Reisehauer Resigns As U S Envoy To Japan Alexis Johnson Named
Edwin O. Reisehauer resigned Monday as ambassador to Japan and President Johnson named W. Alexis Johnson to the Tokyo post. Johnson, 58, will arrive in six to eight weeks to relieve Reisehauer who returns to Harvard. Johnson has long specialized in Asian affairs, has served in Japan and Korea, and held senior State Department roles. He is married with four children.
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Safety Standards For New Cars Move Through Committee
A House Commerce Committee update outlines federal safety standards for new vehicles to begin in the 1968 model year. Key points include collapsible steering columns, padded interiors, head rests, shoulder harness anchors, defogging devices, tire labeling, and load carrying tires. A 13 member council will advise the secretary, penalties cap at 400000, and a due care exemption exists. Manufacturers must certify compliance and notify dealers and buyers of defects. Conferences between the secretary and manufacturers precede enforcement actions.
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Witnesses Describe Fatal Shooting of Mary Kilmer in Minneapolis
Mary Ellen Kilmer, 23, was shot to death on a street corner in downtown Minneapolis in front of 10 witnesses. Her husband Eugene Kilmer, 34, was charged with first degree murder after a minister and deputy helped stop the attack and talked Kilmer into surrendering his revolver. Local authorities noted Kilmer believed his wife had an affair. the attack occurred four hours earlier near a shopping center. Witness Eldred Kahler recalled the moment the shooter fired multiple times before fleeing in a car.
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Stilwell Files From Viet Nam Search Mission
General Stilwell and two other generals were trapped by Viet Cong fire for an hour in the Mekong Delta in March 1963, later wounded in 1965 over the delta. He recovered from a 10,000 foot training parachute jump and returned to duties at Fort Bragg. He planned a Hawaii trip with Grimes after speaking in San Francisco. His wife waited in seclusion at the Presidio as the search stretched 70,000 square miles with Coast Guard radar 85 percent visible.
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Britain Faces Swing in Pound and Labor Push
Britain grapples with a threatened pound devaluation as nine nations back Chancellor Callaghan and Wilson. Trade union leaders press a six-month wage freeze while Labour defends its policy and nationalization move for steel faces Commons debate amid a no confidence censure motion by Heath Conservatives.
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Viet Nam Viet Nam Marines Hunt Divisions Near DMZ
Marines and South Vietnamese forces pressed the hunt along the demilitarized zone for a 10,000-man North Vietnamese division believed to be slipping southward to seize Quang Tri province. A second division lurked near Laos and Cambodia, threatening Da Nang and Hue. Air and naval strikes targeted dugouts, barges, bridges, and depots while intelligence warned of dispersal into smaller units. A transport crash at Da Nang killed seven aboard.
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Hong Kong
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Johnson says criminals are the officials not U S pilots
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara should face trial, Ho Chi Minh is quoted. McCloskey notes a North Vietnamese commission to study crimes against the state, function unclear. Dozens of U S fliers remain missing or captive in North Vietnam while Hanoi denies troops or prisoners in the South.
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Airlines strike drags on as demands hinge on wage gains
Striking workers press for a three year raise of 53 cents an hour plus vacation, pensions and COLA. Airlines report about $126 million in lost revenues since July 8 with 66,000 workers affected. Compulsory arbitration has been used once before in peacetime history, in 1963, to avert a nationwide rail strike. Some Republicans urge President Johnson to intervene at the White House as talks stall amid congressional legislation discussions. National is not a party to the current agreement.
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Crash Scene In Limburg Kills German Officer
Bodies laid in a Limburg high school hall after a crash left officers and civilians injured. A German officer died at the scene when another car rammed into the divider. Wreaths from King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola decorated the hall as parents viewed mangled remains. a first aid station was established nearby.
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NATO Ministers Approve Five Year Defense Plan
NATO defense ministers approved a five year plan emphasizing the southeastern flank of Europe and ordered a study on financing a mobile force to defend those regions. They urged stronger unity and noted equitable burden sharing, with McNamara stressing no NATO capability reduction and Healey warning Britain may need help to fund the Army of the Rhine. The plan runs 1966 through 1970.
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O Quinn Seawell resigns over Klan files dispute
A month after tensions with Gov Moore over how to handle the Ku Klux Klan, O Quinn Seawell resigns as chairman citing pressing business. He alleges the FBI kept confidential files and that information was not disclosed to the governor’s committee, while Bruton and Anderson defend the state’s handling. Seawell says there is enough evidence to revoke the Klan charter in North Carolina. officials say there isn’t.
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Italian bees boost honey yields at Punjab Agricultural University
INDEA IMPORTS BEES NEW DELHI report encouraging results from imported Italian bees. Nagrota colonies produced 27 pounds per hive versus 10 pounds average, with officials aiming to raise India's annual honey production from 1.5 million to 10 million pounds. The West German transport minister Seebohm called the bus crash a terrible disaster and sent condolences. Police identified the bus driver as Marcel Materne of Brussels and planned an autopsy to check for a heart attack while driving.
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Sisters Burn to Death in Moving Car on WV Turnpike
Two young sisters Lisa Kay Meadows and Lana Elaine Meadows, both from Columbus Ohio, were burned alive in the back seat of their mother's car while en route to Newhall. The father Eugene Meadows hurried behind in another car and honked to stop. Firefighters could not reach the rear seat occupants as the doors were locked. A 7 month old girl Judith Lynn rode with the father. no cause was determined.
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Rights Mo presiding over order ruling sparks party vote
Rights Mo presiding when William sought to make his point of order ruled it was out of order. The House voted 139 to 101 to sustain this. Then the House voted 168 to 144 to let McCormack rule on Williams claim that the Judiciary Committee failed to show all parts of previous laws replaced by the proposed bill. McCormack ruled the report in substantial compliance and debate began.
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Marines Fail To Capture Any Prisoners In Vietnam Battles
Reported engagements show Marines from the 4th and 1st Marine divisions repeatedly unable to take prisoners. In one skirmish, a Vietnamese interpreter was shot while urging surrender. 20 North Vietnamese were found dead. A nearby patrol found a wounded enemy squad leader with Marine gear. two other enemy soldiers were discovered after sweeping the area. Commanders note that despite daily battles not a single Marine has been captured, highlighting prisoner capture difficulties for both sides.
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