Bogalusa Officials See Racial Peace Emerging
Bogalusa officials predicted calmer race relations as demonstrations lose steam and a state biracial commission proposed by Governor McKeithen aims to end civil rights uproar. The panel would counter CORE and mobilize public opinion, with local leaders hopeful the tension will ease and violence decline.
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Bogalusa
Louisiana
Arnold Spiers
Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Mec
Keithen
Viet Cong Attacks Under Intensified Air Campaign
The report describes B52 strikes from Guam on Viet Cong jungle areas near Saigon, with 500 tons dropped in a harassing mission. Helicopters claim kills of 12 guerrillas east of Saigon and 15 northeast, while eight F4 fighters hit the Dong Cao Than barracks. A Yen Bai rail yard strike shattered yards, amid propagandist claims of Ho Chi Minh guidance. U.S. officials provide no confirmation.
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Strategic Air Command
Guam
Viet Nam
Saigon
Th City
North
Air Force
Dong Cao Than
Hanoi
Yen Bai
Red Capital
Ho Chi Minh
National Liberation Front
U.S
Xuyen Moc
Woman raped in D C park near Georgetown reported
Washington AP report describes a 48 year old white wife of a State Department employee who says four Negro youths seized her at about 9 am near Rock Creek Parkway. She was dragged to a secluded area by three attackers while a fourth held the dogs, later flagging a truck and seeking police. No beating reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Georgetown
Rock Creek Parkway
Massachusetts Avenue
James J. Lyons
Greece reels as Papandreou crisis sparks rioting
Greece faced its worst political crisis since 1949 as King Constantine dismissed Papandreou over military political activity. The new premier pledged a crackdown while clashes in Athens injured dozens, including police, with around 300 hurt overall as pro-Papandreou demonstrators clashed with security forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantine
Papandreou
Athens
Constitution Square
Athanasiadis Novas
Emmanuel Archantoulakis
Salonika
Antipoverty Programs Under New Bill Details
The bill would shift authority from the Office of Economic Opportunity to other agencies and highlights key antipoverty programs and their expected activity levels. Job Corps would enroll 80,000 youths in residential camps. Neighborhood Youth Corps plans 300,000 participants with 100,000 more next summer. College work study aims for 145,000 students. Community action programs total 1,100 federal grants in 700 communities. VISTA volunteers number 5,000 across 200 communities. Adult basic education seeks 70,000 trainees.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Job Corps
VISTA
Dogs On Leashes Area Bans In Fairmount Park
Marie Field and Candy's mother criticize a new fenced dog zone in Fairmount Park's southeast corner placed by the Fairmount Park Commission to curb nuisance from unleashed dogs. Park Commissioner Harold Schick notes frequent dog activity and hints a similar area may be added. A guard says hundreds walk dogs daily as a man with a large boxer protests being forced out.
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Ming
Marie Field
Fairmount Park Commission
Harold Schick
Candy
Rittenhouse Street
Prize Bull Lindertis Undergoes Surgery To Improve Fertility
At Auburn University a prize Aberdeen Angus bull Lindertis Lindertis undergoes a fertility operation to correct a blocked sperm tube. The $176,400 bull, once a flop, is watched by about 45 reporters and veterinary students as surgeons assess if the procedure will yield calves and a potential value rise over the next decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Black Watch Farms
Wappingers Falls
N.Y
Lloyds of London
Black Watch
Jack R. Dick
Lindertis
Sterlity
Auburn University
Birmingham
Ala
James Hicks
Hicks
Donald F. Walker
Walker
Missing Texas coeds prompt statewide hunt
Austin police pursue leads in the disappearance of University of Texas coeds Susan Rigsby and Shirley Ann Stark both 21 from Dallas. A dusty yellow Chevrolet Corvair found near their apartment, with traces of blood, fuels fears they may be harmed though officials say no violence is proven. Relatives doubt seclusion. witnesses report two women ordering food at a downtown soda fountain, carrying magazines and meals as investigators check possible sightings across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Texas
University of Texas
Chi Omega
Susan Rigsby
Shirley Ann Stark
Dallas
Miss Rigsby
Screen Life
Police Dragnet
Thompson
Douglas-Home resigns as Conservative leader amid party revolt
The 14th Earl of Home exits after a dramatic party caucus as Conservative MPs begin a three ballot selection to choose a new leader. Douglas-Home faced critics accusing lackluster leadership while Labour presses ahead under Prime Minister Wilson amid disputes over a North Viet Nam peace mission and a pending general election.
