North Carolina State Name Change Moves Through Legislature
The General Assembly swiftly passed a bill renaming N C State to North Carolina State University at Raleigh. The Senate approved a substitute removing UNC references and the House concurred, ending a dispute seen as risking future elections.
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Frank Forsyth
Cherokee
State Wildlife Resources Commission
Scott
Wood
Roy Rowe
Pender
Rowe
Tom White
Lenoir
North Carolina University At Raleigh
N.C. State
North Carolina State
University of North Carolina At Raleigh
Sen
Whitehurst
Senate
Major battles claim heavy Viet Cong losses in Binh Dinh
U S officials report up to 200 Viet Cong killed in a major battle with Vietnamese marines in Binh Dinh Province while five South Vietnamese died and 25 wounded. In Mekong Delta another three day battle left 276 Viet Cong dead and 33 captured with six Americans and 16 South Vietnamese killed. Saigon saw a mutiny among young naval officers against Adm. Chung Tan Cang, but government sources suggested the admiral would be ousted and the crisis contained. Air force missions targeted Viet Cong concentrations in Kon Tum Province as a Skyhawk was shot down in North Vietnam with the pilot missing.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Binh Dinh
U.S
Mekong River
Adm
Chung Tan Cang
Cang
Nguyen Khanh
Kontum
U.S. Navy
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Berlin Autobahn Blockade Reopens Then Closes Again
The Berlin autobahn was closed by Communist forces for three hours, reopened after a U.S. Army convoy challenged the blockade, and closed again for five hours. A Soviet officer said the air force is involved and that the closure lasts until 10 p.m. local time as part of ongoing maneuvers.
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John 0. Koehler
Berlin
West Berlin
West
U.S
East Germany
Minimum wage in North Carolina rises to $1
RALEIGH AP A bill to boost North Carolina minimum wage from 85 cents to $1 won approval in both houses of the General Assembly. The House sent its bill to the Senate after a brief discussion with scattered no votes. The Senate unanimously approved an identical bill and held it for final consideration Friday. Senator Robert Morgan hinted at an amendment to remove the tip exemption. The measure takes effect January 1 under committee amendments.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
Robert Morgan
Harnett
Morgan
U Thant and Britain welcome Johnson Viet Nam speech
U Thant sent President Johnson a personal message calling his Viet Nam speech constructive and statesmanlike and pledged continued effort toward a peaceful settlement. Britain welcomed the proposal as a path to hope while Hanoi and Peking remained silent.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
Johnson
Thant
U.N
London
Britain
Viet Nam
Harold Wilson
Southend
Hanoi
Peking
Saigon
Voice of America Radio
Jakarta
Sukarno
Erie
Negroes Move To Join Union Of Churches
AP report from Lexington notes three large Negro denominations will join the broad effort toward a Protestant reunion. Church leaders applaud the move. Episcopal Bishop Robert F. Gibson Jr. of Richmond and Rev. Dr. Charles S. Spivey Jr. of Payne Theological Seminary comment on the potential positive impact and anticipated favorable action by the participants.
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George W. Cornell
Lexington, Ky
Episcopal
Robert F. Gibson, Jr
Richmond
America
Charles 8. Spivey Jr
Payne Theological Seminary
Wilberforce
Ohio
President Johnson signals readiness for unconditional Vietnam talks
President Johnson stated the United States is prepared for unconditional peace talks with 17 unaligned nations, echoing his Baltimore policy address. The plan includes a $1 billion Southeast Asia development investment, urged and coordinated by U Thant with a team led by Eugene Black. The administration remains firm on continuing the war against North Vietnam while pursuing peace negotiations.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Baltimore
Southeast Asia
North
Viet Nam
Johns Hopkins University
Congress
U. N
U Thant
Soviet Union
Eugene Black
World Bank
U. S
South Viet Nam
Next Move Is Up To Communists
AP News Analysis notes President Johnson offers unconditional discussions and a path toward Vietnam peace talks. The next move rests with the Communists as he proposes a $1 billion U.S. aid push for Southeast Asia, urging negotiations with Hanoi Peking and Moscow for clues to any shift.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Baltimore
Bors
Southeast Asia
U.S
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Street Barricaded As Gunfire Shocks Bogalusa
In Bogalusa Louisiana a Main Street block was barricaded after midnight gunfire aimed at a Negro residence housing two white civil rights workers. Eight shots were fired from the home, no injuries reported, while Governor McKeithen blamed outside agitators for stirring a clash with the Ku Klux Klan amid tense civil rights activity.
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Bogalusa
Main Street
William J. Yates
Buffalo
N.Y
Prices rise as 1964 U.S. potato crop falls short
San Francisco AP reports the 1964 potato harvest was the smallest in seven years, about 25 million 100 pound bags below the five year average. Weather and frosts hit major regions except Maine, with Idaho russet bakers at 20 cents a pound and prices peaking before the new crop.
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Maine
Oregon
Idaho
George Burger
San Francisco
Experimental anti cancer agent reported developed
Detroit AP reports a new experimental anticancer drug with molecular claws shown to destroy or slow various animal cancers. Human safety tests have begun in limited cases at Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo as a preliminary measure. Dr Harold G Petering Upjohn Co says questions remain about how the drug works and its full effectiveness in animals.
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Detroit
American Chemical Society
Harold G. Petering
Upjohn Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Petering
ACS
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Beating Arrests Linked to Prosperity Jail Incident
Two Prosperity police officers were arrested on charges of second degree lynching infliction of violence after a young man was abducted from the jail and beaten. Freddie Jackson, 18, faced disorderly conduct charges earlier, and robed assailants took keys to the jail on the town hall grounds. Governor Russell ordered SLED to investigate, with officials noting no prior Klan activity in Prosperity.
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Columbia
D.C
Prosperity
State
J. P. Strom
Phillip Plumpkin
L. Cornell Wise
Freddie Jackson
Wise
Newberry County
Tom Fellers
D. H. Willingham
Strom
Donald Russell
South Carolina
Jackson
Willingham
Newincident
Robert Scoggin
Spartanburg
Grand Dragon
Ku Klux Klan
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North Carolina State University
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University of North Carolina
Ralph Scott
Senate Higher Education Committee
Sam Whitehurst
North Carolina State University At
George Wood
Camden
Autobahn
Union of Churches
Amusements Bridge
Women’s News
Louisiana
McKeithen
Cure
Robert Hicks
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