Witness Paid $1000 by Congress Tied to 1966 Hearing
Rep. Wayne L. Hays charged that a witness at the August 1966 House Un American Activities Committee hearings was paid $1000 by Congress. Phillip Abbott Luce testified August 16 during a probe of antiwar activities linked to the Progressive Labor Movement and Viet Cong support.
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Washington
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Congress
Hays
House Administration Committee
Phillip Abbott Luce
Con
Gress
United States
Ethics Committee
Committee On Un-American Activities
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Willis
Francis J. McNamara
Un-American Activities Committee
House Administration
Joe R. Pool
Luce
The
Progressive Labor Movement
Pool
Arthur A. Kinoy
Cuba
South Viet Nam Cabinet Resigns Over Corruption and Police State Fears
Several southern ministers quit amid claims of rampant corruption and fear that the regime is becoming a police state. They urged the military to stop meddling and pressed for real progress to improve daily life for the people. The move signals deep political infighting in a government dominated by Ky and northern factions.
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South Viet Nam
Moyers
Johnson
Wellington
Saigon
Manila
Nguyen Lau Vien
Au Trong
Vien
Trong
North
Viet Nam
F Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Thien
Vatican
President Johnson Seats Openness At New Zealand Social
Wellington AP report describes President Johnson and Sir Bernard Fergusson hosting a formal overseas reception for about 300 guests. The event featured champagne, musical performances, and a mingled reception with brief remarks, including Johnson recalling wartime service and thanks for care from doctors who treated him in Fiji.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Johnson
Eliza
Beth
Sir Bernard
P. E. C. Brunette
Derek Ryder
Fiji Island
Army keeps officers from resigning to fix captain shortage
The Army, facing officer gaps, keeps many captains from resigning for up to 18 months and shortens time to captain from first lieutenant. It asks Reserve and National Guard captains to join active duty and relaxes age limits. Officials say shortages stem from retention and competition with industry, not lack of new officers.
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Army
National Guard
Pentagon
Military haul gears up at secret farm yard in county
About 30 soldiers and a handful of Navy personnel began moving large military gear from a corn field farm, evading secrecy as reporters were invited to view and photograph the operation. Equipment linked to a surplus program was seen, with cranes, a road grader, a truck, and hundreds of cargo parachutes. Local residents noted the stockpile grew over two years and some items had been moved previously. Sheriff John Davis said his department offered cooperation but did not participate. military police assumed control and prepared shipments to Yorktown, uncovering a concealed whisky still under the farm chicken house.
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Daily Press
North Carolina
Middlesex County
John Davis
Cooper Lance
Yorktown
Nobel Peace Prize Not Awarded This Year
Oslo AP reports the Nobel Peace Prize will not be awarded this year. The award of 300000 Swedish kroner may go to the prize fund or be granted next year. The last time the prize was held up was 1962 and past holds followed by 17 fund reversals.
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Oslo
Norway
Nobel Committee
Alfred Nobel
United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S
Carl Linus Pauling
United States
Albert John Luthuli
South Africa
U.N
Dag Hammarksfold
Australia Hosts Johnson on Far East Tour
President Johnson’s Australia visit draws grand-style welcome as observers tout it as a landmark moment. Gov. Gen. Richard Casey and PM Harold Holt plan speeches and a Canberra television address, with a Saturday barbecue at Lanyon Station hosted by U.S. Ambassador Edward Clark.
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Australia
Tha
British Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth II
Johnson
Richard Casey
Harold Holt
Robert Menzies
Holt
New Zealand
Far East
Navy
Canberra
Parliament House
Lanyon Station
James Wright
JM. Lanyon
T. A. Field
U.S
Edward al Clark
White House policy cited in wage control claim
Washington sources close to the White House say no special study exists, while commerce department revisions last July boosted the five-year moving average productivity from 3.6 to 3.8 percent. Labor Department hours statistics later revised upward, narrowing the five-year average back to about 3.6 percent. The long-range pattern remains near 3.2 percent.
