramento after a series of robberies and a deputy’s shooting in Oregon and California. They fled desert roads toward the mountains, abandoning victims before police closed in at Benton Station. The Champions, including wife Marie and 19 month old Katherine, were unharmed after a hospital reunion. Gray and Bowles surrendered peacefully. FBI and state police then moved to transport the captives back to California.
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Champion
Marie
Katherine Marie
Benton Station
Gray
Bowles
Tonopah
Nye County
Nevada
Desert
Sacramento
California
Tigard
Ore
Portland
Carlton F. Smith
Springfield
David Corbin
Clinton
Cascade Mountains
Mrs. Champion
Tommy Champion
Johnson defends Lodge at Saigon post in Viet Nam policy row
President Johnson defended Ambassador Lodge after criticism of his 1963 Diem coup role and said Lodge would be available for service if needed. He outlined Lodge’s March 23 offer and March 24 confirmation, noting no final Viet Nam plan. Johnson avoided predicting reserves or draft changes and promised more details after weekend reviews.
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Lodge
Taylor
Saigon Post
Johnson
Aylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saigon
Ambassador Lodge
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh
United States
U.S
Secret Service
Marie Fehner
Interoffice Iommunications
Ipalicy
Navy
White House
Failsworth Bunker
Santo Domingo
Organization of American States Committee
OAS
University faces fallout from faculty petition on speaker ban law
Greensboro campus faculty sign petition urging repeal as university leaders warn accreditation loss could trigger full resignations and jeopardize federal funding. William Friday notes possible transfer issues for students to accredited schools, with broader NCAA, funding, and recruitment impacts. Duke president Douglas Knight endorses repeal, calling the law irrelevant to academic freedom. House votes 2-1 against repeal. Senate split. Gov Moore cites public support, Lt. Gov Scott argues law does not affect academic freedom.
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Greensboro
Wiliam C. Friday
Consolidated University
National Collegiate Athletic Association
University of North Carolina
North Carolina State
East Carolina College
Douglas Knight
Duke University
Knight
Marines Hit Yen Bay Air Strike and Viet Cong Hamlets
Marines killed and 11 wounded in the Yen Bay munition depot air strike. Fifteen hundred-pound bombs destroyed buildings while heavy fires followed. Thirty-eight planes returned safely. U.S. forces also dropped propaganda leaflets over Na Trung. The four day D Zone drive aimed to destroy Viet Cong hamlets. about 150 enemy killed, seven captured. 173rd Airborne Brigade suffered 10 killed and 42 wounded.
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Yen Bay
North
Viet Nam
Red China
Rouge River
Hanoi-Kunming
Na Trung
Ho Chi Minh
D-Zone
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Army
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Soviet Presidium Sessions Amid Attendance Questions
Missing be catering. Nothing new was announced. The deputies indicated automatic approval of what was already happening. Top Soviet leaders viewed the session as a showpiece of the Soviet system and attended. Voronov and others were unlisted. Voronov is a 54 year old party professional with a long career from electrician to high party posts.
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Voronov
Podgorny
Kiril T. Mazurov
Dmitry S. Po Ivansky
Shelest
Moscow
Kiev
Soviet Union
China
Siberia
Stalin
Khrushchev
Rocket expert returns home souring Cairo relations
Government sources in Bonn say the rocket expert has returned home affecting German Israel ties. Diplomatic reports from Cairo note Pilz was offered a Munich post as part of West Germany efforts to keep German scientists from secret U A R projects. The report could not be confirmed locally.
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McNamara
U.S
Cairo
Bonn
U.A.R
Israel
Pilz
Munich
Lodge Backer of Khanh Becomes Exiled Hero in Vietnam
Lodge supported Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh during his 1964 rise and later exile in the United States. In 1963-64 he cultivated allies, while American policy contributed to Diem’s overthrow and assassination. Vietnamese who opposed Diem saw Lodge as a nationalist figure.
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Lodge
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Medicare expansion faces conference as bills diverge
The Senate and House push rival Medicare plans aimed at Americans over 65. Both would add 7 percent more Social Security payments retroactive to Jan 1, raise the wage base, and fund a basic health plan with a voluntary supplemental insurance. Differences include timing, hospital days, home health visits, and eligibility rules, with prospects for conference uncertain.
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George A. Smathers
Dfia
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Johnson
Senate
Nome
Tnew
Kerr-Mills
Washington
Debate over Viet Nam policy lingers after Lodge appointment
Closed sessions on Tay lor nomination and a 1965 resolution grant the President power to defend U S interests in Southeast Asia. Mansfield expects no policy change for Saigon personnel, while Lodge urges strong pressure on Viet Cong as path to peace. Taylor asserts policy remains correct. Mansfield cites Johnson’s experience for continuity.
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Taylor
United States
Southeast Asia
Mcansfield
Saigon
Lodge
Viet Nam
Saisson
Mansfield
U. Alexis Johnson
Executor Estate of J A Bightwell filed by bank
American National Bank and Trust Company of Danville Virginia acts as executor for the estate of J A Bightwell in probate proceedings filed in Danville. The bank handles estate administration and related filings on behalf of the deceased.
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American National Bank & Trust Company
Danville, Virginia
J. A. Bightwell
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Council of Economic Advisers
Europe
Heller
Texas
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Moyers
M Harold C. Pachios
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Pachios
Peace Corps
Federal Aviation Agency
J. A. Brightwell
Sherwood Drive
George Cecil
Danville
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