Singapore Breaks From Malaysia Over Racial Trouble
Singapore declares independence from Malaysia after racial rioting and tensions. Lee Kuan Yew cites fear of clashes, Rahman laments lost dream. London recognises independent state. Indonesia expected to recognize. UN membership sought. Singapore population about 1.7 million. Malaysia to lose 13 states and strategic bases.
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Singapore
UPI
Federation of Malaysia
Britain
Southeast Asia
Lee Kuan Yew
Jengku
Prince) Abdul Rahman
Rahman
Malaysia
New York
North Borneo
Sabah
Sarawak
Federation of Malaya
Malaya
Sukarno
Lee
Jakarta
Indonesia
Malay Peninsula
Two Borneo
China
Soviet Union
McNamara urges renewed resolve on Vietnam war
North Las Vegas city officials selected Development Research Associates to study land use and market viability for Rose Garden urban renewal, part of a 237000 project with a 19000 federal cap. SURF protests the plan as Ralph Kraemer leads organized opposition. In another broadcast, McNamara and Rusk defended U.S. commitment, with McNamara citing possible 20 year readiness and a Greece style end to guerrilla fighting if conditions allow.
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Development Research Associates
Las Vegas
Rose Garden
SURF
Ralph Kraemer
U.S
McNamara
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
CBS
Greece
Rusk
United States
Johnson outlines Viet Nam stance and briefings for lawmakers
President Johnson says the United States will stay in Viet Nam and continue resistance until aggression ends. He described a productive briefing for about 50 senators, with Gen Maxwell Taylor presenting a candid report on military and diplomatic aspects and a balanced view of optimistic and pessimistic factors.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
Maxwell ND. Taylor
U.S
South Viet Nam
Taylor
Gen. Taylor
Bid to Save U S Forces in Vietnam Amid Viet Cong Attacks
Guerrilla forces ring closer to Saigon striking an east of the capital outpost andforcing a cautious relief column along Highway 1. Viet Cong fire dented a US camp, mortars block the airstrip, a jet fighter was downed and a pilot reportedly captured as the siege tightens near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dick Gregory reports easing tensions in Daley's Bridgeport area
UPI reports civil rights leader Dick Gregory says tensions near Mayor Daley's Bridgeport home have eased since protests began. Albert Raby of CCCO confirms marches will continue until attitudes change. Gregory recalls rough Southern mobs but says Bridgeport crowds are less threatening. He also mentions planning a false arrest suit against the city.
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Chicago
UPI
Dick Gregory
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Albert Raby
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
CCCO
Gregory
Bridgeport
South
ABA president warns on coercion in rights protests
The outgoing ABA president Lewis F. Powell Jr. criticized coercive tactics from demonstrations to mob actions as a troubling trend in enforcing rights. He spoke at the ABA 88th annual convention in Miami Beach where about 15 000 lawyers judges and families attended. Commerce Secretary John T. Connor warned a proposed next year income tax cut could be derailed by the Vietnam War.
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Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond
ABA
Commerce
John T. Connor
Las Vegas Woman Found Dead In Apartment
Mrs. Margaret Huck about 80 was found dead in her apartment at 819 South Fourth Street on Saturday. The discovery was made by the building manager Mrs. Margaret Clausen.
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Las Vegas
Margaret Huck
S. Fourth St
Margaret Clausen
Federal orders examiners to register Negroes in southern counties
The Justice Department directed examiners into nine counties in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana to register Negro voters without regard to race or literacy. Counties include Dallas Hale Lowndes Marengo in Alabama East Carroll Feliciana Plaquemines in Louisiana and Leflore Madison in Mississippi. The move targets counties with segregationist histories and low Negro registration rates while white registration often exceeds white voting age residents.
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Washington
UPI
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisana
Dallas County
Ala
Atty
Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
Johnson
Capitol
Justice Department
Angry Voters Rally in Americus Over Registration
In Americus Georgia 200 African American residents gathered at the courthouse protesting registration delays led by Willie Bolden who warned of action if voting rights are not secured. State troopers in white helmets stood by near a crowded registration line to prevent clashes.
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Americus, Ga
API
Willie Bolden
Bomb Found Before Boom In St Louis
A live homemade bomb outside a Selective Service board in St Louis was found Monday night by Postmaster Larry Poleski of St Ann. He pulled the wires and stopped the device. Police later detonated the device beneath sandbags. The bomber’s intent and explosive type were not disclosed.
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St. Louis
Selective Service
Larry Poleski
St. Ann
St Louis
George Fritsche
Morals and the Young Era Put on Trial in Texas Slayings
James C. Cross Jr. faces trial for the strangling and alleged sexual attack that killed University of Texas coeds Shirley Stark and Susan Rigsby. Prosecutors seek to frame the case as a test of contemporary morals and campus attitudes while defense argues the matter reflects broader societal dynamics.
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Austin
Tex
Miss Rigsby
Miss Stark
Jones
Cross
Dallas
Peace march at Capitol ends in melee as pinted demonstrators are hauled away
Nearly 800 pacifists led a protest from the Washington Monument to Capitol Hill facing police lines. Red paint was thrown by two men described as Nazis, and more than 200 marchers were dragged to waiting patrol wagons. A reporter was swept up in the disruption. The House continued business as normal while plainclothes officers watched the scene.
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Washington Monument
Capitol Hill
Capitol Grounds
Andrew J Glass
New York Herald Tribune
Senate
House
Soviet Rejection of Thant Proposals Deepens UN Deadlock
A global roundup reports the Soviet Union rejecting most of Secretary General Thants recommendations to resolve a six month UN financial impasse. Other items note Turkish Soviet talks, protests in Patna over prices, alleged baby ring in Tijuana and Ensenada, a British Nazi propagandist conviction in Germany, anti apartheid protest in Stockholm, and OAS ending Dominican aid for a provisional government.
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Soviets
United Nations
UPI
Soviet Union
Thant
Tliuana
Mexico
UPT
Tijuana
Ensenada
U. S
Josefina Naranjo de Diez
Atlas-Centaur test aims to clear lunar lander path
National briefs report a test flight of NASA's Atlas-Centaur rocket as a prerequisite for the fall launch of a surveyor lunar lander. Other items note a lethal Beechcraft crash in fog near Long Beach, a second Azusa smog alert, LBJ memorial library approval, a housing department debate, an insecticide plant blast in Seabrook, and USW steel contract talks to avert a strike.
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Cape . Jedy
UPS
America
Lakewood
Calif
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Long Beach
Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Basic Steel Industry
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World Organization
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Maurice McCue
Fritsche
World Briefs
Kremlin
Moscow
Turkey
Suat Havri Arguplu
Alexei Kosygin
India
Patna
Bihar
Karesruhe
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Michael H. Passmore
Stockholm
Third
Nagasaki
OAS
National Briefs
Los Angeles
Azusa
Air Pollution Control District
APCD
LBJ Library
University of Texas
Lyndon B Johnson
Bill Moyers
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Seabrook, Tex
Jim Shurtleff
Bob Barnes
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