Harris Report analyzes 1966 House election prospects
The analysis shows a 55 to 45 percent Democratic lead overall with trouble spots in the Midwest and West where Republicans lead in many new seats. In the East Democrats hold a 56 to 44 percent edge, the South remains favorable, and independents now tilt toward Republicans. Civil rights and Viet Nam dominate concerns, with economic worries affecting farmers in the Midwest.
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House of Representatives
Midwest
Congress
GOP
Viet Nam
North
South
U. S
White House
Demos
Siena
Ailing Mariner Ends Voyage Near Argentia
Coast Guard cutter Ingham rushed to Argentia Newfoundland to hospitalize Capt William Willis 72 after his 11 foot boat voyage to England was halted by a strangulated hernia diagnosed aboard the ship. Willis believed he was ill in the fog bound Atlantic voyage. The Ingham aimed to reach Argentia at 8 30 a m EDT Tuesday.
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New York
Coast Guard
Argentia
William Willis
England
Ingham
Atlantic
Willis
Peace in Viet Nam speech by Johnson on Campobello
President Johnson, speaking on Campobello Island with Prime Minister Pearson, argued for negotiated peace over sheer power and recalled Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wartime leadership. He warned that force alone cannot secure peace and stressed that aggression must yield to reason.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Lester B. Pear
Canada
Upper New York
New England
Pearson
Campobello Island
New Brunswick
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Viet Nam
Fdr
Campobello
U.S
Burke County Sheriff Oaks Shot Dead While Serving Warrant
Burke County Sheriff David W. Oaks was shot and killed late Sunday night while deputies attempted to serve a peace warrant near Liberty's home in eastern Burke County. Deputy Joe Burns was wounded earlier. Boyce C. Liberti, 63, was detained five hours later and charged in the warrant. Oaks, a 44-year-old Republican candidate for re election, had led moonshine crackdowns and had 200 officers aiding the investigation from surrounding counties and state patrols. He is survived by his wife, four children, and his parents.
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Valdese
N.C
Burke County
David W. Oaks
Valdese General Hospital
Boyce C. Liberti
Oaks
Joe Burns
Liberty
Henry River
Catawba
Hickory
John Reece
Morganton
George D. Oaks
Shelby
Air Crash Victim Survives Ordeal
In Middletown Connecticut John T Emmanuel, 39, survived six days pinned in a wrecked single engine plane that crashed on Mt Higby after Richard C Grimaldi, 32, died. A truck driver and private pilots helped locate the site leading to Emmanuel being found alive by search teams.
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Mt. Higby
Cent
Middletown
Conn
John T. Emannuel
Emmanuel
Richard C. Grimaldi
Hartford
Block Island
R. I
Federal Aviation Agency
Coast Guard
Connecticut
John Faulkner
Faulkner
State Aeronautics Department
American Planes Strike Hard At Commie Bases
Air Force B52 bombers from Guam hit Viet Cong bases near Saigon and 120 miles southwest, while a ground fighting lull persisted. A grenade attack in Gia Dinh wounded four U.S. service members and a civilian. one assailant fled. North Viet Nam was also struck by U S fighter-bombers in routine missions.
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Commie
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Guam
South Viet Nam An
Gia Dinh
U.S
North
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Quake Area Struck Again In Eastern Turkey
Two fresh temblors hit eastern Turkey as rescue work continues after last week's deadly quake. The toll nears 2,300 dead with up to 3,000 feared, while 2,300 injured and thousands homeless strain relief efforts. Health officials fear cholera from Iraq spreading north. inoculations rise and water treated as bread and aid flights reach 29 isolated villages. U S officials report no American casualties though Peace Corps members are missing.
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Erzurum
Turkey
Iraq
Edip Somuno‘glu
U.S. Army
Carl Kueffer
Ft. Wadsworth
N.Y
3Rd Army
U.S
Ankara
Peace Corps
Peace
Ashley Campbell
Medford
Mass
Erzurum Province
Ervin Rockhill
Mas Province
Rockhill
Racine, Wis
Lois Mikkelsen
Canfield
Ohio
De Gaulle May Help Win Peace
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said French President Charles de Gaulle's planned Cambodia visit could spark first steps toward Vietnam peace talks. He expects discussions with Prince Norodom Sihanouk to explore tentative negotiations and notes De Gaulle may push for an end to the fighting despite criticizing U.S. methods. Mansfield cited De Gaulle's Hanoi contacts and strengthened French commercial ties as potential leverage.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Charles de Gaulle
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Mansfield
de Gaulle
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Hanoi
Marchers confront rain as King leads civil rights march
In Chicago and suburbs, open housing protests attract 500 King followers on East Side while Bevel leads 250 in Evergreen Park and 250 in Chicago Heights. Rain dampens hostility but arrests reach nine as swastikas and white power placards appear among spectators.
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Chicago
Chicago-area
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Civil Rights Force
East Side
Evergreen Park
James Bevel
Chicago Heights
Cook County
Langry
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Franklin Roosevelt
War Department
Burke
Thomas H. Emmanuel
London
Helen Hall
Alabama
George Wallace
Hall
Miami
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