Johnson to attend Manila seven nation summit on Vietnam
President Johnson agreed to join a Manila conference of seven chiefs of state to discuss a peaceful Vietnam settlement. The meeting would occur after Oct 18 with invitations extended to Australia and New Zealand. No wardrobe of a Southeast Asia swing was scheduled.
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Washington
Johnson
Conference of Chiefs of State
Manila
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Philippines
Moyers
Southeast Asia
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Marcos
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
South Korea
Thailand
University of Hawaii
Harold Holt
Honolulu
United States
Union Rejects Airlines Pact and Sets Strike
In New York 12,000 nonoperating workers of American Airlines voted 6,139 to 186 to reject a contract, setting a 4:45 a.m. CST strike for Wednesday. The walkout follows completion of cooling-off procedures and comes as talks continue with mediation board chair Francis A. O’Neill. American operates 44 cities across 10 states plus Canada and Mexico, with about 1,000 daily flights. Hurricane Inez intensified to 120 mph, triggering hurricane watches for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as it heads toward Guadeloupe and the Caribbean, with warnings extending to nearby Leeward Islands.
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New York
American Airlines
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
TWU
American
National Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill
Canada
Mexico
Marie Galante
Antigua
Nevis
St. Kitts
St. Eustatius
Saba
Dominica
Leeward Islands
Barbuda
St. Marten
Weather Bureau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Safe Harbor
Trinidad
Venezuela
Atlantic
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Inez
Gaudeloupe
Johnson Erhard Talks Conclude in Washington
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard closed the official part of a two day summit without a communique. Moyers said no final text yet and that a completion was expected later as the leaders traveled to Cape Kennedy for a spaceport visit. Erhard spoke at the National Press Club before the break.
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White House
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Manila
Lynda Bird
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
West Germany
Washington
Marcos
Philippines
U.S
Viet Nam
Asia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Spaceport
National Press Club
Scouts Mortgage to Join The Central District Drive
Fred Johnson, scout executive of the Ouachita Valley Council, spoke Monday at Georgia Tucker Elementary School on joining the Boy Scouts. He told the assembly that Boy Scouts have long shown high moral character and produced fine citizens as the council launches an intensive membership drive.
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Fred Johnson
Central District
Ouachita Valley
U S Extends Space Transport to Western Scientists
NASA chief James Webb announced that the United States has offered transportation aboard American spacecraft to scientists from Germany Britain and other Western nations. The offer supports joint studies and possible collaboration as NASA prepares the first solar telescope on an Apollo era orbiting craft. Webb spoke at a Gemini 11 awards ceremony where Cmdr Charles Conrad Jr and Cmdr Richard F Gordon Jr received the exceptional service award.
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Washington
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
U.S
Webb
Great Britain
Europe
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Germany
NASA
Cmdr
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Pentagon lists two Louisiana soldiers dead in Vietnam
Washington AP reports non hostile deaths of Spec. 4 Walter L. Wells of Baton Rouge and Pfc. Samuel E. Murph of Houma in Vietnam. Authorities confirmed both cases as non combat losses with military honors pending, details limited.
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Washington
Pentagon
Louisiana
Viet Nam
Walter L. Wells
Baton Rouge
Pfc
Samuel E. Murph
Houma
Refugee aid bill grows as Cuban airlift expands
Miami AP report notes a 51 million refugee budget for 1967 rising 8.4 million over 1966 to cover costs of the Cuban airlift and new settlement efforts. Since December 1 nearly 37,000 refugees arrived, with monthly totals around 4,000. Coast Guard rescues highlight perilous sea passages amid Castro patrols.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Soviet Union
Health, Education and Welfare Department
House
Senate
Castro
Coast Guard
Russia
Tiger Division counts 300 enemy dead in five days of Viet Nam fighting
South Korean Tiger Division inflicts 300 Viet Cong KIA in five days of mountain fighting near Phu Cat and Qui Nhon as 4,000 more Korean White Horse troops arrive, raising total Korean forces to 36,500. U.S. air strikes over North Viet Nam continue with B52s and F4 Phantoms, destroying storage areas, oil dumps, bridges, and barges while one American plane is lost.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tiger Division
Phu Cat Mountains
9Th
White Horse Division
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Guam
Air Force
Qui Nhon
10Th Company
Tiger
Monroe Area Weather Forecast Says Scattered Showers
The Monroe area can expect widely scattered showers after noon with partly cloudy skies. Highs near 85 to 90 over today and Tuesday with tonight's low 68 to 72. Winds southerly around 5 to 12 mph. Monday topped at 89 and 61 this morning.
