Vietnam Aid Reforms Urged By Congressional Panel
A House Government Operations subcommittee urged Secretary Rusk to push Vietnam to curb corruption in U S aid programs or face a U S reassessment of support. Reps Moss and Reid noted some reforms but stressed South Vietnam's lack of decisive action and demanded stricter measures including a $10 million claims account and penalties for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
South Vietnam
United States
Saigon
House
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
John Moss
Dcall
Ogden Reid
R-N.y
Moss
Reid
Committee
U.S
Red Terror Toll 500 In Vietnam
American military advisers battled attackers from rooftops as a night assault near Cantho claimed heavy Vietnamese and American casualties. Maj. Martin A. Funk described a face to face fight while Capt. Neil Connor fired into darkness. Early tallies listed 17 Vietnamese killed and 35 wounded, with Cantho hardest hit by 30 to 50 guerrillas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin A. Funk
Chicago
Park Ridge
Neil Connor
Neapolis
Ohio
Cantho
Delta
Duke of Bedford festival flops at Woburn Abbey
In Woburn England police checked a reported bomb as a large flower child festival faltered. About 5 000 attendees paid a pound to enter Duke of Bedford's Wa burn Abbey grounds over the bank holiday weekend with many leaving early and a sense of disillusion as one youth lamented there are no birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
England
Duke of Bedford
Waburn Abbey
Britain
Woburn Park
Bedfordshire
Demos Back LBJ Policy Urges Unified Action and Reform
The Democratic conference urged renewed support for LBJ programs beyond party lines and called for unity to advance farm relief oil shale and small business laws. Debates covered far right activity in western states FCC fairness doctrine probes and calls to expand Guam self rule and antitrust actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Civil Liberties Committee
Committee On
Utah
Idaho
Democratic Conference
FCC
Republican Party
Congress
Intermountain West
Guam
Mariannas Islands
Committee Says Senate Aims to Reclaim Power
The National Committee for an Effective Congress says the Senate seeks to reclaim lost authority as President Johnson faces congressional critics. It notes a lingering erosion since Woodrow Wilson era, with Vietnam policy pushing clear into urban life and politics. The liberal, nonpartisan group cites concerns over Johnson foreign affairs and warns of potential 1968 electoral defeat for supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Committee For
Congress
Senate
Johnson
Ee ‘Committee
Woodies Wilson
Vietnam
Sky Divers Missing As 2 Die In Lake Erie Rescue Fails
14 divers disappeared after attempting to reach shore in Lake Erie as 2 bodies were recovered. Veterans with heavy gear and up to 500 jumps each, the divers jumped from a B25 Liberator amid 58 mph winds. Rescue crews from Navy, Air Force and 303rd Rescue Squadron searched a 15 mile area. two Akron victims identified as Patricia Lownsbury and Crosie Kitchen Jr. were confirmed dead. The missing divers remain unaccounted for as family members cope at the coast guard station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Phillip Dryer
Cleveland
James Dryer
Coast Guard
Robert Karns
Vermillion
Coy
Johnson
Larry Hartman
Navy
Air Force
303Rd Air Rescue Squadron
Selfridge
Afb
Michigan
Patricia Lownsbury
Crosie Kitchen, Jr
Akron
Ohio
Sal
NO BLANK WALLS Windows Set for L B Navy House Units
Washington assures House Appropriations Committee that 500 Long Beach naval housing units costing 9.2 million will have windows. Rep. Sikes recalls earlier controversy over windowless townhouses and seeks confirmation of design. Coast Guard and divers search Lake Erie after parachutist incident with unclear outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Navy
Long Beach
House Appropriations Committee
Robert Sikes
Dha
West Long Beach
Northwest Fires Nearly Controlled Across Northwest Region
Fire officials said the siege of historic Northwest forest fires showed signs of turning with new crews from Alaska and Georgia joining 400 plus blazes across Idaho Montana Washington and British Columbia. Rain and improved weather lifted hopes as the Red Alert was canceled. The Shuswap Lake area in Canada faced 115 fires amid a 25 000 acre ridge burn above the lake with steady progress but high winds and two days needed to tame the largest blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
Georgia
Idaho
Montana
Washington
British Columbia
Forest Service
Shuswap Lake
Gion
Rey Bolton
Bolton
Kootenay
Range
Timbe
Don Samuelson
Johnson
War Threatens US Liberties says ACLU in 46th annual report
The ACLU warned of grave threats to individual liberties from the Vietnam War and pledged to oppose wholesale conscription. The 46th annual report covers July 1965 to January 1967, citing First Amendment attacks such as a military court martial, Georgia's Assembly decision against Julian Bond, passport revocations, and draft board sit ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Vietnam
U.S
Georgia
Julian Band
Staughton Lyndh
Hanoi
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rush
Alfred Sheldon
California State Polytechnic
San Dimas
California
Duke
Demos
Johnsons
Nesses
Lake Erie
Dean Phillips
Richard Ralph
L.B. Navy House
Ralph
Phillips
Lorain
Kitchen
Achutes
Traverse City Mid
Polite
Petri's Cleaners
Emith
Zenith
Ory
Bhown-Potter Labs
PLM
Pine Ave
Lomo Beach
Calif
Florsheim
United Provo International
Nelson and Palmer
East Indies
Java
R. Blance
Deniyeer
Aksressom
Hemiock
East First St. Leg Beach
College OF Law
South Bay College OF Law
Pacific Coast
Hwy
Lomita
Snes
Coventry
Florsheim Shoe Shops
Moat Florsheim
Broadway
Pine Oper
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!