World News Briefs From Saigon to Amsterdam
A wide wire of wartime dispatches reports U S air power pounding near the Laotian border and a major ground action along the Saigon coast. Viet Cong defections rise while Dutch sailors clash with locals in Amsterdam over assaults on girlfriends.
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Thant
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Johnson seeks postal hike and 4.5 percent pay raise plan
President Johnson asked Congress to raise postal rates by 800 million dollars annually and to award a 4.5 percent average pay increase to civilian workers and military personnel. The plan starts with 4.5 percent now, followed by two more increases in the next two years, aiming to align government pay with private industry. The first raise would take effect next October.
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Mischa Elman Dies at 76 World Fame Ends in New York
Violinist Mischa Elman, famed for a seven-decade career and 5,000th concert at Lewisohn Stadium, dies of a heart attack in New York at 76. He urged persistence with practice, recalled a Ukrainian pogrom, and drew tributes from Mayors, senators, and President Johnson. NASA shakes up Apollo leadership days before fire probe results, naming Shea and Low to key posts as Mueller spots shifts. A Madison Avenue assault on Christopher Lawford ends without injury as a watch is not taken. Powell wins reelection bid as Powell backers toast political returns. Davy Jones enshrined victims protest outside London embassy.
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Mel Mack
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