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Wilson
House of Commons
Douglas-Home
Harold Macmillan
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Macmillan
Alec
14Th Earl of Home
Harald Wilson
Douglas- Home
Labor
North
Viet Nam
Harold Davies
Commonwealth
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Gemini 6–Agena link mission planned with Atlas launch
Astronauts Stafford are to attempt a link with the orbiting Agena stage. Gemini 6 will have the Atlas Agena launched first, and 95 minutes later the Titan 2 will boost Schirra and Stafford to chase the Agena.
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Stafford
Cape
Schirra
Talks on Southeast Asia policy and forces review
Moyers said the Thursday afternoon session focused on the status and capacity of forces in South Viet Nam and manpower needs. The President urged chiefs of staff to review current capabilities and future requirements while four policy objectives in Southeast Asia and international aspects were discussed. Deliberations on reserves and drafts were mentioned but no specific callup discussed. An Friday session was set with Johnson, McNamara, Wheeler and Bundy as talks continued amid potential Saturday discussions.
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Moyers
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Johnson
McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McGeorge Bundy
White House
Congress
Air Force
Marine Corps
United States
Army
Navy
Korea
Japan
24Th
1St Cavalry
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Armed Forces
National Guard
Pentagon
Far East
Presbyterian Paper Urges Outsiders To Back Off South
The August issue of the Presbyterian Survey urges civil rights groups to back off Alabama and other Southern states. Editor Ben Hartley says a cooling-off period would let groups clean house while noting legal and theological lines drawn by the Civil Rights Act and the General Assembly. The editorial calls on organizations to shed beatniks and hotheads and suggests more Southern church-goers may be changing inside. Hartley questions if enough good people can effect change from within and urges lifting the moral burden off Mississippi and Alabama so they can work.
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Louisiana
CORE
David Dennis
New Orleans
Bogalusa
Spiers
Robert Hicks
Atlanta, Ga
Presbyterian Survey
Alabama
Ben Hartley
The
Ficial
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Presbyterian General Assembly
Hartley
Mississippi
Military manpower and costs in Korea and Vietnam era
The article traces U S armed forces growth from 1950 through Korea to Vietnam, noting shifts from regu lar troops to reserve mobilization. It cites 1950 divisions, current force sizes, ground combat in Korea and Vietnam, and defense spending swings from 1950 to the early 1950s and projections for Vietnam.
France and United States quarrel over reconnaissance flight
French defense minister said the plane made four passes over the Pierrelatte nuclear complex and took 175 photographs. U.S. officials said negatives were given to the French. France rejected a proposed joint inquiry and press reports suggested De Gaulle may push for tougher rules or NATO changes. The United States hoped to reduce friction by soft-pedaling the affair.
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McCloskey
United States
Defense Ministry
Pierrelatte
U.S
State Department
Paris
de Gaulle
NATO
Europe
Two Arrested in $100 000 Gem Robbery
In Miami a man unlocked a baggage locker at a bus station and police seized a bag of inset gems identified as loot from a $100,000 burglary at Jordan Marsh jewelry. Richard Duncan Pearson 44 and Mary Denison 22 were charged. bail set at 25000 and 10000 respectively. One man waiting outside escaped. detectives linked gems to a prior NY museum theft with other suspects already jailed.
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Miami
Fla
Richard Duncan Pearson
Jordan Marsh
Pearson
Mary E. Denison
Miss Denison
Star of India
New York Museum of Natural History
Jack
Murph the Surf
Murphy
Roger Clark
Allen Kuhn
Housing Bill Expands Public Housing and Urban Renewal
The measure envisions lower rent out-of-pocket costs for housing occupants and a four year program of 240000 additional low rent public housing units funded at 2.9 billion in urban renewal grants. Senate adjustments raise construction cost limits to 2400 per room, 3500 for elderly housing, with Alaska limits set higher. Thirty five percent of funds may go to nonresidential property purposes.
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House
Senate
Alaska
Johnson
Plot to topple Nasser fails in Egypt air strike plot
Le Soir reports an air force squadron leader Mohammed Issa Nasr seized an Ilyushin bomber at Manoura airport on July 16 to attack Nasser's Alexandria villa. Officers challenged the plotters, four were killed, Nasr and a companion fled, then were shot down west of Alexandria. The episode led to mass arrests, including two foreign officials and a National Defense Ministry official. Cairo sources claim Amin, a CIA link, was arrested in Alexandria while Odell, a U.S. official, was briefly detained and released. Odell allegedly compiled information for Egypt’s security and Amin edited Akhbar Al Yom.
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le Soir
Ieader
Mohammed Issa Nasr
Manoura
Alexandria
Nasser
Nasr
Amin
National Defense Ministry
le Jour
Mohammed Naguib
Cairo
Odell
Egypt
CIA
U.S
State Department
Lucius Battle
Mahmoud Riad
Massachusetts
Maadi
Akhbar al Yom
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