Johnson Faces Unpleasant Night After Surgery
President Johnson endured his most uncomfortable night since abdominal surgery and was urged by doctors to rest and keep his schedule minimal for weeks. He still held a 45 minute meeting with Vice President Humphrey and called in Secretary Rusk for an afternoon session while reading reports and nominating Phillip Randolph Lee to a health affairs post.
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Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Humphrey
Rusk
Phillip Randolph Lee
Welfare
Ludwig Erhardt
Congress
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Supreme Court Backs Away From County Board Ruling
The Supreme Court refused to rule on whether the one man one vote principle applies to county and city boards, granting the motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The decision touched on reapportionment issues and the scope of the 1964 Civil Rights era standards.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Georgia
Eugene Cook
High Tribunal
Fulton County
Atlanta
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
U.S. District Court
Population estimate for La Crosse tops 52 thousand
Charles Parrott executive director of the La Crosse Redevelopment Authority estimates the city population at 51 118 excluding Robinsdale Elm Grove Hass and Wayside additions. Annexations would raise the total by about 1000 to 52 118.
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LA Crosse
Charles Parrott
The
Mate
la Crosse State University
Shelby
Chamber of Commerce
Reburial Set for Prospector Killed by Indians
William Cogan of Watertown Wisconsin was killed and scalped on May 4 1876 while en route to the Deadwood gold strike. His grave was uncovered during Interstate 90 work near Rapid City South Dakota and will be reburied with a marker dedication on October 21 by the Minnitus Pioneer Association.
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Wisconsin
William Cogan
Watertown
Wis
South Dakota
Cogan
Deadwood
Fort
Minnitus Pioneer Association of
Rapid City
The
Black Hills
Rapids City
Minnesota Toll Hits 600 In Weekend Road Deaths
Fourteen people died on Minnesota highways over the weekend in five multiple fatality crashes. The state toll rose to 609, with 646 year-earlier. Notable deaths included Beverly Lohre and her son Jon near St James, Margo Boyle of Moorhead, and Steven Zent of Dilworth.
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Minnesota
St. James
Beverly Lohre
Madeira
Jon
Mary Joblinske
Viet Cong losses tally as US paratroopers push Iron Triangle drive
U S forces report 75 Viet Cong killed and 48 captured in dense forests north of Saigon while Highland operations with paratroopers and Australian troops in the Iron Triangle claim heavy Viet Cong casualties. U S planes drop six million leaflets in a major morale operation.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Iron Triangle
Zone D
Washington
1St Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
Binh Dinh
1St Cavalry
U.S. Strategic Air Force Command
Guam
Soui la Tinh Valley
Death Valley
UPI
Knowles defends Bircher on Wisconsin UN commission
Governor Knowles said he will keep a John Birch Society member on the Wisconsin Governor's Commission on the United Nations. He argued the appointment could be an educational opportunity and that the UN remains the best forum for world understanding and peace. He may reassess the membership later as he plans to veto pay raises for constitutional officers.
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Johnson
George R. Davis
National City Christian Church
McEwan
The
Birch Society
Knowles
U.N
Robert Welch
Senators fall short on 14B repeal cloture vote
In Washington the attempt to end debate on the Taft Hartley 14B repeal failed with 45 for and 47 against cloture. Senate leaders expect further speeches and a possible second cloture bid as the fight over union shop powers continues into the week. President Johnson cautioned there are no must bills for this session.
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Washington
Senate
Make Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Congress
House
Falling Dirt and Stone Kill Miner's Life in Butte Mine
Arnold Hilden 37 of Sebeka Minnesota died in a Kelley Mine accident at the 1400 foot level after a blast. His partner Bill Ferko narrowly escaped as dirt and rock collapsed trapping Hilden. Hilden had served 11 years in the Army and left in 1956 to work as a truck driver in Salt Lake City. His widow and three children live in Salt Lake City.
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Butte, Mont
Arnold Hilden
Sebeka
Minn
Butte
Andy Aleksich
Hilden
Bill Ferko
Kelley
Anaconda Copper Co
Ferko
Cuba open door prompts mass exodus to Florida
Thousands gathered on Camarioca Beach as the 31 foot MMM sailed from Cuba under U S Coast Guard escort bringing 17 refugees to Key West. The crew faced FBI immigration questioning while U S officials warn against small boat crossings and seek orderly evacuation arrangements.
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Key West
Fla
Camarioca
MMM
United States
Osvaldo Bazo
Cuba
U.S. Coast Guard
FBI
Immigration
U.S
Florida Straits
Fidel Castro
Miami
Castro
Diligence
Florida
Rainbow
Ramon Donestevez
Hialeah
Flores
U.S. State Department
Wisconsin Sees Eight Die In Weekend Traffic Toll
Wisconsin reported eight highway deaths over the weekend raising the year total to 773. Victims ranged from teens to early 20s in counties including Marathon Bayfield Pepin Washington Brown and Wood, with fatalities from single car crashes, a two car collision, and a fatality involving a milk truck and creamery vehicle near Dexterville.
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Wisconsin
Dennis Reupert
Patrick Stapleton
Menomonee Falls
Highway 167
Washington County
Durand
Pepin County
James Berger
William Averill
LaVerne Norwich
Menomonie
Brown County
Alice M. Verhagen
Green Bay
Verhagen
Marshfield
William Revnow
Revnow
Wood County
Dexterville
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Lee Johnson
Baltimore
Malverne
N.Y
Woodfield Road
New York
Commissioner of Education
Woodfield
Michael Vetere
Lewis State
Hummel
Herman Abrams
Tors
Hood
Davison Avenue
Lindner’ Place
Hawaii
John A. Burns
Honolulu
State Senate
Hawaii House
Burns
Parrott
S.D
Ing
Associated Press
U.S. 2
East Grand Forks
Peter L. DeLorenzo
Wauwatosa
Grand Forks
N.D
Air Force Base
Earl Evans
Evans
Lon Norton
Robert A. Rebischke
Sauk Rapids
Viet
Bircher
Lee Knowles
Leslie Kimble
Los Angeles
Marine Corps Pfc
David Snow
Coventry
R.I
Nha Trang
Mary Martin
Liz
Sombrero Key
Donestevez
Long Key
Ike Flores
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