Public backs mixed stance on Red China and UN entry
A cross section finds Americans favor diplomatic contact with Communist China and a two China approach to the UN. Voters approve Johnson’s handling of Red China at 56 to 44 while opposing breaking with Chiang Kai-shek. Majority also backs talks on a nuclear ban and keeping Defense ties with Nationalist China.
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Louis
Harris
China
United Nations
United States
Johnson
Viet Nam
Red China
America
Formosa
Britain
Peking
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist Ching
Dodd Denies Misconduct Charges in Senate Hearings
Sen Thomas J Dodd testified in his own defense at the Senate Ethics Committee hearings denying misconduct charges while alleging former aides stole documents for columnists He accused Julius Klein and others of burglary from his files and recounted a 1964 trip to Germany with Adenauer Also he disputed Fulbrights remarks and defended Klein as not convicted or indicted for crime.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Chicago
Julius Klein
Dodd, Washington
Klein
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
James P. Boyd, Jr
Michael O'Hare
Fulbright
J. W. Fulbright
Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Kleik
John F. Sennett
Bennett
Ethics Committee
Sen
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Sen. Bennett
Sen. Dodd
Sonnett
Mississippi march ends as Meredith challenges white supremacy
The Jackson rally behind the State Capitol marked the finale of James H Merediths march begun in Memphis to confront the system of white supremacy. About 16 000 people, mostly Black, joined the procession from Tougaloo College to the Capitol grounds. Meredith urged a shift in Mississippi and national attitudes as Dr Martin Luther King Jr and other leaders helped turn the trek into a voter registration drive. The 252 mile route included stops in Batesville Grenada Greenwood Itta Bena and Belzoni and saw incidents of violence in Canton and an auto side trip to Philadelphia. Meredith was wounded earlier near Hernando and later studied law at Columbia University while recovering.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Meredith
State Capitol
Jackson Streets
Capitol Grounds
Tougaloo College
Capitol
Martin Luther‘ King Jr
America
Memphis
Tenn
Hernando
Aubrey Norvell
King
U.S. 51
Batesville
Grenada
Greenwood
Itta -Bena
Belzoni
Auto
Philadelphia
Blind dog leads blind man in Detroit rescue tale
In Detroit a 7 year old Doberman Dell trained to guide her blind owner Jack McAdams led him through rain until a veterinarian found the dog was also visually impaired. Dell’s cataracts were removed in Mishawaka with success two weeks earlier and McAdams reports Dell now shows improved sight and regained confidence on the leash.
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Detroit
Jack McAdams
McAdams
Dell
William Magrane
Mishawaka
Ind
Oreile Robinson
Doctors Hospital
Cavalrymen Join In Pursuit in Vietnam Action
Thousands of U S air cavalrymen joined a pursuit of three North Vietnamese battalions in South Viet Nam. U S Navy bombers lit a large fuel dump in North Vietnam as reinforcements expanded Operation Nathan Hale into a wide search and destroy sweep. About 6 000 U S troops joined the effort targeting remnants of the 18B army regiment. 395 Communists reported killed, 19 captured, 141 weapons seized. The 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division led the advance with elements of the 11th Air.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
18B Army
U.S. 1St Cavalry Airmobile Division
11St Air
Vietnamese Relying On Americans War survey shows outlook
Washington AP reports a limited survey in South Viet Nam controlled areas finds people view the war as American driven and expect Americans to restore peace and solve economic problems. Analysts note rising hopelessness among some Viet Cong, with morale and combat effectiveness showing strain. Senate Democrat Abe Mansfield hopes U Thant can urge Soviet leaders toward Viet Nam peace talks in Moscow. De Gaulle's visit to the USSR could signal Southeast Asia neutralization, Mansfield says US should welcome.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
Senate Democratic
Abe Mansfield
U.N
U Thant
Viet Nam
Moscow
Mansfield
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
United States
Women in Space Flight Brace for 1970 Limits
In Bellwood Illinois two astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Thomas P. Stafford told high school students that men may land on the moon by 1970 but chances are excellent that women won't be along. Cernan said he fears no women will be on board due to spacecraft size and close working conditions.
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Bellwood, Ill
Thomas P. Stafford
Cernan
Bellwood
Sammy Davis Jr Sees Marches and Mississippi Visit
AP reports Sammy Davis Jr. urged that good people avoid marches while stressing Negro rights in Nevada. He received the governor’s trophy and entertained Mississippi marchers at Tougaloo College. Davis quipped about his Mississippi trip, saying he would sing I shall overrun rather than I shall overcome. Christine Keeler gave birth to a premature son weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces, possibly named Nicholas, with questions about timing and holidays. Christine, 24, previously married James Livermore in October.
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London (Ap
Christine Keeler
Britain
Christine
Reno
Nev
Sammy Davis Jr
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Davis
Mississippi
Tougaloo College
Gov. Sawyer
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Canton
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Chester
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