After 165 Years Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes At Noon
New York AP reports the 291 acre Brooklyn Navy Yard ends 165 years of service as a major shipyard. The formal ceremony occurs at noon with seamen watching and cranes silenced. The yard built ships from Ohio to Wasp and Franklin, repaired ships in WWII, and earned the nickname Candor Ship Yard. Demolition and disposal follow, with bids to scrap starting June 29.
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East River
Manhattan
U.S. Navy
New York Naval Shipyard
Brookly
United States
Ohio
Monitor
Maine
Arizona
Missouri
Franklin
Atietam
Indepedence
Wasp
Hornet
Candor Shipyard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
W.F. Petrovic
Adm. Petrovic
Tling
Defense
Robert McNamara
Subic Bay
Philip‘pines
General Servce Administration
Japan
Navy
Virginia bank, medical board clash over campaign coercion
State Senator Willey accuses Dr. Cox of pressuring doctors to fund the Robertson campaign, citing a May 2 letter. Cox defends doctors’ rights and resignations from other boards, while Willey contends board authority could coerce donations. He questions Cox’s influence on licensing decisions and notes letters were sent to doctors beyond Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Bill Spong
Virginia
Robertson
Cox
Willey
Board of Medical Examiners
Dr. Cox
Spong
Kennedy
Bill
Sen. Robertson
Virginia Banking Association
Sen. Robbertson
Tidewater
Godwin
Bank Advisory Board
Bankers Association
State Medical Board
Dr. Sox
Marchers at Neshoba Courthouse Clash in Civil Rights Rally
Meredith arrives in Canton after visiting Kosciusko as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr leads protesters to the Neshoba County Courthouse. Rioters, thrown bottles and eggs mark the scene while highway patrols guard the square. King vows to return amid threats and a tense crowd.
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Meredith
Canton
Kosciusko
Mississippi
Martin Luther King Jr
Philadelphia
King
Neshoba County
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Defense budget details and Republican minority critique
The document outlines a defense budget totaling 3,093,109 active personnel, 939 active ships, 31 382 aircraft, and 639 major installations with plans to acquire more ships planes and missiles. Army 17.4b Navy 16.9b Air Force 20.9b and interservice 3.2b funded. Program totals include 19.2b for personnel 15.7b maintenance 16.6b procurement and 6.9b R D E. Republicans signed a minority report reject specific changes but warn defense needs exceed the past five years and accuse the administration of withholding full facts and failing relations between executive and Congress. Lipsc0mb Laird and Minshall signed.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Executive
Glenard P. Lipscomb
California
Melyin Kh. Laird
Wisconsin
William E. Minshall
Ohio
Safety standards bill advances in Senate debate
The highway safety bill moves forward with provisions for auto safety standards, defect notices to first buyers, repurchase of violative cars, and a testing program. It authorizes fines up to 3400,000, expands the driver register, and sets trucking standards to I C C levels. An amendment adds 90 million in matching grants for driver education and auto inspection over three years.
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Secretary of Commerce
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Public Works Committee
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribdicoff
Dodd and Klein Case Probed by Bipartisan Panel
The six member ethics committee investigates Dodd on misconduct charges raised by Pearson and Anderson. Dodd denies the claims and sues for libel. Testimony includes a West Germany trip in 1964 tied to Julius Klein and a murder case involving Bogdan Stashinsky linked to KGB.
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Kennedy
Ethics Committee
Dodd
Pearson
Anderson
Newsmen
Julius Klein
Chicago
John F. Sennett
West Germany
Klein
Ley Eugene Dobriansky
Georgetown University
Berlin Wall
Stashinsky
KGB
Dobriansky
Senate
Internal Security
Georgetown Economist
Benjamin R. Fern
Kersten
United States
David Marlin
Martin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
Martino
Konrad Adenauer
Sen. J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Adenauer
Fulbright
Norbert M. Uhlen
Germany
Hare
Gerard Zeiller
Connecticut
Zeiller
Norris Cotton
N.H
O'Hare
Seawell resigns as election chief amid partisan friction
Governor Moore announces Seawell will stay as State Board of Elections chairman as the Law and Order Committee meeting is canceled. A @quoted@ Granite Quarry grand dragon J Robert Jones questions Seawell's quitting amid Supreme Court decisions. Seawell, a former attorney general and judge, says he has no further political ambitions.
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Seawell
State Board of Elections
J. Robert Jones
Granite Quarry
Grand Dragon
North Carolina
KKK
Jones
Scawell
Law and Order Committee
Moore
U.S. Supreme Court
Faisal Rebuffed by New York Dignitaries Amid Elections
At a New York luncheon Faisal faced snubs from political figures including Governor Rockefeller while David Rockefeller hosts a Sunday lunch at the Tarrytown estate. Faisal sparked controversy by remarks labeling Jews as enemies and critiquing Zionist influence amid New York City elections and antiwar protests.
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Faisal
New York City
Nelson A. Rockefeller
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N.Y
Lindsay
Washington
New York
State Department
Israel
al Anwar
Beijrut
United States
Chou En-lai Faces Setback in Bucharest Showdown
Romanian leaders emerged as winners after a week of tough bargaining with Premier Chou En-lai. The visit exposed China’s reluctance to budge in the Sino Soviet feud and underscored Romania’s push for independence and noninterference. Ceaușescu reportedly forced Chou to scrap an anti-Soviet diatribe, signaling a public display of friction while retaining a cautious, nonaligned stance.
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Hans Benedict
Bucharest
Romania
Chou En-lai
Red China
Chou
China
Ling
Moscow
Jin
Communist Party
Nicolae Ceasescu
Ceasescu
Forces press offensive in central highlands amid Paul Revere action
U S forces conduct six major sweeps with limited contact except in Opera tion Paul Revere where a battalion of the 25th Infantry Division battled about 506 North Vietnamese near Pleiku, 25 miles southwest, until darkness. Total enemy dead in Paul Revere tallies 452 since May 10. Navy pilots report North Vietnam using rail trucks on a line south of Thanh Hoa, while Air Force missions destroy 12 trucks and B52 jets bomb a central coast target 40 miles north of Qui Nhon.
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U.S
Paul Revere
Highlands
25Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
Saigon
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Air Force
Guam
Qui Nhon
Tuy Hoa
Draft deferment proposal for military service clarified
Hershey proposed deferments by age and status to signal public needs. He suggested deferring men over 26 in 1A to show they could become more valuable for service later. He would group childless husbands under 26 with single men and adjust priority based on marriage date. About 70,000 men over 26 remain in 1A today.
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Department of Defense
Hershey
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