Johnson maintains Vietnam bombing course despite peace overtures
Administration sources depict President Johnson as firm on Vietnam policy while open to peace talks. They say he believes the Soviet Union seeks peace, and warn internal China turmoil could push Hanoi toward negotiation. Senate debates a $4.5 billion war authorization as Rivers urges a total victory option.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Senate
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
House Team Probes Apollo Fire After NASA Tragedy
A House Armed Services subcommittee investigation reviews the January 27 space capsule fire that killed three astronauts at Cape Kennedy and parallels with a later Brooks Air Force Base blaze that fatally burned two airmen. The panel flags foam sponge burns in pure oxygen, lack of outside supervision, no TV monitor, and missing carbon dioxide extinguishers, urging safety procedure reassessment.
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Jack Miller
Washington
House
U.S
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S. C
House Armed Services Committee
Brooks Air Force Base
Tex
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Samuel
Stratton
D-N.y
Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
Brooks
William F. Bartley Jr
Richard G. Harmon
Sukarno Relinquishes Presidential Powers to Suharto
President Sukarno yields executive powers to Gen. Suharto ending 21 years of one man rule. Sukarno remains president in name only as Congress plans a future decision. Ratna Dewi doubts he will leave Indonesia while awaiting childbirth in Tokyo.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suharto
Congress
Ratna Sari Dewi
Tokyo
Civil Service System Asked For in North Carolina
A bipartisan group in Raleigh sponsors a bill to create a commission to draft legislation for a North Carolina Civil Service system. Sen. Geraldine Nielson notes job security and independence from politics, while Gov. Moore backs merit. Bills also seek higher Supreme Court pay: Chief justice $28,000 and associate justices $27,000.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Geraldine Nielson
R Forsyth
Jesse H. Austin
D-Johnston
Harry Bagnal
Forsyth
John L. Osteen
Guilford
Bruce B. Briggs
Buncombe
Sen. Nielson
State Supreme Court
Tom White
Lenoir
Senate
Gordon Greenwood
D-Buncombe
House
Governor
Advisory Budget Commission
80,000 GM Workers To Be Laid Off
The United Auto Workers summoned Mansfield Local 549 leaders to a show cause hearing as General Motors cuts jobs due to a parts shortage tied to an Ohio wildcat strike. GM says 80,000 workers will be laid off across 22 of 23 plants, with a conservative estimate possibly rising to 100,000 as Fisher Body in Mansfield stops parts production.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Mansfield
Ohio
General Motors
Walter Reuther
Powell Case Deliberations Continue on Powell Censure
The House committee reviewing Adam Clayton Powell failed again to reach unanimity on seating and severely censuring the Harlem Democrat. A full session was under way as members hoped to resolve the deadlock before the Thursday reporting deadline.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Powell
William A. Geoghegan
Wackenhut Corp
New York
Geoghegan
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
U S infantry hit by heavy mortars in central highlands
A company of 178 men from the U S 4th Infantry division suffered heavy casualties 41 miles southwest of Kontum City as mortars shelled their base camp. Four tanks repulsed a close assault by Communist suicidal troops with only light damage to three tanks. Ground fighting across Vietnam left 160 enemy dead and 88 killed by Marines in the north. About 210 U S fighters flew 70 missions against North Vietnam.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
U.S
4Th Infantry Division
Kontum City
4Th Division
Quang Ngai City
North Vietnam
Voters reject bonds for Calipatria High in tent classrooms
In Calipatria California the 325 students of Calipat High move into ten leased tents after a $1.3 million bond failed by 27 votes to repair the unsafe main building. Teachers report breezy drafty heat inside tents as students adapt to the makeshift classrooms.
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Calipatria
Calif
California
Calipatria Unified High School
Calipat
Imperial Valley
Los Angeles
Derla Wallis
Mary Sherry
Judy Hillock
Miss Hillock
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Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
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Rivers
Air Force Association
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Coffin
Viet
Nam
John E. Moss
Dcalif
House Foreign Relations and Government Information Subcommittee
Pentagon
Coast Guard
Viet Cong
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Gis
Bong Son
Suharto Vas
Apollo
Adam Malik
Civil Service System
N.C
Fisher
Pixies
By Wohl
Celler
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