Last rites set for 36th President Johnson
The body of Lyndon Baines Johnson will be flown to Washington for state in the Capitol rotunda and a final tribute. He died Monday of a heart attack at San Antonio International Airport. Funeral plans include a horse drawn caisson procession to Capitol Hill, a ceremony in the rotunda, and services in Washington and at LBJ Ranch. His death ends a career from Texas roots to Senate, vice presidency, and presidency amid civil rights and war debates.
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Tex
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Washington
Capitol
Johnson
Asia
Capitol Hill
National City Christian Church
Texas
LBJ Ranch
Body of the Nations
LBJ
Austin
San Antonio International
Congress
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Andrew Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Indochina
U.S
Secret Service
Johnson City
Brooke Army Medical Center
Col. L.R. Hieger
Brooke
Hieger
David J. Abbott
Lady Bird
Art
Charles Robb
Milwaukee
Lynda Bird
Lucy
Patrick Nugent
Marquette University
Dallas
William Feldstein
Milwaukee Sentinel
Feldstein
Kano crash kills 180 in worst aviation disaster
Bodies lay along the Kano runway as a chartered Boeing 707 carrying 202 Nigerian pilgrims to Mecca crashed after skidding off a gravel runway. Officials said 180 died, including the pilot and five crew, with 22 survivors. Investigation was opened amid sealed airport and diverted flights.
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Lagos
UPI
Kano
Nigerian Airways
Jordanian National Asia Airlines
Aeroflot
Moscow
Mecca
Russell Dikko
Bombing intensifies across South Vietnam as ceasefire talks stall
AP reports continued U S bombings on North Vietnamese positions in South Vietnam with 374 fighter-bomber strikes and 80 B52s in 24 hours ending today. Civilians and allied troops face heavy pressure as enemy movements concentrate toward Saigon and central highlands, with recurring clashes from DMZ to Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Pleiku
Kontum
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Colder Weather Preview With Cloudy Skies Today
Colder, mostly cloudy today with a turn to much colder conditions tonight. Lows expected in the low 20s. More details on Page 2.
Onassis' Son Clinically Dead After Athens Crash
Al exandros Onassis, only son of Aristotle Onassis, lay clinically dead with a beating heart after a plane crash at Athens airport. Gen. Petros Dontas said his brain was dead. Tina Lavanos and Jacqueline Kennedy were at his bedside as pilots Donald McGregor and Donald McCusker survived injuries.
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UPI
Alexandros Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
Petros Dontas
KAT
Onassis
Olympic Airways
Tina Lavanos
Jacqueline Kennedy
Donald McGregor
Oxford
England
Donald McCusker
Maine
Athens Red Cross Hospital
McGregor
John F. Kennedy
New York
U.S
Red Cross
Milwaukee remembers LBJ as down to earth campaigner
Wisconsin recall Milwaukee residents recall Lyndon B. Johnson as a plainspoken politician who connected with people during visits. Stories include a 1964 Milwaukee stop where Johnson joked over bologna and candy and borrowed cash for sausage, plus remarks from associates about his direct style and affection for local color.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
South Side
William Balsmider
Secret Service
Hudson
University of Texas
Irving Luntz
Luntz
Icelanders Flee Volcano Eruption by Seaborne Evacuation
An armada of fishing boats and planes evacuated about 5,000 Icelanders from Ves timannayjar on Heymaey after a volcano eruption. By dawn lava neared the town while ash and heat forced residents to evacuation routes by air and sea with no reported casualties.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Vestimannayjar
Heymaey
Ves
Omerals
Af Vestmannayjar
Senate unit weighs county bid for more power
In Madison Wis AP the Senate Governmental and Veterans Affairs Committee will review two proposed constitutional changes and three bills aimed at shifting authority from the legislature to county boards. Spokesmen from the Department of Local Affairs and Development the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and the Wisconsin County Boards Association voiced guarded approval. Critics including Assembly minority leader John Shabaz urged caution arguing some measures could weaken elected county officers or create unequal treatment across villages and towns. The proposal drawn by the Legislative Council would let counties act first within constitutional bounds and invite future challenges rather than require legislative permission.
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Legislative Council
Counties’ Boards of Supervisors
State Department of Local Affairs and Development
Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Wisconsin County Boards Association
William Byer
Wisconsin Allance of Cities
New Authority
Assembly
John Shahaz
New Berlin
Shabaz
Wisconsin Towns Association
Myron Lotte
Green Bay
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George Reedy
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Jon Stefansson
Inca Affairs
Charles Hill
Robert Mortenson
Council
Janice Baldwin
Bald
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