Soviet East Germany Pact Stirs No West Crisis
The Soviet Union and East Germany signed a friendship treaty in Moscow, avoiding a wartime peace declaration. Khrushchev framed it as aiding peaceful regulation of the German issue while Ulbricht stressed non-West Berlin independence and no peace treaty. Western allies cautioned Moscow and said the pact changes nothing in Germany.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
East Germany
Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
Kremlin
West Berlin
Ulbricht
Washington
London
Paris
Red China
Germany
Britain
France
Signs of Tension Between Soviet and Romania Mount
Bucharest shifts language policy and renames Russian venues as Romania distances from Moscow. Gheorghiu-Dej pursues Western trade, questions of joining GATT, and loosens tourist rules while reducing Soviet influence in schools and culture.
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Romania
Bucharest
Khrushchev
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Gheorghiu-Dej
Soviet Bloc
West Germany
Britain
France
Italy
Comecon— Economic Organization of
Comecon
Moscow
Alabama Racial Protest Delayed by Court Action
In Tuscaloosa Alabama Negro leaders suspend planned marches awaiting a federal injunction ruling on police interference. Rev T Y Rogers called for white cooperation to negotiate segregation disputes after a three hour church meeting. several leaders and Black Muslim members were arrested leaving the church while about 300 others did not march.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
U.S. C:trict
Birmingham
T. Y. Rogers
Montana Faces New Flood Peril
In Shelby near the Canadian border residents sandbagged large farm reservoirs as a third dam failed threatening 300 Shelby homes. Southern Montana saw the Jefferson River flood plains and damage including a bridge while earlier three days of flooding had left at least 30 dead and many missing.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Shelby
Jefferson River
Missouri
FDR Jr Expresses Run for VP Post in November Election
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr says he would like to be President Johnson's running mate in the November election and would be glad to serve his country in any role. He spoke at a news conference in Effingham.
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Fdr JR
UP Post
Effingham
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
President Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
Wennerstrom Sentenced To Life in Prison
Col Stig Wennerstrom of the Swedish air force is sentenced to life in prison for spying for the Soviet Union. The ruling, Sweden’s stiffest peacetime penalty, comes ten days before Khrushchev’s Stockholm visit. Wennerstrom, 57, admitted 14 years of espionage targeting NATO and operated in Moscow Washington and Stockholm. He may seek parole after ten years.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Stig Wennerstrom
Swedish
Air Force
Soviet Union
Khruchev
Wennerstrom
Tage Erlander
Khrushchev
Moscow
Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Central Criminal Court
House Passes Bill to Raise Federal Pay
The House approved a $533 million pay raise package raising congressional pay to 7500 annually and boosting pay across federal ranks from 22.5 percent to 1.6 percent. The measure awaits Senate action as supporters cite President Johnson backing and postal union lobbying. An Udall amendment provides automatic future increases tied to Civil Service top grade raises.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Johnson
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Judy Garland and Mark Herron Marriage Gag Reported
Hollywood rumor mill circles Judy Garland and actor Mark Herron after a report they wed "six or seven days ago" labeled a gag. Publicist Guy MacElwaine told AP he believes the joke stems from the couple's sense of humor and notes the line may have prompted a playful answer about marriage.
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Judy
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Mark Herron
Miss Garland
Guy MacElwaine
Associated Press
Soviet invited to Alaska centennial ceremonies in 1967
Fairbanks official Paul Greimann will invite the Soviet Union to take part in the 100th anniversary ceremonies marking the United States purchase of Alaska from Russia. The centennial year is 1967 and Greimann plans to visit Moscow in July to extend the invitation.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
Paul Greimann
Moscow
Scranton Enters GOP Presidential Nomination Race
Gov. William W. Scranton of Pennsylvania declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination. He urged a principled party choice, opposing an exclusionary minority and criticizing the perceived rush to Goldwater.
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William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Scranton
Never Never Land
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Republican Party
San Francisco
United States
Craig Truax
Chaiman
Reugene S. Rutherford
Gettysburg
Dwight Doo
Santo Domingo blasts kill four and injure 112
Explosions rocked army ammunition dumps across the Ozama River from Santo Domingo during the night. Officials report four dead and 112 wounded as flames hindered firefighters and troops from reaching the dumps. The government said three to five dumps were destroyed and investigations seek the cause.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Ozama
Donald Reid Cabral
U.S
William Bennett
Harold Men's Shop Cancels Fathers Day Sale
Harold Men's Shop in Brunswick Georgia canceled its Father's Day sale after $1400 worth of suits allocated for the event were found stolen. Manager J D Gibbs told police he only learned of the theft when preparing to mark down the items.
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Men’s
Brunswick, Ga
Harold Men's
J. D. Gibbs
Athenagoras Improves After Collapse in Istanbul
Patriarch Athenagoras I, spiritual leader of world Orthodoxy, is reported much improved after collapsing at a religious service in Istanbul on Wednesday.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
U.S
Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Vietminh
China
Khang Khay
Red China
New China News Agency
Plaine Des Jarres
Royal Laotian Air Force
Savannakhet
Phoumi Nosavan
Athenagoras
Istanbul
Turkey
Athenagoras I
Johnson and Erhard to discuss German Berlin issues in Washington
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard arrived in Washington to meet President Johnson amid the Soviet East German pact from Moscow. Talks with Rusk and Harriman covered Berlin and Germany and reflected a cautious approach with no concrete decisions yet. Schroeder accompanied Erhard, and diplomats noted no joint four power appeal and favored a deputy-level group to review issues.
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Washington
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Berlin
Johnson
Moscow
Erhard
Andrews Air Force Base
W. Averell Harriman
Gerhard Schroeder
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
United States
Germany
Souih
Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
King arraigned in St. Augustine on integration protest
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. along with Ralph Abernathy and William England faced arraignment in St. Johns County on charges from attempting to eat in a segregated restaurant. A grand jury was convened to review racial unrest in the city's oldest town as King considered posting bond and returning to Atlanta.
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ST. Augustine
L. O. Davis
King
Davis
Howell Melton
Atlanta
Catholic nun earns degree at Yeshiva University
Sister Bonaventure Krajewski, a 23 year old Roman Catholic nun and teacher at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Manhattan, became the first nun to receive a degree from Yeshiva University. She earned a masters in mathematics as the school marks its 78 year history from rabbinic training to a university.
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New York
Yeshiva University
Bonaventure Krajewski
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Manhattan
Tractor overturns crushes farmer near Waterloo
A 42 year old farmer Daniel F. Schweitz of Junius was killed when his tractor toppled after hitting a rock near Waterloo New York. He was plowing when the tractor overturned trapping him beneath it. Police report the accident occurred Thursday night in Seneca County.
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Waterloo
N.Y
Seneca County
Daniel F. Schweitz
Junius
Harvard Overseers Board Elects Amory Houghton Jr
Amory Houghton Jr of Corning New York, president of Corning Glass Works, was elected Thursday to Harvard Universitys Board of Overseers for a six year term. He was among five new members chosen for the board.
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Cambridge, Mass
Amory Houghton Jr
Corning
N.Y
Harvard University
Houghton
Corning Glass Works
2 Year Old Drowns In Pond At Home in Horseheads
A 2 year old girl named Robin Johnson drowned Thursday in a small pond near her family home in Che mung County village Horseheads New York. Her mother Margaret Johnson found the child and performed mouth to mouth resuscitation before a neighbor arrived to help.
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Horseheads
N.Y
Chemung County
Robin Johnson
Margaret Johnson
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