Senators Call for Restraint Over War Prisoner Trials
Senators Fulbright and Saltonstall urged restraint if North Vietnam tries U S prisoners as war criminals. President Johnson offered talks on prisoners' treatment. Fulbright warned retaliatory action could trigger endless conflict and civilian harm. Saltonstall urged legal action and avoidance of indiscriminate slaughter. Young called for reprisals if trials proceed and warned of escalation. Moscow Radio aligned with Hanoi that airmen are war criminals.
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J. W. Fulbright
Leverett Saltonstall
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U.S
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Hanoi
Saltonstall
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Massachusetts
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Senate
United States
Moscow Radio
Five wounded in riot response police shootout in Cleveland
In Cleveland police and National Guardsmen fired on a car during a night of rioting and firebombings, wounding a 16 year old Negro mother Diane Towns and her two children Emmanuel Towns 7 months and Christopher Green 4, plus Erica Towns 12 and Guard Captain James Pletcher. The driver Henry Towns escaped injury as officers pursued him.
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Christopher Green
Diane Towns
Emmanuel Towns
Ernest Williams
Hough
Huff
Overseas Students Meet President Johnson at White House
3086 American Field Service students from 59 countries greeted President Johnson on the White House south lawn as cameras clicked and flowers were trampled. Johnson praised them as future leaders to fight poverty and disease and promote world understanding before they depart for home.
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Johnson
White House
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Lady Bird
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Johnson Says U S Would React To Pilot Abuse
President Johnson avoided threats of retaliation while stating the American people would react accordingly if Hanoi tries trials of downed U S pilots as war criminals. He urged humane treatment under Geneva rules and called for unconditional talks to end the war while noting no sign of concessions from the other side.
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Red Cross
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Viet Nam
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Gonzalez And His Trusty Ornithopter
Victor M. Gonzalez spent a decade in the Mojave Desert testing wing designs and studying birds. He built a 42 foot wing span ornithopter driven by bicycle pedals, learned the principle of wing flapping, and finally donated his machine and plans to UCLA before pursuing poetry and guitar.
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Los Angeles
Victor M. Gonzalez
Mojave Desert
Gonzalez
Puerto Rico
Mojave
Desert
University of California At Los Angeles
Branch Named to North Carolina Supreme Court
Gov Dan Moore appointed Enfield attorney Joseph Branch 51 to the state Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Clifton L Moore Branch has been a former state representative and legislative counsel for two governors He earned a 1938 Wake Forest law degree and serves as a college trustee He is married with two children and is a Democrat
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Dan Moore
Enfield
Joseph Branch
North Carolina Supreme Court
Clifton L. Moore
Branch
House of Representatives
North Carolina
Gemini 10 crew prepare fiery reentry to Earth
Gemini 10 astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins aim to trigger retro rockets at 3:31 p.m. EST for a descent with a planned Atlantic landing near Cape Kennedy. A recovery group led by the Guadalcanal awaits in clear weather as the pair completes three days in orbit.
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John W. Young
Navy
Michael Collins
Air Force
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Celia Moves Away Toward Nova Scotia
The Weather Bureau reports Hurricane Celia in the shipping lanes today off Nova Scotia. At 5 a.m. the advisory placed Celia about 180 miles south of Halifax moving north at roughly 45 mph.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Godwin predicts broader NC auto inspection law
North Carolina Motor Vehicles Commissioner A Pilston Godwin told a Greensboro civic group he expects the 1967 General Assembly to expand the auto inspection statute. He linked future changes to a public mandate and a possible federal minimum safety standard, citing current law covering lights wipers horn steering and brakes.
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General Assembly
North Carolina
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