South Viet Nam Declares State of Emergency and Mobilization
Premier Nguyen Khanh decreed a state of emergency and general mobilization of manpower and resources saying the coming weeks will be decisive in the fight against communists. Military courts were empowered to impose summary death sentences on terrorists saboteurs and black market specialists with no right of appeal. A tense night passed on the northern frontier as American advisers and the Vietnam 1st Division watched the danger zone with doubt.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Tonkin Gulf
Khanh
Viet Nam
U Thant backs U.N. limits on Southeast Asia settlement
U Thant told President Johnson and U.S. officials that the Security Council cannot be effectively used to settle Southeast Asia now due to its limited authority and North Viet Nam not being a UN member. The U.S. seeks a council report on self defense actions against North Viet Nam PT boats while favoring another Geneva conference only for broader questions.
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Washington
U Thant
U.N. Security Council
Thant
Johnson
Dean Rusk
White House
U.S
United Nations
U.N
S. Thant
Security Council
North Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
Congress Backs Johnson Viet Nam Actions By Wide Bipartisan Margin
Congress approved the resolution backing President Johnson's Southeast Asia policy. The House voted 414 to 0 and the Senate 88 to 2 with few dissenters, while Morse and Gruening opposed on grounds of risk and escalation. Powell abstained, citing pacifist roots but support in danger.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
U.S
Adam Clayston Powell
D-N.y
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Morse
Gruening
Viet Nam
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nelson
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Wall Street
John F. Kennedy
U.N
U Thant
Southeast Asia
Suspects Identified as Ku Klux Klansmen in Slaying
Four white men from Athens were charged with murder in the slaying of Lemuel Penn in rural northeast Georgia. The FBI identified the suspects as Ku Klux Klan members and said federal and state authorities pursue charges under the Civil Rights Act, with potential death penalty on murder convictions.
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Athens, Ga
Ku Klux Klan
Washington, D.C
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Lemuel Penn
Georgia
U.S
Girrard Hawkins
James S. Lackey
Herbert Guest
Cecil William Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
Athens
H.L. Pulliam
Madison County
Penn
Washington
Floyd Buford
Macon
Hawkinson
Lackey
Johnson
Nro
J. Edgar Hoovers
Washinton
Myers
Sims
Klan
Guest
Calvin Craig
Stone Mountain
KKK
Push Hunt For Killers Of 3 Rights Workers
FBI intensifies pursuit in Mississippi to identify the killers of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney. Investigators search a swamp area near Olen Burrage’s farm as Sheriff Rainey and Deputy Price consult with the State Sovereignty Commission. The three men were last seen with Price after a speeding arrest before their June disappearance.
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Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Here
Olen Burrage
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
State Sovereignty Commission
Price
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Meridian
Soames Son-In-Law Of Churchill Hurt In Fall
Christopher Soames son in law of Sir Winston Churchill was thrown from a horse during a farm ride near Tunbridge Wells. He was taken unconscious to Pembury hospital with severe pelvic injuries. later regained consciousness and was moved to Royal Orthopedic Hospital. Soames, former army captain and long time Conservative cabinet member, is married to Mary Churchill.
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London
Christopher Soames
Winston Churchill
Mary Churchill
Winston
Soames
Tunbridge Wells
Pembury Hospital
Royal Orthopedic Hospital
Middlesex
Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas - Home
Viet Nam crisis eases but tensions rise in Asia
The Vietnamese border crisis showed a lull as a night passed without a Red attack. U S and Red Chinese military buildups continue in Southeast Asia while Washington and Peking weigh responses to air strikes. McNamara said Chinese moves are not evident. Hanoi reports say Saigon forces hold the Ben Hai frontier as Alvarez and Sather are listed missing.
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Hong Kong
Formosa
Red China
Peking
Hanoi
China
U.S
Washington
Southeast Asia
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Asia
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
North
Viet Nam
McNamara
Maddox
Turner Joy
Hanoi Radio
J.G. Everett Alvarez Jr
Constellation
Freedom
Alvarez
Navy
J.G. Richard C. Sather
San Jose
Calif
Sather
Pomona
Capitol Hill
Thomson Says Evidence Shows Red Aggression
Rep Vernon Thomson backs McNamara claim of hard evidence of North Vietnamese aggression. He supports Johnsons retaliation policy and says attackers were identified under searchlights firing on American ships. He says the United Nations can inquire and the US is prepared with the evidence.
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Tribune Washington Bureau
Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Defense Department
Vernon Thomson
R.richland Center
House Foreign Affairs
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Thomson
Lyndon Johnson
McNamara
United Nations
Northern Wisconsin Plumbers Strike Expanded Across Counties
About 150 members of Local 385 AFL-CIO began a strike against 15 contractors in Polk Barron Rusk Price Taylor Clark Chippewa Eau Claire Dunn St. Croix Pierce Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau counties. They demand a new contract to replace the expired two year agreement and seek higher wages and better fringe benefits from West Central Mechanical Contractors Association members.
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EAU Claire
Wisconsin
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
Afl-Cio
West Central Mechanical Contractors Association
Polk
Barron
Rusk
Price
Taylor, Clark, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Dunn, St. Croix, Pierce, Pepin
Buffalo and
Trempealeau
Bass Beats Clement In Tennessee Primary
Tennessee Democrats nominated Rep Boss Bass 46 for the Senate over four opponents who made his civil rights bill vote an issue. Bass carried seven of nine congressional districts and faced a Republican bid from Dan Kuykendall. Negro backed candidates fared poorly in Fayette County races. Gore won renomination easily as Baker pressed the GOP challenge.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Albert Gore
Dan Kuykendall
Gore
Howard Baker Jr
Bass
Estes Kefauver
Kennedy
Johnson
House Puts Antipoverty Bill To Vote
Johnson faces a major test as the House votes on a 947.5 million antipoverty package. Southern Democrats hold key influence, with Republicans opposing as election year maneuvering. Debate precedes a likely narrow victory or a loss feared by administration sources. The bill blends programs to mobilize national resources to fight poverty, including 412.5 million for youth programs and 340 million for community action grants.
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Washington
Johnson
House
United States
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Maj
William McMullen
Long Island
N.Y
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LBJ
Rep
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Ed Foreman
R - Tex
Clarke County
Carl Sanders
Clete Johnson
Churchill
By Barry Schweid
Gia Linh
William McMullan
Taipei
Saigson
Ben Hai River
Poe
Clement
Billy Bowles
Fayette County
Mississippi
A. W. Willis
Memphis
Shelby County
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