Problems Remain Fill Is Nearly Ready
The F111 aircraft facing deployment in Vietnam shows new issues including excessive vibration near transonic speeds. Engineers say the problem stems from racks lacking stiffness and bracing rather than core design. Air Force officials insist these do not hinder tactical performance. delivery targets shift to December or January.
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New York
Vietnam
New York Times
the Times
Times
Hanson W. Baldwin
Washington
Air Force
Proposal to Add Negroes in Guard Generates Doubts
Washington AP report on a presidential advisory panel calling for more Negro National Guard members. mixed Capitol Hill reaction and skepticism from Pentagon and Guard officials. Thurmond and Harris weigh race versus practicality in recruitment. Cantwell notes existing waiting lists and past integration efforts.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Guard
Fred R. Harris
President
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
National Guard
National Guard Association
James F. Cantwell
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Secretary of Defense
North Dakota
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
Cantwell
New Jersey
Crowd rallies after fatal shooting in Fayette Mississippi
About 500 Black residents gathered to protest the fatal shooting of Samuel Carroll, 53, as Cecil Kling, 50, faced murder charges. Civil rights leader Charles Evers urged restraint, praising the power of money and votes, while police kept a reserved line at the courthouse.
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Fayette
Miss
Detroit
Watts
Charles Evers
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Jefferson County
Rockefeller Romney Weekend Strategy Huddle at Mackinac
Gov Rockefeller will meet Gov Romney at Mackinac Island Michigan to discuss campaign strategy for securing the 1968 Republican nomination. Former Gov Scranton has been invited to attend as a participant in the talks. Rockefeller openly backs Romney for the nomination.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Michigan
George Romney
Mackinac Island
Mich
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
William W.scranton
Romney
Rockefeller
Turnpike future hinges on swift action in Kansas
Gov. Robert Docking urged rapid action on a toll road plan in the next Kansas legislative session. He questioned two north south border routes and tied financing to an eastern corridor. Docking discussed a Mid-Continent airport toll facility and a Tulsa to Wichita toll road with Missouri and Oklahoma leaders.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Missouri- Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Kan
Oklahoma
Wichita
Hays
Kansas City-Oklahoma
Warren Hearnes
Dewey Bartlett
Winrock Ranch
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Hearnes
Mid-Continent International Airport
Kansas Highway
John Montgomery
Missouri Highway Commission
John Stapleton
Bartlett
Tulsa- Wichita
Kansas City- Oklahoma
Garrison Ouster Fails to Remove Prosecutor in Perjury Case
NEW ORLEANS AP Dean Andrews, the unhappy figure in the Kennedy assassination probe, loses his bid to oust Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison in the perjury case. Judge Frank J. Shea denies the recusal motion as Andrews rests his case and a five-man jury is to be seated for trial.
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New Orleans
Dean Andrews
Dist
Atty
Jim Garrison
Andrews
Frank J. Shea
Criminal District Court
Jefferson Parish
Clay Shaw
Clay Bertrand
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Garrison
Ushuaia and Puerto Williams Vie For Southernmost Claim
The world’s southernmost municipality title is debated between Ushuaia Argentina and Puerto Williams Chile eight miles farther south. Argentinians concede Puerto Williams as southernmost town while insisting Ushuaia remains the southernmost city.
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Argentina
Ushuaia
Chile
Puerto Williams
No Injuries In Three Traffic Mishaps Reported
Police logged three Thursday crashes with no injuries. At W 28rd St and Naismith Dr a motorcycle rider Paul Winter 17 and driver Paul Collucci 23 sustained 120 and 210 dollars in damage respectively. A second crash near 19th and N H St involved Kenneth Noever 56 and Vernie Bryant 54 with 350 and 100 dollars damage. A third collision at 11th and Tenn Sts between Thomas Jackson 27 and Sadie Slifer 62 caused 225 and 170 dollars damage.
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Paul M. Winter
W .4Th St
Paul A. Collucci
R. I. St
19Th
N. H. Sts
Kenneth B. Noever
Maryland St
Vernie B. Bryant
Conn. St
Noever
Bryant
Thomas C. Jackson
Ohio St
Sadie M. Slifer
North St
Llth and
Tenn. Sts
Hong Kong repudiates forced border agreement signing
Hong Kong officials reject an agreement signed under duress by British district officer Trevor Bedford after a Red Chinese mob seized a border post at Man Kam To. The document promised removal of barricades and compensation to Chinese claimants, but Bedford signed only under threat. No injuries occurred in the incident, the most serious at the border since July 8 when five Hong Kong guards were killed.
