Uprising in New Mexico Prompts House Subcommittee Probe
A House subcommittee questioned the 1967 armed insurrection led by Reies Lopez Tijerina over illegal land grants. The hearing tied the New Mexico dispute to urban poverty and alleged ties to national unrest, with officials noting rural misery as a trigger and warning against demagoguery.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
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Washington
New Mexico
House
Reies
Lopez Tijerina
Aic
Southwest
Joseph Resnick
New York
Watts
Resnick
Penasco
Albuquerque
Denver
Mercure
America
Reijes
Lopez
Tijerina
Robin Hood
Hough
Harlem
Aoletick
Rand Work Top Secret think tank in Santa Monica
Rand is a not for profit corporation with 1141 employees including 524 researchers half of whom hold PhDs. The firm uses armed guards and handles classified work and plans to expand into health education and social issues. It expects a Health and Welfare contract worth 250000 first year and growing to two million annually.
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Taos
Mora
Sandoval
Atriba
Mercure
Penasco
New Mexico
Richard Reeves
New York Times News
Santa Monica
Calif
Rand
Ocean Front
Henry S. Bowen
Curation
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Air Force
New York Dates Lonely Servicemen By Bernard Weinraub
Leandro Ferrer, a Coast Guard recruit visiting New York from basic training, spends a lonely weekend in Times Square and Greenwich Village. He notes big city awe and the uniformed visitor treatment as 10,000 to 20,000 servicemen come to the city weekly for brief liberty before deployment.
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Bernard Weinraub
New York Times News Service
New York
Leandro Ferrer
Coast Guard
Times Square
U.S. C
West 43d St
New Orleans
Susan
Coast Guardsman
Vietnam
United Nations
MacDougal St
Greenwich Village
TV Editors War Conscious
New York report on television coverage of the Vietnam War notes editors struggle to show battle scenes while avoiding grisly imagery. NBC and ABC officials defend editorial judgment and partial censorship, citing respect for viewers and contributors at home.
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Robert E. Dallos
New York Times News Service
New York
Vietnam
Reuven Frank
National Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
A. B. C. News
Water Tank Remains From U.S. Army in Dominican Republic
Edward C. Burks notes a bright water tank on a tower in Santo Domingo as a relic of the 1965 66 American troop presence. He outlines the political climate, elections, unrest, and U S backed developments while highlighting ongoing tensions with the Dominican revolutionary party and questions about Bosch restoration.
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Edward C. Burks
New York Times
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States Army
82D Airborne Division
U.S
U. S
Escalation Options Studied for Vietnam War Push
The Johnson administration weighs greater force levels in Vietnam with Gen Westmoreland proposing three troop scales. One division for I Corps, two to three for II and IV, or four to five nationwide, including a delta push by two divisions. A call up of reserves would be needed for larger force levels if North Vietnamese infiltration continues.
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Air Force
Milton Weiner
George Good Jr
Congress
U Ss
U. S
Dominican Revolutionary Party
U.S
Juan Bosch
New York Times News Service
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Pentagon
William C. Westmoreland
I Corps
South Vietnam
II Corps
IV Corps
Mekong River
United States
North Vietnam
White House
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Jerry Razzano
Bradford
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Marshall
T.V. Editors
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