Mao regains grip in Wuhan with troops and ships
Tokyo AP reports Mao Zedong loyalists using paratroops and warships to seize key sites in Wuhan. A Sankei Shimbun dispatch says paratroopers took a Yangtze bridge, a telegraph office, a university and other buildings as more warships move toward the city to shell anti Maoist forces if needed.
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Mao Tse- Tung
Central China
Wuhan
Liu Shaochi
Peking
Soviet Union
Tass
Sankei Shimbun
Mao
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Mao Seeks Ouster of Liu Amid Wuhan Power Struggle
Radio Peking says Maoist faction in Wuhan has declared loyalty to Mao after self-criticism by the Red Army unit there. Reported demonstrations of 560,000 Maoists followed claims of Liu supporters detaining security and propagandists. Shanghai posts denounce Liu as posters proliferate in the city.
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Red Chinese
Wuhan
Mao
Tokyo
Liu
Pek‘ling
Hsieh Fu-chut
Wang L
Peking
Chow En-lai
Kyado
Jin Wuhan
Ders
Sankei
Chen
Red Flag
New China News Agency
Shanghai
Red Guards
Climbers Reach Base Camp After Nine Day Ascent
Five men in the 12 member expedition reached base camp after nine days on Mount McKinley. Leader Wilcox of Provo and four Boulder, Colorado climbers arrived in Anchorage, joined by Anshel Schiff of Lafayette, Indiana. Schiff summited later despite altitude sickness. Three other expeditions, totaling 25 climbers, were on the mountain Saturday as searches continued. The first clear day since July 18 enabled operations with temperatures dropping to 15 degrees below zero at high altitudes.
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Provo
Anchorage
Howard Snyder
Paul Schlichter
Jerry Lewis
Boulder
Colo
Anshel Schiff
Lafayette
Ind
MacKinley
Schiff
McKinley
Johnson urges thorough Detroit riot probe voices heard
President Johnson presses the Kerner Commission to travel to other communities, include diverse voices, and pursue truth over politics. He stresses hearings beyond politics, notes calls for a ghetto representative on staff, and cautions against hasty conclusions while seeking to determine if riots were planned and why some were contained.
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Kerner
Detroit
George Romney
Michigan
Republian
Johnson
Cabinet Room
Iti
Cyrus RK. Vance
Defense
Vance
Hubert 4. Humphrey
Johnson Dirksen Echoes Sparked by Detroit Riots Debate
Prolonged Johnson telephone tirade cited as a backdrop to Senate friction over Republican criticism of the President. Dewey helped craft a pointed statement read by Dirksen, while Eisenhower backed Johnson on federal action in Detroit. Detroit leaders urged federal disaster relief and measures to study riot causes and media impact.
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Dirksen
Dewey
William C. Cramer
Afila
Colorado
John A. Love
Republican Governors Conference
Morton
Eisenhower
Detroit
Michigan
Romney
Jerome
U P. Cavanagh
Vance
Buiness
Commission
Violent Caracas Earthquake Traps Hundreds in Ruins
An earthquake ripped through Caracas during weekend revelry injuring and trapping hundreds as buildings collapsed in a city already reeling from the disaster. Rescue crews battled rubble as snacks and crowds watched amid continuing aftershocks.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Vietnam ZONE D battle and Forrestal disaster reported
Reports describe a Marine incursion into the demilitarized zone amid mortar fire. Casualties included 3 Americans and 3 Vietnamese soldiers, with extensive air strikes by U.S. forces and a deadly fire aboard the USS Forrestal after a fuel-tank incident during dawn operations.
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Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
A&e
Racial Riots Spark Federal Commission Urgency in Washington
President forms an 11 member commission led by Gov Otto Kerner to probe riots urging urgency yet warning against hasty conclusions. Interim report due March 1 final in a year from July 29. Palmyra patrols tighten after teenage gang violence leaves one stabbed and arrests. Wilmington seeks emergency anti riot laws after about 100 arrests in civil disturbances.
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Washington
Otto Kerner
Uinois
Johnson
Palmyra
N. J
Payton Flourney
Flourney
Wilmington
Del
John E. Babiarz
Riots erupt across cities as guards quell violence
Across multiple states from Florida to Ohio, riots triggered by clashes between police and Black communities prompt heavy responses. National Guardsmen, deputies, and police intervene in Tampa, Plainfield, Englewood, New York, Cambridge, and Dayton. Fatalities occur in Tampa and Plainfield. injuries, arrests, and arson losses mount amid night violence and looting following inflammatory speeches by H. Rap Brown.
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Tampa
Fla
Plainfield
Englewood
New York
Harlem
Bronx
Fifth Avenue
Cambridge
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
National Guardsmen
Dayton
Ohio
Shoke
Tax plan hurdles loom as data hint at recovery
The Commerce Department reports data now point to the economic resurgence forecast for the year's second half. The surtax relies on a projected economy this year and details remain fluid until Johnson signs. One official notes the plan could gain support with a pledge of spending cuts to persuade cautious congressmen that a tax increase is necessary.
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Commerce Department
Johnson
Virginia Assembly weighs tax options on election finances
Gov Godwin warned of a financial pinch. if unresolved in the second year of the biennium, the Assembly could raise funds beyond any extra sales tax if voters approve. It may also test Virginia voters on adopting pay-as-you-go mechanisms.
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