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Monroe
Vatican Envoys to Seek Peace in South Viet Nam
Pope Paul VI dispatched a three member Vatican mission led by Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli to Saigon to pursue a lasting peace settlement between Catholics and Buddhists and explore new peace initiatives amid the Vietnam War. The trip is described by Vatican officials as of major importance.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Viet Nam
Saigon
Vatican Secretariat of State
Papal
Sergio Pignedoli
Canada
Katzenbach cleared for undersecretary of state post
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination of Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach to be undersecretary of state. He voiced strong support for U S foreign policy and Secretary Dean Rusk while promising not to be a yes man.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
U.S
Dean Rusk
Eight Negroes Get Seats On Alabama Jury
A male jury of eight Negroes and four whites was chosen to try Ku Klux Klansman Eugene Thomas on a murder charge for killing Viola Liuzzo of Detroit. Thomas, 43, from Bessemer, is accused in the Liuzzo slaying amid potential death-penalty exposure if convicted on first-degree murder. The selection followed courtroom exchanges over alleged “Uncle Tom” insinuations as prosecutors and defense struck jurors. an FBI witness was expected to recount eyewitness testimony.
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Hayneville
Ala
Eugene Thomas
Thomas
Bessemer
Richmond Flowers
Arthur J. Hanes
Hanes
Birmingham
Flowers
Circuit Court
Worth Thagard
Thagard
Lowndes County
FBI
Liuzzo
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Ku Klux Klan
Rowe
Wilkins
Fairfield
Detroit
Selma
Eaton
Swedish sports car sold as status symbol in Times ad
An advertiser in the Times of London offered a Swedish built sports car as a status symbol for sale, noting the owner is “unfortunately changing status.” The cheeky line plays on social vanity while marketing the vehicle.
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Times of London
Two Men Die in Fiery San Francisco Bay Barge Blast
A Standard Oil gasoline barge exploded after going aground near Pier 64 in San Francisco Bay. Two Standard Oil employees were killed, three missing and presumed dead, and four others were injured including two Coast Guard personnel and Navy crew. The patrol boat and barge suffered extensive damage as oil burned, with the scene described as a persistent fuel fire after the blast.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Standard Oil Co
San Francisco Pier 64
Richmond
Bay
Standard Oil Tug No. 4
Pier 62
Standard Oil
Coast
Red dye study to map Missouri River pollution travel
Fluorescent red dye will be injected at 10 points along an 800 mile Missouri River stretch to measure dilution rates and contaminant travel times. Hydrologist Anthony Homyk of the USGS coordinates with Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska South Dakota agencies, Weather Service, and the Corps. The test, harmless to people and wildlife, will occur Oct 4 at 10 a.m. with results compared after a second run on Dec 5.
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ST. Louis
Missouri River
Kansas City
Anthony Homyk
U.S. Geological Survey
Rolla
Homyk
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Weather Bureau
Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Yankton
Thailand Rejects One-Sided Push To End Viet War
At the United Nations Thailand's Thanat Khoman warned that a unilateral U.S. halt to bombing North Vietnam or pullout in the south would feed aggression in Southeast Asia. He criticized liberals backing Communist demands as siding with those who terrorize, and condemned Hanoi sympathizers for violence in demonstrations.
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United Nations. N.V
Thailand
United States
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Thanat Khoman
U.N. General Assembly
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