Civil Rights Envoys Plead For Program
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy urged Congress to pass the administration civil rights bill aiming to end discrimination in education employment voting and public accommodations. Labor Secretary Wirtz told the Commerce Committee that ending discrimination in accommodations would boost the economy and curb unrest that scares firms from locating in towns.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Senate Judiciary Committee
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce Group
Danville
Wirtz
Commerce Committee
Kennedy Warns Against Racial Riots and Bloodshed
President Kennedy warns against racial demonstrations that could trigger riots as major clashes ease. National Guard and state troopers brace Charleston and other sites. protests in Chicago New Bern Thomasville continue amid court actions and legal challenges over integration.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
Washington
Cambridge
Charleston
S.C
North Carolina
New Bern
New York
Alvin A. ‘Childs
Greater New York
Charleston Desegregation Demonstrations Planned Amid Troop Presence
In Charleston two mass meetings were scheduled as Black residents prepared to renew street protests despite state troops deployed by Gov. Donald Russell. Charleston movement leaders pledged to continue demonstrations for a 10 point desegregation program after a Wednesday night rally.
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Charleston
Donald Russell
Tensions Ease in Cambridge After Tawes Announcement
President warns of possible violence in Cambridge Maryland as protests and riots loom amid political tensions. Gov J Millard Tawes later announces steps calming the situation and calls for restraint.
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Cambridge
Kennedy proposes taxes on foreign stock and bond purchases
President Kennedy urged Congress to tax Americans on most purchases of foreign stocks and bonds to curb outflow of gold and dollars. The plan, effective Friday through December 31 1965, targets governments and firms in 22 industrialized countries and could trim about $2 billion from the balance of payments in 18 months. The message also announced U S access to IMF funds up to $500 million to buy foreign-held dollars.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
United States
IMF
U.S. Treasury
U. S
Weather outlook with hot humid conditions
The forecast notes brief showers tonight if they occur then dry weather is due tomorrow. The region remains hot and humid with yesterday’s high about 104 degrees and a low of 74. Today’s low is 75.
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Weather Bureau
Settlement Of Buddhist Woes Urged By Kennedy
The United States presses South Viet Nam to settle its violent Buddhist crisis. President Kennedy said at a news conference that the United States will not withdraw support from Ngo Dinh Diem's government as it seeks a resolution to the unrest.
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United States
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh- Diem
Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Hooker
Buddhist Pagoda Raid Sparks Quiet Tense Show of Force
Police breached barbed wire barriers at a Buddhist pagoda in Saigon arresting three monks or followers amid a crowd of about 490 including monks. The raid raised concerns over religious freedom and public order.
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Chicago
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Thomasville
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Viet Nam
Vietnam War Struggle Deepens Amid Buddhist Crises
President Kennedy warned withdrawal would threaten Southeast Asia as South Vietnam fights on. Diem's regime cracked down on Buddhist protests, arresting dozens while reports of police brutality reach Saigon. Buddhist leaders mobilize monks and soldiers to demand religious freedom and human rights. Riot police dispersed a 1000 strong Buddhist march to a pagoda where monks hunger strikes continue.
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Diem
Saigon
Dayton Man Killed in Ramstein Base Accident
John Mitterholz of Dayton Ohio, a civilian U S Air Force employee, was struck by a car and killed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The Air Force investigates the accident.
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Germany
John Mitterholz
Dayton
Ohio
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Rebels Seize 15 Percent of Portuguese Guinea
Lisbon reports African rebels seized control of about 15 percent of Portuguese Guinea from Senegalese incursions. Defence Minister Manuel Gomes D Araújo said rebels robbed and intimidated civilians while government forces suffered 27 casualties and struggle to rout them from dense northern jungle terrain. Spain and Portugal warn this marks a major colonial setback amid wider West African unrest and UN complaints over independence delays.
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Portugal
Portuguese Guinea
Iberian Peninsula
Manuel Gomes D'Araujo
Senegal
D Araujo
India
Goa
Madrid
New Jersey
Guinea
United Nations
Angola
Mozambique
Broadening East West Talks After Moscow Nuclear Talks
Western diplomats see progress in Moscow on the test ban as a potential trigger for wider East West negotiations and a possible summit. They note key issues remain and a Kennedy Khrushchev Macmillan meeting would depend on the talks’ outcome and possible treaty signing.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
U.S
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Washington
Syrians say revolt by civilians crushed in Damascus
Syria's Baathist government announced it had crushed an uprising led by civilians and discharged officers. Maj. Gen. Amin Hafez said the plotters were beaten and crushed and would be turned over to national security courts. Diplomatic reports said tanks and weapons were used in Damascus.
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Webb McKinley
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Amin Hafez
Damascus
Syrat
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Hafez
Soviet Sino ideological talks hang on final communiqué
Moscow AP reports Soviet Chinese talks paused with a Friday resumption possible. Negotiators reportedly clashed over a closing statement as gaps between Peking and Moscow persisted, leaving no progress toward unifying positions on the ideological split.
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Moscow
Peking
Summer Beach Back Home Humorous Insight
A light column notes how people at the beach project self importance while returning home with memories and playful irony. It reflects on social vanity and seasonal leisure.
Tractors for Prisoners Saga Gets New Scrutiny
Dr Milton Eisenhower details a muddled 1961 episode linked to the Bay of Pigs aftermath. A plan to swap Cuban prisoners for tractors, funded by private Americans and linked to Kennedy aides, unraveled as Castro sought indemnification and the committee disbanded.
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Milton L Eisenhower
Eisenhower
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U.S
Dr. Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
Castro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
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