Johnson war strategy revealed in Pentagon papers analysis
The Pentagon papers accessed by AP and NYT show President Johnson resisted a premature attack on North Vietnam in March 1964 and instead built a South Vietnam base. The documents criticize faulty planning for rapid troop buildup and assess decisions in 1965 and 1966 to bomb Hanoi and rely on military estimates for a quick victory, with Westmoreland predicting defeat of the Communists by late 1967.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Associated Press
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New York Times
United States
Vietnam
Washington Post
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Peking
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Times
McGeorge Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
South
Washington
Defence
Robert S. McNamara
Central Intelligence Agency
The
Westmoreland
Artemis crew rescued after hour long torpedo-room ordeal
Three Artemis crewmen trapped in the torpedo room of the 1120-ton submarine were rescued after a 10 hour effort by Royal Navy teams off Gosport England. The men Robert Croxen David Guest and Donald Beckett were sealed in but alive after surfacing through an escape hatch. An inquiry opened into the incident which followed a sudden sinking near Portsmouth harbor with sabotage not suspected.
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Gosport
England
Royal Navy
Robert Croxen
David Guest
Donald Beckett
Alan Turvey
Ocelot
Navy
Artemis
Ottawa postal union threatens walkout over junk mail rules
A spokesman for the Letter Carriers Union of Canada says a bulletin will urge members to lock up and leave if forced to handle junk mail under union opposed methods. The dispute centers on new third class mail rules and a demand for more sorting time.
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Ottawa
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
William Findlay
Letter Carriers
Post Office
P. C. Valois
Mr. Findlay
Findlay
Roger Decarie
Cochairman
Council of Postal Unions
Decarie
Maritimes
BC Hydro workers return to work after mediation deal
About 2,000 BC Hydro electrical workers will return to work voluntarily after a late night summit with Labor Minister James Chabot. Hydro and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers agreed to arbitration by Justice Nathan Nemetz, with Nemetz to meet after his Belgrade judges conference. The parties faced a midnight deadline under the Mediation Commission Act and had differences over wage demands: 18.5 percent sought by the union versus a 14 percent Hydro offer.
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Victoria
British Columbia Hydro
James Chabot
Chabot
The
Ternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Hydro
Nathan Nemetz
B.C. Court of Appeal
Justice Nemetz
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ment
B.C
Uncertain U.S. draft future as talks stall
Senate armed services chair Senator John Stennis described the U S draft future as uncertain after existing conscription authority expired. Congress failed to resolve terms for new law, with a conference next week hoped to end deadlock. The Senate backed a nine month troop withdrawal from Indochina contingent on POW releases, which the House rejected.
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Reuter
United States
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
John Stennis
Dem. Miss
Armed Services
Tee
House Conference Committee
U.S
Indochina
Hanoi
House
Three cosmonauts laid to rest at Kremlin Wall
In Moscow three Soviet cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev were buried at the Kremlin Wall after dying at the controls on their historic voyage aboard Salute the world first long term manned space station Red Square ceremonies honored the fallen heroes with Mstislav Keldysh calling their flight a new stage in space conquest
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Kremlin Wall
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Red Square
57 Planes Begin Air Race From Abingdon in Britain
Pierre Trudeau and W A C Bennett opened the Victoria to race with 57 aircraft from nine nations taking off from RAF Abingdon under rough North Atlantic weather. Claude Butler, a Victoria businessman, leads the field in a twin-engined plane as aviation’s prize money tops records.
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Abingdon
England
Victoria
B.C
Claude Butler
London
North Atlantic
Trudeau
W. A. C. Bennett
British Columbia
Hellyer Seeks Dialogue With Social Credit on Economic Policy
Ottawa CP report notes Paul Hellyer says he is not interested in leading any party though he met Social Credit officials including president Robert Robichaud. He supports discussion on wage and price guidelines with Action Canada as a non party umbrella group aimed at shaping Canadian policy. He also indicated potential talks about future Progressive Conservative leadership.
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Ottawa
Social Credit Party
Paul Hellyer
Hellyer
Social Credit
Robert Robichaud
Action Canada
Canada
Liberal Party
Quebec will not retreat in egg war with Fedco
Agriculture Minister Normand Toupin insists Quebec will maintain its regulatory position after a Supreme Court ruling struck down Manitoba Egg Marketing Board. He argues Fedco differs, as it regulates not restricts interprovincial trade, and notes Quebec eggs flood the market from Ontario and Manitoba.
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Richard Cleroux
Gazette
Quebec
Agriculture
Normand Toupin
Supreme Court
Manitoba
Fedco
Toupin
Consi
Ontario
Soviet Salute unmanned craft to fall to Earth July 23
The Soviet Salute spacecraft now circling Earth unmanned after the loss of its three cosmonauts is expected to reenter July 23 unless orbital changes occur, the U S Air Force reported. The note comes as other world brief items report butter exports and Egypt reconsidering UN resolutions in its conflict with Israel.
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Reuter
Earth
United States Air Force
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Mohammed Hassanein Heykal
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