McNamara Defends U S Military Strength Against GOP Attacks
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara rejected a Republican task force report charging weakening U S military power. He cited dramatic gains since 1961 including missiles and bombers, a surge in defense spending and new weapons programs. He stressed the record shows continued U S superiority over the Soviets.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
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United States
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Eisenhower
Defense Secretary
South Viet Nam
GM UAW Discuss Contract In Detroit Talks Open
In Detroit GM hosts the first day of talks with the UAW as Leonard Woodcock claims GM profits and wages justify union gains. UAW leader Walter Reuther attends while discussions extend to Ford Chrysler and American Motors. The union seeks conditions upgrades, including a 15 minute extra rest period amid looming August contract expirations.
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General Motors Corp
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
GM Corporation
Walter P. Reuther
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Stolen plane crash lands in parking lot near GE plant
A stolen single engine aircraft carrying two boys from North Adams, Massachusetts, crash landed in a large West Side parking lot in Schenectady, totaling a fence at the General Electric Co. plant. The 15 year old pilot and his 13 year old companion were unhurt after the craft circled the city, narrowly missing St. Joseph's church steeple and a police radio tower. The plane had been taken from Mohawk Aviation Airport just before midnight.
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North Adamas
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North Adams
Warren Commission orders FBI probe into Oswald diary source
The Warren Commission calls for a full FBI inquiry to determine how parts of Lee Harvey Oswalds diary appeared in print in Dallas Morning News stories. Rankin cites concerns over security and public misperception as investigators delay the commissions report past July 18. Marina Oswalds lawyer McKenzie says the commission did not release the material.
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Jack B. Kreuger
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Dallas News
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Marina Oswald
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Fatally Shot 12 Year Old Pitcher in Boston Suburb
In Boylston Massachusetts the 12 year old Lit tle League pitcher Richard Beauregard was shot in the neck and killed by a 30 30 rifle while trespassing on an elderly man's property near his home. Carl Anderson a 67 year old retired merchant seaman was charged with murder. Seven boys including Richard and his twin Robert were on the land when the shooting occurred as Anderson had complained about trespassing.
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Mass
Richard Beauregard
Carl Anderson
Richard
Robert
Anderson
RFK Says Oswald Acted Alone in Kennedy Killing
Robert F. Kennedy told a Krakow audience there was no conspiracy or communist influence in the Dallas assassination. He described Lee Harvey Oswald as a misfit who acted alone to protest society, saying ideology did not motivate the act.
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Invasion Threat Looms Over Cyprus Crisis
Turkish Premier Ismet Inonu warned Britain that Ankara may invade Cyprus if Greece rejects UN mediation proposals. He said Turkey retains a treaty right to intervene despite UN peacekeepers and cited past near-interventions halted by U.S. pressure. Negotiations with Sakar Tuomioja were urged to avoid forceful action.
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United Nations
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U.N
Sakari Tuomioja
Inonu
Mediterranean
Tuomioja
United States
Search For Men Expands In Mississippi Disappearance
Rita Schwerner urged 5,000 volunteers to join the hunt for civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney missing since June 21 in Neshoba County. Federal and state agents plus 100 Navy sailors pressed the search with air and water patrols as FBI distributed circulars across five states.
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Mississippi
Rita Schwerner
Michael Schwerner
Brooklyn
Dewitt Hutton
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Tennessee
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Southern NEA Delegates Back Plan to Integrate
A near split vote at the National Education Association convention backed a resolution demanding immediate integration of all white teacher associations in 11 Southern states with a July 1, 1966 deadline or risk expulsion. Supporters warn the full NEA will face pressure to reverse. The NEA leadership opposes a strict integrate or leave measure, preferring gradual desegregation within state and local affiliates.
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Wash
National Education Association
NEA
Department of
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Miami
Fla
NEA Representative Assembly
South
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Nassau Suffolk Classroom Teachers Association
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Florida Race Row Case Involves King and Leaders
Juvenile counselor charges Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and other integration leaders with contributing to the delinquency of minors in St. Augustine. Warrants name King and several figures as alleged organizers of marches using wards of the juvenile court.
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St. Augustine
Martin Luther King Jr
Fred Brinkhoff
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R. B. Hayling
John Gibson
J. S. Jackson
Cort
U.S. Dist
Bryan Simpson
Jacksonville
Simpson
Farris Bryant
Vigilante Corps Planned by Malaysia Defense Council
Malaysia announces plan to form a vigilante corps in Malaya and the Borneo states Sarawak Sabah to counter Indonesian saboteurs, as part of national defense measures.
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Malaysia
National Defense Council
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Borneo
Sarawak
Sabah
Italy Center-Left Coalition Urged to Replace Moro Government
Rome officials report the Christian Democratic party urging a new center-left coalition to form and replace the government of Premier Aldo Moro after its collapse five days earlier.
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Italy
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Aldo Moro
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