Dirksen Demands White House Viet Nam Briefing for Congress
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen urged President Johnson to provide a bipartisan briefing on Viet Nam. He said he discussed the war with Johnson during a visit to Walter Reed Army Hospital and proposed a formal White House briefing for congressional leaders.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Capitol Hill
UPI
Dirksen
Congress
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Amion Labbiaw
Tnt
Mina
Aller
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Illinois
White House
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Robert H. Fleming
Claude Kirk Jr
Jacksonville
Florida
Oregon
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Democratic Party
Viet ‘Nam
Pay Increases For University Faculties Voted
The Joint Finance Committee cut 1.1 million from a 2.7 million request, approving 1.6 million for faculty pay raises. The plan raises salaries 2.2 percent in the fiscal year starting July 1, with 1.4 million funded from student fees and unused salary funds. Most increases target the University of Wisconsin and the state university system.
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Madison
George Molinaro
D-Kenosha
Robert Warren
Green Bay
University of Wisconsin
State University
Walter Hollander
R-Rosendale
Daughter of Queen to Wed Commoner
The Hague AP reports Princess Margriet, third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, will wed commoner Pieter van Vollenhoven on January 10. Margriet is 23 and Pieter 27. engagement was announced 14 months ago with no date set previously.
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the Hague
Margriet
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Pieter van Vollenhoven
Supporter of Viet Policy Wins Senate Nomination
Robert B. Duncan, a Johnson ally, captured Oregon Democratic Senate nomination defeating Howard Morgan as Vietnam policy dominates early primary returns. Duncan leads with 64 percent of 1,437 of 2,946 precincts reporting, while Morgan trails at 33 percent. Hatfield looms as Republican rival in November.
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Associated Press
Robert B. Duncan
Johnson
Oregon
Viet Nam
Democratic Senate
Duncan
Howard Morgan
U.S
South Viet Nam
Morgan
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Mark O. Hatfield
Maurine Neuberger
Hatfield
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Florida
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Miami
Robert King High
Haydon Burns
High
Burns
John Sherman Cooper
John Young Brown
Preston Moore
Oklahoma City
National American Legion
Raymond Gary
Dewey Bartlett
Tulsa
John N. Happy Camp
Pat J. Patterson
Don Kinkaid
John Birch Society
Fred R. Harris
M. G. Snyder
Snyder
Barry Goldwater
Louisville
John Moloney
Covington
Tom McCall
Charles Porter
William Frye
Legislative Flow Becomes Trickle In Pollution Fight
In Madison the Knowles water pollution abatement bill stalls the Senate as Republicans and Democrats clash over top priority status. Assembly leaders refuse to act on Senate measures until the other house approves theirs, slowing spring session work and delaying recess. The Assembly did unanimously approve a Senate bill on meat and poultry inspection, while the Senate moved a debt-limit repeal resolution forward. See POLLUTION Page 2.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Senate
Assembly
House
Senate Democrats
Sky gas stations planned for U.S. helicopters
Lockheed-Georgia Co announced plans to deploy helicopter air to air refueling stations using a modified HC130H Hercules. The first modified aircraft is due in July, extending helicopter range from 700 nautical miles to several times that distance and enabling hovering near target areas in combat.
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Marietta, Ga
Viet Nam
Lockheed-Georgia Co
Lockheed
March of Peace Ban Sparks Saigon Crackdown
In Saigon police dispersed a Buddhist march with tear gas as monks and students clashed with authorities. The government banned the protest and ordered identification checks at city hall amid monsoon flooding and heavy security deployments.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Tary
U.S
North
Red River Valley
Red China
Buddhist Institute
van van Dua
U.S. Joint Public Affairs Office
Ing
United States
Ky’ S
da Nang
Quang Tri
Hue
Pham Xuan Nhuan
Nhuan
Explorer 32 Launched From Cape Kennedy On Atmosphere Study
Explorer 32, a 492-pound orbiting laboratory, lifted on a Delta rocket to an altitude between 170 and 750 miles. It aims to measure concentrations of hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, and oxygen atoms while studying upper atmosphere disturbances from solar storms. The seven day Cape Kennedy launch window also includes Gemini 9 rendezvous, a Surveyor moon landing attempt, and an Orbiting Geophysical Observatory target launch.
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Jim Trothman
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Orbiting Chemical Laboratory
Earth
Explorer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency Today
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Surveyor
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
OGO
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Dstoughton
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