White House Mulls Hanoi No Trial Of Airmen
President Johnson learns through diplomatic channels there are no immediate plans to try captured American airmen as war criminals. White House officials say they are watching closely, with Moyers noting no details but confirming alignment with CBS reports. Czechoslovakia also cites leniency toward captives in Hanoi.
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White House
Bill D. Moyers
Hanoi
CBS
Ho Chi Minh
Czechoslovakia
CTK
North Viet Nam
Utely
James J. Reynolds
Strikehound Airlines
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinsts
Mansfield
United States
House Defeats Delaying Moves On Rights Bill
Washington AP report on the House defeating delaying tactics by Republicans and Southern Democrats as it moved to debate a broad civil rights bill. The 200-180 vote cleared the way to floor consideration bypassing the Rules Committee, with further hearings promised if the bypass is defeated. A tense session featured criticism of GOP leader Ford and remarks by Judiciary Chair Celler.
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House
House Rules Committee
Shad
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
John Bell Williams
Judiciary Committee
Chamber
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Santa‘mount
Ford Celler
Ford
Rules
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Smith
Richard W. Bolling
Ella Follows Hurricane Track At Sea
Tropical storm Ella moves along a west north west path producing heavy seas near the Leeward Islands. Winds reach 50 mph as Ella remains poorly organized with an uncertain center. Dorothy strengthens in the Middle Atlantic as Ella and Dorothy drift in distant Atlantic waters and forecasters warn small craft to avoid rough seas.
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Fla
Ella
Leeward Islands
Weather Bureau
Dorothy
Azores
Bermuda
Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Florida
San Juan
Leewards
Caribbean Sea
Senate Action On Airline Strike Delayed By Hearing
Washington Congress delays action on a bill to end the 18 day strike against five airlines as a public hearing is set for Tuesday. Senate leaders and Labor officials describe a near stalemate with an emergency declaration seen as essential and a back to work order possible only if negotiations fail.
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Labor Department
White House
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Labor Committee
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Senate
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Morse
Congress of the United States
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Bus Crash Kills 33 Belgians on German Bridge
A bus carrying Belgian children home from Austria plunged off a high Autobahn bridge near Idstein Germany killing 33 people including 27 children and six adults. Ten children survived in critical condition. investigators search for cause as Brussels figures mourn and bodies are claimed in Limburg.
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Germany
Austria
Ently
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Frankfurt
Cologne
Brussels
Leopold Custer
Tyrol
Foreign Ministry
Wilson Narrowly Survives Labour Caucus Battle in Britain
In London prime minister Harold Wilson barely won the support of Labour lawmakers at a special caucus as he justified a near two billion dollar spending cut. A faction including former Science Minister Frank Cousins remained dissatisfied amid warnings of unemployment and a wage freeze. Deputy Premier George Brown arrived late and amid tension. The left urged abandoning Polaris submarines and East of Suez roles and pulling Rhine Army from Germany.
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Labor Party
Wilson
Britain
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George Brown
House Panel Backs Expanded Auto Safety Bill Unanimously
The House Commerce Committee voted 26 to 0 for an expanded auto safety bill covering new and used vehicles and federal standards for 1968 models. The measure adds a national traffic safety agency and an advisory council, aiming for early floor passage as administration favors swift action.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Senate
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Secretary of Commerce
Staggers
Bloodied Hanoi Division Eludes Stalking Marines
Saigon reports a bloodied Hanoi regular division disappeared from U.S. Marine gun sights near North Vietnam's border. No contact since Monday afternoon fuels speculation they slipped back north or into Laos. Allied air forces blasted targets in the North with secondary explosions signaling fuel depots and ammo dumps. Casualties include a heavily hit Marine company with 71 wounded, and pilots rescued after losses.
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South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet Nam
Laos
Dong Hoi
Nha Be
1St Marines
4Th Marines
Dozens Taken In 11 Days In Hastings Marines Face Few Prisoners
In Operation Hastings the Marines killed 698 North Vietnamese soldiers in 11 days but captured only a dozen prisoners. The North Vietnamese division is believed to number 10,000. Marines report the captives are well indoctrinated and mostly uncooperative. One 15 year old youth volunteered information. See PRISONERS, Page Two.
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U.S
South Viet Nam
Hastings
Stilwell Missing After Plane Goes Down in Pacific
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, heir of Vinegar Joe, was aboard a DC3 ferrying to Thailand when one engine failed 525 miles off Hawaii. A large search by Yorktown, destroyers, cutters, and merchant ships found no trace as fuel ran out. Stilwell, 54, commander at Fort Bragg, has a son in Vietnam and a history of wartime near misses.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Vinegar Joe
Burma Road
Yorktown
Coast Guard
Pacific
Army
Viet Nam
Stilwell
Special Warfare Center
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Honolulu
Thailand
Air Force
Hal, Grimes
Joe
Caremel
Calif
O Quinn resigns NC post over Klan info charge
William L. O Quinn a member of the state attorney general staff resigned citing withheld information on Ku Klux Klan by the State Bureau of Investigation. He said reports were marked confidential and kept in a bottom filing cabinet drawer. SBI Director Walter Anderson denied withholding any information.
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William L. O’quinn
Governor’s Law and Order Committee
State Bureau of Investigation
O’quinn
L State Atty
Wade Bruton i
SBI
Walter F. Anderson
Anderson
Weather brief for Virginia and North Carolina today and tomorrow
Virginia sees mostly mountains and coast with sun in the 82 to 92 range and high 96. inland 88 to 93. North Carolina favors variable clouds and scattered showers mainly along the south coast with warm temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday near 80s. Downtown log shows calm winds and a 24 hour low of 54 with no precipitation.
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