Shastri Named Nehru Successor By Acclamation
India's Congress party named Lal Bahadur Shastri by acclamation to succeed the late Prime Minister Nehru. The 59 year old pledged to advance Nehru's goal of a united socialist India while signaling no clear foreign policy. He praised Indira Gandhi and welcomed Morarji Desai's support, stressing victory over poverty and unemployment and a united country.
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David Lancashire
New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nehru
Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
G. S. Nanda
Desa
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Rights Vote By June 18 Predicted
Senate Republican Leader Dirksen forecast passage of the civil rights bill by June 18 if next week's effort to end debate succeeds. He expects 25 Republicans to back cloture, needing 42 Democratic votes, with a possible 67 votes required if all 100 senators vote. Mansfield avoided a prediction while noting prior cloture history.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
House
Mike Mansfield
Associated Press
Mansfield
UN Congo Forces To Hit Rebels In Kivu Fight Near Bukavu
United Nations and Congo army reinforcements mobilized to counter advancing rebel Balalero tribesmen threatening Bukavu in Kivu Province. Nigerian U.N. troops prepared for airlift, while Mobutu planned to move infantry from Katanga toward Kiou as rebels press from Kamangola toward the colonial city.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
U.N. Command
Kivu
Bukavu
U.N
Leopoldville
U.N. Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Congo
Kio
Katanga
United Nations
Vilage
Kamangola
Romania Plans Big US Purchases Under New Trade Pact
Romania hopes to buy large quantities of American industrial equipment and possibly two nuclear power plants, with a shopping list valued around 150 million dollars. The deal hinges on credit terms and a decision by President Johnson to back five year Eximbank credits, while embassies will be raised in Washington and Bucharest.
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Bucharest
United States
Europe
Johnson
Romania
Washington
William A. Crawford
U.S
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Southeast Asia Strategy Talks Under Johnson Watch
American policy makers at Pacific Command HQ conclude two day secret talks on how to bolster Southeast Asia against Communist pressure. Rusk McNamara and other officials weigh options, with public details likely after Johnson approval. Melvin Laird criticizes administration policy in cautious Washington reaction.
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Honolulu
United States
Southeast Asia
Washington
Pacific Command
Laird
Rusk
Red China predicts US quagmire in Southeast Asia
TOKYO AP reports Red China at the Honolulu conference warned American overlords plan military ventures that would sink them deeper into aggression in South Vietnam. Radio Peking echoed that US forces and its allies are poised to invade Laos and bomb Laotian cities.
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Red China
Honolulu
South Viet Nam
Peking
United States
Thailand
Laos
Conference Goes Behind Locked Doors In Private Beach Lunch
A meeting that stretched over nine hours was held in a guarded room and moved to a private beach for a working lunch before closing again behind locked doors. The same schedule remained in effect today with most of the participants present.
New York to Expand Subway Police After Attacks
New York officials plan broader subway policing and a two way radio network after weekend subway attacks by groups described as Negro. Mayor Wagner called a high level meeting with Transit Authority, bids for short wave radios set for June 19, with a 20 percent rise in 972 man subway force slated for next fall.
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New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Transit Authority
Manhattan
Stop Communism That's Aim Of Parley LBJ Says
President Johnson outlined Honolulu talks on Southeast Asia as pressing the fight against Communism, stressing Laos and South Vietnam as pivotal. He praised a 1954 Eisenhower letter, urged civil rights progress, and noted good progress on tax cuts with a favorable 1964 outlook. The president also discussed aerial surveillance of Cuba and U.S. gold stock gains in early 1965.
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Johnson
United States
South Viet Nam
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson cites debt limit needs amid budget talks
Johnson told Democratic congressional leaders at a breakfast meeting that the administration seeks a temporary national debt limit of 324 billion dollars. He noted a 315 billion ceiling will drop to 309 billion on June 30, but the debt is expected to reach 311.8 billion that day. He said the limit is not a magic fix for economy and urged frugality through prudent appropriations and tight management.
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Johnson
Space Flights On Schedule For Gemini Missions
Houston AP says Gemini flights stay on track with an unmanned launch likely in September and a manned mission before year end The Gemini spacecraft tests in St Louis move to Cape Kennedy for mating with the launch vehicle in late July the timetable expects eight weeks from delivery to launch Two astronauts will orbit Earth to develop space techniques ahead of Apollo lunar missions later this decade
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Gemini
St. Louis
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Republican Nominee's Fate Up
California Republicans head to a four-county primary to decide whether Barry Goldwater or Nelson Rockefeller will pursue the party’s 1964 presidential nomination. The winner-take-all vote covers 86 pledged delegates with write-ins banned, as Goldwater and Rockefeller close their campaigns amid a Democratic battle for the U S Senate seat.
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San Francisco
California
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arizona
New York
Pierre Salinger
Alan Cranston
Ailding
Clair Engle
Brown
Organized Labor
Democratic Club Movement
Cranston
Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Atty
Stanley Mosk
Salinger
John F. Kennedy
George Murphy
Leland Kaiser
Fred Hall
Long Beach
Kansas
Date Set For Ruby Hearing
A June 19 show cause hearing in open court will decide if Jack Ruby will get a sanity trial. Ruby will receive psychiatric treatment in his jail cell after three psychiatrists reported mental illness. Judge Joe B Brown noted low mood and regression and allowed treatment to begin immediately.
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Dallas
Tex
API
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Brown
Weather outlook: clouds and showers likely tonight and tomorrow
Cloudy skies bring scattered light showers tonight with little temp change. Lows in the 50s and highs in the 60s are expected tomorrow. Rainfall today was light. yesterday’s high reached 73.
Ike's Brother Running Earl Eisenhower To Seek Office
Earl D. Eisenhower, aged 66, announced plans to run for Illinois House of Representatives as a Republican at large candidate. He said he resents the idea of election night and admitted he has been asked to run for many offices since moving to Illinois. His decision ended his decade in public relations as Suburban Life publisher Jack Kubik said the firm gave him an ultimatum between political activity and his job.
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Chicago
Earl D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Springfield
Illinois
House of Representatives
Ployer
Suburban Life
Karl
Cuban Lions Club Officer Executed in Havana
A Havana government announcement says a Lions Club official Alberto Cesarea Fernandez Medrano and two other Cubans were executed as CIA agents. The official allegedly ran a nationwide spy ring by recruiting members to act as agents in each province.
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Havana
The
Lions Club
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
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