Johnson poll shows Senate split on Vietnam war policy
In a Senate canvass of 84 lawmakers 44 back Johnson’s war posture while hawks push for tougher action and doves criticize overcommitment. The issue shapes 1968 Senate races as Democrats largely support the president, with several lawmakers declining to take a public stand.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Johnson
Enate
Enators
St. Johnson
Senate Foreign Elations Committee
Nicholas Katzenbach
J. W. Furright
DeArk
United States
U.S
Senate
Republiccan
Riot Training Stressed by Guard Units
National Guard riot control training expands under Pentagon White House orders after Detroit and Newark riots. Lesson plans stress applying war principles to operations including economy of force, maneuver, unity of command, surprise, and simplicity to quell future street disturbances.
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Gaylord Shaw
Washington
National Guard
Army
Pentagon
White House
Detroit
Newark
National Guard Bureau
Associated Press
Gunfire Hits U.S. Embassy in England
In London three men in a white car opened fire on the U S Embassy side entrance at 11 35 p m causing damage but no injuries. Marines guarding the building chased the attackers as a Cortina fled. A note left behind denounced American policies and racism while pledging solidarity with anti fascist causes.
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London
England
U.S
Scotland Yard
John McNamara
Bronx
McNamara
Francis McLaughlin
Wyncote
Youth Held in Death of 9 in Family
Victor Ernest Hoffman, 21, a mental patient, is jailed on murder charges in the Shell Lake massacre. Nine members of the Peterson family were shot in their rural home, four days after the killings. The 4 year old girl hid between bodies and survived. Hoffman’s arraignment and mental examination are planned. His mother said he had been released from a mental institution a few weeks earlier and was under treatment. Inspector Brian Sawyer noted no motive yet and said Hoffman was arrested without resistance and had behaved normally.
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North Battleford
Sask
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Victor Ernest Hoffman
James Peterson
Shell Lake
Petersons
Hoffman
Robert Hoffman
Brian Sawyer
Barbs About Getting Older and a TV Formula Joke
The speaker jokes about aging and losing the urge to walk up a down escalator. They mock the creator of a formula based TV show for failing in chemistry.
Two Arkansas Children Die in Collision
A two car crash on U S 80 near Tallulah Louisiana killed three year old Michelle Durham of Eudora Arkansas and one year old Lisa Kay Spears of Monroe Louisiana. Grady Spears wife and six year old Bill Durham were reported in critical condition at a Vicksburg Mississippi hospital.
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U.S. 80
Tallulah
Michelle Durham
William W. Durham
Eudora
Ark
Lisa Kay Spears
Grady Spears
Monroe
Spears
Bill Durham
Vicksburg, Miss
New Haven Curfew Sparks Night of Breaks and Looting
Negro youths defied an emergency curfew in New Haven for a second night of disturbances. About 150 arrests over two nights, with some looting of square stores and minor injuries reported. Mayor Lee declared a state of emergency and called in state police and National Guard standby.
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New Haven
Conn
Richard C. Lee
Congress Avenue
Lige
Stamford
American Jewish relief exec found dead in Prague river
Charles H. Jordan 59, executive chairman of the American Joint Distribution Committee, was found in the Poltavo River near the May First bridge in Prague. His nephew Paul Kaplan identified the body as Jordan, who arrived in Prague with his wife a week earlier. An autopsy was to be performed. police conducted a nationwide search after he failed to return to his hotel.
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Vienna
U.S
Prague
Charles H. Jordan
New York City
Poltavo River
Viennna
Jordan
Paul Kaplan
American Joint Distribution Committee
Kaplan
Unity Baptist Church hires Shelby Cowling as music director
Unity Baptist Church announces Shelby Cowling will serve as music and education director. He is son of Earl and Mrs. Cowling of Nashville Arkansas, a Mineral Springs High School graduate, Ochita University junior majoring in church music, and former music director at Central Baptist Mineral Springs. He will organize choirs quartets and youth work, with first Sunday service August 27.
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Unity Baptist Church
Shelby Cowling
Earl Cowling
Nashville
Arkansas
Mineral Springs High School
Ouachita University
Central Baptist Church
Mineral Springs
Cowling
Believe It Or Not IRS Refund To Cleveland Woman
In Cleveland payroll clerk Alice Bolka receives about 2000 dollars in an overpayment refund after IRS officials reopen 1964 and 1965 returns. Her brother Rudy had urged listing their late mother as a dependent who provided for the family, leading to adjustments and payments totaling hundreds more. Glotzbach indicates records are being corrected with 6 percent interest added to the refund.
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Cleveland
NEA
Internal Revenue Service
Alice Bolka
IRS
Miss Bolka
Rudy
Julia Bolka
Clifford W. Glotzbach
Internal Revenue
Glotzbach
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