LBJ Urges Wide Program to Beautify America
President Johnson called for a broad effort to curb pollution, expand parks, remove junkyards along highways, and restore urban and rural beauty. He urged local and private cooperation, housing grants, and a national plan for scenic rivers, forests, and landscapes.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Congress
Land and Water Conservation Fund
National Forest
Secretary of Commerce
China calls Viet raid serious provocation
China denounces a U S air strike against North Vietnam as an extremely serious provocation. The New China News Agency cites Beijing asserting the White House act admits President Johnson is the chief culprit in this act of war and aims to avert total defeat in South Vietnam.
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China
Tokyo
Red China Today
U.S
North Viet Nam
Red Chinese
New China News Agency
Democratic Republic of
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
White House
Johnson
Weinstein Is Considered For Assembly Majority Leader Post
Queens assemblyman Moses M Weinstein is among the leaders considered for the Assembly majority leader post as party organizing proceeds. Travia and Zaretzki pledge budget cuts to trim the legislatures spending and seek economy within Rockefeller's 3.48 billion plan.
Smokey the Bear Becomes Uncle at Rio Grande Zoo
Officials at Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Zoo announced Smokey II, a cinnamon bear cub, born last week to the presumed sister of Smokey the Bear. Smokey and Ruby, the cub’s mother, were rescued from a forest fire more than 15 years ago by a ranger, leading experts to presume Smokey and Ruby are siblings.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Smokey
Rio Grande Zoo
Smokey II
Washington, D.C
Ruby
Rockefeller Defends Record High Tax Increases
Gov. Rockefeller stood by his budget plan proposing a record 3.5 billion dollar spending level and 765 million in new taxes including a 2 percent statewide sales tax. He urged Democratic leaders to study the measures and offered talks on government issues. He also announced repeal of the rail full crew laws and noted a min drinking age contention with neighboring states.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Viet Raid Boosts LBJ Policy in Viet Nam Debate
Johnson brought bipartisan leaders into a National Security Council briefing on Viet Nam to shore up support after a North Viet Nam bombing retaliation. Some senators criticized the action while others backed the president, noting the need to show resolve to deter Soviet influence in Asia. The attack killed eight Americans and wounded more than 100, prompting carrier-borne strikes.
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Dent Johnson
National Security Council
Viet Nam
Congress
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
U.S
United States
Pentagon
State Department
Morse
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Johnson
Security Council
Saigon
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
South
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
North
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Soviet Premier Pledges Aid to North Vietnam
Izvestia reports Premier Kosygin pledged Soviet backing for Hanoi against U S air raids at a public Hanoi meeting seven hours before the first Dong Hoi raid. Tass carried the pledge. Pravda did not publish it at press time.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Viet Nam
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
U.S
Kosygin
Dong Hoi
Tass
Pravda
Communist Party
New York Senator to Propose Bill to End Legislative Lulus
Senator Jack E. Bronston plans a Senate bill this week to end lulus, lump sum expense funds for lawmakers lacking detailed audits. He says audits of the legislative budget, including job evaluations, are needed, with details to be released Tuesday in Albany. Bronston notes lulus range from 1000 to 16000 dollars while legislators earn a 10000 dollar salary.
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New York
Jack E. Bronston
Queens
New York Senate
Lulus
Albany
Bronston
Joseph Zaretzki
Manhattan
Senate
Arthur Levitt
Levitt
Robert F. Wagner
William H. McKeon
McDonald Abel Wind Up Drives For Steel Post
Rivals for the United Steelworkers presidency wind up campaigns with sharp rhetoric as nearly a million members vote Tuesday. Incumbent David J. McDonald and I W Abel, No 2 for Abel, seek a four year term and a $50 000-a-year post controlling the nation’s third largest union. McDonald closes with stops in Buffalo Ontario and returns to Pittsburgh jetzt to vote while Abel headlines a Canton rally after brief Ohio swing.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
David J .McDonald
I. W. Abel
Abel
McDonald
Buffalo
N.Y
Ontario
Canada
Ohio
Canton
Senator Russell Undergoes Tracheotomy in Washington
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia, 67, underwent a tracheotomy to aid breathing after bronchitis. Doctors reported his condition satisfactory and said he had been hospitalized since last Tuesday for evaluation and treatment.
