Kennedy calls for sweeping reassessment of policy on China
Senate discussion by Edward M. Kennedy proposes forming a presidential commission to reexamine US policy toward the People’s Republic of China. Possible leaders include Ridgway Gruenther or Eisenhower’s brother Milton Eisenhower. The plan seeks wider informal contacts, UN representation options, a limited trade pilot, and greater Chinese participation in arms control talks.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
U.S
Red China
Johnson
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Milton §. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
China
United States
Gemini 9 Spacecraft Faces Tests
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Technicians bolt down the Gemini 9 spacecraft to the top of its Titan 2 booster rocket as astronauts Thomas F Stafford and Eugene A Cernan verify readiness. They expect a flight readiness review today and Wednesday while technicians check electrical systems and radar communications.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas F. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Ruling Puts Tax On Engine Fuel In Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that fuel used in operating a railroad diesel locomotives is subject to the 2 percent Iowa use tax. The court reversed a Polk County District Court decision and required the Iowa Tax Commission to refund use tax collected on fuel oil used by the Burlington Railroad.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Polk County District Court
Dring Needham
Iowa Tax Commission
Burlington Railroad
Weather Outlook and River Report
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 30s. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and a bit warmer with highs in the mid 60s. Monday high near 66 and night low around 36. Noon reading today 54 and the river stage at 11.1 feet.
Ky hints at postponing Vietnam elections to October
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky said the crucial general elections may be postponed and that they will try to hold the elections by October. He had pledged earlier to hold the vote within three to five months, with September at the latest, amid Buddhist unrest.
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Quang Ngai
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Silent guards and guerrillas loom near village
IWS silent, expressionless women. Several hundred coolies dig a giant ditch around the village filling it with bamboo spikes to deter night infiltrations. American and Vietnamese officers report guerrilla units still active nearby as distant explosions echo and two planes pass over the jungle.
Chrysler recalls 182000 vehicles for suspension issue
AP reports Chrysler Corp called in 182000 1966 Dodge and Plymouth autos for front suspension installation problems. Other brief items include trapper Taylor Nukes bitten by snakes, Patricia Osweiler dies after Iowa City crash, 2 year old David Sweeney killed in yard accident, and a Hedrick service station cafe destroyed by fire from an air stove explosion.
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Chrysler Corp
Detroit
Dodge
Plymouth
Iowa City
Patricia Osweiler
Webster
Floyd Striegel
Hedrick
Iowa 149
US. 69
Here
Supreme Court bans Saturday courthouse closings in Iowa
In a unanimous decision the Iowa Supreme Court held county courthouses must stay open five Saturdays a month. The ruling reversed a Benton County District Court decision, upholding a 1965 law adding Saturday hours as a compensation measure for county officers. Harry Long had sued Benton County to compel Saturday openings after finding the courthouse closed last July.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
John W. Tobin
Benton County District Court
Harry V. Long
Belle Plaine
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Tobin
Long
Benton County
Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
Parachutist Piantanida Shows Signs Of Recovery
Nick Piantanida 33 of Brick Town New Jersey remains in critical condition with brain damage after a failed balloon ascent and free fall. He radioed emergency as oxygen loss occurred during the descent and was treated in Worthington Minnesota before transfer to a large oxygen chamber.
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Minneapolis. Minn
Nick Piantanida
Piantanida
Sioux Falls
3.D. l
Worthington
Mion
Two Held In Nebraska Bank Holdup
Dale Bishop a 22 year old fugitive from Iowa and Margaret Elaine Mason 20 were bound over to federal court on bank robbery charges in Salem Nebraska. Bonds set at 25001 each after preliminary hearing waivers. FBI says both are Ottumwa Iowa natives. Bishop escaped custody in Corydon Iowa in April. Bank case involved 1031 dollars taken by a gunman, captured hours later north of Seneca Kansas by Trooper Darrell Gregory.
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Falls. City
Neb
Dale Bishop
Towa
Margaret Elaine Mason
Federal District Court
U.S
Albert Maust
Bank of
Salem
Omaha
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bishop
Ottumwa
Iowa
FBI
Corydon
Nebraska
Seneca, Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Darrell Gregory
U S shells Cambodia in first official cross border action
U S forces acknowledged a heavy artillery barrage on Cambodia to silence Viet Cong fire across the border in Tay Ninh Province near the Cai Bac River. The 1st Infantry Division backed by B 52s reported large Viet Cong supply caches seized, including rice, uniforms, fuel, boats, huts, and base camps, as air and ground combat continued.
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U.S
1St. Infantry Division
Cai Bac River
Birmingham
Guam
South Viet Nam
Cambodia
Alabama Primary Tests Potency of Negro Vote
Washington AP reports six states begin primaries including Alabama where increased Negro registration tests the vote power since the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Gov. George Wallace seeks his wife Lurleen Wallace as Democratic nominee with nine candidates contesting while Attorney General Richmond Flowers pursues the Black vote.
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Alabama
Washington
George C. Wallace
Lurleen Wallace
Richmond Flowers
Mrs. Lurleen Wallace Favored for Alabama Governor Nomination
Mrs. Lurleen Wallace wife of Governor George Wallace leads in the Democratic primary as voters head to the polls in Alabama to decide the nominee. The report notes her prominence as a favored candidate in the race.
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Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
George G Wallace
LBJ Seeks Trade Liberalization with Eastern Europe
President Johnson articulated a blueprint for a free Europe during a White House anniversary ceremony for Poland. He cited weakening Communist economic control in the region and directed Secretary of State Rusk to push Congress to repeal tariff restrictions that limit trade with Eastern Europe.
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Johnson
White House
Eastern Europe
Dean Rusk
Congress
United States
Senate skirmish over Johnson civil rights housing provision
The Senate opened with a fight over President Johnsons civil rights bill, as Republican Everett Dirksen blasted the housing section as unconstitutional. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen opposed deadlines for action, while Javits reserved right to motions. Southern senators gathered with Russell to strategize against the measure.
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Senate
Johnson
Jeader Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Judiciary Committee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Theie Sue
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