U S to Allow Return Of GI Kin From Saigon
U S officials say 1339 American dependents remain in South Vietnam and no plans exist to order their return though changes in evacuation policy are possible. Debate centers on risk to families versus maintaining military focus in the Viet Cong campaign.
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Saigon
Washington
South Viet Nam
U. S
Defense Department
State Department
Military
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
House Armed Services Committee
Robert 5
McNamara
Saigon Bomb Scare Behind U S Information Agency
In Saigon a plastic dummy grenade found in the U S Information Agency library triggered a noon scare as streets were sealed. A pistol dropped by a U S Army enlisted man wounded a Vietnamese vendor. a Viet Cong radio warned danger near Americans. Six Americans have died and 87 wounded since Feb 1.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Information Agency
U.S. Army
Information Agency
U.S
Weather Delays Long Thrust X Airlift From Texas to Germany
Bad East Coast weather delayed the three day Texas to Germany airlift Operation Long Thrust X. About 1 500 U S troops moved to West Germany and 1 500 returned. A C135 jet arrived three hours late and refueling at McGuire AFB was blocked by a snow storm.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
U.S
Texas
West Germany
Europe
Air Force
Bergstrom Afb
McGuire Afb
New Jersey
Lucy Baines Johnson Named Queen of Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Lucy Baines Johnson daughter of the President was named queen for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Virginia according to AP reports.
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Winchester
Lucy Baines Johnson
Johnson
Rights Measure To Test LB Rights Measure To Test LB
Washington AP reports a Senate showdown over the House civil rights bill with Southern opposition likely to filibuster. Humphrey says no deals to pass without changes, while Dirksen pushes for voluntary desegregation as alternative. Russell and Johnsen maneuver to gather Republican support amid looming filibuster tactics.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Humphrey
Humphreys
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Rick
Sen
Cubans Go On Trial in Florida Waters
The first of 29 Cuban detainees faces trial before Judge Thomas Caro on unlicensed fishing charges after Cuban government owned trawlers were seized by the Coast Guard near the Dry Tortugas. The defendants waived juries and appeared in good spirits in Key West jail, with Cuban songs heard from the bullpen.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Florida
Coast Guard Fed
Tortugas Islands
Thomas Caro
Criminal Court
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Whitehead Street
Labor Vows No Retreat In Wheat Shipments Stand
Labor leaders led by Thomas W. Gleason of the ILWU vow to maintain the boycott of U.S. wheat shipments to the Soviet Union amid a rift with President Johnson. AFL-CIO officials support the stance while demands include at least half of wheat shipped on American vessels and written renewal of the pledge. The dispute centers on waivers for foreign shipping and potential export licenses worth hundreds of millions, with a key call for Johnson’s personal intervention.
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Miami! Beach
Fla
Johnson
U.S
Soviet Union
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen's Union
Hall
Gleason
Luther Hodges
Hodges
Maritime Administration
Commerce Department
Continental Grain Co
Continental
Reynolds
Maritime
Gulf Coast
Commerce Departments
American
Lsn
Picketing Feared Over Cape Kennedy Spur Project
Assistant Secretary of Labor James J. Reynolds plans to renew a proposal to bar Florida East Coast Railway from using a Cape Kennedy spur, fearing picketing by 11 striking unions could disrupt missile and space program work. Construction was halted after union workers refused to cross a picket line amid a 13 month wage strike with disputes over a 10.28 cent hourly raise. Ball and Leighty dismissed arbitration and talks as futile. dynamite is alleged in three train wrecks with no arrests.
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James J. Reynolds
Florida East Coast Railway
Cape, Kennedy
Reynolds
Ball
G. E. Leighty
St. Louis
Florida East Coast
Christ enters Jerusalem amid Palm Procession
The narrative recalls Jesus entering Jerusalem to praise and acclaim, riding a colt as crowds lay garments and palm branches in his path. It notes the prophecy from Matthew and contrasts the later crowd's call for crucifixion.
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Jesus
Jerusalem i
Benefits Bill Work Slated in Harrisburg Scranton Plan
The Senate Labor and Industry Committee will meet next Tuesday to begin consideration of the Scranton administration unemployment compensation program. Director Jack B. Brown will present the administration’s views, with Labor representatives from opposing sides invited for input. The bill aims to stabilize the LL.C. fund by higher employer taxes and reduced benefits, while public hearings may be limited to fact finding.
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Harrisburg
Senate Labor and Industry Committee
Jack B. Brown
Bureau of Employment Security
D. Elmer Hawbaker
R-Franklin
Hawbaker
Labor
Scranton
Senate
House
U.C
John H. Ware
Rohester
Brown
Soviet Calls for Cyprus Independence and No UN Force
The Soviet Union plans to tell the UN Security Council to guarantee Cyprus independence and territorial integrity and to keep Greek and Turkish Cypriots from interference. Fedorenko says hands off Cyprus and supports President Makarios. Adlai Stevenson and Fedorenko poised to speak as U Thant works on a four-nation agreement and a plan for an international force.
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United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
Cyprus
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Makarios
Fedorenko
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Council
U.N
U Thant
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Gabon Names Aubame Provisional Premier After Coup
Gabon appoints Jean Hilaire Aubame as provisional premier following Tuesday's bloodless coup in Libreville. Aubame, 51, heads a one man government and vows to honor international commitments of the previous pro French regime while appealing for calm and protecting foreigners in Gabon.
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Gabon
Security Council
Cyprus
Thant
British Commonwealth
helMbene
Jacques Mombo
Threelber
Jean Essone
Daniel Noo Edouws
Baker Records Subpoena Forces Testimony In Senate Probe
Washington AP Bobby Baker faced a Senate Rules Committee subpoena into his personal financial transactions and Serv-A Corp. links. The panel weighs contempt options and possible open hearings likely next week as Baker or his records may be disclosed.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
L. P. McLendon
McLendon
Carole Tyler
Serv-A Corp
U.S. Reports Americans Safe After Gabon Coup Curfew
The State Department said about 150 Americans in Gabon are safe including 30 embassy staff and dependents, 70 Peace Corps volunteers, 25 missionaries and dependents, and 15 engineers. The four man revolutionary committee declared a state of emergency and imposed a dusk to dawn curfew, forbidding assemblies of more than five people. Sub-Lt. Danie is named among revolutionaries.
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Aarent Reese Gime
U.S. State Department
Washington
Gabon
U.S
Peace Corps
Revolutionary Committee
Danie
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