McNamara To Give President Report On Viet Nam Mission
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara returned from South Viet Nam with General Maxwell Taylor to brief President Johnson on the war. He said a hard path to victory may lie ahead and pledged continued U.S. aid if needed while vetoing a North Viet Nam expansion.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Johnson
McNamara
Andrews Air Force Base
Gen
Maxwell E. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Saigon
North
Maxwell D. Taylor
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Nguyen Khanh
Hawaii
Khanh
Ohio River flood waters crest near record level in Cincinnati
Thousands of flood weary residents in the Cincinnati area awaited a crest as the Ohio River held at 66.2 feet night after cresting and edging below predicted levels. Forecasters expect a fall to 65 feet by Saturday and 62.5 by Sunday morning with little rain impact. Officials estimate damages in the millions as dozens of counties are declared disaster areas and loans at 3 percent are offered to homes businesses and charities.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Federal
Small Business Administration
Congress Votes Down $10,000 Pay Raise for Members
In a sudden election year move the House rejected a $10,000 annual pay rise for Congress, keeping salaries at $22,500 and killing a bill that would also lift pay for 1.7 million federal workers. The roll call forced members to go on record, shifting momentum and leaving supporters on both sides. The vote ended 222-184 against passage, with 149 Democrats and 35 Republicans in favor earlier, while Rep. H R Gross prompted the roll call.
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Washington
House
Congress
H.R. Gross
Gross
Red Cross Aids Flood Victims Across Four States
The Red Cross continues flood relief with aid from 200 national staff workers in four states. Relief operations are centered in Cincinnati as volunteers assist victims and coordinate emergency services.
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The
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Confess Get Fliers Back Reds Demand Admit Flight
Berlin AP reports the USSR will free three captured Air Force officers if the U S government admits it ordered them to fly over East Germany. The officers parachuted from an RB66 after a Soviet plane shot it down. If Washington does not publicly admit ordering the flight, the trio faces espionage charges. The U S has said it was a routine training mission.
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United States
U.S
Iron Curtain
East Germany
Washington
Quarrel Leads to Disaster in Calumet City Tragedy
In Calumet City Illinois a jealous husband Ralph Wittenhagan forty says he threw his wife Mary thirty from the front seat before their car veered off a barricade into a Cook County forest preserve lake. He escaped through the driver's side while Mary drowned trapped in the submerged vehicle.
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Calumet City
Ralph Wittenhagan
Cook County
Mary
Dallas Jury To Consider Fate Of Jack Ruby Today
A Dallas jury weighs Jack Ruby's fate in the Oswald murder case as the trial nears verdict. Proceedings center on epilepsy expert Dr. Frederick Gibbs and whether Ruby was legally sane at Oswald’s death. The panel, eight men and four women, has endured weeks of psychiatric testimony and delays before deliberations begin.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
John Connally
Texas
Conally
Lyndon B. Johnson
Commission
Johnson
Earl Warren
Warren
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frederick A. Gibbs
Chicago
Dist. Atty
Henry M. Wade
Melvin Belli
Joe Tonnhill
Dr. Gibbs
Brown
Ruby
John F. Kennedy
Gibbs
Turks Deliver Ultimatum To Greek Cypriots
In Nicosia Turkey issued an ultimatum to the Greek Cypriot government, warning of unilateral action if a cease fire is not imposed and Turkish Cypriots are protected. The note, handed to Makarios’ government, referenced the 1960 guarantee treaty and possible invasion, amid rising tensions and reports of Turkish naval troop mobilization near Iskenderun. Greece warned of an immediate response if Turkey intervenes.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Turkey
Cyprus
Makarios
Nicosia
U.S
Ankara
Britain
Greece
Iskenderun
Stavros Costopoulos
Morphou Students Burn Johnson in Effigy During Cyprus Protest
In northwest Cyprus hundreds of Greek Cypriot high school pupils in Morphou demonstrated against Britain and the United States and burned President Johnson in effigy as tensions rose over regional events and U.S. involvement.
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Cyprus
Morphou
Britain
United States
Johnson
Five Die As Frontier Plane Crashes Near Miles City
A Frontier Airlines DC3 crashed in a snowstorm near Miles City airport Montana, killing five aboard including pilot Kenneth Huber and co pilot Daniel H Gough and three crew members. The aircraft disappeared into a 150 foot ravine after reporting an instrument approach from Billings to Sidney. Bodies recovered from the burning fuselage and ravine. Names given include Huber about 45, passenger H Swenson of Sidney, and Gayle Bussinger station agent Miles City along with stewardess Dorothy Reig and another crew member from Billings.
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Miles City
Mont
Frontier Airlines
Kenneth Huber
Flint
Billings
Sidney
Yellowstone River
Montana
Huber
H Swenson
Gayle Bussinger
Frontier
Daniel H. Gough
Dorothy Reig
Bond set at 75000 for two FEC strike suspects
Fort Pierce Florida two men John Wesley Davis 28 and Joseph Leo Vedder 32 were arrested by the FBI on charges of placing dynamite on a FEC railway bridge to blow up a train. Each man posted 75000 bond. The FBI said 15 sticks of dynamite were wired to the rail, with a 30 man team assisting the probe amid a 13 month nationwide strike involving 11 non operating unions.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Florida East Coast Railway
FBI
John Wesley Davis
Joseph Leo Vedder
Miami
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FEC
Indian River County
Here
Palatka
Johnson
Florida
Labor Department
Seizle
Vetter
Davis
U.S
James E. Alderman
Alderman
Duluth
Minn
St. Lucie Coune Ty, Fla
Chuckle: You Can’t Choose Ancestors They’d Reject You
Witty quip notes you can’t pick your forebears and suggests they might not have picked you either, delivering a tongue in cheek observation about family lineage and self awareness.
Cambodian Mob Attacks U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh
Dr. Frances L. Starner reports from Phnom Penh as Cambodian demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassy with rocks and vandalism. The crowd, directed by officials and shouting anti Western slogans, overwhelmed ground-floor guards. police soon contained the mob and escorted her back to her hotel.
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Frances L. Starner
Asia
U.S
Phnom Penh
U.S. Go Home
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