President and Mrs Johnson mobbed by schoolchildren in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana President and Mrs Johnson were swept into a wild crowd of cheering schoolchildren as they arrived to begin a four state poverty tour. Despite the crush they were unharmed though several greeters received first aid. Secret Service and police struggled to clear a path as Johnson grimly watched the scene before resuming handshakes with those behind barriers. Mrs Johnson moved more easily through the exit and remarked there was nothing depressing about the crowd.
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South Bend
Ind
Johnson
Secret Service
Secur
Laos Crisis Deepens as Rebels Hold Vientiane
Premier Souvanna Phouma announced that his cabinet has agreed to rebel demands for a broader government. Coup leaders refuse to yield control of Vientiane until a government they approve is formed. The neutralist, rightist and pro Communist coalition says there is continuity in governing powers despite the crisis.
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Laos
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Ee Ayeeeeee
Prince Souvanna
Rebes
Kouprasith Abhay
Siho Lamphouthakoul
Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Khang Khay
Prince Souphanouvong
Souphanouvong
Phoumi Nosavan
Chester Schools To Reopen After Closures
Chester Pa AP public schools will reopen next week after safety concerns led to Wednesday closings. Board president says one school will reopen Monday, with junior high and elementary to follow Tuesday if no incidents occur. Civil rights protesters vow more demonstrations, citing de facto segregation. Police reported 216 arrests and eight injuries during sit-ins at public buildings and the home of a Delaware County Republican leader. Reporter Timothy Tyler was arrested and charged with assaulting an officer.
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Chester
Francis P. Domaine
Frank Brooks
Committee For Freedom Now
John J. Vaul
Delaware County
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Timothy Tyler
Edward Tucker
Ches
Military SAVINGS RUN INTO MILLIONS Installations Cut Back
The Defense Department announced 63 new actions closing or reducing bases depots and offices in 29 states. Savings estimated at $68 million a year plus $551 million in operating costs across Army Navy Air Force and Defense Supply Agency. About 81,600 civilian jobs to be eliminated with 10,056 federal positions cut, and 4 400 workers reassigned. Sixteen bases to remain unchanged while 55 actions untouched. Some plants and depots to be sold or repurposed. phased over up to 3½ years to limit impact.
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Robert S.rdered
McNamara
Pentagon
Mainoainea Oy
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Navy
Air Force
Defense Supply Agency
Moon
Johnson
NATO
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Muskogee
Okla
Nebraska
South Dakota
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Louisiana
Ft. Lawton
Florida
Virginia
United
Boston
Defense Department
Soviets Back Cuba In U2 Flights Dispute
Izvestia says the Soviet Union will side with Cuba if U S reconnaissance flights are used to threaten the island. The Pentagon confirms pilots and Marines faced retaliation and Cuba demands an end to surveillance. President Johnson insists on restraint and legality as the crisis echoes October 1962.
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Izvestia
Soviet Union
Cuba
U.S
U.N
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Pentagon
White Houses
Air Force
John F. Kennedy
Ton
Union
Castro
Havana
Washington
Sary
Fidel Castro
U.S. State Department
Johnson
Cause Of Death Of Statesville Negro Unresolved
Statesville North Carolina AP report says the death of Benjamin Sanford Carlton a 47 year old insurance agent and last Friday candidate for the Iredell County Board of Commissioners remains unsolved awaiting a coroner inquest. Carlton was found Thursday night with a gunshot wound in his car a 418 shotgun. sheriff J C Rumple said no clear link to his candidacy. The body lay in a pool of blood 57 feet from the car in a Negro section. no sign of robbery and glasses found on a sun visor.
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Statesville
N. C
Tjredell County Board of Commissioners
Benjamin Sanford Carlton
Iredell County
J. C. Rumple
Carlton
Board of Commissioners
U S Policy On Cuba Outlined
Roanoke Virginia AP Unders Secretary of State George W Ball outlines U S policy toward Communist Cuba as confined between war and negotiations. He advocates strengthening Latin American nations to resist subversion and hindering Havana’s drive toward communism short of war. He defends the embargo and notes NATO allies have limited cooperation on Cuba. Ball warns against selling locomotives to Cuba and cites recent bus sales. Local note: Cuba’s Western transportation.
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George W. Ball
U.S
Cuba
Washington
Ball
Havana
Omicron Delta Kappa Society
United States
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Arkansas Democrat
NATO
Nuclear Plants May Produce Electricity
Washington AP reports advances toward peaceful nuclear power. At Savannah River a plutonium reactor group down and two others halted, while utilities discuss converting reactors to generate electric power. AEC invites private firms to study feasibility at Hanford and Savannah River with potential hundreds of megawatts, though no firm has committed to a feasibility study.
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Washington
Savannah River
Johnson
Ci- Arc
Vilion Electric
Atomic Energy Commiss
Sion
Inch Lake
Spense
AEC
Hanford
Pa Wash
Iuse
Red China Faces Leadership Crises Says U S Intel
U S intelligence reports based on secret Chinese military papers warn Communist China will undergo leadership crises in the next 10 to 15 years as aging rulers pass power to younger leaders. The studies imply shifts could change Red China’s stance toward the United States and the outside world.
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Washington
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U.S
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United States
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Africa
Communist Party
State Department
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Red China
Thomas L. Hughes
House Appropriations
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