LBJ Unveils Plan for Counterinsurgency Aircraft
President Johnson announced a Defense Department program to develop seven prototype counterinsurgency aircraft at about 18 million dollars. The Navy will contract North American Aviation Columbus for a light armed reconnaissance multi role plane capable of operations from rough clearings and waterways. First flight is expected in about a year.
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Washington
Johnson
Department
U.S. Navy
Navy Department
Columbus
Ohio
North American Aviation Corp
Marine Corps
Air Force
Navy
Anti U S Mob Seizes Library in Jogjakarta
A mob of about 3 000 Indonesians in Jogjakarta seized a USIS library as anti American sentiment grows amid President Johnson's aid pledge to Malaysia. The 35 member delegation claimed control and the library director James Anderson of Washington DC signed the declaration under duress.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
US Information Service
Jogjakarta
Johnson
Malaysia
U.S. Senate
Sukarno
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Java
Here
Paul Neilson
USIS
James Anderson
Washington, DC
Anderson
Neilson
Soviet pledge to aid Cyprus if invaded by foreign powers
The Soviet Union said it would help defend Cyprus against foreign invasion and began negotiations immediately after Cyprus President Makarios appealed for aid. Moscow’s pledge signals a possible alliance and shifts regional power as Turkey and Greece dispute the island. The Tass statement frames the move as support for Cyprus’ sovereignty and peace.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Cyprus
Kremlin
Makarios
Republic of Cyprus
Mediterraean
Royal Arch Masons to confer Royal Arch degree
West Monroe Chapter 93 Royal Arch Masons will confer the Royal Arch degree Monday at 7 30 p m at the West Monroe Masonic Temple All Royal Arch Masons are invited to attend the ceremonies.
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West Monroe
Royal Arch Masons
Temple
New Lawyer Brusca Earns LSU Law Degree
Anthony Joseph Brusca son of Mr and Mrs Nicholas F Bruscato of Monroe received his bachelor of law degree at Louisiana State University graduation ceremonies Friday night He was a first lieutenant in the LSU ROTC and will enter military service in February He chaired the Young Democrats Club at LSU and is a graduate of Monroe Ne ville High School.
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Anthony Joseph Bruscato
Nicholas F. Bruscato
Monroe
Louisiana State University
Bruscato
LSU
Cude Children Vaccination Clears Way For Schooling
Archie Cude father of three Arkansas children vaccinated by order of the Arkansas Supreme Court says he will send his kids to school when it opens Aug 3. The 13 year old Wayne 11 year old Delia and 9 year old Linda were vaccinated after a long state vs religion battle. Deputies held the children as they were vaccinated. The family lives 20 miles north of Mena in the Ozark foothills.
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Ark
Arkansas
Archie Cude
Arkansas Supreme Court
Cade
Chancery
John Wesley Howard
Supreme Court
Howard
Bruce Scoggin
Wayne
Delia
Linda
Ozark
Here
Cudes
Cude
Johnson lashes Goldwater over nuclear war remarks
President Johnson attacked Senator Goldwater by name at a White House news conference over nuclear weapons policy in Vietnam. He also targeted Goldwater’s running mate Representative Miller, accusing both of making loose charges and stressing that orders given to commanders specify conventional weapons only.
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Johnson
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Viet Nam
Free World
White House Rose Garden
Goldwater
William E. Miller
New York
Arizona
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
7Th Fleet
Hershey
Goldwater Campaigns Urge Tight Fundraising and Strategy
Republican chairmen met in Washington for a strategy session as Barry Goldwater urged a tougher fundraising drive with a target of about 13 million dollars and a nationwide precinct vote quota. In New York, police clashed with a mid Manhattan leftist rally of about 250, 38 demonstrators arrested including a woman dragged by the hair, linked to May 2 Movement tours to Cuba. Goldwater urged honesty and criticized the administration, while Rep. Miller pledged help to GOP candidates and a united ticket aiming to win in November.
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Times Square
Hammarskjold Plaza
U.N
U.S
Viet Nam
Washington
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Dean Burch
Burch
Goldwater
New York
mid-Manhattan
Cuba
State Department
John F. Kennedy
Lawrence McKearney
47Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Robert S
McNamara
William E. Miller
Miller
Gentleman Bird
Johnson
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird
Congo Army Stems Invasion Around Bukavu
Rebels briefly entered the outskirts of Bukavu in Kivu Province but were repelled by Congolese forces. Col. Frank Williams and Col. Guy Logeist visited Bukavu to appraise the situation as panic and European departures were reported. In Kwilu, Mulele’s rebels, about 2000 strong, remained near Kikwit.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Bukavu
Kivu
Frank Williams
U.S
Guy Logeist
Rwanda
Kikwit
Kwilu
Pierre Mulele
Mulele
Reapportionment Squabble Delays Senate Action
Liberal filibuster ties up the Senate over legislation aimed at enforcing the Supreme Court one person one vote ruling. Key figures: Everett Dirksen, George Aiken, John Stennis, Paul Douglas, J. W. Fulbright contend with Goldwater critiques as stalemate persists.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Forecast Back In Same Old Rut For Monroe Area
The weather forecast predicts partly cloudy and warm skies with some afternoon and evening showers for Monroe and surrounding areas. The Twin Cities had light rainfall Saturday. Selman Field saw no measurable rain. Shay Day's low was 74 and high 90. Today’s high expected 88 to 94 with a low of 72 to 77. Winds from southwest and south at up to 16 mph.
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Monroe
Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Weather Warms In North Cities After Chilly Start
Temperatures rose to the 70s in northern cities after a morning of record lows across the eastern half of the country. Frost was reported in western Maryland while Adirondack and Vermont slopes saw summer snow. Cities including Chicago Pittsburgh Rochester Boston and New York logged record lows as moist Gulf air collided with cool air, triggering severe rainstorms in Texas Oklahoma and the southern Appalachians.
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Maryland
Adirondacks
New York State
Vermont
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Boston
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Appalachian Mountains
Stowaway Hidden in Tokyo Flight Reaches Honolulu
A 3 year old baggage handler from Haneda sneaked into a Pan American plane and rode to Honolulu in the unheated cargo area. He was found by a Pan American attendant at the airport with little money and an ID card. Officials noted the extreme cold but he survived. The man, Shigeru Sasaki, said the act was impulsive and he wished to return home.
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Honolulu
Tokyo
Haneda
Shigeru Sasaki
Pan American World Airways
Pan American
Honolulu International
Hawaii
Sasaki
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