Steady U S Buildup In Viet Nam Stirs Soviet Riddles
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports the growing U.S. military buildup in South Vietnam strains So Viet leadership and worries Moscow. Kosygin's talks with Harriman and rumors of Nkrumah visiting Hanoi fuel speculation of cautious Soviet options, aiming to ease Hanoi Beijing tensions and avoid a U S Soviet clash.
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Viet Nam
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Ho Cho Minh
Alexei N. Kosygin
W. Averell Harriman
London
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Hanoi
Harriman
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Moscow
Kremlin
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Southeast Asia
Nkrumah
Moscow-Hanoi
Asia
Peking
Stevenson Back Home In Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson returned to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield after a Washington memorial service attended by President Johnson. The simple rites featured relatives and friends, a Lincoln era railroad table as casket resting place, a 19 gun salute, and a crowd of about 2,500 including Gov. Otto Kerner, with many young people in attendance.
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Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
State Capitol
Chicago
Stevenson
Washington Cathedral
Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Otto Kerner
Ilinois Prairies
Capitol
Only American captive escapes Viet Cong
Mary Elorreaga, 47, says prayers answered as her son J C Isaac Camacho, 28, El Paso, becomes the sole American to escape Viet Cong captivity. Camacho, a career soldier volunteering for a second Vietnam tour, was captured Nov 24, 1963, after a Viet Cong raid 25 miles northwest of Saigon.
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EL Paso
Tex
Viet Nam
Mary Elorreaga
J.C. Isaac Camacho
Saigon
Camacho
Mariner 4 Finds Mars Atmosphere Too Thin for Life
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 4 shows Mars atmosphere at the surface is as thin as Earth's at high altitude and only 1 to 2 percent as dense, ruling out known life forms but leaving open the possibility of nonoxygen dependent life. Further data from up to 21 more images over the next days may reveal vegetation-like features and surface details.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Mariner 4
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
William H. Pickering
Laboratory
A. 3. Kliore
Pickering
Voyager
Kliore
New Government Formed In Greece
Athens reports Greece's King Constantine swore in premier George Athanasiadis Novas and a 35 member Cabinet amid crisis. Seven holdovers from Papandreou's government joined, signaling a split within the Center Union party and triggering demonstrations and police crackdowns. The premier vows Center Union policies as Parliament is to vote on confidence within 45 days.
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Greece
Constantine
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
George Athanasiadis Novas
George Papandreou
Center Union
Papandreou
Athanasiadis Novas
Interior Ministry
Papandre
Slonika
Center Union Party
New National
Segregationist Named Police Chief Sparks Georgia Demos
In Crawfordville Georgia a 66 year old retired sawmill worker Jesse Meadows with no formal schooling was named police chief amid civil rights protests. Meadows, jailed previously for liquor, defended his stance saying locals must work. Sheriff noted Meadows was chosen due to lack of another option. Demonstrations, pickets and threats accompanied the change as civil rights workers from out of town pressed for voter registration and boycotts while Meadows claimed to arrest a Negro youth for blocking a street.
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Crawfordville
Georgia
Jesse Meadows
Meadows
Richard Copeland
San Diego
Calif
Copeland
Howard Price
Brockton
Mass
Frank Bates
Bates
Cutter
City Hall
Columbia Road
Bogalusa
Marvin C. Austin
Manuel Sykes
Premier Ky Seeks More U.S. Troops
Saigon reports Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's government urges Defense Secretary McNamara to raise U.S. force levels in Vietnam. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said fast action would follow if Washington agrees. A Viet Cong broadcast denounced the mission as sabotage and predicted defeat as U.S. losses were updated. Other notes include Camachos’ escape and Da Nang firefights with revised Viet Cong casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Barry Zorthian
Johnson
MacNamara
Hanoi
United States
McNamara
U.S. Army
Isaac Camachos
el Paso
Tex
Camacho
da Nang
Woman recalls first atomic blast near Los Alamos
Mrs. H E Wiesselman recounts driving toward El Paso when a reddish orange flare lit distant mountains and illuminated the land like daylight for a few seconds. She witnessed the July 16 1945 test of the world’s first nuclear device in the New Mexico desert, learning of Truman’s revelation on August 6.
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Nlm
H. E. Wiesselman
el Paso
New Mexico
Harry S. Truman
Paye Two Bogalusa Solution Urged Out Johnson's Emissary
Bogalusa officials urged presidential emissary John Doar to craft a settlement ending daily racial demonstrations. Doar met with city officials and civil rights leaders to determine demands, while a federal judge affirmed the constitutional right to march. Demonstrations continued with several arrests as tensions remained high.
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Bogalusa
John Doar
Jesse Cutter
Doar
New Orleans
Dist
Herbert Christenberry
Dear
U.S
Justice Department
White House
Louisiana
Harriman seeks to avert US Soviet misunderstandings in Moscow
W Averell Harriman, U.S. ambassador at large, travels to Moscow to prevent misunderstandings with the Soviet Union over Vietnam and other issues. He reports gaining information to President Johnson after talks with Premier Kosygin, and is to meet Kosygin again next week. He plans potential talks with Matskevich on farming areas observed in 1959.
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Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Y Yarriman
U.S
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Kosygin
Harriman
Johnson
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Hanoi
Red Square
Vladimir V. Matskevich
Mont Blanc Tunnel Opens in France Italy Showcases Unity
Presidents Charles de Gaulle and Giuseppe Saragat cut ribbons and toured the 7.2 mile Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy. Saragat framed the event as a symbol of peace and a step toward broader union, urging cooperation despite differing views on European unity and the Common Market. De Gaulle called it a landmark in international cooperation and a major technical achievement.
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Mont Blanc
Italy
France
Thhey
Alps
Charles de Gaulle
Giuseppe Saraget
Saraget
de Gaulle
Rockefeller Plans Third Term Race
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller told reporters he will run for a third term in 1966 and left open his presidential ambitions, dismissing any immediate 1968 timing. He cited voter reaction after tax increases and defended seven years of GOP governance despite dissident rumblings within the state party.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Rockefeller
Republican Party
Venezuela Ranch
Repube
Soviet Launch of Proton-1 Space Station Forges Ahead
Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched a 12.2 metric ton scientific space station named Proton-1 into orbit using a new powerful booster rocket. The Tass dispatch notes the station aims to study cosmic particles at an orbit between 118 and 390 miles, with a 63.5 degree inclination and a 92.45 minute revolution, while comparing weight and thrust with U.S. Titan 3D and Saturn launches.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
United States
Froton l
Weather forecast for Virginia and North Carolina
Fair Saturday with warm trend and around 20 percent area thundershowers. Partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday. North Carolina: fair to partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers about 20 percent, mainly in mountains and south coast. Highs Saturday mostly in the 80s to low 90s, warmer elsewhere. Previous day readings show 71 at 7am, 82 at 1pm, and 80 at 1pm.
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Nortia
Carolina
South Coast
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