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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1967
Page
5
Washington report outlines a fictional Clyde Clark as the Republican nominee to defeat President Johnson. The piece describes a plan to “invent” Clark two weeks before the convention, and details a staged, identity masking method to simulate a credible candidate.
Washington debates troop levels as Gen Westmoreland studies manpower needs in Vietnam. Officials say only a minimal reinforcement is likely, with Marines and Army shifting to bolster I Corps. The Marine pacification plan uses a Marine platoon to train and guard local popular forces in about 71 villages, aiming to prevent Vietcong retake of hamlets.
A 33 year old Saigon teacher, Pham Thi Mai, who signed a peace petition two months earlier, burned to death this week. She left letters urging U S withdrawal and peace and sent a message to President Johnson via Ambassador Bunker.
The schedule lists Bookmobile stops on Tuesday May 23 with times and locations including Lacon Fullenwider's Store Fairview Community Church of God New Hope Hale's Grocery Eva School Lunch at Eva School Eva Patton's Cole Springs Sander's Store and Tennessee Valley Rest Home.
In a Brussels suburb, an intelligence center at Evere for NATO ambassadors aims to be ready mid October. Computers will collate Soviet bloc activity from spies satellites and agents with a link to a North Atlantic satellite network for rapid diplomatic briefings. The center seeks to keep alliance leaders continually informed and engaged in crisis response.
Geneva reports Dr. Paul Prebisch head of the United Nations conference for trade and development said new negotiations will push developing countries to win tariff concessions. He noted 85 nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America expect duty free exports over a decade as Kennedy Round results cut tariffs and unlock about 40 billion dollars in goods.
Washington columnist Tom Wicker analyzes Southern objections to Office of Education desegregation guidelines. He argues the rules target dual school systems and de jure segregation, not de facto patterns, and highlight the tension over using a percentage yardstick to force integration in the South.
The article cites Prebisch arguing that the Kennedy Round recognized the principle of tariff preferences for developing countries and urged ongoing efforts to implement concessions. He warned that concessions should cover manufactures and semi manufactures and improve access to markets for primary exports, noting past rounds favored developed nations.
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