Johnson Calls White House Meeting on Water Crisis
President Johnson orders a Wednesday White House summit with governors mayors and legislators from New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania to address a looming drought induced water shortage across the Delaware River Basin. Udall warns the crisis could persist a year and urges coordinated federal state and local action to prevent regional collapse.
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Washington
Johnson
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
White House
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Delaware River
Udall
Congress
Delaware River Basin Commission
New York City
Commission
Delaware
Buford Ellington
Office of Emergency Planning
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard J. Hughes
William W. Scranton
House
Robert F. Wagner
James Tait
Philadelphia
Hugh Addonizio
Newark
Alfred Pierce
Camden
Thomas Whalen
Jersey City
Mississippi drops manslaughter charge in Reuss case
In West Point Mississippi the state drops a manslaughter charge against 18 year old civil rights worker Mike Reuss after a highway patrolman died of a heart attack following his arrest. Reuss had been among 45 demonstrators arrested for blocking a sidewalk and resisting an officer.
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West Point
Miss
Mississippi
Mike Reuss
Wisconsin
Dist. Atty
Harvey Buck
B. Cowart
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Washington
Young Reuss
James Shellow
Milwaukee
Robert Amory
Bureau of the Budget
London
Rep. Reuss
Buck
Clay County
Believe State Boy Takes Own Life After Crash
A 17 year old Donald Frei of Rice Lake was found dying from a self inflicted gunshot in a Lake Delton camping trailer after a car crash. The coroner and sheriff said the note indicated the act was personal safety related and the State Crime Lab will investigate.
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Baraboo
Lake Delton
Otto Paulish
Sauk County
State Crime Laboratory
Donald Frei
Charles Frei
St. Claire Hospital
Mike Spencer
Frei
Rice Lake Area
Steve August
August
Rice Lake
Sheriff's Office
Spencer
Blondes Turn Green in Prineville Pool Disinfectant Issue
Dozens of blondes in Prineville Oregon report hair turning green from pool disinfectant. City officials warn temporary discoloration and say a second chemical will restore hair color within a week to ten days.
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Prineville
Ore
Oregon
Four Die In Vilas County Plane Crash
A single engine plane crashed into fog on Boulder Lake near Eagle River Vilas County killing four people. The victims were identified as Donald Hikman the pilot his wife and Dr and Mrs Curtis Wilcox from Milwaukee. Recovery attempts were planned at daybreak.
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Eagle River
Vilas County
Boulder Junction
Milwaukee
Boulder Lake
Donald Hikman
Curtis Wilcox
14 Viet Cong Reported Dead In Joint Attack
In Chu Lai area near Da Nang a two day joint U S Marines and Vietnamese sweep killed 14 Viet Cong. Five guerrillas died under helicopter fire before the landing of three battalions. Two Viet Cong were captured and two suspects detained with no Marine or Vietnamese casualties.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
Marine Corps
U.S
Chu Lai
Greek King Silent On Crisis Move
Athens AP King Constantine closed three days of talks on the Greek government crisis but offered no clear plan. Ex-Premier George Papandreou pressed for restoration or new elections while discussions explored a compromise premier and a crown council option amid deadly demonstrations and calls for stability.
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Athens
Constantine
George Papandreou
Papandre Ou
Papandreou
Center Union Party
Stephanos ‘Stephanopoulos
LBJ Open To Hanoi Peace If Nkrumah Trips Urges Halt
President Johnson may back a Ghana leader Kwame Nkrumah trip to Hanoi as a path to peace in Vietnam. Moyers says Johnson would support a halt to bombing if a peace-favoring arrangement emerges, while briefing congress on Vietnam and receiving Nkrumah's appeal.
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Nkrumah
Hanoi
Washington
Johnson
Kwame Nkrumah
Viet Nam
Ghana
House
U.S
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ho Chi Minh
North
Moyers
Red China vows to send troops in Viet Nam clash
Tokyo AP reports Beijing warned U.S. aggressors as Johnson announced 50 000 more troops to South Viet Nam. Soviet and North Viet Nam also denounced U.S. moves, pledging support to the Viet Cong and criticizing peace talks as U.S. deception underlines Geneva 1954 framework.
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Red China
Viet Nam
U.S
Radio
United States
South
Viet ‘Nam
Peking
Johnson
South Viet Nam
America
Hanoi
Democratic Republic of
North
Indochina
Madison Man Drowns During De Soto Bay Boat Trip
A Madison man, 37, died after diving from a boat into De Soto Bay on a Mississippi River outing. Deputies recovered Eugene Nelson’s body about three hours later, authorities said.
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Madison
de Soto
Wis
Mississsippi
Sheriff's Deputies
Viroqua
Eugene Nelson
de Soto Bay
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