Johnson Plans Texas Holiday
President Johnson flew from Philadelphia to Texas for a July 4 holiday, touring the Opportunities Industrialization Center to study job training for jobless adults and signing into law a measure extending the National Teacher Corps. The corps faced attrition but Johnson praised its mission and its support for poorer schools. He then traveled to San Antonio for a funeral before heading to his ranch for the Independence Day holiday.
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Israelis Kill Launch Captain at Suez Canal Ambush
Cairo AP report says Israeli troops at the Suez Canal fired on an Egyptian Canal Authority launch, killing the captain and wounding a crewman. Aly Sherif, Egyptian reporter, said he was aboard the craft when it was fired upon.
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Air Cavalrymen rout Viet Cong base in dense jungle chase
US Air Cavalrymen of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment overran a Viet Cong base camp 48 miles northeast of Saigon along the Dong Nai River in War Zone D. The march through jungle tore tracks from APCs as helicopters patrolled the river. Four bruised soldiers and at least three wounded were reported with unknown VC losses. Jets bomb phosphorite mines as North Vietnam stores munitions.
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Roy W. Farley
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7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
California GOP Banks on Reagan as Choice
California Republicans pour money and political credit into hopes Ronald Reagan will leap from governor to the 1968 presidential nomination. Reagan says he is not a candidate, yet party insiders see him as the best bet to win back the White House. Prospects rise as conservatives rally to Reagan while moderates consider Nelson Rockefeller or George Romney. Continued on Page 14.
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Oregon
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Safety Bill Shelved Amid Assembly Drag Toward Session End
In Madison AP report, Gov. Knowles traffic safety bill falters as intoxication test provisions join casualty list. Republican leaders discuss salvage tactics but Assembly spurns compromise adding implied consent and beer age clauses. Senate calls for extended session to revive effort.
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Jerusalem United: Israel Unifies Old City and Sector
Jerusalem becomes a single Israeli city as Interior Minister Shapiro proclaims unification of the Israeli and Arab sectors of the 300-year-old City of David. New Jerusalem expands city limits, access to holy sites guaranteed, while Old City residents gain free movement. International reactions include U S warnings and calls for restraint amid ongoing peace talks.
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Teddy Kollek
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United Nations Debates Israel Old City Annexation
At UN General Assembly, nonaligned nations condemn Israel for annexing the Old City of Jerusalem. Delegates from Saudi Arabia Malaysia Peru and others demand withdrawal and internationalization while Israel proclaims enlarged Jerusalem. King Hussein of Jordan expresses concern as the U.S. State Department comments.
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Saudi Arabia
Assembly
Raja Aznam
Enrique Garcia Sayan
Old City
Danilo Lekic
Pakistan
Turkey
Spain
Peru
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Palestine
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Postmaster Orders Modest Dress for Chicago Mailroom Women
Chicago UP I report that Post master Henry W McGee ordered 1 600 women at the main post office workroom floor to stop wearing mini skirts and abbreviated apparel He said the aim is not morals but safety and operational efficiency He added that a mailman or mailwoman should resemble one ready to face rain sleet and snow in duty.
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Henry W. McGee
Flares May Appear In Wisconsin Skies
An Air Force spokesman said bright lights over Wisconsin Minnesota and Upper Michigan will come from flares dropped in practice maneuvers by Strategic Air Command airmen over Lake Superior after Saturday. Flares may be visible up to 200 miles from the drop area.
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Scrap Pile For Urban Project Scrapped By GOP Leaders
Madison Wis Gov War ren P Knowles proposals for a new department of local affairs and development is left on the legislative scrap pile as Assembly delays action and Senate shelving blocks. A separate consumer credit bill with high interest rates is sent to summer committee after a 10 vote amid charges it would permit up to 46 percent. The measure had earlier cleared the Assembly 70 to 30. The Knowles agency would fold Civil Defense economic development and antipoverty programs into one umbrella department.
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Warren P. Knowles
GOP
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Senate
Harold Froehlich
Appleton
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Riots Leave Forty Hurt In Buffalo Fire Scarred City
In Buffalo New York a second night of racial rioting left at least forty hospitaled and fire damage near one hundred thousand dollars. Over a thousand youths swept the East Side looting shooting and setting fires while police and bystanders endured. Police reported nearly fifty arrests with forty two injuries including four officers and civilians. A white couple faced mob attack as gangs smashed windows and glass flew across streets.
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