Senate probes riots focus on social causes not just agitators
The Senate with Johnson aides moves toward a civil disorder probe amid calls to address social and economic conditions behind riots. FBI Director Hoover says no conspiracy evidence. outside agitators noted. Testimony blames militants and groups like ACT for instigating Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville rioting.
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Mississippi
James C. Eastland
Communist Party
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
Johnson
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
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J. Edgar Hoover
Civil Disorders Commission
Brice Kinnamon
Cambridge
Brown
Kinnamon
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Committee On UN- American Activities
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Atlanta
Nashville
Viet Cong Attack Wounds 24 as Fuel Depot Burns
Viet Cong bombardment four miles away ignites 275000 gallons of gasoline at a Saigon area naval base and fuel storage depot, wounding 24 Americans. A U S Air Force jet crashes but pilot is rescued. Viet Cong mortars also hit a Da Nang area mine sweeping unit, killing 15 Marines and wounding one.
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U. S. Air Force
da Nang
U. S
Navy
Long Tao River
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Nha
North Vietnam
Johnson asks new tax surcharge to Congress
President Johnson proposed a temporary 10 percent surcharge on both individual and corporate income taxes. The corporate tax hike would start retroactively July 1, 1967, and the individual tax rise would take effect October 1.
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LBJ
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Federal findings show widespread poverty in Mississippi
Federal investigators report that poverty affects whites and Negroes alike in Mississippi welfare programs with no clear discrimination pattern. The December study cites overall deprivation, limited laws and funding, and negative attitudes toward welfare, noting Mississippi earns low welfare payments but high state local aid per personal income.
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Washington
Mississippi
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Riots Spread In China Reds
Reports from Hong Kong describe seven days of fighting between more than 20 000 Mao supporters and opponents in Hunan and other provinces. Rail sabotage and train cancellations disrupt travel to Canton and Hong Kong as casualties and chaos mount in major Chinese cities.
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Red China
Mao Tsi-tung
Hunan
Mao
Canton
Hankow
Shangtung
Kwangtung
Shanghai
Wuhan
China
Ming Pao
Mei Hui Chen
Peking
Tokyo
Yomiuri Shimbun
Revolutionary Committee
Communist Party
Liu Shao-chi
Party
Yomiuri
Party Military Affairs Commission
Red Army
Military Affairs Commission
Weather outlook for Southwest Ohio with warm humidity
Today expects partly cloudy skies in Southwest Ohio with warm humid conditions and a chance of occasional thundershowers. Tonight lows around 70 to 75. Friday brings considerable cloudiness and slightly cooler temperatures with a chance of thundershowers. Yesterday’s high reached 89 and the low was 70.
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Ohio
Viet Candidates Push Peace Talks In Saigon Campaign
In Saigon opening events, civilian and reformist ticket leaders call for de escalation and negotiations with the Viet Cong while Ky rejects talks. Suu and Den tout land reform and tax relief, and Tran Van Huong urges political settlement not peace at any price amid campaign bans on pro communist candidates.
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South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Phan Quang den
Phan Khac Suu
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
Suu
Provisional Assembly
Dan
Tran van Huong
An Truong Thanh
Thanh
The Quote On Birth Equality Sparks Reflective Note
A humorous reflection suggests the first act after realizing equality is to strive beyond it. The line notes the human urge to outgrow born equity and seeks personal growth beyond initial status.
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Revolutionary Action Movement
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