Team Sent To Gitmo For Survey
A four seve rman team was sent to Guantanamo Bay to study steps to reduce reliance on Cuba for base services. Rear Adm. John L. Chew leads the group joined by navy caps Elmo Zumwalt John Carmichael Wyman Packard Cmdr. William Rogers Marine Col. Howard York and civilian Lloyd Grable. Water shipments to the base began with Tallulah due Feb 17 carrying 4.1 million gallons and two barges with 635000 gallons each operating between Ocho Rios Jamaica and Guantanamo.
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Defense
State Department
Guantanamo
John L. Chew
JCS
Navy
Elmo R. Zumwalt
Naval
Paul H. Nitze
John H. Carmichael
Wyman H. Packard
Office of
Chief of Naval Operations
William “R. Rogers
Howard A. York
Office of Naval Operations
Lloyd W. Grable
Office of Industrial Relations
Tallulah
Norfolk
Ocho Rios
Jamaica
Underground Dai Viet Party Surfaces in South Vietnam
In Saigon a Vietnamese nationalist underground group linked to Dai Viet rises as a political force. The faction splits power among Northern and Southern leaders, with Brig. Gen. Nguyen Khanh forming a new cabinet while long-time figures like Phan Huy Quat and Do Mau influence policy. U.S. officials view the move as an attempt to stabilise rule and resume the war effort.
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Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Duong van Minh
Dai Viet
Deside Khard
Ngo Dinh Diem
Tran
Thien Khiem
Oe Sa
Ias
Khanh
Viet Nam
Hoan
France
Dai Viet Party
North Viet Nam
Variimany
Nguyer Ton Hoan
Phan
National Union
Huy Quat
White Ky
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Quat
Lad
Do Mau
Diem
Militihe
Paris
Maj
Pu van Minh
Navy
Minh
U.S
LBJ Guantanamo orders aim to foil Castro and deter Cuba
U S officials say Johnson’s Guantanamo directives seek to free the base from Castro’s minor annoyances and deter major moves to expel Americans. The plan also targets curbing Western allies’ trade with Cuba, arguing such ties differ from broader Communist bloc trade. Officials note unclear if waters incident signals a wider Moscow-led effort. Cuban president Corticos commented Friday.
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U.S
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Guantanamo
U.S. Naval
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Cuba
White House
Snow
Fidel Castro
Castro
Florida
Moscow
Castven Hin
Unique Plan To Benefit Aging Asked
Johnson City Texas AP report on a presidential Council on Aging urging Social Security benefit boosts and a program to convert home investments into cash while seniors stay in their homes. The council issued general recommendations, pending details on rate increases and extended coverage, with aim to improve Social Security financing.
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Tex
Presidential Council On Aging
Council On Aging
Anthony J. Celebreeze
Texas White House
Austin
Advisory Council On Social Security Financing
Johnson silent on larger Social Security benefits
President Johnson avoided pledging bigger Social Security benefits while releasing the report and noted the council recommended freezing home equity values without endorsement. He called the medicare program for the aged one of the most urgent orders of business as legislation remains stuck in the House Ways and Means Committee.
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House
Ways and Means
British Air Drops Fresh Troops as Cyprus Tensions Grow
British Royal Air Force transport planes ferried fresh troops to Cyprus to bolster relief and rest for units already there amid Soviet warnings to the US and Britain. Cyprus President Makarios rejects expanding NATO forces without UN backing, while Greece and Turkey debate intervention. Glafkos Clerides says talks yield no common ground. Turkish Cypriot delegation returns to Nicosia. Cyprus remains split between Greek and Turkish communities under guarantor powers Britain, Greece, and Turkey.
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United States
Britain
Mediterranean
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Khrushchev
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Royal Regiment
Soviet Union
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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U.N
Malta
NATO
Wien IL
London
Glafkos Clerides
Wnicosia
Spyros Kyprianou
Ghana Deports Six University of Ghana Teachers
ACCRA Ghana six teachers at the University of Ghana are being deported for subversive activities the government announced. Four are Americans and two are Negro professors. The action followed mass pro government demonstrations and a protest at the U S Embassy. Deported are Dr William B Harvey dean of the law faculty from University of Michigan Robert Seidman law professor Louis H Schuster business administration professor Wendell A Jeanpierre French instructor Rev J W Steward Anglican chaplain and Gaston Greco French instructor believed Jamaican.
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Ghana
University of
Ghana Radio
Kwame Nkrumah
Convention People's Party
Legan
U.S
William B. Harvey
University Law
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Robert Seidman
South Norwalk
Louis H. Schuster
New Haver Conn
Wendell A. Jeanpierre
New Orleans
J. W. Steward
England
Gaston Greco
Princess Irene Renounces Throne For Lover
The Hague AP Princess Irene chose to give up her right of succession to the Dutch throne to marry Spanish Prince Don Carlos de Borbón y Parma. Prime Minister Victor Marijnen said no bill to secure parliamentary consent will be submitted, meaning no royal marriage without approval. Trene, next in line, may have resolved the constitutional issue by her decision.
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Carlos de Borbon Y Parma
Madrid
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Hague
Nether_lands
Victor Marijnen
Sun
Don Carlos de Borbon
Parma
Juliana
Bis’hop
Prince
Bernhard
Trene
Beatrix
States General
Royal House of Orange
Cyprus crisis charge called offensive and unfounded
London report says Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home told Soviet Premier Khrushchev that his accusation of a Western invasion plan for Cyprus was offensive and unfounded. Douglas-Home defended UK troops on the island, noting they were invited by the Cypriot government and urged Khrushchev to abandon the unfounded charges.
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Alec Douglas-Home
Khrushchev
Cyprus
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Khirushchev
NATO
Mediterranean
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Johnson
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Turkey
Greece
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Io Khrushchev
House Takes Action On Discrimination Bill Including Women
Washington AP reports the House voted 7137-98 to broaden a civil rights bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race and religion. Debate stretched over hours amid eastern and Southern opposition, with amendments on church related schools and age grounds debated before adjourning to Monday.
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Howard W. Smith
D-Va
House
Graham B. Purcell Jr
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Sial
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
John
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Charles A. Halleck
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