McCarthy Urges Vietnam Concessions to Spur Peace Talks
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy argues some South Vietnam areas should be ceded to the Viet Cong to spark negotiations. He says the United States should vacate or lessen control in portions of the country and presses for talks. Vice President Humphrey counters that negotiations hinge on Communist weakness in the countryside.
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Washington
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minh
South Vietnam
McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Johnson
Vietnam
Warsaw
Humphrey
Jin
Arthur J. Goldberg
Unitations
Eabuthot
U.S
Cabinet split on halting rural to urban migration
Washington AP report outlines a debate among six Cabinet members led by Secretary Freeman and Secretary Weaver at a symposium. Freeman urges reversing the tide to ease urban pressures while Weaver favors creating city like communities and improving life for those who stay rural. The discussion follows a Commerce Department report calling for more rural jobs.
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Jack Miller Washington
Johnson
Orville L. Freeman
Robert C. Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Freeman
Weaver
Commerce Department
White House
Minnesota
Eis
Reston
Columbia
Washington
Klan Seen as Vehicle of Death in Hearings Report
The House Un American Activities Committee reported that the Ku Klux Klan remains a vehicle of death, fear, and destruction with about 17,000 members across 18 states. It documented 16,810 Klansmen in 14 groups, notes a rise in membership by mid 1967, and highlights terror tactics from cross burnings to murders. The United Klans of America led by Hebert Shelton had roughly 15,075 members in 18 states with 556 Klaverns noted between 1964 and 1966.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Ku Klux Klan
United Klans of America
Hebert Shelton
Tuscaloosa, A
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
South
Willis
United
of America
Klaverns
Shelton
United Klans
Congress
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Tennessee
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Ohio
Delaware
Maryland
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
House
Moon becomes cold non magnetic non conducting sphere says NASA
Explorer 35 data from a lunar orbit show the moon lacks a magnetic field and ionosphere, presenting a large solar wind wake. The findings indicate low electrical conductivity and internal temperatures under 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, with no added hazards to Apollo lunar missions.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Norman F. Ness
NASA
Goddard’ Space Flight Center
Solar System
Earth
Ness
U.S
Unhappy Goldberg Eyes Departure From U.N. Post
Arthur J. Goldberg, head of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, signals no resignation but hints his tenure may end in coming weeks. He weighs Vietnam debate timing with President Johnson and faces political risks amid 1968 campaign currents.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
Johnson
Security Council
Vietnam
General Assembly
Goldberg
Supreme Court
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
New York
Jacob K. Javits
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Australians Expect First Australian Quintuplets Birth
Doctors at Brisbane Women's Hospital said a patient from Tenterfield New South Wales is due to give birth to quintuplets in about ten weeks. If all survive, they will be Australia’s first such birth. The mother’s name was withheld.
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Brisbane
Australia
Brisbane Women’s Hospital
Tenterfield
New South Wales
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Explorer
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