Vessel Found With Only 1 Man Alive
The cargo ship Seven Seas, flying a Parmiananian flag, drifted toward Key West with only one survivor aboard after a night of apparent mass murder at sea. Investigators waited as Coast Guard and FBI teams pursued mutiny and murder theories, while three bodies were recovered and the missing skiff and three crewmen remained unaccounted for.
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Miami
Coast Guard
Paul R. Lewis
Jerday
Key West
Fla
Seven Seas
Kay West
Tampa
Elvin Burywaise
FBI
U.S. Marshal
Cape Shoal Water
Lewis
Burywaise
Viet Cong siege of Duc Co camp continues amid firefight
Viet Cong riflemen shelled the Duc Co camp 220 miles northeast of Saigon, killing two U S airmen and wounding others as U S helicopters attempted a rescue. Ground actions near Basia yielded 17 Viet Cong killed and nine captured with no government losses.
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Ronald Ff. Deutsch
Saigon
Duc Co
Route 19
U.S
Qui‘ Nhon
South China Sea
Due Go
Saigo
Basia
Quang Neai
Harris survey shows broad social conscience in Americans
Louis Harris reports that despite fears of complacency from prosperity, Americans display urgent social concern. The survey finds worries about hunger, medical care, care for older people, food surpluses, pollution, and minority rights, with affluence linked to broader humanitarian interest.
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Louis Harris
United States
No Shift in Strategy Senators Briefed On War
President Johnson briefed 43 senators in a partisan, person-to-person session on Viet Nam and the world situation. Mansfield said no change in Viet Nam strategy emerged, as Dirksen and Mundt echoed no significant new points. Moyers said briefings keep Congress informed. Johnson spoke from Camp David with aides and officials including Taylor and Rusk to discuss Hanoi and negotiations.
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Washington
Johnson
Isday
Sen
Mike Mansfield
D - Mont
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Karl B. Mundt
R-S. B
White House
Bill B. Moyers
United States
Hanoi
Ghana
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Taylor
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Arthur J. Goldberg
U S
United Nations
Eugene Black
Southeast Asia
Secrecy Opposition Stalled in Congress
AP reports that the push to require more government records for the public faces White House opposition. President Johnson probes to veto the bill amid fears over executive privilege and security files. Supporters Moss and Long remain cautiously optimistic though adjournment looms and prospects dim for this year.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Senate House
White House
Johnson
House
FBI
Congress
Long
Moss
Protesters Plan March On Capitol
Washington AP reports a new Assembly of Unrepresented People group adopted a declaration of peace against Viet Nam policy at the Washington Monument grounds and voted to march to the Capitol despite police warnings that the march would be illegal. About 350 attended the meeting. organizers said participation in the march was uncertain with many speakers and attendees tied to civil rights groups.
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Hanoi
Viet Nam
United States
Taylor
NBC
John
Washington
U.S
Washington Monument
Capitol
Capitol Steps
White House
Antiwar protest at the Avenue in Viet Nam scene
The bottom photo shows counter marchers with signs like Go Home Punks as police guard the northwest entrance and fence near the White House throughout the day and night during the Viet Nam demonstration period.
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Viet Nam
White House
AP Wireshoad
Pennsylvania Avenue
U.S
Northwest
Viet Cong Exploit Civilian Losses Near Da Nang
Viet Cong operatives have moved into villages south of Da Nang exploiting burned homes and civilian casualties caused by Marine and Air Force actions. Senior leaders claim Americans seek to control Vietnam, touting recent operations as proof. Marines killed at least five civilians, and about 100 homes were destroyed in one strike. The Viet Cong push a pro Minh line while rebuilding efforts soften village tensions and reduce friction with locals.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
U. S
Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Indochina
Peninsula
Voting Rights Bill Goes Into Third Enforcement Phase
Washington AP In the third phase of enforcing the voting rights bill the Justice Department designates counties for federal registrars. About 46 of 75 federal examiners will begin voter signups in 10 to 15 counties. The department will also sue to end poll tax requirements in Texas Alabama and Virginia as President Johnson set the timetable after signing the act. Literacy tests have been suspended in several states and counties earlier. Mississippi faces a poll tax suit the state intends to defend.
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Don Carson Washington
Justice Department
Civil Service Commission
Texas
Alabama
Virginia
Johnson
Alaska
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Arizona
Idaho
Maine
Mrs Blake Dies After Electrocution At Home
Mrs Jena Blake of 121 Carolina Avenue died early this afternoon after an electrical shock while shampooing a rug at her home. Resuscitation attempts were made after she was found on the living room floor around 2 p.m. She was the wife of Caton Blake, a composing room employee at The High Point Enterprise. Two young children survive with her husband.
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Jena Blake
Carolina Avenue
Caton Blake
High Point Enterprise
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Camp David
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Saigor
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