Viet Nam Battle Hero Decorated at White House
President Johnson awarded Capt. Roger H. C. Donlon the Medal of Honor in the East Room for a five hour Viet Nam battle in which he was wounded four times. Donlon led an Army Special Forces team, rescued comrades, evacuated weapons, and rallied defenders against a Viet Cong assault.
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Johnson
Army
Roger Donlon
Saugerties
N. Y
White House
Donlon
South Et Nam
Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Roger H. C. Donion
N.Y
Viet Nam
Uncle Sam
Country Club
Capt
America
Reynolds Testimony Tied to FBI Probe in Kennedy Johnson Case
FBI has Reynolds testimony from the Senate Rules Committee investigation turned over for FBI review. Reynolds, a key witness, testified about a alleged secret payoff tied to the 1960 Kennedy Johnson campaign. The panel resumes hearings as new information surfaces amid party conflicts.
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Washington
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Senate Rules Committee
Don B. Reynolds
FBI
Reynolds
Rules Committee
Matthew H. McCloskey
Bobby Baker
Senate
McCloskey
Ireland
Baker
Jordan
Lennox P. McLendon
McLendon
John J. Williams
Williams
Delaware
GOP governors back broad Republicanism oppose radicalism
After hours of debate 18 GOP governors and governors elect endorsed a statement opposing narrow political radicalism and urging leadership with a broad view of Republicanism. The meeting raised questions whether the resolution spurred removal of national chairman Dean Burch, with leaders Romney Rockefeller Scranton supporting change and others signaling Burch must go.
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Denver
Colo
Dean Burch
Barry Goldwater
GOP
George Romney
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
United States
The
Governors Association
Ten
Is It Our Only Defense
Washington essay discusses the arms race and civil defense. It argues nuclear weapons erase national security, cites Weisner and York on global disarmament, and notes the depleted status of the U S shelter program under the Department of Defense with shrinking funding since 1962.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
France
Red China
Jerome B. Weisner
Herbert F. York
Darwinian Controversy Climbs Back Into Schools
The piece recalls battles over teaching Darwinism, noting laws in several states and the 1925 Dayton Monkey Trial. It mentions South Carolina's recent move to allow classroom discussion and Tennessee Arkansas and Mississippi laws, and an Arizona voter attempt failing.
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Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Dayton
Tenn
John Scopes
FBI Says KKK Infiltrated To Solve Mississippi Deaths
Sheriff Lawrence Rainey claimed FBI agents told him they had eyewitnesses to the killings of three civil rights workers and offered reward money for information. The FBI dismissed the claim as ridiculous as 21 white men face federal conspiracy charges linked to the June triple murder.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Lawrence Rainey
FBI
Emat
Rainey
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Neshoba
Pps
Cecil Price
Tarng Tn Nary Meridian
Segge
U. S
Price
Sheriff Rainey Denies FBI Payoff in Civil Rights Slayings
Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey claimed the FBI offered a payoff for information related to the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers. He and Deputy Cecil Price were back on duty in Philadelphia after bond of 5000 dollars.
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Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
FBI
Mississippi
Rainey
Cecil Price
Philadelphia
Sanford to Open Raleigh Law Office Partners Named
Gov. Terry Sanford said he and Hugh Cannon will open a Raleigh law office with two other lawyers next March and consider a Charlotte office. The move follows Cannon resigning as head of the Administration Department. Edward Rankin to succeed him. Sanford plans to rest for two to three months before practicing.
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Raleigh
N.C
Terry Sanford
Hugh Cannon
Sanford
Capitol
Charlotte
Cannon
Department of Administrations
John Hunter
Charles G. Rose III
Davidson
University of North Carolina Law School
Dan K. Moore
Edward Rankin
Moore
Fayetteville
Charlotteleigh
Crescent Planning
Methodist College
Albemarle
Oxford University
Harvard University
North Carolina National Guard
North Carolina Emergency Resources Planning Committee
Three Killed Eight Hurt in Foggy Collision Near Rutherfordton
A head on crash on U S 221 one mile north of Rutherfordton killed Clyde Paysour Jr 26 his wife Barbara 23 and their year old daughter all in the front seat. Eight others were injured as a northbound car carrying ten collided with a Asheville bound pickup. The Bible found in Paysour's lap. A friend said the Paysours were en route to a meeting near Asheville.
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Rutherfordton
N. C
C. D. Horton
Asheville
Horton
U.S. 221
Clyde Thomas Paysour Jr
Rt. 1
Dallas
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Rap
Goldwater
San Francisco
By Ben Price
Office
Cir Defense
OCD
John F. Kennedy
Department of Defense
Congress
Don McKee
Atlanta, Ga
Darwin
Texas
South Carolina
Arizona
KKK
Jackson
Roy K. Moore
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