Non-Farm Employment Tops Sixty Million For First Time
Washington AP non farm employment surpassed 60 million in May aided by gains in service producing sectors. Trade state and local governments and miscellaneous services outpaced seasonal expectations while manufacturing rose seasonally. Unemployment fell to 4.6 percent, jobless total 3.3 million, with 72.4 million employed. Overtime and weekly earnings reached records, long term unemployment declined to 800,000, teen unemployment remained a concern at 23.4 percent for May.
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Labor Department
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Aid Bill Battle Shapes Foreign Aid Debate in Senate
The Senate passed the foreign aid bill with 19 Republicans and 49 Democrats in favor while 10 Democrats including Morse and 10 Republicans voted no. Amendments sought to cut aid to India Pakistan Greece and Turkey and to Latin America were defeated. Morse proposed a series of reductions and a 10 percent cut to Greece Turkey and Iran Ethiopia and Jordan, but those measures failed. The chamber approved a planning commission study of expanding U.S. economic aid and other procedural changes, with several amendments adopted by voice vote.
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R-Ill
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Greece
Turkey
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Oregon
Congress
Cyprus
Fulbright
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
James O. Eastland
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Senate
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Foreign Relations Committee
Alan Bible
D-Nev
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neh
Eastland
Roman Ll. Hruska
R-Neb
Donald Russell
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Rdel
Iran
Ethiopia
Jordan
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Planning Commission
Sen
Strom -Thurmond
R-S.c
Peru
Ecuador
Chile
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Astronauts welcomed amid unity as marches pause
Astronauts praised the nation and its people during a civic welcome in Chicago. Gregory dismissed plans for future marches, while McDivitt and White spoke of cooperation, patriotism, and the support of ordinary Americans. Thousands lined Kennedy Expressway and LaSalle Street as the parade and council tributes honored the spaceflight participants.
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Gregory
White
McDivitt
United States
Hubert Humphrey
Special Council
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Carol Kuzera
St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital
U.S.S
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State 1
LaSalle Sts
Jackson Boulevard
Fatal multi vehicle crash on Chesapeake Bay Bridge
A chain reaction collision on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge involving an ammonia truck, a car, and a tractor trailer left one man dead and three bodies recovered from the car. Fire crews used foam to control the blaze while a man, badly burned, survived to be treated at a Norfolk hospital.
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Voliva
Bridge- Tunnel
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Bridge-Tunnel Headquarters
Oceana Naval Air Station
Navy
March Mississippi Freedom Democratic march at capitol
About 200 demonstrators from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party march in silence toward the state capitol while police block access. 32 protesters were arrested outside the capital as Gov. Paul Johnson addressed a joint session. Lawrence Guyot led the group and was among those detained after police warnings.
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Paul Johnson
Capitol
Lawrence Guyot
Freedom Democratic Party
J. L. Ray
Capitol Grounds
Ray
Guyot
Vietnam Military Council Names Thieu Leader In Saigon
Thieu becomes secretary-general of the 25-man Armed Forces Council on March 3 after Khanh is ousted. The move elevates Thieu as first among equals with Brig. Gen. Nguyen Coa Ky and other senior officers. Catholic leaders threaten civilian reform amid ongoing coups and unrest.
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Khanh
Armed Forces Council
Nguyen Coa Ky
Air Force
Pham Xuan Chieu
Hunh van Cao
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Quat
Hoang Quynh
Dancing all night prompts sore feet and hospital jokes
A London girl limped into Charing Cross Hospital claiming sore feet from dancing all night while a Kent man swallowed a safety pin, then vanished after an X-ray showed none. Authors note fake illnesss, popular tests like stomach pains and thumping heart, and hospital confidential books mocking chronic fakers with blunt entries.
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London
Charing Cross Hospital
Kent
Nightmare Battle at Dong Xoai Leaves Forest Scorched
AP report from Tuan Loi near Dong Xoai describes a Viet Cong meatgrinder operation with heavy U S and Vietnamese forces fighting to hold the town. Paratroopers and Rangers faced brutal resistance as napalm, air strikes, and missiles left a smouldering landscape and at least 100 Vietnamese paratroopers dead or missing.
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Horst Faas
Tuan Loi
South Viet Nam
Dong Xoai
Michlin Rubber Co
U.S
Phuoc Vinh
7Th Regiment
52Nd Ranger
Vietnamese Airborne Brigade
Kaltenborn's long arc from clerk to radio legend
Kaltenborn, born July 9 1878 in Milwaukee, rose from a Merrill clerk and Spanish American War sergeant to Harvard scholar and Ivy League tutor. He worked for the Brooklyn Eagle, taught lectures, and began broadcasting in 1922, reaching a peak income of eight to nine thousand dollars weekly.
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Baron Rudolph van Kaltenborn
Kaltenborn
Merrill
Wis
Merrill Advocate
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France
America
Old
Brooklyn Eagle
Harvard
Berlin
J Olga von Nordenflycht
Uruguay
Heavy U S air strikes hit targets near Ha Noi and Ban Xom Lom
Twenty Air Force jets with thirty fighters attacked Ban Xom Lom, destroying five buildings and heavily damaging ten. Additional strikes hit three Ba Bon army barracks near the 17th Parallel, with Vietnamese claims of 70 percent destruction in one area. Capitol protests led to multiple arrests as pickets unfurled banners and Rev. Ed King was detained.
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Hanoi
Ba Bon Army Barracks
17Th Parallel
Capitol
Ed King
Tougaloo College
King
Warnin g Warnin g talks opening Thursday
At least 12 Commonwealth leaders distressed by deepening U S involvement in Viet Nam and critical of Wilson's support for President Johnson's policies. All from Commonwealth's Asian and African states. Britain Australia New Zealand and Malaysia back the Americans. Canada Cyprus Jamaica Malta Trinidad Tokyo take a middle road. Wilson hopes to bridge gaps with a peace talks appeal.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Wilson
Johnson
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New Zealand
Malaysia
Canada
Cyprus
Jamaica
Mal‘ta
Trinidad
Tokyo
Robert Menzies
Austria
House of Commons
Michael Stewart
Republicans seek a broader think tank for Goldwater
A plan to form a new organization to educate Americans on Republican values is in the works. Denison Kitchel, Goldwater’s campaign manager, would lead the group if created, aiming to absorb other conservative factions. The move is seen as a response to complaints that Ray Bliss is marginalizing Goldwater supporters on the GOP national committee. The New Guard accuses Charles M. Lichtenstein of being ousted as chief of research on eight hours’ notice.
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Denison Kitchel
Goldwater
GOP
Ray Bliss
National Committee
Young Republicans For Freedom
the New Guard
Charles M. Lichtenstein
Trial Continued Involving Black Liberation Front Case
Mi chelle Duclos, 26, a Canadian woman, pleaded guilty May 13 to smuggling dynamite into the country and faced sentencing next Thursday. The same date was set for three men as Judge Williams Herlands refused bail before sentencing, noting no long pre sentence report needed. Deliberations lasted about an hour and a half after two hours of testimony, with motions for new trial and to set aside verdict due Tuesday morning.
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Michelle Duclos
Canada
Williams Herlands
Herlands
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