Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin to Run as Wallace VP
Former Georgia governor Marvin Griffin, a long time advocate of states rights and segregation, is Wallace's chosen running mate for a number of states requiring early VP designation. Griffin says he will campaign on the ticket to help Wallace meet ballot access and timing in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Nebraska and Virginia.
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Joe Zellner
Atlanta, Ga
George C. Wallace
Georgia
Supreme Court
Wallace
Alabama
Marvin Griffin
George Wallace
Griffin
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Nebraska
Virginia
CIO
Hoeschler
City Teachers Seek 1.1 Million Pay Increase
US envoy Cyrus Vance ends talks in Seoul after four days of bargaining with South Korea. They issue a joint communique condemning North Korean aggression and pledging immediate consultations under their mutual defense pact while resisting a pledge of immediate retaliation.
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Seoul
US S
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Vance
Democratic Republican Party
Kim Yungsam
New Democratic Party
Chung Hee Park
Park
South Korea
United States
U.S
Choi Kyu-hah
Korea
Two Otepka witnesses start new State jobs
Washington AP report that after 16 months of inactivity two State Department employees, Harry M. Hite and Edwin A. Burkhardt, begin new assignments. The move follows congressional charges they were punished for telling the truth about the Otto F. Otepka case.
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Washington
State Department
Harry M. Hite
Edwin A. Burkhardt
Congress
Senate
Internal Security
Otto F. Otepka
Otepka
J.G. Sourwine
Dean Rusk
Hite
Burkhardt
Mansfield Predicts Defense Budget Hike
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said President Johnson will seek an increase in the 76 billion defense budget for the new fiscal year prepared before the latest Viet Cong offensive. He praised General Westmoreland but noted no serious replacement talk and cited waning public confidence in Johnson's Vietnam policy amid calls for reevaluation of commitments in Asia.
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Washington
Senate
Mike, Mansfield
Johnson
Montana
Congress
Korea
Mansfield
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Westmoreland
Young
Westmore‘land
Gallup
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Southeast Asia
Byrd
Asia
Middle East
La Crosse teachers seek 1.1 million in 1969 raises
The La Crosse Education Association asked for about 1.1 million dollars in 1969 salary and fringe benefits as negotiations opened with the school board. The proposal asks for 931,000 for 405 teachers, averaging a $2,300 raise, with fringe benefits around 170,000, totaling 1.1 million and possibly 2,700 per teacher when combined with benefits.
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la Crosse Education Association
Farmer’s Share of Consumer Dollar Dips in 1967
The Agriculture Department reported the farmer's share of the consumer food dollar averaged 38 cents in 1967, two cents less than 1966. It attributed the drop to a decline in farm food products not mirrored by retail prices, while marketing costs rose, especially in the latter half of the year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
La Crosse Oktoberfest votes to proceed with 1968 festival
Members of La Crosse Festivals Inc vote 175 to 1 to continue planning the 1968 Oktoberfest, aiming to revitalize the event as a full family festival. President Richard E. Schueler reports about 10,000 in debts and 22,000 needed to hold the event, with creditors willing to wait.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse Festivals Inc
Richard E. Schueler
la Crosse
Schueler
Oktoberfest
Widow posts Vietnam letter praising LBJ and stand firm
A Duluth widow released a copy of husband Army Pfc. Richard E. Denny Jr.'s letter to President Johnson. In it Denny, killed January 29 from combat wounds near Tay Ninh, urged steadfast U.S. involvement in Vietnam and praised Johnson's stance against critics.
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Duluth
America
Janet Petersen Denny
Minn
Johnson
United States
Denny
Tay Ninh
Marines Bomb Hue Citadel Walls In Historic Assault
U S Marines bombed the massive brown stone walls of Hue Citadel for the first time as destroyers continued off shore bombardment of pockets in the ancient city where North Vietnamese remnants held out for a 16th day. Marine fighter bombers expanded from rockets napalm and tear gas to new bombing methods.
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Saigon
Hue
Viet Nam Battles Raze Hue Citadel As Air and Sea Attacks Intensify
U S destroyers shell Hue as Marine advances push along citadel walls. Refugees show military age numbers prompting South Vietnamese forces to seal escape routes. In Saigon, US bombs kill civilians north of the capital. North Vietnam suffers heavy losses as US airstrikes widen across Hà Nội region. Remnants of a Viet Nam regiment defend the palace compound as allied forces assault. See VIETNAM, Page 2.
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North Side
South
Perfume River
U.S
Associated Press
Lewis M. Simons
Saigon
Gratto
Gia Long
Vietnam
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Lea
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Logan High School
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4Th Street
Auditorium
James
Jake) Hoeschler
Royal Bassett
Erickson Bakery
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Hanoi
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Canal Des Rapides
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U.S. Command
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Billings
Mont
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