Johnson To Brief Senators On War
President Johnson and top aides plan two White House briefings for senators on the Vietnam War with follow up talks for House members. Officials say discussions will cover war strategy diplomacy and negotiations as Washington weighs Hanoi action. The sessions come after Johnson consulted with Taylor Rusk McNamara Goldberg Black Harriman and others at Camp David and the U.N. mission.
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White House
Viet Nam
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Camp David
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U.S
Saigon
Taylor
Hanoi
United States
NBC
Meet the Press
Ghana
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Eugene Black
Southeast Asia
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
Belgrade
CBS
Viet Cong Sniper Attacks Duc Co Camp In Viet Nam Clash
Viet Cong riflemen fired on government troops at Duc Co camp and shot down a US Air Force F100 fighter. Cavalry units faced light casualties on Route 19 while helicopters attempted rescue. Siege near Duc Co persists for 66 days with heavy Viet Cong mortar and small arms fire.
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Saigon
Viet Nam Nam
Duc Co
Route 19
U.S
Qui Nhon
South China Sea
Ba Gia
Quang Ngai
Viet Cong Undermines Americans Near Da Nang
Viet Cong agents move quickly in villages south of Da Nang to exploit burned homes and civilian casualties from US Marine and Air Force operations. Military circles see a campaign to erode American support around the base, with leaders posing as Viet Minh to persuade locals and justify opposition.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Indochina
Chuckle Marriage and the Ideal Husband
A humorous line reflects on marriage as the puzzle of discovering the husband a wife would have chosen. The quip frames matrimony as a test of compatibility and expectations.
New Crisis Deepens as Greece Rejects Stephanos Stephanopoulos
In Athens Center Union deputies vote 120 to 18 against Stephanos Stephanopoulos forming a new government after King Constantine rejects Papandreou’s demand to return to power. Stephanopoulos vows to follow party decision amid ongoing political crisis and a noted clash over armed forces control.
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Athens
Center Union Party
Stephanos Stephanopoulos
Greece
Constantine
Ousted
Stephanopoulos
Papandreou
Weekend Rain Totals Amid Cool, Cloudy Forecast
A cool night gives way to a cloudy forecast with tomorrow's high near 82 degrees and tonight's low around 62. Yesterday recorded a high of 82 and today a low of 67, while weekend rainfall totals remain incomplete in this report.
Protest Staged At Capital
A group protesting U S policy in Viet Nam adopted a declaration of peace at the Washington Monument grounds and voted to march to the Capitol. About 350 members of the Assembly of Unrepresented People attended, with police noting legality issues for marching past the mall end.
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Washington
U. S
Viet Nam
Washington Monument
Capitol
Mysterious Murders At Sea Investigated
Coast Guard probes a high seas murder case aboard the Panamanian Seven Seas after a 125 foot cargo vessel drifted off Florida with three bodies aboard and a frightened crewman. Elvin Burywaise, 25, reports a crewman shot the first mate. Captain Rogelio Diaz is dead.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Firoida
Seven Seas
Tampa
Elvin Burywaise
Coast
Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center
Cape Shoalwater
Florida Straits
Burywaise
Key West
Registrars Set Up For Vote Bill
In phase three of enforcing the new voting rights law the Justice Department designates counties for federal registrars. About 45 of 75 federal voting examiners will begin signing up voters in 10 to 15 counties as part of a presidential timetable. The department will seek court action to challenge poll tax requirements in Texas Alabama and Virginia.
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Don Carson Washington
Justice Department
Civil Service Commission
Texas
Alabama
Virginia
Johnson
Alaska
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Arizona
Idaho
Maine
Johnson orders weekend review for federal voter action
Johnson directs the Justice Department to study counties over the weekend to find where federal action is needed and by Tuesday to deploy trained federal examiners to register eligible men and women in 10 to 15 counties.
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Johnson
Justice Department
Athena Missile Overshoots Target At White Sands Test
Searchers abandoned the hunt for an Athena missile that overshot its intended area and descended near Fabens in West Texas. Officials said the missile likely burned during reentry into the earths atmosphere after being fired from Green River Utah to land at White Sands.
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White Sands’ Missile Range
N.M
Fabens
West Texas
Green River
Utah
White Sands
State Department Ends Free Public Access To Building
Washington AP reports the State Department closed its building to public entry during daytime for the first peacetime move. A spokesperson cited security improvements from a task force. he denied any breaches but called prevention essential.
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Washington
Federal Department
Pentagon
Department
White House
Utah towns rally to aid escaped murderer Hall
Lodges sign petitions to West Virginia authorities after Tilton James Hall 59 confesses to 1948 escape. Grantsville Wendover residents praise his 16 years of quiet life while Sheriff says Utah record clean. Hall waives extradition and awaits return to Moundsville Penitentiary where parole may be considered.
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Tooele
Utah
Tilton James Hall
Western Pacific Railroad
Hall
Melvin J. Hurley
Grantsville
Wendover
West Virginia
War Eagle
W. Va
Elko, New
Utah –Nevada
Raymond W. Geldmacher
Tooele County
Fay Gillettee
Fred Kenley
Wendover Air Force Base
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
Kenley
Moundsville
Otto C. Boles
Darius Lowe
Helen O Connell Hospitalized After Alleged Drug Overdose
Los Angeles police say singer Helen O Connell 45 was found unconscious at the wheel of her car in a traffic lane Sunday night in what officials described as a possible barbiturate overdose. Officers found the auto weaving and stopped it as her condition remained serious.
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Los Angeles
Helen O'Connell
Dorsey
Miss O'Connell
Youthful Federation Split Ends Singapore Malaysia Ties
Singapore becomes independent after leaving the Federation of Malaysia. Lee Kuan Yew says Singapore will trade with all nations and remain multiracial while seeking cooperation with Indonesia and keeping the Bank of China branch open. Malaysia’s Tunku Rahman states secession as the path to resolve the federation’s issues.
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John Cantwell
Singapore
Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Kuala Lumpur
Federation
Lee Kuan Yew
Indonesia
Sukarno
Lee
China
Communist Bank of China
Malaya
Rahman
Tunku
Tinkerbelle Is Sighted Near England Voyage
FALMOUTH England AP reports American newsman Robert Maury sailing the small Sailboat Tinkerbelle from Falmouth Massachusetts toward Falmouth England. The 132 foot craft was spotted by the Belgalf Glory about 300 nautical miles from the target. Maury, 48, editor of the Plain Dealer, expects to arrive August 15 if he reaches port, aiming to set a record for the smallest boat crossing 3200 miles.
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Robert Maury
Mass
Tinkerbelle
Belgalf Glory
Manry
Cleveland
Ohio
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Manny
Cape Cod
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