Congress Sets Viet Nam as First Order of Business in 89th Congress
Senate GOP leader Dirksen said Viet Nam must top the new session agenda, overriding Great Society and other domestic programs. Lawmakers enter noon session with the State of the Union due at 9 p.m. EST, awaiting Johnson's address on war costs and policy.
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Frerett M. Dirksen
89Th Congress
Korea
Johnson
Illinois
Dirksen
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Senate
Jonhson
Dirksen cites space race pressure and welfare cuts
In remarks on the moon program and domestic policy, Senator Dirksen says U S space efforts are distant and welfare and war programs cannot run effectively together. He suggests shelving some items and cutting others, citing inefficiency in the anti poverty program.
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Cab War Edges Toward Mediation Amid Delays
The four parties in the Las Vegas cab dispute the governor Yellow Cab Checker Cab and Teamsters Local 881 waited for mediation as federal mediator John Fenton already talked with both sides. Gov. Sawyer offered mediation but both cab firms declined to commit with no agreement yet in sight. Violence involving nonunion drivers has heightened tensions. The governor asked each firm if they wanted his services—a condition under state law. (See CAB, Page 2).
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Teamsters Union
Grant Sawyer
Carson City
Richard Ham
Sawyer
John Fenton
Thomas
Yellow
Checker
Cab
New Yorkers Face Week of Walking as Transit Strike Drags On
New York City faced a ninth day of disruption as thousands of buses and subways remained idle. Mayor John V. Lindsay summoned Transit Authority and Transit Workers Union negotiators to city hall to avert further hardship before the 7 p.m. EST deadline, but no settlement was reached and talks continued with the system still largely shut down.
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Problems Face Demos in 1966
A Louis Harris survey shows Democrats ahead 57 to 43 percent for Congress in 1966 but warns the margin could narrow as voters question whether Congress should maintain or slow its 1965 pace. The Vietnam War’s impact remains uncertain.
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Congress
Capital Church Blast Kills Woman. Dozens Hurt
A church blast killed one woman and hospitalized ten others as police and firefighters cleared rubble. The explosions ripped out the three story rear wall as members were finishing Sunday services and preparing for beacon installation. A witness described seeing the organ topple and people screaming.
Soviet Red Aid Pledged to Viet Nam by Shelepin
Kremlin aide Alexander Shelepin told a Hanoi audience the Soviet Union will render all round assistance to North Viet Nam in repulsing U.S. aggression and predicted a Communist victory. He linked the mission’s visit to continued economic and military aid and solidarity with Ho Chi Minh’s government.
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Viet Nam
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Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Russia
North Vietnamese
National Assembly
Soviet Communist Party
Communist Party Central Committee
Moscow
United States
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Two Battalions Split In Stronghold Viet Nam Fight
North of Qui Nhon Korean forces trapped and wiped out a Viet Cong regiment in a massive flying tiger operation. Officials credit heavy losses to small arms and grenades after surrounding a supply dump in rice paddies and caves.
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Qui Nhon
U.S
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Oui Nhon
Amcan
Chen
Defectors’ Naval Sailors Sought Asylum Shot Down
In Formosa a Migs jet shot down an unarmed HU15 plane carrying three Communist naval defectors who had just surrendered their landing ship. The attack followed the defectors killing seven crew members during their pre dawn escape. No survivors were found after a search in the Straits of Formosa.
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Formosa
UPI
Defense Department
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Island
Matsu
Taipei
Nationalist China
Weather Summary Likely Pleasant With Mild Winds
Mostly clear with gentle winds. Forecast high 62 and low 35. Yesterday’s high 60 and low 35. Noontime humidity around 45 percent. Sunrise at 6 52, sunset at 4 45.
Peace Formula Split Hanoi From Red China
U.S. envoy W Averell Harriman arrived in Canberra on a world peace mission urging separation of Hanoi from Peking to end the Vietnam war. He said Peking does not want peace but hopes Hanoi acts honorably to seek settlement. Harriman met Prime Minister Menzies and planned to brief leaders on Johnson's peace push.
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Australia
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W. Averell Harriman
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Peking
Harriman
Tokyo
Robert Menzies
London
Johnson
Viet Nam
Gaming Unions Merge in Las Vegas Bid for Unity
Las Vegas two fledgling gaming and hotel unions merged ending a long dispute. The American Federation of Gaming and Casino Employees and the Hotel and Casino Employees Union consolidate as the American Federation of Casino and Gaming Employees with Robert Feldman slated as business agent. Tom Hanley’s future role remains undecided.
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American Federation of Gaming and Casino Employes
Hotel and Casino Employes Union
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Ican Federation of Casino and Gaming
Robert Feldman
Tom Hanley
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