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Washington
Richard B. Missell
Georgia
Reprisal Raid Draws U S and South Vietnamese Strike
U S and South Vietnamese aircraft conducted a major air strike on North Vietnam marking a second attack in as many days. Brig Gen Nguyen Cao Ky led Vietnamese Skyraiders and four U S F100s, reporting heavy anti aircraft fire and 70 percent destruction of targets. Johnson ordered the withdrawal of 1800 American dependents from South Vietnam and dispatched a Hawk missile battalion as diplomacy moved forward with the U N and allies.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
National Security Council
White House
Johnson
McGeorge Bundy
South Viet Nam
Capitol
Security Council
Congress
Saigon
da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S. Navy
Dong Hoi
Bundy
Pleiku
Soc Trang
Robert S. McNamara
N. Kosygin
Hanoi
Embittered ex-wife slain in New York museum shooting
A man shot and killed his former wife Gertrude Didchenko 43, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York as her daughter Susan 12 witnessed the event. The killer Dmytro Didchenko 72, was restrained by museum guards. The case follows years of custody battles dating back to 1957.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Gertrude Didchenko
Susan
Dmytro Didchenko
Didchenko
America
Frank Boccio
Rego Park
Queens
Boccio
Bernard Tompkins
Tompkins
Didchenkos
State Supreme Court
Louis J. Capozzoli
Germany
United States
New York Republican pushes 7 percent Social Security rise
Rep. Carleton J. King of New York urges a 7 percent hike in Social Security benefits. He plans to introduce legislation to raise the annual maximum income limit for recipients from 1200 to 3000 dollars.
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Washington
Carleton J. King
R-N.y
Saratoga Springs
Sentry alert saves Pleiku base as Viet Cong raid claims eight
At Pleiku air base South Viet Nam in a dawn attack Viet Cong infiltrators planted charges. Sentry Spec. 5 Jesse A. Pyle from California spotted them and fired before the blasts. He died en route to the infirmary. The assault also included a mortar strike leaving over 100 wounded. U.S. officers credited Pyle with preventing greater casualties.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Jesse A. Pyle
Pyle
Marina
Calif
Pleiku Air Base
Unclear Soviet Involvement in Viet Nam Attacks
Washington officials weigh whether the Soviet Union or North Vietnam orchestrated weekend guerrilla attacks on American sites in South Vietnam. The timing after Kosygin’s Hanoi arrival fuels theories of a strategic trap or a Hanoi led pressure move for more Soviet aid.
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Soviet Union
South Viet Nam
Red China
Hanoi
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Washington
West
South
Viet Nam
Communist Party
Lenoid I. Brezhnev
Johnson
United States
North
Crushed to death by 27-foot tree limb
Coxsackie New York Roscoe J. Carmen 82 was killed when a 27-foot limb he was cutting fell on him authorities said. He was found outside his home Saturday and the limb lay across his chest. Coroner Henry Millspaugh ruled the death accidental noting he was on a ladder Friday when the incident occurred.
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Coxsackie
N.Y
Roscoe J. Carmen
Carmen
Greene County
Henry Millspaugh
Dr King Plans New Voter Drives in Montgomery and Washington
Dr Martin Luther King Jr said he would travel to Montgomery Alabama for further voter registration efforts before heading to Washington to discuss a Negro drive with Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. He also hoped to meet President Johnson. Rev James Bevel criticized U S District Judge Daniel H Thomas as a smart segregationist while Negroes planned to try registering even though books were not open.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Washington
King
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nicholas Katzenbach
Johnson
James Bevel
U.S. Dist
Daniel H. Thomas
Negro voter drive faces easing of registration limits
A federal court injunction restricting Negro registration was loosened to allow more applicants. The modification permits additional Negroes to join the waiting line peacefully without sheriff's interference, expanding the earlier cap of 100 daily registrations. Demonstrations are planned in Marion, Alabama as King notes planned Washington conferences on registration issues.
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Thomas
Marion
Ala
Bevel
King
Washington
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John B. Lis
Paul Warlock
Smokey the Bear
Rocky
Russell
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HO Chi Minh
Pham van Dong
N. Y
LdmHari
Dr. King
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