Dirksen Asks Johnson Brief Both Parties On Viet Nam Crisis
Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois urged President Johnson to brief readers of both parties on Viet Nam developments. He called for a thorough discussion of the diplomatic, military and political situation, noting prior talks with Johnson at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Illinois
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Viet Nam
Walter Reed Hospital
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Eisenhower
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Long
Louisiana
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Primary contests shape nation and state races
GOP split echoes in Oregon and Oklahoma races as Snyder wins a three way GOP primary in Kentucky while Moloney seeks Democratic nomination in Ohio and Dewey Bartlett advances in Oklahoma. Across Florida and Oregon campaigns feature Vietnam policy clashes, race issues, and rivalries involving Morse, Green, Duncan, Morgan, Hatfield, and Burns.
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John Moloney
Covington
Preston Moore
Oklahoma City
American Legion
Oklahoma
Roman Gary
Moore
Dewey Bartlett
Tulsa
John N. Happy Camp
Pat J. Patterson
Oregon
Duncan
Morgan
Viet Nam
U.S
Columbia
Robert S. Me“rmara
Vietnam
United States
Southeast Asia
Oregon Senate
Florida
Burns
Scott Kelly
Miami
Mayor High
Confession of 1967 aims to renew church mission
The article reports on a Princeton Theological Seminary led effort to craft The Confession of 1967, a concise 4600 word creed recasting Westminster doctrines for modern church life. It preserves heritage by including Westminster among seven historic creeds and requires area approval before assembly adoption.
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Princeton Theological Seminary
Weat‘minster
Hell
Heaven
Blake
World Council of Churches
John W. Meister
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hugh Miller
Dover
William Thompson
Wichita
Kan
Cuban airlift resumes with thousands awaiting family ties in U S
Press officer Robert J. McCloskey said about 22 000 Cuban refugees with family links in the United States have been flown in since the airlift began last December. He noted several thousand processed for transport remain in Cuba awaiting placement and estimated hundreds of thousands of eligible refugees lack immediate U S connections. The Pentagon reported a Cuban guard killed by U S forces at Guantanamo and a Cuban infiltrator wounded after a warning shot was fired by a Marine sentry. State Department cautioned on any link between airlift disruption and the shooting.
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United States
Cuba
McCloskey
Defense Department
Naval Base
Raulf Castro
Havana
U.S
State Department
Manhunt Continues Near Curits Riverbottom Area
A manhunt presses on through swampy riverbottom land around Cur tis, ten miles southwest of Arkadelphia, as officers pursue Stewart. Twice they spotted the fugitive in dense woods but could not capture him through the day.
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Southern Baptist Convention Considers Retaining Name
DETROIT AP Delegates weighing a proposal to keep the Southern Baptist Convention name for at least another year after a vote by the executive committee. About 15,000 delegates expected for the 109th annual four day gathering. Debates cite geographic versus national identity, with concerns over racial undertones and cohesion with strategy. Also announced: C A Roberts elected president of the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference in a runoff. Gerald Martin named VP. War ren Littleford as secretary. Mrs J R Lobaugh reelected secretary of the Woman's Missionary Union.
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Baptist Standard
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Kansas City
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Viet Nam crisis looms as Da Nang unrest wanes
Viet Nam Embassy protests the Da Nang revolt while limited rioting and heavy fighting continue. U S troops seal the Buddhist Institute for four days as Marines cavalry and infantry battle Viet Cong. 79 killed in skirmishes. two U S planes and one pilot reported lost. Reuters reported Ky and Rusk commenting on the crisis and Da Nang’s return to normal after a week of fighting.
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Buddhist Institute
Quang Ngai
U.S
Washington
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Viet Nam
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South Viet Nam
le Chi Cuong
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Man
Tte
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Saigon
Tebel Seldiers
Thich Tam Chau
Highlands
North Viet Nam
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Nguyen Cao Ky
Loping
Two Rowers Recount Struggle to Cross Atlantic
English journalists John Hoare and David Johnstone rowed Puffin from Virginia Beach toward England aiming for 50 days. A Navy airplane spotted one rower at the oars about 12 miles east of Virginia Beach as they faced east southeast winds. They had planned 60 miles daily to beat a 55-day record, but sightings suggested they were behind schedule.
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Atlantic
Virginia
John Hoare
David Johnstone
Virginia Beach
England
Navy
Norfolk Weather Bureau
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Hoare
Government Troops Seize Buganda King’s Palace in Kampala
Ugandan government troops seized the palace of King Freddie of Buganda after a day of fighting near Kampala. The clash followed Obotes move to declare himself Uganda’s president and scrap the 1962 constitution, with casualties among police, civilians, and foreign workers reported.
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Kampala
Milton Obote
Freddie
Mengo
Tass
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Ince
Lake Victoria
Nairobi
Kenya
King Freddie
Sir Edward Mutesa
England
Cambridge
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Amos Sempa
Sempa
Quake clock to clear away rubble in Tashkent
Brezhnev and Kosygin visited Tashkent after a major quake whose extent exceeded official claims. The government set up a special fund for reconstruction as Moscow and Leningrad rally support. US seismologists noted Tashkent's status as a bona fide earthquake area and cautioned limited detection due to distance.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Tashkent
Moscow
Leningrad
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
US Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States
Timeline of U S debt limits and political maneuvering
The article traces the debt ceiling history from 1930s to 1960s, noting the peak at 300 billion, prior lows, and shifts during World War II and afterward. It discusses a July 1 deadline for a temporary limit and a $4.2 billion loan shift bill, with Republicans accusing trickery as they failed to force disclosure of participations’ yields.
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Treasury
Thant on Vietnam identity and external powers shaping politics
Thant warns that foreign armies and prestige fuel Vietnamese nationalism and alienate citizens from their destiny. He argues emerging nations and established powers must cooperate to resolve problems, noting no single nation can police the world or impose a pattern.
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Thant
Plane crash near Asheville during weekend storm reported
Dr. Sargent stated campers about 35 miles northeast of Asheville heard a crash on Saturday night as a plane plunged into the mountainside. The plane did not burn and bodies were to be moved to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville for autopsies directed by the FAA to determine carbon monoxide or alcohol presence.
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Sargent
Federal Aviation Agency
Memorial Mission Hospital
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