Johnson Faces House Vote On 947.5 Million Antipoverty Plan
President Johnson confronts a pivotal House vote on his 947.5 million antipoverty package. Republicans denounce it as a political ploy while Southern Democrats hold decisive sway. debate precedes a likely late afternoon tally. The bill funds youth programs, job corps, work training, and community action grants, with state veto rights and rural loans to lift earning potential.
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Washington
Johnson
House
United States
Roy Rogers Undergoes Neck Fusion Surgery
Hollywood star Roy Rogers underwent neck fusion surgery in Los Angeles to correct fused vertebrae. The 52 year old actor-singer was reported in satisfactory condition, with wife Dale Evans noting the condition developed about ten years earlier after a horseback fall.
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Los Angeles
Roy Rogers
Hollywood Cowboys
Rogers
Dale Evans
Chuckle Takes a Wary Turn as Trouble Grows
A light daily joke hints at looming trouble as readers sense mischief behind a harmless setup. The column leans into irony and urban myth style, inviting speculation about the next twist while keeping a playful veneer.
Four White Men Held In Slaying Of Negro Officer
Four white men arrested by the FBI in Georgia in the July 11 slaying of Lemuel Penn an Army reserve lieutenant colonel. Lackey implicated the others. all identified as Ku Klux Klansmen held on $25 000 bonds. State probes possible murder charges.
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Cecil Myers
Herbert Guest
Joseph Sims
James Lackey
Athens, Ga
FBI
Washington, D.C
Georgia
U.S
Giriard Hawkins
James
Lackey
Lemuel Penn
Army
Hawkins
Hawkinson
Cecil William Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
Athens
Madison County
Clarke County
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Penn
Myers
Sims
Charles Fe, Brown
John D. Howard
Bass Wins Senate Nomination In Tennessee Primary
Tennessee Democrats nominate Rep. Ross Bass for the US Senate over two opponents who attacked his civil rights bill vote. Bass carried seven of nine congressional districts, while Black and white voter shifts and registration drives shaped concurrent county results. Gore seeks a third term as Kuykendall runs GOP challenge.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Ross Bass
Senate
Bass
Congress
Frank Clement
M. M. Bullard
Fayette County
Loral South
Shelby County
Albert Gore
Dan Kuykendall
Gore
Howard Baker Jr
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Kennedy
Johnson
Weather Outlook With Warmer Day and Fresh Northwesterly Winds
The forecast calls for a warmer day followed by a shift to northwesterly winds tonight and a cooler day tomorrow. Tonight’s low near 66 with possible showers, while tomorrow’s high around 80. Yesterday reached 88 and today’s low was 61.
Goldwater Seeks Party Advice For 1964 Campaign
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater met with about 100 GOP lawmakers at a closed breakfast to seek consensus on issues and strategy. Sen John Tower and Rep John Rhodes reported on the session, noting Goldwater will begin campaign activities in Prescott on Sept 4. Miller and Keating suggested some colleagues may switch to support while Goldwater stressed unity and denounced violence against law and order.
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Barry Goldwater
Congressional
John Rhodes
Arizona
John Tower
Texas
Goldwater
Senate
House
Sen. Kennet
Bo Keating
New York
Keating
Rhodes
Prescott
Ariz
Tony Smith
Richard M. Nixon
Tower
Rights Murder Search Pressed
The FBI intensified its investigation into the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Agents excavated three bodies from a swampy watershed southwest of Philadelphia as part of the continuing case.
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Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Here
South Viet Nam Declares National Emergency Under Khanh
Premier Nguyen Khanh decrees a state of emergency and general mobilization in South Viet Nam. The measure bans strikes, imposes press censorship, food and travel controls, curfews, and broad police powers, as North and South Viet Nam enter a decisive phase with planned field visit to northern provinces.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
North Viet Nam
Khanh
Viet Nam
Where's Doreen Swan missing beauty queen mystery
Doreen Swan 19 a Scottish Miss Universe contender vanished from public view after a brief departure from the contest and a phone call from Salt Lake City to Aberdeenshire Scotland. Authorities say no crime suspected though the missing person alert is active in Salt Lake City.
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Utah
United States
Miami Beach
Aberdeen
Scotland
Doreen
J. Watt Nicoll
New York
Wendy Barrie
Glasgow
Miss Swan
J. Bracken Lee
Denver
Colo
Lee
Dewey Fillis
Doreen Swan
Tense stand in South Viet Nam frontier area
South Viet Namese and American advisers maintained alert status along the 30 mile border with North Viet Nam amid reports of troop movements from Laos. Front line observers noted heavy defenses, reconnaissance jets overhead, and no major attacks after a tense 48 hours. A separate search for two Air Force pilots missing since a B57 bomber crash continued near Bien Hoa.
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South Viet Nam
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Laos
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Tchepeng
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Viet Nam
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Saigon
Bien Hoa
Senate Debates War Resolution Over Vietnam Action
Sen. Wayne Morse argues the measure grants blanket authority to wage war in Southeast Asia. Leaders expect quick approval in Senate and House as Morse and a few colleagues voice opposition to expanding presidential war powers after the Tonkin Gulf incident.
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Congress
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House
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Chamber
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Pierre Salinger
Dcalif
White House
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
U.N. to Invite Vietnam Regimes to Vietnam Debate
The United Nations Security Council met to approve inviting North Viet Nam and South Viet Nam to discuss the Southeast Asia crisis. Dispute over naming was resolved with North Viet Nam and Republic of Viet Nam used by different sides. The session aimed to formalize the invitation after protocol talks, amid easing tensions over Tonkin attacks and US air strikes.
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U.N. Security Council
North
South
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Council
Sivert A. Nielsen
Norway
Soviet Union
Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
United States
Republic of Viet Nam
U. S
Gulf of Tonkin
Red China buildup unproved by Hong Kong intel sources
Hong Kong based American military intelligence said there is no substantiation for Nationalist Chinese reports that Red China sent about 100 Soviet built MIG fighters to Hanoi to bolster the North Vietnamese air force. They also found no evidence of feverish redeployment toward the southwest border region to North Vietnam.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Hanoi
U.S
Taipei
China
Viet Nam
U. S
Chinese air reinforcements boost North Viet Nam supply routes
Nationalist intelligence dispatches report Communist China reinforcing air units in Kwangsi and Yunnan near North Viet Nam and Hainan Island. Military sources note a surge in air traffic between Yunnan and Hanoi on Thursday, suggesting material rushing to North Viet Nam from Chinese provinces.
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Kwangsi
Yunnan
Viet Nam
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Hanoi
North
Makarios Eases Stand On Cyprus Access to UN Troops
President Makarios signals a softer stance by offering to allow UN peace keeping forces access to areas on Cyprus previously barred. The move follows a July 28 position rejecting entry to sensitive zones and comes after Thant protested delays in UN patrols to Limassol and other port areas where arms were landing.
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Makarios
Cyprus
Thant
U.N
Limassol
Soviet Protest Says U S Planes Buzz Soviet Ships
Moscow reports that the Soviet government handed a protest note to the U S Embassy accusing American air forces of dangerous and provocative actions against Soviet passenger and cargo vessels in international waters. Tass cites numerous alleged incidents in the Pacific Atlantic Mediterranean and northern seas.
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Air Force
Tass
U.S
United States
Tase
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
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