Air and Navy raids hit North Vietnam targets
U S Air Force and Navy planes conducted six raids on North Vietnam hitting Hoi An depot roads ferries patrol boats and bridges. Two Navy F8 Crusaders were lost with one pilot killed and the other rescued. Viet Cong ambushed a government convoy in the central highlands killing two U S Army advisers and wounding a third. Casualties rose to 396 American deaths in Viet Nam with at least six more wounded over two days.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hoi An
North Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Pleiku
le Thanh
Quang Ngai Province
Viet Nam
Navy Crusaders
Vinh
Hanoi
Dong Phuong Thuong Highway
U.S
Crusader
Bon Homme Richard
Midway
Quang Khe
Song Truc River
Military Action Hinted By Red Chinese Paper
The Pekin Peoples Daily editorial signed by the Observer warned that China sees its safety endangered by reinforced U S forces and intensified bombing in the Viet Nam war and says China has the right to take all necessary measures for its defense.
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Peking
China
U.S
Viet Nam
Peking Peoples Daily
Chinese Communist Party
Observer
Brazil May Send Minister to Dominican Republic Peace Mission
A plan to send Brazil's foreign minister Vasco Leitao de Cunha to the Dominican Republic as head of a three nation peace negotiating team gains ground. Ambassadors from American republics meet to consider the mission to restore peace and guide political and economic stabilization with Ellsworth Bunker and a Central American diplomat likely involved.
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Washington
Brazil
Vasco Leitao de Cunha
Dominican Republic
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S. Isador
Amecan
Cenean
Proba
el Salvador
Republicans Seek Civil Rights Policy Declaration
Washington AP: GOP lawmakers including Eisenhower Goldwater Nixon and Dewey meet to refine civil rights and foreign affairs policy. Task forces report on federal state ties human rights and job opportunities as June 28 29 meeting plans unfold with potential decline of Johnsons federal union shop repeal push. The House committee pressures spending cuts and rent subsidies opposition while preparing a foreign policy critique.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Republican Policy Coordinating Committee
Johnson
Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Coordinating Group
Coordinating Committee
Barry M. Goldwater
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
House
Republican House Policy Committee
Congress
Paul Martin Eyes Return After Surgery
Paul Martin, executive sports editor for the News Star World, is recovering from recent surgery and hopes to return Monday, contingent on a doctor’s report. He plans to catch up on three weeks of missed fishing once cleared to work.
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Paul Martin
News- Star — World
West Monroe Girl Returns From Baskin Visit
Miss Sylvia Ann Smith of West Monroe has returned home after a week with her grandmother Mrs. Annie Smith in Baskin. She is the daughter of Eugene Smith, manager of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce.
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Sylvia Ann Smith
West Monroe
Annie Smith
Baskin
Youngster Gets Alaskan Puppy in Forestville Md
Garland Westmoreland 12 receives a four month old Siberian husky named Keno from Yukon Territory after writing to Yukon officials seeking a husky kennel. The pup arrived by plane with Yukon Bud Fisher as escort, and Garland expressed strong affection and excitement.
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Forestville
Garland Westmoreland
D. R. Westmoreland
Garland
Jack London
White Horse
Yukon
Bebe
Court reaffirms one man one vote rule in apportionment cases
The Supreme Court adheres to the one man one vote standard in several reapportionment actions. It denies interference with New York legislature elections, grants Illinois supervision authority, orders California Senate redistricting by July 1, and declines immediate action in Idaho. The Illinois ruling remands for a reasonable time to allow valid redistricting before the 1966 elections. Justice Harland dissents from the court’s handling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
New York
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago
Idaho
U.S
Illinois
Illinois State Senate
State Senate
John M. Harland
City Leaders May Call For Redistricting
Resolutions to reapportion congressional and state legislative districts on a population basis will be introduced Wednesday at the U S Conference of Mayors. The proposals urge one man one vote and seek equitable federal highway funding, stronger air pollution controls, and support for defense and foreign policies amid global tensions.
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ST. Louis
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Conference
Resolutions Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Johnson
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
The U S Weather Bureau expects partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures in Northeast Louisiana this afternoon and Wednesday. Some afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible with highs 85 to 96 and a tonight low of 70 to 70. Rain is expected to affect about 10 percent of the area over the next few days. The Thursday outlook shows little change. Monroe reached a high of 89 and a low of 63.
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Louisiana
U.S. Weather Bureau
Monroe
Johnson urges debate but presses own course at school address
President Johnson told graduates at the National Cathedral School for Girls that debate is vital in danger but he will pursue his policies as he believes right. He cited the moral duty to aid the world's poor and noted broad American support for stopping aggression while preserving liberty.
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Washington
Johnson
National Cathedral School For Girls
Luci
Lynda
Student Rescued From Utah Cave
Utah rescue teams pull UC graduate student James Dowling from Neff's Canyon cave after 56 hours of exposure in freezing, 1170 feet deep passages. Dowling, 24, is hospitalized in critical condition with hypothermia and shock, while companions Wood and Gerhard were rescued earlier.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
University of California
Wasatch Mountains
James Dowling
Connersville
Ind
Dowling
Neff's Canyon
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Mt. Olympus
Wood
Gerhard
Donald Sims
Edward Anderson
LaVell Burnham
Gary Carlson
Louisiana tidelands panel urges talks on down payment settlement
Baton Rouge AP bulletin reports Gov. John McKeithen's tidelands advisory committee, meeting in a mansion, plans to press Louisiana lawmakers to meet this weekend to discuss a potential down payment settlement. A key informant, preferring anonymity, indicated the package could total $70 million.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
Tidelands
Louisiana
91 Miners Die In Japan As Gas Explodes
A gas explosion in the Yameno coal mine on Kyushu Island trapped 145 workers after 522 were at work. Ninety one company employees were reported dead with rescue efforts ongoing as officials discuss safety inspections and resignations. The disaster follows a previous blast in 1959 and ranks among Japan's worst mine accidents.
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Yamano
Kyushu
Tokyo
Yamieno
Yoshio Sakurauchi
Japan
Inatsuki
Omuta
Yoshio Atobe
Senate Vote Nearly Cuts Off Budget
In Baton Rouge the Senate voted 36 to 0 to approve Gov. John McKeithen's 912.2 million general appropriations bill and sent it to the House. Edwin Edwards nearly abolished the State Sovereignty Commission, offering amendments to reveal payrolls and limit investigators, which split Senate leaders and extended debate.
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Senate
John McKeithen
House
Sovereignty Commission
Michael O'Keefe
New Orleans
Legislative
Jamar Adcock
Adcock
Commission
O’keefe
Sen
B. B
Rayburn
Bogalusa
Edwards
Adrian Duplantier
George Singlemann
The
Citizens Council
Singlemann
B. Tl
Johnny) Rogers
Grand Cane
North Louisiana
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
UN - American Activities Committee
Joint Legislative Committee
John J. MecKeithen
LSU
Department of Education
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Pacific
Miles
Sam Hanna
George Tessier
Solon
Lady Mowbray
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