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White House
Washington
Associated Press
Commerce ‘Department
Thei
Labor Department
Disorders spurring Oakland race clash and school boycott
In East Oakland Tuesday night, roving Negro teenage gangs beat whites and damaged 41 businesses amid a three day high school boycott called by the Ad Hoc Committee protesting education for Negroes. Nineteen youths were arrested as police restored order after a traffic incident triggered further violence.
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Phillips
East Oakland
Stuart
Castlemont
Daniel Hickey
Anes
East
Oakland
Dist. Atty
Frank Coakley
Superintendent of Schools
San Francisco
Teamsters and
Bartenders Unions
Hunters Point
San Francis
Chinese American Pupils Classified As White In Boston
Boston officials classified 671 Chinese American public school children in Chinatown as white to remove them from the racially imbalanced category. State education leaders questioned the move, saying they do not accept it. The School Committee and state board feud over racial balance funds and legality, with Boston warning of budget impacts if funds are withheld.
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Boston
Chinatown
William G. Salton- Stall
State Board of Education
Saltonstall Sala Ne
State Board
Ging Hing Chin
Chuck Soo Hoo
Joseph Lee
Johnson Visits New Zealand Amid Viet Nam War Debates
President Johnson and First Lady toured Wellington and Ohakea amid large crowds and protests. Norman Kirk’s Labour party opposes Ho by supporting a peace effort while campaigning for November 26 general election in New Zealand. Johnson called for end to the war at the conference table and optimistic views were shared about Manila summit prospects.
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Labor Party
Norman Kirk
Kirk
Holyoake
Viet Nam
Holyoakes National Party
Johnson
Ami
New Zealand
Wellington
Jet Nam
Howeve Oatined
Manila
Australia
Samoa
Ohakea
United States
Bob Kennedy
Johnson and
Congress approves broader packaging rules and safety measures
Congress votes to send to the White House a packaging labeling reform bill aimed at uniform standards. It also approves a navigation and flood control program costing about 613 million dollars, while the Senate backs an 821 million dollar Social Security increase to be effective January 1 1968. Other measures include safety at sea rules for passenger ships and a shift to treatment for narcotics offenders.
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Ite House
House
Senate
Wilbur D
Congress
Johnson
White House
U.S
Murder Continued as Suspect Held in Bronx Apartment
Detectives traced the case to a Bronx apartment after Irma Moore, mother of Philips and eight other children, said Margaret asked to borrow $20 and warned not to tell anyone. Police surrounded the building as women and a baby were heard inside, and officers forced entry with a sledge hammer while firing tear gas to end the standoff.
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Bronx
Irma Moore
Philips
Vietnamese air force targets Viet Cong with jets and flares
U S air power reports 38 jet fighters and four flare planes in Viet Nam to suppress Viet Cong fire during the night. Ground action limited to small skirmishes with 37 enemy soldiers killed. Bad weather cuts bombing raids to 44 missions in the northern panhandle. Pilots claim damage to 25 barges eight anti aircraft gun positions nine storage areas and eight trucks. South Viet Nam sees 355 sorties against camps storage depots. B52 raids south of the DMZ aim to slow infiltration of North Vietnamese forces. U S officers in Saigon say the North Vietnamese are stocking food and ammunition in the zone to sustain a major attack possibly timed with ally voters. Senior Marine general warns of a major escalation when weather clears.
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Ese Air Force
U.S
North Viet Nam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Moustralia
New Zealand
Viet Nam
Spike Slaying Suspect Cleared in Columbus Case
A Columbus man was cleared of any connection to the bludgeon slaying of Dr. Robert W. Spike, a Chicago theologian and civil rights leader. Police and a witness, who remained unidentified, confirmed the man seen near the United Christian Center did not enter the building, ending the intensive search.
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Columbus, Ohio
New
Robert W. Spike
Chicago
United Christian Center
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