Paths to Victory in Dominican Crisis Revisited
Senate probes may examine recent rallies in Santo Domingo where rival factions mark the 14th of June Movement anniversaries. Marxis-Leninist leadership clashes with anti-Communist factions while Col. Caamano pursues negotiated paths amid rebel demands to seize Yankee property.
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Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Antonio Imbert Barrearas
Santo Domingo
Francisco Caamano Deno
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Rafael Tavera
Col. Caamano
Senate
Meany Leads Fight Against Communist Infiltration at World Trade Union Congress
George Meany, president of the American labor movement, heads a delegation to the World Congress of the International Federation of Free Trade Unions in Amsterdam. He argues Communists shift tactics to infiltration and joint conferences to push political aims, urging a new federation department to combat infiltration and subversion.
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Free Trade
George Meany
American Labor Movement
International Federation of Free Trade Unions
Amsterdam
Meany
UN Disarmament Commission backs world conference plan
The 114 member UN Disarmament Commission urged General Assembly to convene a world disarmament conference inviting all countries. Eighty nine voted for, sixteen including the United States and France abstained, nine were absent. President de Gaulle opposes. France and Red China refuse to discuss ending tests until on par with other nuclear powers.
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Geneva
Anith
France
de Gaulle
Red China
Russ
Indonesia
B 52 Viet strike ideals fall short on follow up
Ray Cromley argues the B 52 raid near Ben Cat north of Saigon aimed to crush Viet Cong bases but failed due to weak ground follow up. He notes tunnels, bunkers and fortified positions, with less than a full infantry push allowing VC to endure, suggesting a two step strike followed by rapid infantry assault could have wiped out key fortifications and supplies.
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Saigon
Hanoi
V.C
Ben Cat
Pentagon
Philippines
The Taj Mahal of the Hills at Khe Sanh Camp
AP reports from Khe Sanh in South Viet Nam describe the U.S. Army Special Forces garrison as a striking fortress, perched on a plateau near the Laotian border. The camp, likened to a Taj Mahal of the Hills, sits amid waterfalls and green hills, seen as beautiful yet potentially vulnerable to overruns or internal betrayal.
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Khe Sanh
South Viet Nam
U.S
Taj Mahal
A& Plateau
Captain Ralph Bostic Leads Jungle Training Near Hanoi
Hal Boyle profiles Captain Ralph Bostic, 32, a cheerful American officer in a highland camp training 700 Montagnard civilians and mercenary troops to guard villages. He notes growing VC skirmishes, hostile locals coerced by the Viet Cong, and risks like a grenade-trapped desk while stressing practical precautions and morale.
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Little Kingdom
Ralph Bostic
Charlotte
N.C
Bostic
Trost
Overhauling State Finances Highlight Woodsboro Meeting
Emerson C Harrington, State Comptroller and gubernatorial candidate, urged a complete overhaul of Maryland finances and a budget system at a large mass meeting in Woodsboro town hall. Farmers and Frederick County youths seek guidance to grow potatoes under the county potato club started last year. Company A.M.N.G Frederick with Hagerstown Cumberland and Westminster units under Major D. John Markey to join July Fourth celebrations in Hagerstown, one of Maryland's grandest outside Baltimore.
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Emerson C. Harrington
Woodsboro
Harrington
Frederick County
Sydney S. Stabler
A.M.N.G
Frederick
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Westminster
D. John Markey
Will
Maryland
Baltimore City
Starling Menace Diminished By Shotgun Blasts
Twenty years ago Rockwell Terrace residents reported a starling infestation reduced by about one hundred birds after shotgun blasts. Mayor Gittinger noted local resident James H. Cramer offered six baby owls to help drive the birds away. A British source said Britain would back a United States plan for a collective trial of Germanys arch war criminals before a high military tribunal. Tokyo radio claimed suicide pilots continued attacks sinking two American ships and damaging three off Okinawa as Americans claimed control of the island.
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Rockwell Terrace
Flying Army
Hugh V. Gittinger
James H. Cramer
Britain
United States
Germany
Tokyo
Okinawa
Island
Brainwashing TM and the coming budget boom
Washington Today columnist David Lawrences critiques White House optimism on tax cuts and deficit trends. He questions the claimed prosperity, notes shifting deficits from 10 to 8.2 billion and projected 3.8 billion, warns reliance on artificial expansion and urges real job creation and sustained demand to keep prices stable.
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Washington
Johnson
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