Top math student who won national high school contest
Richard C. Schroeppel, 16, Lane Tech graduate, topped over 225,000 entrants to win the national high school mathematics test. A math genius with an IQ over 200, he plans MIT study in math aiming for a doctorate in number theory. He credits teachers and a family tutor for his success.
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Schroeppel
United States
Lane Technical High School
Future Engineers of America
Arthur P. O'Mara
Lane Tech
Scroeppe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Lchroeppe
Richard C. Schroeppel
South Viet Nam Not A Political Issue In U S Campaign
Saigon AP dispatch reports Premier Nguyen Kann asserting Western powers back Viet Nam and would confront communism at its roots. Henry Cabot Lodge says Viet Nam will not be a campaign issue. resigns as ambassador returning to aid Scranton. General Taylor expected to intensify war as Lodge departs.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Kann
Peking
Indochina
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
Lodge
United States
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Pennsylvania
John F. Kennedy
Alvin York Hospitalized in Critical Condition
World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York is on the critical list at Veterans Hospital in Nashville Tennessee after developing pneumonia in his right lung. Hospital officials say his blood pressure has fallen and a clot or infection may be responsible. York, 76, had been expected to return home to Pall Mall prior to Tuesday’s pneumonia and prior internal bleeding recurrence.
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Nashville
Tenn
Alvin York
Veterans Hospital
York
Tiny
Pall Mall
Here
Taylor Named US Ambassador to South Viet Nam
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor, undefeated soldier-diplomat, named to Saigon post by President Johnson. He will lead both civilian and military efforts and depart within two weeks. Taylor's selection draws broad Capitol Hill support though Sen. Morse opposes, pledging to fight the nomination. He will oversee Westmoreland as military commander and Johnson as political deputy. Wheeler to succeed Taylor as Joint Chiefs chair.
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U.S
Saigon
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lodge
Washington
Viet Nam
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge Taylor
Taylor
Capitol Hill
Senate
South Viet Nam
Wiliam C. Westmoreland
U. Alexis Johnson
Westmoreland
Army
Farle G. Wheeler
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Federal Agents Hunt Civil Rights Workers
Ohio residents welcomed a cold front that cooled temperatures from the 90s into the 70s and 80s but triggered damaging storms. The front crossed the state from Ashtabula to Xenia, bringing heavy rain, high winds, and hail. A funnel cloud near Xenia caused about $22,000 in farm property damage.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ashtabula
Xenia
Dulles Tours Mississippi Over Missing Civil Rights Workers
Allen W. Dulles travels to Mississippi to coordinate federal and state efforts in the search for missing civil rights workers Andy Goodman Michael Schwerner and James Chaney. The charred station wagon found near Owl Creek heightens the search as FBI and highway patrol intensify house to house inquiries.
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Mississippi
FBI
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Neshoba
Andy Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York City
James Cheney
Meridian
Cheney
Dulles
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
Highway Patrol
Tom Gregory
Billy Rainey
Mercian Star
Owl Creek
Brief Rain Dampens Heat Wave Temperatures
A brief afternoon shower followed a cold front cooled the heat wave. Temperatures near 100 faded as the high reached 95 while the low dropped to 4 degrees today.
Severe storm lashes Columbus and Marysville with heavy rain and wind
The storm tore roofs, barns and hog pens, creating debris paths about 400 feet long. In Columbus rainfall exceeded an inch in 34 minutes with 40 mph gusts, delaying commutes. Marysville reports 30 trees down in a four block area and power lines down, cutting electricity to the sheriff's office and other sections.
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Columbus
Marysville
Union County
Sheriff's Office
Chuckle Husband Quips About Bridge We Were To Cross
A humorous exchange has Chuckle Husband remarking to his wife that they are at the bridge they planned to cross when they reached it. The joke hinges on a common misquote about crossing bridges.
Johnson urges six day Congress work week to push civics
President Johnson asks Congress to operate six days a week through next month to push civil rights and his antipoverty program. GOP leaders vent anger at what they call an intrusion on the Republican convention as San Francisco prepares to open on July 6.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Charles A Flalleck
Indiana
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Patform Committee
San Francisco
Kennedy Won't Seek New York Senate Seat
Washington AP report says Ally. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy announced he will not run for the Democratic Senate nomination in New York. He leaves open a possible invitation from President Johnson as a Democratic vice presidential nominee.
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Robert Kennedy
New York Post
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Germany
New York
Kennedy
Johnson
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
John F. Kennedy
Boy Loses Limbs Under Train But Survives
In Los Angeles Walter Felder, 13, leaped between slow trains and was struck. He lost both arms and legs, but revived by responders and was hospitalized as surgeons fought to save him. His mother Ann McGruder expressed faith in his recovery.
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Los Angeles
Lois Walsh
Walter
Ann McGruder
Volunteers Determined To Go On With Mississippi Summer Project
Several hundred volunteer civil rights workers training at Western College for Women in Oxford Ohio plan to proceed with their plans for the Mississippi Summer Project despite the disappearance of three colleagues in central Mississippi. A spokesman for the National Council of Churches said 288 people including staff are taking part in the second phase and that the curriculum will continue as planned.
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Oxford
Ohio
Mississippi
Western College For Women
Andy Goodman
New York City
National Council of Churches
Council of Federated Organizations
Civil rights volunteers urged to commit to project work
Bayard Rustin, organizer of last summer's march on Washington, was to speak to the volunteers today. An earlier address by Rev Robert W. Spike urged churches to stay active in the civil rights struggle.
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Bayard Rustin
Washington
Robert W. Spike
Church Council
Commission On Religion and
Two Rights Volunteers Arrested in Moss Point
Jackson County authorities disclosed the arrest of two civil rights volunteers amid confusion in Moss Point Mississippi. Ronald Ridenour 24 of Venice California and Howard Kirchenbaum 19 of Long Beach California were held on vagrancy charges as investigators probe possible civil rights involvement. A civil rights spokesman said attorneys were en route to Moss Point to represent them.
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Moss Point
Miss
Jackson County
Hebert W. Alford
Alford
Ronald Ridenour
Venice
Call
Howard Kirchenbaum
Long Beach
New York
Gulf Coast
Jackson, Miss
Sail Early
Mississippi
Bob Byers
Council of Federated Organizations
Mossom
Pascagoula
Byers
Venice Call, and Howard Rene
Ten S Ideas Byers
Sail
FTC sues rule on cigarette health warnings
The FTC sues a rule forcing cigarette labels and ads to state that smoking is dangerous and may cause death from cancer and other diseases. Johnson health care proposal for the aged is dropped by the House Ways and Means Committee, dealing a heavy blow to passage this year.
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Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means
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Stason
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