Johnson asserts US power tempered by restraint at Princeton
President Johnson, speaking at Princeton University, says US power in this century has meant agony not arrogance, exercised reluctantly with restraint. He defends aims in Vietnam and deflects criticism from Fulbright, noting the nation seeks choice over coercion and defense of the weak, amid campus pickets and an honorary law degree.
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Johnson
United States
Princeton University
J. W. Fulbright
Senate
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Ence
Woodrow Wilson Hall
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Certe
University City
Firestone Library
Alf
Southeast Asia
Frost Damage Not Severe in North Carolina Tobacco and Peach Crops
Frost and cold in North Carolina Tuesday night prompted warnings and plant protection in tobacco and strawberry fields. Experts say tobacco shows tolerance to cold. strawberry blooms may suffer, with full impact unclear after several days. Peach crops escaped damage per Clyde Auman after touring orchards. record low temps noted in Mount Mitchell area and coastal towns.
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Associated Press
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Bill Collins
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D. W. Brady
Martin County
Wake County
Grady Miller
Wayne County
Mark Goforth
Clingman
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Asheville
Rocky Mount
Raleigh-Durham
Elizabeth City
Wilmington
Clyde Auman
West End
North Carolina Peach Growers Asso
Fallout Readings Tie Chinese Test to Higher Fallout
Japanese scientists report radioactive fallout from China’s third atomic blast as much as 33 times stronger than China’s prior tests. Niigata readings show up to 1.5 million units of radioactivity, prompting concerns over health and vegetable contamination.
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China
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Hiroshima
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Kosaka
U.S. Weather Bureau
Niizata University
McNamara Reports U S Aims to Minimize Casualties
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that U S tactics in Vietnam aim to minimize casualties on both sides and that the Johnson administration pursues security and stability for South Vietnam with restraint. He cited regular briefings for South Vietnamese forces and noted mistakes in airstrikes but said no evidence shows bombing has undermined civilian support for the government. He warned a possible callup of reservists if a new emergency arises.
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Viet Nam
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Johnson
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D-R.i
South Vietnm
Recan
South Viet Nan
Defense
Robert F. Kennedys
Soviet Union
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Smithsonian
Snow Dims Early Fruit Harvest Across Midwest
A spring snow storm buried sections of the Midwest in heavy snow, risking a multi million dollar blow to fruit crops. Virginia Maryland peach and cherry orchards suffered damage while southern Illinois and other states reported losses. Cold records threatened the East as more than a dozen states faced freezing temps and farm livestock faced danger across a seven state region.
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Virginia
Maryland
Ilinois
Bismarck
N.C
Georgia
Rockies
Plains
Mississippi
As Wester Bureau
Gross condemns White House parties at Smithsonian gala
Rep. H R Gross denounces the Johnson administration for 3 a.m. celebrations at the Smithsonian Museum of Technology and Architecture, calling the mink coat set's late night Watusi a distraction during wartime. He condemns guests including ambassadors and Cabinet members and urges more modest conduct.
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H. R. Gross
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White House
Smithsonian
Iowa
Coastal Freighter Destroyed in Seaborne arms interception
US and South Vietnamese forces drove a gun running coastal freighter ashore on the Ca Mau Peninsula near Saigon, breaking it in two and seizing large quantities of weapons some bearing Soviet markings. The interception follows a prior 1965 seizure of a similar vessel. paratroopers of the 101st Airborne engaged North Vietnamese troops while two US Air Force pilots were lost in the aerial combat.
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Nam
Wage Bill Clears House Committee Increases Minimum Wage
The House Rules Committee cleared a bill to raise the federal minimum wage and extend coverage to 7.2 million more workers. The measure, approved 9 to 6, would lift the rate from $1.25 to $1.60 by 1968 with a 15 cent rise next year and a 20 cent increase on Feb 1, 1968.
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New Museum of History and Technology
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