McNamara urges strikes to halt North Vietnam oil flows
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara warned North Vietnam leaders that successive oil depot raids in Hanoi and Haiphong mark the beginning of intensified action. The attacks target key fuel facilities to disrupt supply lines into South Vietnam, aiming to choke petroleum off-loading and storage capacity. The effort seeks to curb infiltration and harden U S resolve to end the war.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
Robert S. McNamara
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
Combined Chiefs of Staff
McNamara
Hano 'S
Requie Noth Vietnam
Hany
Argentina Coup Stages Military Takeover Reflected in U S Role
The United States urged Argentina to avoid a coup as generals ousted President Arturo Illia and installed a provisional government led by Juan Carlos Onganía. The junta, backed by Brazil, aims to curb communism and inflation, viewing civilian governance as weak while asserting military authority. Democracies in Latin America face a setback as the region shifts toward military rule, though some see it as a step toward eventual democracy.
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United States
Buenos Aires
Edwin A. Martin
Argentina
Arturo U. Wha
Humberto Castelo Branco
Joao Goulart
Rio de Janeiro
Ulla
Juan Carlos Orgama
Organia
Brazil
America
Latin America
Johnson's private White House talk on civil rights and war
President Johnson hosted the guiding council of the June 12 White House Conference on Civil Rights for an hour of private discussion. He pressed members to push Congress on must legislation, hinted at broader war and foreign policy notes, and promised more high level Negro appointments. The council, drawn from 99 leaders across civil rights, business, labor and education, prepared its final report due by July 15.
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Johnson
White House
Floyd McKissick
Mississippi
Viet Nam
Congress
District of Columbia
Nicholas Katzenbach
King
Red China unlikely to invade Vietnam now says study
Secret government studies suggest Maoist China will refrain from open invasion of Vietnam for now. They cite a split in the Chinese army over modernization and missiles, while Maoist doctrine resists Western force and economic strains complicate any bold move.
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Mao Tse - Tung
Red China
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Hanoi
Hai- Phong
Red Army
Mao
Red China's Army Spirit and Domestic Unrest Analyzed
Ray Cromley explains Communist China faces internal turmoil beyond Mao era campaigns. Farmers and officials show dissatisfaction while party vigor is urged to deter external pressure. Mao seeks a firm base. belligerent talk masks cautious strategy during internal strain. A Burundi defect shows leniency period after the Great Leap failure.
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Peking
Red China
United States
Mao Tse - Tung
U.S
Mao
India
China
Tung Chi - Ping
Burundi
Tung
Carranza replies to U.S. notes signals conciliatory tone
Fifty years ago News-Post notes report General Carranza’s formal reply to Washington on border and Northern Mexico issues arrived at the Mexican embassy awaiting presentation to Secretary Lansing. The embassy, with Arredondo’s approval, released a synopsis suggesting a surprisingly conciliatory stance. Also cited is Albert T. Butler from Frederick County recounting his European war observations and vivid battlefield memories from 1916.
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Carranza
Washington
Mexico
Lansing
Eliseo Arredondo
Arredondo
Europe
Albert T. Butler
Frederick County
Edward W. Butler
North Bentz Street
Twenty Years Ago News Briefs From The News Post
A 1945 city surplus fell by 53109.80 per the auditor George G. Scott and Company in Charlotte. Mayor Lloyd C. Culler released the report which warned any surplus spending beyond 39705.33 creates a deficit, and borrowing funds also risks a budget shortfall. Heavy equipment moves into the county as C J Langerfelder prepares for paving the Frederick Hagerstown dual highway from Myersville to Route 40, with work extending about a mile toward Hagerstown on the second paving contract.
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George G. Scott and Company
Charlotte
N.C
Lloyd C. Culler
C J. Langerfelder
Baltimore
Frederick-Hagerstown
Myersville
Frederick
Hagerstown
Australian leader backs US Vietnam policy in Pacific solidarity
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt told the National Press Club he fully supports the US approach in Vietnam. He argued a broader Asia-wide view is needed to judge the war’s significance, noting Australia’s long wartime ties with the US and SEATO allies and stressing the importance of American strength in Asia to curb Communist expansion.
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London
Partis
North Vietnam
Australia
Harold Holt
United States
National Press Club
Vietnam
Press Association
New York
Asia
South
Southeast Asia
China
United States of America
South Vietnam
Canberra
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Michael Stewart
Dean Rusk
SEATO
Europe
Korea
America
Far Pacific
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