Johnson vetoes bill to raise federal insurance coverage
President Johnson vetoed a bill costing about 90 million dollars yearly to increase life insurance for federal workers. He called it inflationary and said it would set a double standard with Congress. He noted past pay and benefits increases and urged restraint on spending while expressing hope Congress will pass his civil rights and anti inflation proposals.
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Washington
Johnson
Executive Branch
Congress
South
Viet Nam
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Wiinais
Dirksen
House
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
White House
Quake Shakes Nevada and California. cracks and damage readied
A 9 41 a m quake rated 6 5 on the Richter scale rattled Reno Carson City Truckee and Sacramento. The ground cracked in several places with three inch wide fissures as glass toppled and plaster fell. A Reno housewife whisked her child to safety as the tremor prompted panic and damage reports across the region.
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National Earthquake Information Center
Washington, D.C
J.C. Mahon
Southern Pacific Employe
Truckee
Reno
Nevada Statehouse
Carson City
California
Sacramento
Etlsewife
Fire destroys hotel. seven rescued from roof and windows
Fire on the first floor trapped guests who escaped via ladders from the roof and second floor windows. Chief Vic Bernasconi reported four others escaped, two admitted to Alaska Native Service Hospital in good condition. Witness Joe Rothstein recalled intense flames and a rear-origin blaze. Clerk John Uhles woke guests door to door before smoke forced his retreat. Damage estimated at 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Bernasconi
Alaska Native Service Hospital
Joe Rothstein
Anchorage Daily News
John Uhles
Uhles
Bernasconi
U S Says Nine Viet Cong Killed in Coastal Skirmish
A U S spokesman reports nine Viet Cong guerrillas killed with no American casualties. Sunday air raids across North Vietnam yielded 171 missions by Air Force Navy and Marine aircraft, with substantial damage to enemy targets including cargo barges bridges and supply sites. Losses: two U S planes downed. one Vietnamese helicopter crew wounded.
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U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Gulf of Tonkin
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Tuy Hoa
Cu Chi
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Violent White Lynching Targets Reporters at School Scene
A mob attacked photographers Jack Cantrell and Jim Reid of the Memphis Press Scimitar, smashing cameras and beating Reid. Reporter Robert Gordon of United Press International was assaulted as he attempted to interview the crowd and sought refuge on school grounds. Police intervened, but not before Gordon was struck and kicked.
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Lnlert
Jack Cantrell
Jim Reid
Memphis Press Scimitar
Cantrell
Reid
Robert Gordon
United Press International
Gordon
Space mission to photograph star nurseries from orbit
Astronauts plan a Wednesday morning spaceflight using a camera with special lenses to photograph stellar nurseries. Ultraviolet light blocked by Earth’s atmosphere will be observed from orbit to reveal how our solar system formed. A Gemini 11 test weighed Agena thruster behavior to estimate fuel in orbiting tankers for future pilot skills.
American teacher and ex priest seeks asylum in Soviet Union
The Soviet Union granted asylum to 34 year old Harold M Koch an American teacher and former Roman Catholic priest who defected to protest U S policy in Viet Nam Tass identified him as Chicago born and unmarried Koch said he sought asylum to oppose the Vietnam war and U S domestic policy on poverty and civil rights He may engage in anti war propaganda activities and two television interviews were announced by Moscow authorities
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Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
Viet Nam
Tass
Harold M. Koch
Chicago
Catholic Directory
United States
Harlem Ave
Niles
Ter
Koch
Moscow Radio
Moscow Television
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Stock Exchange President Will Step Down Next Year
G Keith Funston will resign as president of the New York Stock Exchange next year after 15 years in the top post. He will not seek any extension beyond Sept 10 1967 and plans to spend time with family and on boards. Ralph S Saul named to replace Edwin Etherington at the American Stock Exchange.
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NEW York (Ap
G. Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Funston
Securities Exchange
Walter N. Frank
Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Edwin D. Etherington
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Wall
Trinity College
Hartford
Trinity
Exchange Board of Governors
Frank
New York City
New York State
Waterloo
Iowa
Greenwich
Gemini 11 Rendezvous Push From Orbit in Brief Flight
The Gemini 11 mission achieved a near one orbit rendezvous with the Agena target after limited ground help. Astronauts Conrad and Gordon conducted a high speed chase launched by an Atlas booster at 8 05 a m reaching 185 miles over the Pacific. They executed close formation flight and verified one orbit rendezvous.