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Hong. Kong
Hong Kong
Man Kam
Red China
Trevor Bedford
Bedford
China
Two Sisters Found Dead in Watts
Police say no clues to killer of Roberta Ann Barili and Cecilia Renee Barili both found near nude and strangled in Watts. Detectives note no sign of struggle and consider possible sexual deviate motive. victims were Altadena residents.
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Los Angeles
Watts
James Hamilton
Roberta Ann
Robin” Barili
Cecilia Renee Barili
Altadena
Hamilton
Richard L. Barili
Walt Thornton
Air War Toll Rises as North Vietnam Yards Targeted
Vital reports attack on Thai Nguyen yards with no rolling stock found but heavy damage to the northwestern yard section. Air Force flights faced intense 57mm 85mm antiaircraft fire. Total wartime losses now 198 shot down in South Vietnam and 639 in combat over the North. Loss rate over the North climbs as defenses grow stronger with MIGs and missiles.
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Thai Nguyen
Air Force
North
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
South
Nasser and Hussein Again Brace for Middle East Clash
In Cairo Nasser confidant predicts near inevitability of renewed war with Israel while King Hussein vows Jordan will fight to keep East Jerusalem. Tito opens talks in Cairo seeking a peace plan with Nasser and possibly Indira Gandhi. Heikal warns only a miracle prevents battlefield return as Jordan signals possible talks with Israel.
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Israel
Hussein
Jordan
Jerusalem
Tito
Cairo
Nasser
Middle East
Indira Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
Damascus
Syria
Baghdad
Iraq
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
al Ahram
Heikal
Hejazi
U.N. Security Council
Black Power Advocates Attend National Politics Conference
Chicago AP reports Floyd McKissick and other Black Power leaders urge unity with white progressives. Sixteen Negro civil rights figures sign a letter inviting thousands to the National Conference for New Politics from Aug 31 to Sept 4. The letter calls for strategic alliances while preserving integrity and notes the Newark conference as a catalyst for broader cooperation.
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Chicago
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
National Conference For New Politics
Newark
CBS rejects Scott idea for self censorship during riots
CBS president Frank Stanton rejected a senator's proposal for a code of emergency procedure by news networks and agencies. He warned that an editors and publishers agreement to curb certain riots coverage could be as dangerous as government censorship.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
U.S
Frank Stanton
Stanton
Hugh Scott R Penn
Counties Okay Bridge Action In Kansas Lecompton plan
Douglas and Jefferson County commissioners met to inaugurate construction of the Kaw River Bridge at Lecompton. Douglas County share not to exceed 1.1 million dollars and Jefferson County share not to exceed 275 thousand dollars.
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Douglas and
Jefferson County
Kaw River
Lecompton
Douglas County
Finney and
Turnipseed
Commission
Lawrence
GOP Governors Call for Firm Law Enforcement to Curb Riots
New York AP report says high ranking Republican governors endorse prompt police action and outline a 60 point program to fight social injustice and lawlessness. They accuse the federal government of failing to solve urban racial tensions and convened under Gov Nelson Rockefeller to discuss strategies.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican Governor’s Association
Judge Seeks Scientists for LSD Hearing in Kansas City
Judge John W. Oliver plans a unique federal hearing with scientists to testify on LSD and other mind altering drugs as several cases against college students accused of selling LSD proceed. He notes a black market for LSD and contrasts drug use with alcohol and bootleg spirits of earlier eras.
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Kansas City, Mo
John W. Oliver
Oliver
Dirksen Loses Bid to Block Fiat Soviet Plant Financing
Senate rejects Dirksen amendment 51 to 33 blocking Export-Import Bank loans for Fiat Motor Co. to fund a Soviet auto plant. Byrd amendment passes 56 to 26, denying Eximbank financing to any non Communist nation trading with North Vietnam, potentially blocking the Fiat deal.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Dirksen
Italy
Fiat Motor Co
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
North Vietnam
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