Head On Crash Kills Nine On Virginia Highway
A tractor-trailer and a loaded passenger bus collided head on near Altavista Virginia on U S 29 killing nine and injuring 29. The bus driver was Ralph J Carter of Danville and a passenger Wade Calhoun of Washington DC. The bus originated in Tallahassee and stopped at Atlanta and Danville before leaving Danville at 4 am bound for Washington.
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Altavista
U.S. 29
Lynchburg
Rexanee Tha Dandeen
Allime Ac Uven Weit
Railway Express Agency
Queen City
Greensboro
N. C
Tallahassee
Fla
Atlanta
Danville
Washington
W. B. Guill
Staunton River
President Johnson to Tour Northeast This Weekend
President Johnson launches a weekend swing through New York Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire and Maine to bolster freshmen Democrats and influence governor and senate races He will meet Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson in Campobello on Sunday and discuss Vietnam among other topics The trip includes a Lake Erie pollution tour in Buffalo a hospital dedication in Ellenville Rhode Island University of Rhode Island speech and stops in Burlington Manchester Brunswick and Lewiston with a nighttime cruise to Campobello Island
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Washington
Johnson
Northeast
Democratic House
New York State
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Lester Pearson
Canada
Pearson
Ottawa
Viet Nam
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Campobello Island
New Brunswick
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Buffalo
N.Y
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Syracuse
Ellenville
Catskills Mountain
White House
Kingston
R.I
University of Rhode Island
Francis Horn
Burlington
Manchester
N.H
Brunswick
Lewiston
Northhampton
Campbello
Senate approves reserves bill amid Vietnam war tensions
The Senate voted 66 21 to attach a reserves mobilization rider to the defense bill. The measure would authorize up to 24 months of active duty for thousands of reservists and National Guardsmen, with WWII Korean War veterans exempted. The rider awaits House action amid budgeting fights.
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Senate
White House
Pentagon
Johnson
Viet Nam
House
Army Reserve
National Guard
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Air Force
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Robert S. McNamara
Govern
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
William Proxmire
Stephen M.young
Ohio
Russell-Saltonstall
Production Workers Seek Inclusion in Auto Wage Talks
UAW production workers demand inclusion in any reopenings with General Motors Ford and Chrysler plus an immediate 50 cent hourly raise. Local 600 led the push with 30 000 production and 10 000 skilled members demanding parity while insiders warn of broader demands amid ongoing contract reviews.
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A. F. Mahan
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Big Three
Ford Local
Walter P. Reuther
Dallas launches aerial spray to curb encephalitis epidemic
Three U S Air Force planes began systematic spraying of Dallas with Malathion to fight an encephalitis outbreak. City officials reported 57 probable cases since July with two deaths, as heavy rains created mosquito breeding grounds.
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Dallas
Tex
U.S. Air Force
Public Health Service
Hal J. Dewlett
Dewlett
Langley Air Fore Base
St. Louis
John Kilpatrick
Communicable Disease Center
U.S. Public Health Service
Atlanta
Watts Riots Followup Reports Mixed Progress
McCone Commission says gains are seen in employment and community efforts since the Watts disturbances. Education remains the weak point with inadequate Head Start programs and unfulfilled goals to cut class sizes and eradicate illiteracy despite federal and state aid.
Witnesses Choose Self Representation in HUAC Hearing
Witnesses at the HUAC hearing announced they would act as their own lawyers as deadlines for obtaining counsel neared. Edwin Meese testified on anti-Vietnam War activity while several witnesses left the room with their attorneys in protest. Arthur Kinoy, an ACLU attorney, pleaded innocent to disorderly conduct charges after being dragged from the hearing.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
House Committee On UN
Alfred M. Nittle
Edwin Meese
Alameda County
Berkeley
Calif
Town
Louisiana
Arthur A. Kinoy
American Civil Liberties Union
Planes Shot Down as U S Rolls North Vietnam Raid
American warplanes pressed the North Vietnam campaign with 109 missions. Two U S Air Force F105s were lost after a dogfight with MIG17s near Ha Noi. A Thunderchief went down west of Hanoi and both crew members are missing in action.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
Nguyen Khe
Hanoi
Governor Brown press conference on LA riot repairs
In Los Angeles Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr and John A. McCone brief reporters on progress to fix conditions behind last year's riots. Ten month old Hillary Rice eats lunch nearby with Kathleen Brown Rice and George A. Rice III as part of the briefing.
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James Wells
Newport
R. I
Davis
Viet Nam
James
Destroyer Squadron Twelve
Los Angeles
McCone
Watts
Edmund G. Brown
John A. McCone
Hillary Rice
Hillary
Kathleen
George A. Rice III
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Chrysler
HUAC
Richard Schord
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Edwin E. Willis
Dla
Willis
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