Senate ready to approve 13 billion Viet Nam war aid
The Senate expected to approve a 13.1 billion Viet Nam war supplemental for heavier U S force, money, and firepower. Sen Richard Russell warned Americans may vote against the war if North Vietnam and Viet Cong are not pressured toward peace talks. He urged closing Haiphong port and pushing negotiations, while president Johnson seeks a swifter end to the conflict.
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Washington
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Russell
Haiphong
Georgia Democrat
China
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
United States
U.S
Southeast Asia
Clark
U S Firepower Too Big As Jets Hit North Viet Nam Convoy
US jet pilots report heavy blows in North Viet Nam destroying more than half of a 50-vehicle convoy and sinking or damaging five gunboats. Marine spokesmen say 205 Communists killed in South Viet Nam while 10 Marines die in a helicopter crash. An RF101 Voodoo is shot down near Vinh with pilot missing. Buddhist protests flare in Da Nang and Hue as Ky government faces demonstrations. A captured North Vietnamese lieutenant says firepower is too big for his forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Vinh
Davat
Dao van Giong
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Bong Son
Guns Or Butter Crossfire Targets Veep Home Plan
Washington AP reports a House vote fight over funding a vice president residence at the Naval Observatory site next to the British Embassy. The bill would authorize 750000 dollars for construction on 10 acres plus annual maintenance funds, opposed by 11 GOP Public Works members led by Gerald Ford who frame it as guns over butter.
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Washington
Manhill Wine
U.S. Naval Observatory
House
Gerald R. Ford
GOP
House Public Works Committee
Ford
Hubert H. Humphrey
Republican Committee
Congress
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Congressmen Robbed on Capitol Hill in Office Break In
Rep James C Cleveland NH Republican was robbed of 40 dollars after a masked bandit burst into his fifth floor Longworth Office Building suite. He received a tetanus shot for a minor cut while Capitol Police called the assault unprecedented and rare.
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Washington
James C. Cleveland
Capital Hill
Cleveland
New Hampshire
Longworth House
Capitol
James Powell
Senate
House
Weather outlook with showers and warming trend
Cloudy windy and warmer weather expected tonight with scattered showers and thundershowers. Overnight low in the 50s, by this morning 64 degrees. yesterday’s rain totaled .05 inch in Middletown. Wednesday stays cloudy and cooler with more showers and a high in the 70s.
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Middletown
Grissom Named Commander of First Apollo Flight
Gus Grissom and Edward White and Roger Chaffee were selected to pilot Apollo craft on a 14 day Earth orbit shakedown. The mission aims to test the new three man ship before a series of lunar attempts planned for 1967 to 1970. Grissom previously flew on Mercury and Gemini 3.
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Air Force
Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
United States
Gus Grissom
Atlantic
Archbishops Canterbury Visit To Rome Amid Protest
British Prime Archibishop D Michael Ramsey leaves London for talks with Pope Paul VI in Rome. Five anti Catholic demonstrators accompany him to protest outside Lambeth Palace. Meetings focus on ecumenical progress and practical steps to improve Anglican Catholic ties.
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London
Canterbury
Rome
Paul VI
Belfast
D. Michael Ramsey
Lambeth Palace
Ramsey
Church of and
Paul
British Council of the International Council of Christian Churches
Evanston
Vatican
United States Refines Draft Treaty on Nuclear Weapons
At Geneva the United States amended its draft to curb nuclear spread and bolster alliance controls. The Soviet delegation rejected the changes saying they alter little while noting West Germany’s voice in policy remains restricted. The amendments stress allied control and maintain a U S veto on Western nuclear use.
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Geneva
United States
West Germany
Soviet Union
U.S
Adrian S. Fisher
Fisher
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Noisy know-it-all irks the group during discussion
A quote captures frustration as a speaker mocks a self confident person who claims perfect knowledge. The remark underlines social friction and highlights the irritation caused by overbearing certainty.
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Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thich Tam Chau
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Brenda Sharp
Oklahoma
Dallas Quinton Sharp
Brenda
Henry Bellman
State Parole Board
Sharp
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
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Apollo
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Gilruth
Edward H. White
Virgil I. Grissom
Dr. Ramsey
Ann Landers
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