Fulbright Proposal Raises Southeast Asia Neutralization Question
U S policy makers fear China favors continued Vietnam war until it can bring Southeast Asia under Red control. Fulbright argues lasting peace hinges on neutralizing the entire region between China and the United States, a view Johnson officials deem against Beijing doctrine. Chinese leaders may reassess, potentially worsening the course of Communist expansion if U S withdrawal is promised.
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Nist
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Fulbright
Senate
Johnson
Peking
China
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Formosa
Johnson seeks new cabinet post and funds for transport plan
President Johnson urges creation of a coordinated national transportation system with a new cabinet post. He asks Congress to provide 700 million for a highway safety program and 200 million for a supersonic transport project, plus federal standards if voluntary efforts fail.
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Johnson
Conand
12Th Cabinet
America
Communists Forced Out of Ghana Amid Exodus Following Coup
In Ghana, foreign Communist advisers linked to the ousted government fled the country. More than a dozen Soviet advisers are reported killed in the revolution. Two Ghana Airways jets carried about 130 Soviet citizens and families under army guard as troops surrounded the airport.
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Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana Airways
New Kennedy Half Dollar Program Starts Soon
The 40 percent silver Kennedy half dollar is rolled out in two weeks with Treasury official Racher A. Wallace noting the first run of 400,085,450 coins last Monday. demand remains high as many coins have disappeared, possibly as keepsakes or sent abroad, with the new coin touted as standard currency for about 25 years.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Wallace
Unity urged as draft chief laments soft American life
Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey head of the Selective Service System says Americans avoid the Viet Nam war reality, favor prosperity, and argues unity and obedience to all laws are essential. He criticizes demonstrators as misguided and seduced while noting no retirement plans.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Viet Nam
Hershey
St Tta
Marines In Heavy Fighting Near Hue Peninsula
Two U S Marines were in heavy fighting while clearing Communist forces from a canal front area 55 miles southeast of the North Vietnamese border. The engagement followed Viet Cong skirmishes with Leathernicks and Vietnamese troops in the river lands near Hue. Monday Marines said they killed 40 Reds and captured weapons. casualties for the Leathernecks were light.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Counnes
South China Sea
Hue
da Nang
Phu Bai
U.S
Democratic Split Prolongs War Over Viet Nam Policy
Washington Republicans blamed a deep Democratic division on Viet Nam policy after Congress approved a 4.8 billion dollar authorization. The Senate and House debated the issue as Sen. Fulbright led questions and amendments, with Morse and Gruening opposing drafts and Dirksen criticizing party opposition.
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Democratic Party
Viet Nam
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R-Ariz
America
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Johnson
Can
Everett M. Dirksen
Morse
Gruening
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