Taylor to take over Viet Nam post in 10 days
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor named US ambassador to Saigon after Henry Cabot Lodge resignation. Taylor plans to leave for his post in 10 days or two weeks, promising a unified civilian and military command while Lodge returns home to support Gov. Scranton in the GOP presidential bid. Johnson’s choice drew broad Capitol Hill support with some warning of intensified Vietnam operations and potential war risks.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Taylor
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Capitol Hill
Senate
William C. Westmoreland
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Red China
Southeast Asia
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Viet Nam
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Ambassador Lodge
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Mississippi civil rights workers disappear in Philadelphia case
Federal and state agents resumed door to door searches as a three man civil rights group vanishes in Philadelphia Mississippi. The missing are Andy Goodman Michael Schwerner and James Cheney. A burned station wagon found near Owl Creek prompts FBI involvement and a White House inquiry led by Allen Dulles.
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UPI
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Miss
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
FBI
Neshoba County
Neshoba
Andy Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York City
Johnson
Highway Patrol
Dulles
State 21
Owl Creek
Schwerner
Meridian
Cheney
Goodman
Oxford
Ohio
Republicans Rally Against LBJ Schedule Before Convention
President Johnson urged Congress to six days a week to push about 30 proposals before the Republican convention. GOP Leader Halleck and Rep. Laird blasted the plan as unfair and a possible effort to sabotage the San Francisco gathering. The agenda includes civil rights, antipoverty programs, education, housing, and highway projects with adjournment under debate before the Atlantic City Democratic gathering.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Johnson
Congress
GOP
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Senate
Atlantic City
State Gets Funds For Handicapped Children Education
The U S Office of Education allocated 60732 to Wisconsin for research on better ways to educate handicapped children. Wisconsin will receive 176153 over three years. Sixteen states share 25 million for approved projects.
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Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Wisconsin
Congress
Fireworks Barge Explodes During Hudson Show Killing Two
A barge loaded with fireworks exploded on the Hudson River during Macy’s spectacle killing two men Anthony Amato 60 Secaucus New Jersey and Anthony De Francisco 40 Spar Kill New York Four other workers were rescued and treated. The incident occurred as thousands watched the fireworks display produced by International Fireworks Co. of North Bergen New Jersey.
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Richard F. Whalen
New York
Hudson River
Manhattan
New Jersey
96Th Street
John Serpico
International Fireworks Co
North Bergen
N.J
Anthony Amato
Secaucus
Anthony de Francisco
Sparkill
N.Y
National Guard
Jury to Hear Case Against Motel Owner in Wisconsin
Pearl Bidar pleaded innocent to a discrimination charge over denying a Camp Mc Coy officer lodging at the Lake Park Motel in Tomah. A July 22 trial date was set by County Judge James W. Rice with a 12 member jury to be summoned.
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Sparta
Wis
Pearl Bidar
James W. Rice
Camp McCoy
Tomah
Rice
Atty
Donald J. Harman
la Crosse
Dist. Atty
Donald L. Goodman
Monroe County
Crawford Russell
Milwaukee
Bidar
Lake Park
Grange
Russell
Goldwater States His Foreign Policy Aims In Italy Letter
Senator Barry Goldwater, seeking the Republican nomination, writes to Lo Specchio of Rome saying his approach is substantially the Eisenhower Dulles policy. The conservative weekly published the letter amid European misreadings of his views.
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Rome
Barry Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Arizona
U.S
Lo Specchio
Moon to Be in Total Eclipse Tonight
Moonwatchers expect a vivid reddish glow during the first total lunar eclipse of the year. Cadillac Mountain in Mount Desert Maine offers a premier viewing point as the eclipse begins at 5 48 p m CDT with totality from 7 16 to 8 57 p m and ends at 11 14 p m CDT.
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Mount Desert, Maine
Cadillac Mountain
Mount Desert
Maine
Wisconsin GOP Critics Denounce John Doe Probes
Wisconsin legislators attack John Doe investigations as costly and endless. They urge defining investigators duties while the State Board on Government Operations approves emergency funds and spends on the attorney general's office, tourist ads, and rehabilitation programs amid budget tensions.
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Madison
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John the Force
Barland
Doe
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
GOP
House
Attorney General
John Doe
John W. Reyolds
Alfonsi
Attorney -General
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Cole
George Thompson
Reynolds
Conservation Department
Resource Development Department
Vocational and Adult Education Agency
AMC To Hike Work Force On Rambler
Ameri can Motors Corp plans the fastest new model Rambler change over in history at the Milwaukee and Kenosha plants this summer. Nearly 9,000 more employees will be called back after the annual vacation and change over. Milwaukee will restart the week of Aug 3 on a two shift basis with 7,500 workers. Kenosha will begin two shifts at 13,200 plus 2,000 in final assembly after a few weeks.
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Milwaukee
American Motors Corp
Kenosha
E.W. Bernitt
AMC
Detroit
One Killed Two Injured In Hwy 61 Crash
A Minneapolis man died at the scene in a head on collision at the north La Crescent limits on U S 61 at 6 25 am. Richard A Anderson 26 suffered fatal neck injuries. Passenger David W Pellett 24 was unconscious with a collapsed lung and internal injuries. Duane F Kerns 23 of La Crescent survived with chest and shoulder injuries.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Minneapolis
Richard A. Anderson
W. 35Th St
David W. Pellett
Duane F. Kerns
la Crosse
St. Francis Hospital
Pellett
Kerns
Nat Miller
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Anderson
Philip Utz
Houston County
Minnesota
U.S. 10
Perham
Merlin Christianson
Wahpeton
N.C
Wayne Guttmer
Breckenridge
William D. Tramel
Faribault
Faribault Hospital
Nerstrand
Sgt York Placed On Critical List
World War I hero Sgt Alvin York is on the critical list at Veterans Hospital Nashville due to pneumonia in his right lung. A hospital spokesman says his blood pressure has fallen and the illness may be tied to a prior blood clot or a bloodstream infection. He had been improving toward potential home return before pneumonia developed.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin York
Veterans Hospital
York
Pall Mall
Tenn
Here
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D-Ore
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Richard M. Nixon
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
UPI Telephotos
Wheeler
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James Cheney
Paul B. Johnson
Tribune
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Ness
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Alfons
State Board On
Richard Cates
Walter Cole
Thomas Barland
Eau Claire
la Crosse Tribune
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