Indict 18 in Civil Rights slayings including three officers
Federal indictments name 18 suspects connected to the murder of three Civil Rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney near Philadelphia Mississippi. The group allegedly conspired to deprive rights and used an outlawed conspiracy to conduct summary punishment.
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Johnson Accepts resignations of Kennedy holdovers
President Johnson praised the Kennedy staff for noble service as he accepted resignations from four top carryovers and set salaries for his new team. Layoffs include P Kenneth O Donnell Myer Feldman David Powers Janet Travell with staying successors Lee White Jack Velen. Additional resignations include McGeorge Bundy George Reedy Bill Moyers Horace Busby Richard Goodwin and Douglass Cater.
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Cuba pulls students out of Romania amid shifting ties
Washington sources say Cuba began pulling about 130 government funded students from Bucharest around January 12 as Romania moved closer to the United States. The Cuban exit appears ordered by Havana and surprised Romanian authorities, with officials citing a policy that students focus on studies. Romania blocked a January 1 rally in Bucharest honoring Cuba and pressed students to avoid anti American demonstrations linked to Congo operations.
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Temperature extremes hit nation with 32 below at Brainerd
UPI reports the national low excluding Alaska and Hawaii reached 32 degrees below zero in Brainerd Minnesota yesterday while the high reached 80 degrees in Brownsville Texas Detroit area.
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Terrorist Plot Foiled at Saigon Pool by Explosives Found
In Saigon a terrorist plot to bomb a U S pool near Tan Son Nhut air base was foiled when a grenade and cache of explosives were uncovered in a flower pot by security police. The pool was evacuated and later reopened after a sweep. Separately a Viet Cong assault on Chau Ha outpost in Kien Hoa forced a retreat after heavy fighting that left 16 government dead and 13 wounded while about 40 Viet Cong were killed. A U S Army adviser was wounded in Binh Dinh Province.
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Reds Claim Attacks by U S Jets
North Viet Nam said three United States jet planes strafed the village of Muong Tip in Ky Son district Nghe An province from Kieng Khoang Laos. They called the attack a new provocative act and a grave violation of the 1954 Geneva accords, urging the Geneva commission to act without delay.
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