Hazardous Home On Curve Turned Into A Junkyard
In Dallas Texas head of the War on Poverty Sargent Shriver toured a dangerous curb where cars have repeatedly struck and chained to the Davis home. Douglas and his wife and five children describe ongoing wrecks and lack of insurance. Davis hopes for legal aid and a safer solution while trying to sell the property.
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Sargent Shriver
Douglas E. Davis
Highway 175
Dallas
Shriver
Ment
Davises
Dallas, Tex
War On Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity
Davis
Douglas
State
Johnson receives hopeful antipoverty briefings at LBJ Ranch
President Johnson welcomed Sargent Shriver at the LBJ ranch for a briefing on the antipoverty program. Shriver urged visits to urban and rural projects while mayors from Austin Corpus Christi Laredo Houston and San Marcos voiced approval of progress. Johnson noted good grazing conditions boosting his prize herd amid a quiet Nugent birthday observance.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Sargent Shriver
Lbj Ranch
Robert H. Fleming
Shriver
Fleming
Texas
LBJ
France to remain in NATO with limited role, says U S officials
U S envoys forecast that France will not fully divorce from NATO, though its membership may be partial. Negotiations in Paris aim to define France's future in the alliance after Charles de Gaulle's pullout from the integrated military system.
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Washington
USS
Paris
NATO
France
Atlantic
Harlan Cleveland
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles E. Bohlen
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Ments
Oil dispersal by North Vietnam threatens civilian shield plan
Secretary McNamara said Hanoi is dispersing oil in village drums to shield targets from bombs. He noted U.S. policy to avoid civilian casualties while striking military targets and cited improved mobility with 280,000 troops and about 1,700 helicopters reducing Viet Cong and PAVN ambush success.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Honolulu
Reds
United States
U.S
North Viet Nam
McNamara
Pacific Command
Adm
Grant Sharp
Pacific
Andrews Air Force Base
Viet Nam
Early Haiphong Oil Depot Bombing Underestimated Losses
Washington reports indicate the Haiphong oil depot suffered 40 to 50 percent destruction in the June 29 strike, far below the 80 percent claimed by Defense Secretary McNamara based on early pilot reports. A second Navy strike damaged pumping stations and tanks, while Hanoi oil stores were not given a damage percentage.
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Washington
Haiphong
U.S
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Harphont
Hanoi
Viet Cong Ambush Fooled by U S Reverse Strike
U S forces lured a Viet Cong regiment into attacking a cruising armored column north of Saigon. Heavy fighting ended a 10 day lull as 125 enemy were killed from about 2 000 involved. American losses were light. one helicopter may have been lost. U S jets hit four North Viet Nam oil sites. one F105 was shot down, pilot missing. Five generals allied with Buddhist dissidents were sentenced to 60 days in prison and retirement.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
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