Reserve Bill Passes Amid War Talk Amid Draft Questions
The Senate backed a citizen-soldier reserve bill 66 to 21 led by Sen. Russell and Sen. Saltonstall, while President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara opposed mobilizing reserves. The measure would authorize up to four months of active duty for individual Reservists with limits, aiming to avoid broad unit mobilization. Opponents argued against expanding call-ups despite wartime pressures.
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Army Reserve
National Guard
Richard B Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Leverett Saltonstall
R - Mass
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Armed Services
Young. Dohio
Russell-Saltonstall
Senate
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Russell
United States
North Viet Nam
Civilization Drives Man To His Death
Earl L. Francis, 33, fled modern life and built a stone and glass cabin on public land in Coronado National Forest above Oracle, Arizona. Claim deemed trespass by the Forest Service, yet he stayed. Distraught by eviction threats, he set a dynamite fuse and killed himself, ending his solitary rebellion.
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Tucson
Ariz
Earl L. Francis
Francis
Washington
Catalina Mountains
Oracle
Coronado National Forest
U. S. Forest Service
War toll rises as week yields 101 U S deaths in Viet Nam
AP report shows U S military command tally 101 American deaths and 284 enemy captures in a single week. Enemys battlefield losses reached 1 436, the highest weekly total since late March. Since Jan 1 1961 U S casualties total 4 711, with 2 863 U S battle deaths for 1961. South Vietnamese lost 128 in action and 28 missing.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Viet Nam
RHA
Weather forecast notes mild night and warm day
The forecast calls for a cloudy and mild night with a low in the lower 60s. Friday should be fair and slightly cooler with a high in the lower 80s. Yesterday’s high reached 85 with an overnight low near 60. Today's 11 am temperature stood at 76.
Honeymoon Ends as Band Wipes Windshield at Drive-In
A humorous hometown note describes a band arriving in a car at a drive-in theater and cleaning the windshield after the ride, signaling the playful end of their romantic trip as fans watch from the lot.
Hearings Over For Vietniks? Subpoenas and protests erupt
Dozen subpoenaed witnesses march from a House Un American Activities Committee hearing protesting a forced expulsion. The panel must decide whether to dismiss witnesses by 11 p.m. and faces potential new legal action as more than three dozen people are arrested over two days. A central figure is Rutgers law professor Arthur Kinoy.
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
Richard Schord
D-Mo
Viet Nam
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Pool A
U.S
Walter D. Teague III
William M. Kunstler
Teague
McCombs
Pool
Kinoy
Air Force to spray Dallas to halt encephalitis outbreak
Three U.S. Air Force planes will spray Dallas and suburbs with Malathion over 500 square miles to fight the St. Louis encephalitis epidemic. Health officials reported 57 probable cases since July with two deaths. spraying lasts six to seven days at 150 feet. The city faces unusually heavy rains that boosted mosquito breeding.
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Dallas
Tex
Public Health Service
Hal J. Dewlett
Dewlett
Langley Air Force Base
St. Louis
John Kilpatrick
Communicable Disease Center
U.S. Public Health Service
Atlanta
Kilpatrick
Air Force
JP Sanford
Parkland Hospital
Purges in Peking Boost Lin Piao In Power Profile
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports China signals Defense Minister Lin Piao as Mao’s near equal and possibly No 2, with Lin addressed a million people and listed just after Mao in official lineups. Premier Chou En-lai urged study of Mao’s work as Mao appeared in uniform. The show of army influence highlights Lin’s rising stature.
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Tokyo
Red China
Lin Piao
Mao Tzetung
New China
Lin
Mao
Peking
Central Committee of the
Liu Shao-chi
Gate of Heavenly Peace Square
Chou En-lai
Sun Yat-sen
Highly Dangerous Capsule Lost On 3 Week Rail Trip
A radium capsule marked 155001 vanished in transit from Fort Worth to New York City aboard a three week rail journey. Officials warned the public along major routes to avoid any found capsule and noted exposure risks from prolonged proximity. A nationwide search began after the misplaced package reached Radium Chemical Co in Queens, with route details uncertain.
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New York
Fort Worth
Tex
New York City
Hanson Blatz
Office of Radiation Control
Radium Chemical Co
Woodside
Queens
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Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
William Proxmire
Stephen M
Anatole Anton
Ann Landers Sevesenencses
Dr. Crane
Theater
Valley News
St Louis
Parkland
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