General Needs Miracle General MacArthur In Critical Condition
Washington AP General Douglas MacArthur remains in a comatose, precarious state with liver failure and failing vital functions. Army surgeon general Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton described an ominous prognosis while recalling MacArthur's wartime memories and urging that only a miracle might save him.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Leonard D. Heaton
Army
Heaton
Philippines
Flanders
John J
Pershing
MacArans
Alaska Good Friday quake shakes Kodiak cattle calm
On Good Friday in Kodiak Alaska Louis Beaty noticed cattle moving oddly at his ranch on Narrow Cape. The 200 head stood quietly as the sky stayed sunny and blue with mountains in view while a distant tremor hinted at a quake that would soon reveal deeper geologic mysteries.
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Gulf of Kodiak
Kodiak
Alaska
Louis Beaty
Moon
Gan
High Pointers Describe Quake Survivors Reach Alaska
Letters from witnesses in Alaska recount the intense shaking and widespread destruction after the earthquake. Wray Hutchins, a retired Navy man on Kodiak Island, describes ground rippling and streets cracking, a dust cloud, and collapsed downtown. He notes tidal waves and bodies reported in the Bering Sea. Diane Shockey Graebner, in Anchorage, witnessed the event from start to end with her husband.
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Hutchins
Kodiak
Diane Shockey Graebner
T. E. Shockey
Beverly Hills Drive
Anchorage
Diane Graebner
Makarios Denounces Cyprus Turkey Pact Abrogating Alliance
Archbishop Makarios declared Cyprus unilaterally abrogates the 1959 treaty that allowed Turkish forces to base on the island. He wrote to Turkish Prime Minister Inonu stating the Turkish army's refusal to leave Cyprus invalidates the pact. The Turkish embassy in Nicosia said the note was rejected.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Makarios
Cyprus
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Nicosia
Cyprus Radio
Mahzar Ozkol
Zurich
London
Greece
Mike Heery
U.N
Famagusta
Kokkina
NO INTERFERENCE SEEN Chiang Hints Return To China
Chiang Kai shek warned Americans that Red China aims to defeat the United States and urged removal of the Communist regime. In a 1 hour AP interview he described Sino Soviet ties as at the point of no return, warned Viet Nam withdrawals could trigger a Pacific retreat, and urged realism about China’s strength and the need to back Southeast Asia. He argued the United States should not misread China as divided, and hinted about lessons from Dien Bien Phu for U.S. strategy in Asia.
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Formosa
Red China
United States
Chiang Kaishek
Sen. J. W. Fulbright
Washington
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Chiang
Associated Press
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U.S
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Pacific
Japan
Ment
Asia
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Philippines
Fulbright
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Iman
U.S. Senate
South Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Communist Battle Set For Autumn
The Soviet backed plan for an autumn international meeting of Communist and workers parties aims to test strength with Mao. Bulgaria publicly supports Moscow while most other parties stay silent. Khrushchev uses the moment to marshal support as Bulgaria’s Central Committee endorses the proposal.
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Tass
World
Red China
Khruschev
Mao Tze-tung
Sofia
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Peking
Khrushchev
China
House Committee Probing Use Of Lie Detector Tests
The House committee reported that the federal government used lie detector tests on at least 23,122 people last year, with higher undisclosed totals. It raised questions about reliability and propriety and noted varying training standards across agencies including the Army and Navy. The report cites tests by the CIA, FBI, and other federal courts and agencies, with the full committee set to examine further.
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House Committee
Washington
Central Intelligencer
Subcommittee
House
Army
Manyler
Navy
Federal Bureau of Government Information
Ported
John &. Moss
D-Calif
Willyear
Johnson predicts prosperous 1964 for Americans and Democrats
President Johnson said 1964 would be a prosperous year for the American people and favorable for Democrats politically. Asked if it would be a good year for him he replied the Democrats in general, meaning all Democrats.
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Washington
Johnson
Johnson Sees Moral Gains and Global Optimism
President Johnson expressed a buoyant mood as he spoke to newsmen in the Cabinet room, asserting improvements in teen morals since his day. He also hailed “very good news” on the balance of payments as preliminary figures show deficits narrowing in the January–March quarter.
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Johnson
Dean Rusk
Galileo Solas
U.S
Canal Zone
Panama
Brazil
Joao Goulart
United States
Johnson defends Western alliance amid East West tensions
Press at the White House questioned President Johnson on East Germany overflights and Soviet Chinese ideologies. He said East West friction has been reduced by new safety steps and warned that the Western alliance remains united when needed. He downplayed De Gaulle’s impact and noted no incumbent would falter in prosperity election prospects.
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White House
Johnson
East Germany
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
President Nominates Ambassador to Panama
President Johnson named Jack Hood Vaughn, 43, as ambassador to Panama, noting his Latin American foreign aid work and Panama ties. Vaughn, Latin American director of the Peace Corps, would assume once Senate confirmation is received. post vacant since last August. Johnson called it a good week for the hemisphere.
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Johnson
Panama
Brazil
Hemisphere
Peace Corps
Jack Hood Vaughn
Latin America
Satinson
Vaughn
Senate
U.S
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