Johnson Plans Congress Talks Before Viet Nam Decisions
President Johnson met with top Viet Nam advisers and planned consultations with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders before deciding how to reshape the U S role in the war. Moyers said governors were briefed and Johnson sought more information on manpower and equipment needs as he weighs bold UN strategy and a possible new U S approach to North Viet Nam combat.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
White House
Bull D. Moyers
United States
Minneapolis
Cov
Robbe E. Smylie
Idaho
Governors’ Conference
State Department
Moyers
San Francisco
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
North Viet Nam
Governors Conference Hints Johnson May Attend Closer Forum
Governors continued coverage notes President Johnson could appear at the governors conference to address the nation after reviewing Vietnam policies. Connally and Smylie discuss the absence of civil rights resolutions, party divides, and a GOP effort to revive a resolutions committee. Margain of Mexico speaks on democracy, liberty, and poverty as a backdrop to the event.
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Johnson
Connally
Smylie
Viet Nam
Conference Resolutions Committee
Washington
Republican National Committee
Ebert H. Humphrey
Mexico
United States
Hugo B. Margain
Margain
Diaz Ordaz
Indonesia policy stance echoed in U S speech by Green
Green warned against a sett lement by force in Indonesia and warned it would deepen humiliation for the United States. He cited a joint communique from April with Sukarno and Ellsworth Bunker, stressing friendly relations and avoiding undue tensions. Green, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, succeeds G. P. Jones as ambassador.
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Green
Assistat
Gloward P. Jones
King leads Chicago march for school desegregation
King addressed thousands at Grant Park during a Chicago march for desegregation, calling Chicago a city of both shame and glory. Police estimated 10,000 to 30,000 participants as marchers moved from Buckingham Fountain to city hall, with clergy, nuns, and white allies among the crowd. King urged action amid battles over neighborhood school boundaries and de facto segregation, vowing continued marches until Daley and Willis effects change.
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Fire Department
King
Raymond E. Parks
Chicago
William M. Ward
North Canton
Ohio
Daley
Grant Park
Crant Park
Buckingham Fountain
City Hall
Nazi Party
Dr. King
Williams Clinic
Negros
Winnetka
Willis
Richard J. Daley
Benjamin C. Willis
Robert Lynsky
Charles Chew
Detroit
National League of Cities
Paley
Jerusalem
Lake Michigan
Athens
Train Derails Injuring 53 Aboard City of Denver
In Sterling Colorado nine cars derailed on the westbound City of Denver traveling northeast. Fifty three of 303 aboard sustained injuries, most minor bruises or shock. Alma Conlon of Wagner South Dakota fractured her back and was prepared for air transport. Authorities cite possible broken rail, with the diesel power unit and front cars sliding half a mile before stopping. The incident follows another derailment nearby involving the California Zephyr.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Denver
Colorado
Western Pacific
Rio Grande
Burlington
Pinecliffe
Atwood
Sterling
Johnson forms crime commission to study causes
Johnson creates a national crime commission to examine causes of crime and juvenile delinquency and how to improve law and order. Non government members receive $100 per diem, government members receive nothing extra, and citizens advisory panels may include state and local officials and public or voluntary groups. The panel includes judges, lawyers, a police chief, prosecutors, a university president, and a newspaper publisher.
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Johnson
FBI
FRI
U.S
Wkatzenbach
Nasser Denies Plot To Bomb His Alexandria Villa
President Gamal Abdel Nasser rejected Beirut reports that Egyptian air force officers tried to bomb his Alexandria villa. He told 50,000 cheering supporters there was no plot or arrests and accused imperialism and Zionism of spreading the rumors. He defended Egypts Yemen aid and criticized Baathists in Syria as coup makers. Egypt has about 50,000 troops in Yemen.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Alexandria
Farouk
Suez Canal
Nasser
Beirut
Mohammed Issa Nasr
Syria
Yemen
U.S
Egypt
Casualties rise as young men head to Vietnam war
The article profiles several service members from diverse U.S. communities casualties and fates in Vietnam. It highlights a range of lives cut short or altered, from a town preparing for Marines to a father bitter about the war, and families facing loss and future plans left unfinished. The narratives include Warrant Officer Donald Seageart, Daniel Bennett, Craig Wagen, Elias Bell Jr., and Virgil Stephens, with personal reflections from fathers, wives, and siblings.
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Viet Nam
Robert A. Rose
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co
Donald R. Seageart
Bettye
New Albany
Ind
Daniel Joseph Bennett
Cmdr
Harry H. Bennett
Beverly Hills
Calif
Daniel
Marine Hospital
Craig L. Wagen
Sacramento
Barbetta
Defense Department
Army
Elias Bell Jr
Detroit
Kay Lorraine
Mississippi
Bell
Lance Cpl
Virgil Evan Stephens
Altus
Okla
North Texas State University
Virgil
Army stretcher of losses touches many towns in war
In small towns from New Hampshire to Old Town Maine families mourn service members killed or missing in Vietnam. Letters from the field praise duty while personal stories reveal the pain of widows and children left behind as career soldiers planned civilian retirements.
