Johnson faces resignations and new appointments at White House
President Johnson swore in reshuffles on a busy Saturday at the LBJ Ranch, resigning USIA head Carl T. Rowan and Air Force Secretary Eugene Zuckert while naming Harold Brown as new secretary of the Air Force and William True Davis Jr. as assistant secretary in the Treasury. John son also plans to retire Maj. Gen. Chester Clifton from military aide duties and appoint James A. Cross as military aide.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
U.S. Information Agency
Air Force
Lbj Ranch
Senate
House
Carl T. Rowan
Rowan
USIA
America
White House
Zuckert
Harold Brown
Defense Department
Defense Research and Engineering
Treasury Department
James A. Reed
Maj
Chester W. Clifton
New York
Jetstar
James A. Cross
Cross
Middletown Area Weather Outlook
The Middletown area expects mild weather with a high near 95 today. Monday should be fair with temperatures rising to around 90 during the day and dipping to about 65 at night.
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Middletown
McNamara to Assess Viet Nam War Need for Reinforcements
Secretary of Defense McNamara travels with Gen Wheeler and key officials to evaluate U S strategy in Viet Nam. Washington notes an expanded military buildup could exceed 100000 troops by late summer, as analysts assess Communist gains and South Vietnamese defense needs.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Viet Nam
McNamara
South Viet Nam
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry Cabot Lodge
William P. Bundy
Johnson
Mer
No. S
Thant Sees Western Interest In Viet Nam Peace Plan
United Nations secretary general U Thant said the United States Britain and France were very much interested in his cease-fire proposal and a Geneva conference. He noted no official reaction yet and planned to brief Soviet China and North Vietnam later after further talks with diplomats and officials in Europe.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
United States
Britain
France
Viet Nam
Geneva
Thant
Europe
Adlai FE. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Woman Arraigned As Witness In DePugh Case
Kansas City AP reports 20 year old Cyndra Melville arraigned as material witness in Robert DePugh kidnapping case. Bond set at 3000. she joins Jack Cannon and DePugh in pretrial hearings July 20. Authorities found explosives and weapons in Independence building during the probe into the Minutemen.
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Kansas City
Robert B. DePugh
Minutemen
Cyndra Ellen Melville
DePugh
Jack Cannon
Independence
Independence Building
Lawrence Gepford
Patricia Lucille Beal
Linda Frances Judd
Ball players killed in track train crash
A federal grand jury indicted two ex-convicts on three counts of kidnapping after a three-state spree ending with the safe release of California finance director Hale Champion his wife and baby daughter. The jury session was 35 minutes long. Arraignment set for July 21 with defense attorneys appointed.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Hale Champion
U.S
Sherrill Halbert
Oregon
Nevada
Missing Denise Clinton in Kansas City Kidnapping Case
Denise Clinton, nine, disappeared from the Great Plains Motel in Kansas City after a motel holdup. A suspect, Robert Lee Hays, 32, a former mental patient, is sought by FBI as helicopters and 100 volunteers search the area near the motel. Denise was visiting grandparents Chelcie and Mary Reynolds.
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Russell
Betty
Denise
Diana
Betty Clinton
Hopedims
FBI
Robert Lee Hays
Chelcie Reynolds
Great Plains
Kansas City
Electrocution Fatality Hits Lancaster Teen at Home
Clarence Cecil Blair aged 18 died in a Carroll Fairfield County home incident. He stood in water as an electrical buffer in his automobile short circuited causing a lethal shock. Authorities said the freak accident occurred Friday night.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Clarence Cecil Blair
Carroll
Fairfield County
Mariner V targets Mars for distant surface images
A brief overview notes the Mariner V nearing Mars this week to capture the longest-distance snapshot yet. It also highlights Sargent Shriver’s role in Peace Corps success and a Middletown 65 year anniversary event at the American Rolling Mill Corp with details on a cornerstone mystery.
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U.S. Mariner V
Mars
Martian
Earth
Middletown
American Rolling Mill Corp
Central Works
George Crout
Wilfred Vorhis
Four youths admit role in German service station slaying
In Martinsville Virginia four youths confess to participating in the robbery slaying of a Madison Wisconsin service station attendant. Army records show three were AWOL from the 3rd Infantry Division at Würzburg and flew in from a Swiss airfield on forged leave papers. Detainers filed for John Burt Wirther Popplewell and Meyer Plaster.
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Martinsville
Madison, Wis
Henry County
C. P. Witt
Army
3Rd Infantry Division
Wuerz
Witt
John E. Burt
Loretta
Wis
Wirther L. Popplewell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Meyer R. Plaster
Kurt Puesser
Schweinfurt
Germany
Thomas D. Burt
John Burt
Chuckle Men See 50 Mile Hike as Training
A humorous contrast shows men framing a 50 mile hike as fitness training while women view the trek as shopping, reflecting differing perceptions of endurance and leisure.
Rubber workers reach supplemental pact in Akron
Representatives of United Rubber Workers Local 7 and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co reach agreement Saturday on a supplemental contract to the two year master contract.
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Akron, Ohio
United Rubber Workers Local 7
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Nine Of 10 Are Killed By Train Near Maxton NC
An Atlantic Coast Line freight train struck a pickup truck carrying a Laumbee Indian baseball team at a rural crossing north of Maxton North Carolina. Nine of the 10 occupants were killed and the lone survivor Angush Blue, 31, of Maxton, was hospitalized in critical condition with head and chest injuries. The victims were believed to be Maxton area residents.
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Maxton
N.C
Atlantic Coast Line
North Carolina
Angush Blue
Laurinburg
Aid Sought In Bogalusa By Farmer
James Farmer of CORE announced a call for more workers to help in Bogalusa with civil rights demonstrations. A federal judge halted city officials from interfering as picketing intensified. A Sunday march was planned to protest police brutality amid two brief clashes between whites and Black demonstrators. John A. Miller and Douglas Pound were jailed briefly on disturbing the peace charges, each bond set at $500. A V Roberson remained in custody.
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Bogalusa
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Farmer
John A. Miller
Douglas Pound
A. V. Roberson
Air Force
Collie Vindicated After Drugged Watchdog Robbery Case
Cincinnati AP Bruce the collie watchdog did not bark during a $150,000 jewel heist at Dr. Joseph Link Jr. and Margaret Link’s country estate. A veterinarian found the dog sedated by morphine, leaving Bruce groggy but his reputation cleared. The couple, Xavier University professor Dr. Joseph Link Jr., and his wife were tied up as robbers looted a safe and $4,000 in cash.
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Cincinnati
Bruce
Collie
Joseph Link Jr
Inarian
Link
Xavier University
Margaret
Day Of Trinity Tells Of Birth Of The Bomb
A Time magazine correspondent recounts the Trinity test era in the book Day of Trinity. Detailing Groves, Fuchs, and officers on the Indianapolis, the account covers seismographs kept on trains, and moral remorse among some scientists for the weapons’ devastation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The piece marks the 20th anniversary of the test.
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Indianapolis
Tinian
Pacific
New Mexico
Alamardo
Boston
Albuquerque
Atheneum
Lansing Lamont
Washington
Time Magazine
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