Johnson Visit Sparks Hopes of US China Ties Shift
Taipei officials express confidence that Lyndon B Johnson's visit will deepen US ties with Nationalist China. The talks may touch Outer Mongolia status, with Chiang Kai-shek resisting UN membership and possible withdrawal from offshore islands while Amoy-Quemoy tensions loom.
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Lyndon B Johnson
Johnson
Manila
Outer Mongolia
Red China
Soviet Union
United Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
U.N
China
Kennedy
U.S
Asia
Quemoy Island
Eisenhower
Amoy
Quemoy
Couple Faces Trial For Torch Death
Leslie Douglas Ashley and Carolyn Ann Lima, both charged in the Feb. 6 murder of real estate dealer Fred Tones, prepare for a joint trial in Houston with the death penalty eyed. FBI arrested them in New York after Tones’ nude body was burned in a ditch. defense by Jack Knight. Ashley and Lima, who are expecting a child, describe a plan to marry after testimony.
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Leslie Douglas Ashley
Carolyn Ann Lima
Ashley
Miss Lima
Fred Tones
Frank Brisco
Jack Knight
FBI
New York City
Tones
Manhattan
Carolyn
Early rectangular street grid imports to Manhattan 1811 plan
The article notes that the rectilinear street pattern coined in ancient India and Egypt appeared in the United States through New York City’s 1811 Manhattan plan, marking a cross cultural urban design influence.
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India
Egypt
America
New York
Manhattan
U S Opposed Reds Baltic Moves in World War II
The United States resisted Britain's 1942 Baltic postwar control proposal and pressured Britain over a plan to cede Estonia Latvia and Lithuania to the Soviet Union. Churchill and Halifax shifted to accept Soviet demands after Molotov visit, but the U S still does not recognize Soviet rule over the Baltic states.
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Kennedy
Lord Halifax
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France
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Czechoslovakia
Cordell Hull
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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United Nations
Hull
Winston Churchill
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Roosevelt
V.M. Molotov
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Midwest Floods Recede and Damage Estimates Rise
Floodwaters in six Midwest states receded slowly on Saturday as crews reported millions in damage from heavy spring rains. Southern Illinois saw vast farmland under water with hundreds displaced while looting was reported in Carmi. Governors planned inspections as several counties remained disaster areas and highways stayed closed.
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White County
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Skillet Fork
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Cheyenne
Colorado
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