Two Storms Thrashed Atlantic As Dorothy East Bows
Hurricanes Dorothy and Ella churned in the Atlantic with Dorothy raging in the middle Atlantic while Ella built to 50 mph winds far to the Atlantic. Forecasters warned Ella would pass north of the Leeward Islands tonight into Tuesday morning. Islanders were told to keep small boats in safe harbor due to heavy swells.
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Fla
Dorothy
Middle Atlantic
Ella
At Lam
Atlantic
Leeward Islands
Island
Indonesia Forms New Government Under Suharto Rule
Lt. Gen. Suharto takes control as chairman of a new 29 member cabinet and defense minister while keeping army chief post. A five member presidium, led by Suharto, centralizes ministerial decisions and blocks direct access to President Sukarno, reshaping leadership amid crisis.
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Indonesia
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Sukarno
Adam Malik
Buwono Hamenguku
Malik
Buwono
Idham Chali
People’s Welfare
Sanusui Hartawinta
Industry
Rights Bill Clears Its First Hurdle
Washington AP reports the House approved bringing a broad civil rights bill to floor action by a 200 to 180 vote amid debate over a housing provision. Supporters urge speed while opponents challenge open housing language and its real estate implications.
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Rights Bill
Washington
House
Rules Committee
Judiciary’ Committee
North
Congress
Zenbach
Hart Proposes Federal Death Penalty Abolition Bill
Senator Philip A. Hart introduces a bill to end capital punishment for federal crimes and replace it with life imprisonment. He argues the death penalty embodies vengeance and notes no proof it deters crime. The measure would not affect state executions, and Hart cites international trends toward abolition.
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Washington
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Hart
Bus Crash Kills 31 on German Bridge
A bus carrying 40 Belgian schoolchildren from Brussels crashed off a bridge near Idstein on the Frankfurt Cologne highway. Police said 28 students aged 10 to 17, two teachers, the driver, and a German army officer were killed, with all survivors seriously injured.
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Germany
Frankfurt Cologne
Brussels
Inflation and cost of living burden Americans
Inflation and the cost of living grow more troublesome for most Americans. About one in four households report selling major capital items recently to cope with rising prices. Only 15 percent approve the President’s handling of the cost of living, down sharply in two months.
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Louis Harris
Public backs spending cuts to curb inflation in Johnson era
A Harris poll finds 88 percent say cutting federal spending slows inflation while 27 percent approve of Johnson's handling of spending. Nine months earlier 46 percent praised him. public concern over cost of living may threaten Democratic support more than Vietnam, though war worries rose after Hanoi Haiphong bombings.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
L.B.J
Politics
Democrats
Water
Stilwell Missing In Flight From San Francisco To Honolulu
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Jr., 54, commander at Ft. Bragg, was aboard a DC3 that vanished west of San Francisco en route to Honolulu. His mother confirmed he was a copilot on the overwater trip piloted by Hal Grimes. A large search by Coast Guard and Navy units was under way.
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Joseph W. Stilwell Jr
Army
Special Warfare Center
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Honolulu
Joseph W. Stilwell
Carmel
Presidio of
Stilwell
Hal Grimes
Grimes
Coast Guard
Yorktown
Navy
Air Force
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Joseph W
Vinegar Joe) Stilwell
Burma Road
Johnson Names U A Johnson as New Ambassador to Japan
President Johnson announced Edwin O. Reischauer will resign as U S ambassador to Japan after more than five years. U Alexis Johnson, a long time Far Eastern expert and deputy undersecretary of state, will succeed him and head to Tokyo in time to relieve Reischauer for Harvard.
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Johnson
Edwin O. Reischauer
U.S
Japan
U. Alexis Johnson
Reischauer
Harvard Universy
State Department
Bill D. Moyers
Dean Rusk
Douglas MacArthur
Eneral
Saigon
Maxwell D. Taylor
Moyers
Rusk
Senate
Tokyo
Reschauer
Harvard
White House says no trial for captured U S pilots in near future
The White House and State Department confirmed a cable from Ho Chi Minh stating there will be no trial for about 45 captured American airmen. Ambassador Harriman warned Hanoi against trials but offered no prediction on U S sanctions.
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White House
Columbia Broadcasting System
Ho Chi Minh
CBS
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
Midwest
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
United States
Harriman
WRC
U. S
Morse Overhauls Strike Bill in Push to End Airline Walkout
Wayne Morse proposes a new plan to end the 18 day airline strike including a mediation panel and back to work order. Republicans craft a parallel arbitration bill as labor talks stall with no consensus in sight.
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Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
Morse
Labor Department
James J. Reynolds
Congress
Reynolds
Afl-Cio International Association of Macchinists
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World Airlines
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