War Government Formed In South Viet Nam Police Guard Capitol In Mississippi
Mississippi troopers ringed the state Capitol as about 400 civil rights demonstrators mostly teenagers and white workers gathered at a nearby church to protest the special legislative session called to revise voting laws. The Freedom Democratic party condemned the session as an effort to limit Negro voting and planned a Capitol picket. Governor Paul Johnson said the session aims to place Mississippi in a favorable position for federal registrar idea while federal officials criticized state voting practices as exclusionary. A federal suit is expected to challenge the conditions for voter registration as unconstitutional.
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Lawrence Guyot
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Freedom Party
Guyot
Chicago Welcomes McDivitt White Gemini 4 Astronauts
James McDivitt and Edward White II were feted in Chicago with a joyous parade and official ceremonies. Vice President Humphrey praised the astronauts as Americans first, while crowds cheered along Michigan Avenue and La Salle Street.
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James McDivitt
Edward White II
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Astro
Houston
Hubert H. Humphrey
O’hare International Airport
Michigan Avenue
Chicago River
Washington
la Salle Street
City Hall
White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E. Mueller
Charles W. Matthews
Gemini
Rangers Find Bodies Of Cong Victims
Vietnamese rangers discovered about 100 government troops bodies near the Dong Xoai area in a Michelin plantation. The 7th Airborne Battalion remains were found with an Army helicopter wreckage and an identification tag. U.S. paratroopers moved to Phuoc Vinh to safeguard airfields as Viet Cong attacks continued nationwide.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dong Xoai
7Th Airborne
U.S
173Rd
U.S. Airborne Brigade
Phuoc Vinh
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
North
Russians Drive For Showdown With Red China
The Soviet Communist party pushes for a showdown meeting with Peking over the split with China. Pravda cites a Portuguese Communist party resolution calling for a world conference. China accuses Moscow of covert maneuvering and seeks to frame Viet Nam as a central issue.
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Soviet Communist Party
Peking
Kremlin
Pravda
Communist Party
Nikita Khru
Hev
Washington
London
Paris
Viet Nam
U.S
Jet Union
Te red-so Junior can chuckle today
A brief note notes a small child’s moment of amusement as a parent helps with a playful activity. The item reads like a light domestic snapshot, highlighting everyday family humor and tender moments.
GOP Plans Recoup In Midwest and West
Washington AP Republicans aim to recoup House seats and gain Senate seats by focusing on the Midwest and West next year. Sen. Morton says gains expected as farm policy failures under Johnson help GOP in farming states. Mundt notes Johnson concentrates on metropolitan areas. Senate currently 68-32 Democrat, with 34 seats up next year for both parties.
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Midwest
West
Senate
Johnson
GOP
Iowa
Karl E. Mundt
Rl.d
Metromedia
Farmer
Jimmie Hatten Returns to News-Star Burden of Chit Chat
Twin City Chit Chat notes Jimmie Hatten state editor for the News-Star resumes duties after a week’s vacation that included attending two St. Louis Cardinals home games. He plans more time off later this summer. Also at the Deep South Writer's Conference in Lafayette, Monroe’s Mrs. David C. Carter won in lyric poem for Grand Canyon while Farmerville’s Mrs. Debbie Nettles took first in inspirational article.
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Jimmie Hatten
News-Star
St. Louis Cardinals
Lafayette
David C. Carter
Monroe
Grand Canyon
Debbie Nettles
Farmerville
War Nerves Grip Chinese Metropolis
Chinese travelers report Canton is tense with war nerves as authorities urge older residents to move to rural areas. They say young men are being recruited for military service on Hainan. Some Hong Kong papers hint at a war preparation evacuation though Western sources seek confirmation.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
Hainan
North
Viet Nam
Gulf of Tonkin
Weather Outlook Cloudy Skies and Rain Through Week
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies with afternoon thundershowers affecting about 30 percent of the area through Tuesday. Highs near 88 to 94, overnight lows 68 to 72. Winds southerly 5 to 18 mph, diminishing tonight. Showers and thunderstorms likely rest of the week as warm moist air dominates. Severe thunderstorm risk extends into northeast Louisiana today along and 60 miles either side of a Wichita Falls Texas to southeast of Shreveport line, with possible large hail and damaging winds.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Monroe
Louisiana
Wichita Falls
Tex
Shreveport
Court bars televised Supreme Court proceedings
The Supreme Court rejected CBS televised coverage. Chief Justice Warren stated the court will not permit photographs or broadcasting from the courtroom while in session and has no plan to change this rigid rule. The ruling follows a letter exchange with CBS president Frank Stanton.
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New York
Supreme Court
Columbia Broadcasting System
Earl Warren
Frank Stanton
CBS
Begin Weather Watch On Gulf
Weather Bureau forecasters tracked a weak depression moving slowly northeastward through the Gulf about 300 miles south of New Orleans. Recon planes reported the storm heading north by northeast at 15 mph, likely to follow this path for 12 to 18 hours. Officials said conditions do not yet favor significant development and will issue a bulletin at 1 pm CST unless earlier.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Ex Park Boss Covers Fountainbleau Funds
Baton Rouge AP report states Leroy A. Talley former director of the State Parks and Recreation Commission paid 4670 to cover missing funds from Fountainbleau State Park stamp sales. The audit criticizes maintenance and repair handling with 46 purchase orders totaling 45782 for multiple state parks and suggests attempts to avoid higher purchase order thresholds.
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J. B. Lancaster
Talley
Way Commission
Sion
Southeast Louisiana State Hospital
State Parks and Recreation Commission
Parks and Recreation Commission
Lamar Gibson
Frank Heck Sr
Covington
Heck
Division of Administration
Fairview Riverside State Park
Fontainebleau State Park
Bogue Falaya State Park
St. Tammany Parish
Fort Pike State Park
Orleans Parish
Lake Bistineau State Park
Webster Parish
State Bond and Building Commission
Ten Member Military Committee Forms War Government in Saigon
South Viet Nam’s generals formed a 10 member committee to establish a war government with Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu as chairman. The move follows Premier Phan Huy Quat’s resignation and says the military will create new institutions, rule with a war cabinet, and suspend civilian democracy until victory. Thieu, 42, seen as a unifying choice, will be first among equals on the committee while civilian caretaker leaders remain briefly in place.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen van Thieu
Phan Huy Quat
Thieu
Phan Khac Suu
Quat
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
South
Bridge Collision Turns Chesapeake Bay Bridge into Flames
A tractor-trailer tie blew on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel causing a two-vehicle crash on the span. The collision and fire trapped four people in an automobile with Connecticut plates. No identities were released.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Connecticut
Mariner 4 Near Camera Point Adjusts for Mars View
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 4 sent a 146 minute signal confirming a Canopus field of view adjustment as it continues toward Mars. At 9 a.m. engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirm the 4575-pound craft, 107.2 million miles from Earth, remains on course for planned Mars contact and eventual photography.
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Calif
Mariner 4
Mars
Canopus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Marine
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Fila
Robbery and assault reported in New Orleans
Police described a 20 year old Black man about 6 feet 2, 200 pounds who broke into a home and held a white woman at knifepoint. He took $1 from the victim as officers investigated the incident.
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New Orleans
UPI
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