Clifford Chosen as Defense Secretary in Johnson Plan
President Johnson names Clark M. Clifford longtime White House adviser to head the Defense Department succeeding Robert McNamara. Clifford's stance on Vietnam remains unclear with hawk and dove views mixed among lawmakers as confirmation hearings near.
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Washington
Johnson
Clark M. Clifford
White House
Clifford
Senate
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
McNamara
Sev
World Bank
Vietnam
Nightmarish Sicily Relief Struggles Deepen
In Palermo and Gibellina refugees face constant rain, disease outbreaks, and shortages as Alfio Moro urges aid. Typhoid injections and vaccines rise while scarlet fever, chickenpox, whooping cough, and pneumonia spread. Two deaths from exposure.
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Palermo
Sicily
Gibellina
Aldo Moro
Prolific Ohio Judge Hover Dies at 59
Cincinnati AP reports Judge C Watson Hover died Friday at his home at age 59 from complications of emphysema. Hover, 59, previously Hamilton County prosecutor from 1951 to 1964 and longtime Ohio First District Court of Appeals member since 1964. He gained fame during the 1958 Edythe Klump murder case, where Klump was sentenced to death but commuted to life imprisonment by Gov Michael V DiSalle, a decision Hover criticized.
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Cincinnati
C. Watson Hover
Ohio
Hover
Hamilton County
First District Court of Appeals
Edythe Klump
Spleen Removed From Transplant Patient in Grave Condition
Stanford doctors report Mike Kasperak, the fourth heart transplant patient, remains in extremely grave condition after multiple surgeries including spleen removal to curb bleeding. The Jan 6 heart transplant is functioning but infectious risks loom as he battles liver disease and ongoing hemorrhaging amid prior gall bladder removal and gastrointestinal bleeds.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Stanford University Medical Center
Kasperak
Laborites Expel 25 Members Over Confidence Vote
London AP report says Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour Party expelled at least 25 rebel MPs who abstained in a crucial House of Commons confidence vote. Rebels included Reginald Paget and Michael Foot. Chief whip John Silkin carried out the expulsions after consulting Wilson. The government won 304 to 9 as Conservatives abstained en masse.
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London
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
House of Commons
Reginald Paget
Wilson
Michael Foot
John Silkin
Laborites
Couple glad to be home after Wagada island ordeal
Bruce Johnson and Shari Quam returned to Los Angeles after 40 days on Wagada, an uninhabited island in the Laos group. They described a brutal experience with food scarcity, rats, bats, and ants, saying they lived mainly on crabs and coconuts and could not explore much due to sharp coral cliffs.
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Los Angeles
Bruce Johnson
Shari Quam
South Seas
Wagada
Johnson
Quam
Underground Nuclear Test Jolts West and California Areas
A man made underground atomic blast in Hot Creek Valley Nevada produced a 6.25 on the Richter scale felt across 1700 miles in Salt Lake City Los Angeles and San Francisco with minor structural effects reported in Eureka and Moore's Station. The AEC said ground motion may extend to 75 100 miles and is part of a program to find sites for more powerful tests beyond Nevada.
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Nev
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Ala
Eureka
Calif
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Aecs
Old Brown
U.S. 6
AEC
Las Vegas
Viet Cong rockets strike Thai Delta as marines counter
In the Mekong Delta a Viet Cong battalion launched about 600 rockets and mortars at marine positions. The ensuing four hour battle left 37 guerrillas dead and 20 marines killed with 62 wounded, while U.S. air support and helicopter gunships hammered enemy positions. Operation Coronado Ten began nearby with limited contact and one U.S. infantryman killed, two wounded.
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Saigon
Mekong
Demilitarized Zone
Dinh Tuong
U.S
U.S. 9Th Division
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
The U S Weather Bureau predicts fair mild conditions through Sunday. Tonight's low near 30 and Sunday's high around 50.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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John L. McClellan
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R-Vt
Aiken
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