Mixed reactions follow call to boost Negro Guard enlistments
A presidential advisory panel urges increasing Negro membership in the National Guard to handle urban unrest. Senators Harris and Thurmond clash on race based recruitment while Pentagon officials study the plan. Guard leaders report limited success recruiting among Black communities.
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Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Guard
Fred R. Harris
President
Advisory Commission On
Harris
Oklahoma
Senate
North Dakota
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
U S Planes Hit Near Hanoi and Battlefield Losses Reported
U S aircraft bomb near Hanoi striking a center span of a bridge and a truck park while claiming MIG 21s shot down and a total of 638 U S planes lost with 20 shot down. Air force and marine sorties target guerrilla fortifications and troop concentrations in South Vietnam.
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U.S
Hanoi
Red China
Doumer
Navy
Constellation
North
Air Force
Kep
Thai Nguyen
Red Capital
South Vietnam
Southwest Ohio Weather Preview Turns Clear and Cool
The forecast for Southwest Ohio calls for clear skies and very cool temperatures with overnight lows around 50 to 55 degrees. Saturday should be mostly sunny and slightly warmer in the afternoon. Yesterday reached a high of 72 with a low of 52.
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Ohio
Sweden Experiments With Prisoner Vacations
Inmates gain furloughs and open institutions as part of a reform effort in Sweden. Nine prisoners spent three weeks at a camp with social time, meals with spouses, and light activities, while officials push for more open facilities. Escape rates remain a concern, but researchers question recidivism and advocate broader use of open institutions.
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Clas Amison
National Correctional Administration
Amilon
Quote on Two Classes Plus Charge-Its
The speaker notes a shift from two social classes to three Haves Have-Nots and Charge-Its. The remark highlights consumer debt as a new social divider and points to rising financial pressure on households amid economic changes.
F-111 Faces New Technical Problems a Flight Risk
New York Times reports ongoing F111A development issues including excessive in flight vibration near the speed of sound. Engineers say racks lack stiffness, though Air Force sources say tactical performance remains unaffected. December or January are target deployment windows for Vietnam service. Nellis crews report no vibration problems.
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New York
Vietnam
New York Times
the Times
Times
Hanson W. Baldwin
Washington
Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Bobby J. Mead
Mead
Associated Press
Worthless paper signed under duress at Hong Kong border
Hong Kong officials denounce a British district officer Trevor Bedford signing under threat by a Red Chinese mob at Man Kam To border post. The paper claimed removal of barricades and compensation to protesters, but officials call it fake and under coercion. The incident follows a prior July 8 border clash leaving five guards dead.
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Hong Kong
Man Kam
Red China
Trevor Bedford
Bedford
China
Man Kam To
Castro Calls U S Negro Revolt Backed by World Radicals
Fidel Castro told OLAS that a new revolt will rise from the U S Negro sector oppressed daily and urged global revolutionaries to support it. He blamed President Johnson for a failed plot to kill him and called the CIA criminal, while Stokely Carmichael sat as an honorary U S representative amid praise for his challenging critique of U S policy.
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Fidel Castro
United States
Latin America
U.S
Organization of Latin American Solidarity
Olas
Johnson
Florida
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Castro
CIA
Soviet Union
Stokely
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
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