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Clarabelle Wheeler
Yakima
Wash
John W. King
Navy
Robert P. Dionne
Manchester
Joan
U.S
Viet Nam
Daleville
Ala
Joseph J.iCompa
Tle
Korea
Compa
Old Town
Maine
Walter EL. Hall
Claudette
Sean
Robert TL. Curlee Jr
Judge Orders Officers Brought In For Possible Contempt
In New Orleans a federal judge ordered the Justice Department to bring two Bogalusa police officers to court for possible contempt after viewing FBI film footage of racial turmoil. The judge demanded the officers be identified and appear this week to decide if they should face contempt charges.
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New Orleans
Justice Department
Bogalusa
U.S. Dist
Herbet W. Christenberry
FBI
Congress of Racial Equality
Arnold Spiers
Claxton Knight
Christenberry
CORE
Spiers
Knight
Washington Parish
Dorma Crowe
Donald J. Hodges
Dallas
Ray Risner
Risner
Mayor Wagner Weds Barbara Cavanagh in Private New York Ceremony
NEW YORK AP Mayor Robert F Wagner 55 married Barbara Joan Cavanagh 36 in a quiet Madison Avenue chapel behind St Patrick's Cathedral. The ceremony included a Papal blessing and a Marco Island honeymoon planned for ten days. The bride, social register listed, is the daughter of a wealthy real estate man and had known Wagner and his former wife.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Barbara Joan Cavanagh
Wagner
Francis Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Rome
Marco Island
Fort Myers
Fla
Madison Avenue
Viet Cong disruption worsens food flow in Vietnam
As monsoon battles slow, Viet Cong pushes disrupt food and travel, prompting a crash airlift. U S Navy barges ferry supplies to central coastal cities while Route 19 opens and ten thousand troops secure it for a week. Rail traffic has essentially stopped as more provinces near Sai Gon face shortages. Officials warn no quick end is in sight.
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U.S
Central Highlands
Pleiku
U.S. Navy
Nha Trang
Qui Nhon
da Nang
Highlands
Saigon
Marines Strike Near Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu Raid Summary
Marines struck south of Hanoi using 10 Navy Skyhawks against Quang Soui bar racks, destroying six buildings and damaging four with secondary explosions. Twenty-one USAF planes hit Dien Bien Phu, dropping 37 tons of bombs in cloudy conditions. Two carrier planes destroyed three trucks 70 miles south of Hanoi, with three bridges among other targets.
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Quang Soui
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
Greece poised to back Stephanopoulos in coalition bid
Greece considered backing Stephanopoulos who served as deputy premier to Papandreou in a bid to form a coalition preventing disaster. The Confederation's secretary Papageorgiou distanced from Papandreou citing extreme right mobilization and fears of a dictatorship as in 1936 Metaxas era. He warned the labor movement, and Stephanopoulos hinted Athansiadis Novas might step aside before Thursday’s confidence vote, with Center Union likely waiting to push Stephanopoulos next.
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Page One
Stephanopoulos
Papandreou
Confederation
Nicholas Papageorgiou
Papandreonu
Papageorgiou
Constantine
John Metaxas
Athansiadis Novas
Center Union
Labor unions react to House vote ahead of final action
The House conceded final passage may fall short of preliminary votes but predicts passage by about 40 votes. AFL-CIO officials offered cautious optimism with no official comment until final action while a spokesman remarked everything looks pretty good. A Teamsters Union spokesman, once expelled from the AFL-CIO on corruption charges eight years ago, credited organized labor efforts for the result.
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Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
Goldberg accepts UN post after leaving court
Goldberg fused Johnson's summons to serve at the United Nations and, after a brief White House meeting, said he would depart for New York on Wednesday. He praised his service at the court as the happiest years of his life and urged member states to act with patriotism to solve the UN's crises and finances.
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Johnson
United Nations
Goldberg
White House
New York
Cattle Runaway Baffles Farmers and Deputies
A herd of about 60 cattle scattered through several square miles of corn and beans after escaping. Eighteen horsemen pursued but farmers vetoed mounted chase. An airplane scouting failed to locate the herd. Twenty three head were later found and driven to Springfield stockyards. one animal was killed by a car. Deputy cautions on dangerous cattle conditions.
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John Freeman
Richard Garrison
Decatur
John Montgomery
Montgomery
Springfield
John Welch
Hliopolis
Judd Hassert
Bas
Conservatives Face Leaders Clash For Leader Nomination
London AP reports regulatory tension as Reginald Maudling Edward Heath and Enoch Powell compete for the Conservative leadership. Nominations closed, votes begin with MPs choosing a first ballot winner. Maudling claims about 160 votes Heath 152 Powell 20. Thorneycroft withdraws but may return as compromise. If no majority, a second ballot is set for Thursday.
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London
Reginald Mauding
Edward Heath
Britain
Maudling
Heath
Enoch Powell
Peter Thorneycroft
House of Commons
Heath Camp
Powell
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