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Mission Control
Conrad
Gordon
Louisiana
Conrrad
Navy
Cmdr
Earth
Pacific
Christopher
Kraft
Moon
Hawaii
Bogalusa Gun Incident Sparks Tense Standoff
In Bogalusa whites and Negroes drew firearms as tensions flared. Officers halted a march toward each group and urged dispersion. Robert Hicks, 37, Bogalusa Voters League vice president, was arrested for disturbing the peace after declining bond. No children were involved. white parents retrieved their kids from a local school amid ongoing civil rights unrest.
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Robert Hicks
Bogalusa Voters League
Bogalusa
Mansfield Moves To Force Vote On Civil Rights Bill
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield moved to end the shadow filibuster and force a vote on the civil rights bill. Dirksen warned the move will fail. a two thirds vote is required to end debate. Mansfield filed a cloture petition with 22 signers as the clock runs toward a Wednesday vote.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Mllinois
Mansfield
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
House
Dirksen
Iits
GOP
America
Republicans For Progress
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Republican Party
Chlorine Gas Cloud Fells 85 at California Plant
A welder’s torch cut a wrong gas line releasing a yellow green chlorine cloud that felled at least 85 workers in Torrance California. Fourteen hospitalized include a 6 year old boy. Fire crews and hospitals treated victims as winds spread fumes to a nearby parking lot and evacuated homes. The ruptured 6 inch line from Stauffer Chemical Co to American Chemical Corp was shut down and a vacuum pulled on both ends, averting more fatalities.
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Torrance
Calif
Kenneth Witt
Harbor General Hospital
Witt
Stauffer Chemical Co
American Chemical Corp. O
Wray Nan- Sel
Atlanta leaders seek clemency as riots rock Summerhill
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr toured the affected area while Negro leaders met with Mayor Ivan Allen Jr to urge clemency for arrested residents. Williams said the focus was on Summerhill and Mechanicsville and on combating violence, with King delaying active involvement until civil rights leaders request it.
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Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Ivan Allen Jr
Samuel ‘Williams
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Summerhill
Mechanjicsville
Carmichael
Stokely
Jesse Hill
Allen
Hosea Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
SCLC
Samuel Williams
Dr. King
Ky proclaims hopeful victory after Saigon election turnout
In Saigon Ky during a jubilant election celebration said the voting was free and honest and invited UN officials Western journalists and mothers to witness. He declared final victory possible and praised turnout well above his 60 percent prediction while meeting U S Ambassador Lodge. The Viet Cong radio disputed the results calling the vote fraudulent.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Liberation Front
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
United Nations
U.S
Henry Calbot Lodge
Lodge
Flexible wage guidance debated by wartime economic panel
Secretary Wirtz urged a general approach over a fixed 3.2 percent rule for wage increases while Fowler outlined inflation control aims. They discussed options including tax increases, excess profits taxes, and installment controls. Johnson's request seeks a 16 month suspension of the investment credit and favorable depreciation rules.
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Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Fowler
Johnson
Peking hints at changes at top of Mao era leadership
Tokyo AP reports Red China signals new top leadership shifts with Liu Shao-chi Chu Teh and Chen Yun dropped from standing committee lists while Mao consolidates power. Chou En-lai may retain deputy chair role. Kang Sheng joins the standing committee amid purge dynamics. Chen Po-ta and Tao Chu emerge as new prominent figures. Chen Yu reportedly fired for anti party activity.
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Tokyo
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Liu Shao-chi
Chu Teh
Chen Yun
Palitburo
New China News Agency
Cheu En-Lai
Chou
Mao
Lin Piao
Communist Party
E. F. Hill
Australia
Peking
Kang Sheng
Liu
Chu
Lin
Teng Hsiao-ping
Tao Chu
Chen Po-ta
Teng
Kang
Politburo
Tao ‘Chu
Kwangting
China
Propa‘ganda
Folitburo
Tad
South China
Igov
Chen Yu
Xiwangtung
Kwangtung
Ancient Verses and Rules Fragment in a Local Notice
A garbled OCR fragment presents sentences about accidental killing not deserving death and prohibitions on removing property marks, plus a rule about false witnesses. It also mentions attire traditionally linked to gender and a stray note about space contributed by a citizen. The text is fragmentary and blends legal moralities with civic remarks.
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John Flannan
St. John Brebeuf
Father Koch
Chancery
Archdiocesan
Harold Sr
Saudi Arabia
Bill Williams
Fred
Stock Exchange
Gemini
Jack
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