Kennedy Fans Stoking Emotion in 1968 Rivalry
A Louis Harris survey finds Kennedy provokes strong feelings among voters from both parties, while Johnson shows broader consensus backing. Democrats see a behind the scenes power struggle over control of the party, with Kennedy ahead 47 to 41 percent in preference to lead that contest.
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Louis Harris
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
New York
Johnson
George Romney
Richard Nixon
Kennedy
Democratic Party
S.B.J.R.F.K
L.B.J.R.F.K
Viet Nam
Johnson Kennedy
Pees
Midwest
Four Nation Blocking Force Urged in Viet Nam
American officers advocate a four nation blocking force to stop communist infiltration across the DMZ into South Viet Nam. The plan would include Korean and Australian troops with South Vietnamese units and U.S. Marines totaling 10 000 to 16 000 men. Korea and Australia could supply token forces while South Viet Nam has one regiment in the area and U S Marines near full strength.
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South Vietnamese
Duke Power Complex Approved for 86.3 Million Keowee Tosaway Project
The Federal Power Commission licensed Duke Power Co to build an 86.3 million dollar hydroelectric project on Savannah River tributaries in North and South Carolina. The Keowee Toxaway complex includes two dams on the Little and Keowee rivers with a 610000 kilowatt Jocassee plant and a 140000 kilowatt Old Pickens powerhouse, plus later expansions totalling 7000 megawatts of thermal output and pumped storage. Construction was planned to begin in March 1967.
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Federal Power Commission
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Savannah River
North Carolina
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Oconee
Pickens
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Newry
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Jocassee
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Chatham Workers Strike Over Labor Practices
AFL-CIO Textile Workers Union walks out at Chatham Manufacturing in Elkin North Carolina with 400 of 950 first shift workers reported by union. Company president Hugh Chatham says majority on duty and plant operating, hiring replacements as needed. Dispute centers on union check off and alleged unfair labor practices.
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Paul Swally
TWUA
Swally
Chatham
Johnson Erhard confer on NATO trade and space
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard met for nearly two hours in Washington to discuss NATO trade and space issues. They planned a joint Cape Kennedy trip to inspect U S space activity and report to advisers in the Cabinet room.
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Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
NATO
Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Erhard
Germany
State Department
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Cuban exile leader targets embassy with James Bond flair
Felipe Rivero Jr. 43 leads the Miami based Cuban Nationalist Association and plans bold anti Castro actions. The group used twin bazookas mounted in a car to fire at the Cuban embassy in Ottawa last Thursday injuring no one. Rivero described the act as the start of a global Cuban nationalist war against communism and noted Canada’s ongoing relations with Castro.
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MIAMI
Ottawa
Felipe Rivero Jr
London
Rivera
Castro
Rivero
Canada
Cuba
Gordon Describes Monumental Task In Space Hookup
Gemini 11 space walker Richard Gordon said his 30 second planned task turned into about 30 minutes in orbit due to weightlessness. He described fatigue and a high heart rate before opening the hatch and urged simpler one handed tasks until better restraints are developed. Conrad confirmed a flawless early rendezvous and gear capture on the first orbit.
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Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Cmdr
Gordon
Earth
End Of The World Aircraft Reaches Marines
In darkness near the demilitarized zone in South Viet Nam Navy medics and pilots battled advancing enemy fire to evacuate wounded Marines. A helicopter was shot down killing four Marines and a corpsman as another landed under heavy fire. Pilot Capt Edward McKee endured the loss as aircraft failed to reach the most gravely injured Marine.
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Demilitarized Zone
South Viet Nam
7Th Marines
North
Viet Nam
Navy
Edward McKee
Mount Vernon
Wash
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