Saigon Asks McNamara for Greater US Forces in Vietnam
South Viet Nam leaders pressed Robert McNamara for a larger American presence in the country during a two hour meeting. Officials said no specific troop number was requested, but they discussed a broad buildup that could include 100000 additional Vietnamese troops alongside more U.S. forces.
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South Viet Nam
U.S. Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
McNamara
Sylvester
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Huu Co
Evers
Half Million Blaze Devours Salt Lake City Industrial Block
A fire in Salt Lake City caused by a three hour blaze damaged an industrial complex near downtown. Officials evacuated the block bounded by Second West and First South as gas mains were shut off and power cut. Three firefighters were mildly injured while passers by moved sacred objects from a Budd temple. The building survived as investigators pursued the cause. Note: stockholder Robert Swaner estimated losses at up to 500000 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Second West
First South
Robert Swaner
American Falls Canal Security Co
T. B. Nielsen
Income Up For Nation With June Rise Report
Washington AP reports personal income climbed to an adjusted annual rate of 524 billion dollars in June, a rise of about 7 percent from the prior year. The Commerce Department notes gains mainly from farm owner incomes and higher corporate dividend payments, with farm proprietor receipts up sharply from April to June.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Obituaries List for Arnold Atherton Clark Roser and Rush
Obituary notices for Arnold Atherton Tubby age 51 of NuMine W Clark Crawford age 93 of Reynoldsville formerly Rochester Mills Mrs Bethasaida Roser age 7 of Southwest Greensburg formerly Brush Valley and William Andrew Rush age 86 of Dayton.
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Atherton
Arnold
Tubby
Rush, William Andrew
Dayton
Watermelon Yields Marble discovery in Lafayette
In Lafayette a family found a marble inside a watermelon purchased from a local supermarket. Dr. H K Riley, a horticulturist at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, noted the marble could have lodged in the blossom and become enveloped as the fruit matured.
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Lafayette
C. J. Guilbeau
H. K. Riley
University of Southwestern Louisiana _horticulturist
Homage Paid To Stevenson In Capital Memorial
In Washington thousands file past Adlai E. Stevenson’s flag draped coffin in a National Cathedral chapel. President Johnson leads dignitaries to an 11 a.m. memorial service with a eulogy by Judge Carl McGowan of the Federal Appeals Court.
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National Cathedral
Episcopal
Johnson
Stevenson
Carl McGowan
Federal Appeals Court
Ouster Call Raised for Pitt Chancellor Litchfield
Emil E. Narick, a University of Pittsburgh trustee, urged a leadership change and said the chancellor should be replaced. Litchfield, 52, is recovering from a heart attack in the Virgin Islands. Narick argued trustees are not to blame for Pitt’s financial crisis.
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Virgin Islands
Narick
Pitt
Greek captain weds Ecuadorian on Liberian ship to Japan
A Greek ship captain, Dimadiros Damaskos, 30, and Sonnia Moreno, 17, of Guayaquil, Ecuador, wed amid plans to sail to Japan on the Ocean Ranger. The couple, who met in 1964, will honeymoon aboard the 441-foot freighter, with ceremonies in Boston and Holy Cross Cathedral, while Damaskos continues to command the ship under a Liberian flag.
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Ocean Ranger
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Volos
Greece
Sonnia Moreno
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Damaskos
Sonnia
Savona
Italy
Salinas
Pacific
Brookline
Bernard S. Costello Co
James Jacobs
Miss.Moreno
Panama City
Maryland
Rocky Glenn
Ramblers
Jason Steamship, Ltd
Montreal
Monrovia
Libya
Kittanning Telephone Co. Head Dies
Kittanning Pa AP K Ben Schotte 61 president and general manager of Kittanning Telephone Co dies Thursday night in Armstrong County Memorial Hospital He directed Mid-Continent Telephone Corp and was from a prominent independent telephone family He is survived by his widow and a daughter Funeral services set for Saturday Dance and Floor Show Elks Club Saturday July 17 membership 1 dollar guests 2 dollars Jet Tones
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Kittanning, Pa
K. Ben Schotte
Kittannning Telephone Co
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Schotte
Mid-Continent Telephone Corp
U S and Soviet Deny Viet Nam Pact Change
The United States described Thursday's Moscow conference as of interest but denied any change in positions. Harriman reported three hours with Kosygin offering views on current problems, yet officials said no new developments altered well established stances. Ho Chi Minh asked Ghana's Nkrumah to visit Hanoi, per London sources.
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United States
Viet Nam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Alexei N. Kosygin
State Department
Harriman
White House
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Hanoi
Mariner 4 Near Mars Reveals Earth like Desert Scene
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 4 sent a second Mars image from 134 million miles as the first picture arrives. The frame shows a dark space void predominating with a bright desert area and a lighter center, offering no clear answer on life.
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Mars
Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
U.S
Space
Weekend Warmth Brings Pleasant North Weather
Today remains sunny and warm with highs around 76 to 86 and mild lows in the 50s. Tonight will be fair and cool. Saturday starts partly cloudy and warmer with humidity rising and highs in the 80s.
Soviets Launch Five Cosmos Satellites in One Rocket
Tass reports the Soviet space agency launched five Cosmos satellites numbered 71 through 75 in a single launch. The uncrewed satellites carry scientific instruments and radio transmitters to probe space around Earth, continuing the Cosmos series begun in 1962.
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Moscow
Tass
Soviet Union
Still Weighs 230 Pounds Happy Humphrey Loses 600
Hap py Humphrey once weighed 802 pounds. after a dieting program he has shed about 600 pounds. The case, tied to a Medical College of Georgia study, includes his life changes and a heart attack in 1962. Cobb, 39, lived as a volunteer patient under controlled conditions until last April.
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Happy
William J
Cobb
The
Atlanta Constitution
Happy Humphrey
Macon
Medical College of Georgia
Wayne V. Greenberg
Harriman Signals US Viet Nam Talks Aimed at Clarifying Positions
U S Ambassador Harriman in Moscow hinted his mission seeks to avoid Soviet misreading of American Viet Nam policy and to break the Viet Nam deadlock. After a three hour Kremlin meeting with Kosygin and a filmed ABC interview, officials stressed secrecy and possible new U S initiatives on disarmament and Hanoi relations.
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U.S
W. Averell) Harriman
Viet Nam
Harriman
Red Square
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Johnson
Washington
Abc-Tv
Work Stoppage Reported At Keystone Plant
A work stoppage was reported at the Keystone Generating Station near Shelocta this afternoon. Hoisting engineers from Pittsburgh staged a strike over job assignments, with other crafts at the plant halting work in sympathy. An Ebasco Services spokesman called the stoppage nothing serious.
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Keystone
Pittsburgh
Mammoth Power Plant
Ebasco Services
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