Johnson proposes 1.66 billion education plan to fight poverty
President Johnson asks Congress to approve a 1.66 billion education program targeting neglect and poverty across preschool to college. The plan invites private and parochial schools, faces church-state debates, and outlines funding for public and private K 12, higher education, and preschool initiatives, with emphasis on low income families and early intervention.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Adventurous UCLA Student-Author Named Outstanding Young Man
Charles Jackson Wheeler, 21, UCLA anthropology senior and world traveler, was named one of the 10 outstanding young men of 1964 by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. He has climbed the Matterhorn, lived with Jivaro Indians, swam the Hellespont, and visited Vietnam to fund travel lectures and films. He is married with a 2 month old son and has pursued feats from Eagle Scout at age 12 to a globe spanning education and exploration career.
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Los Angeles
Charles Jackson Wheeler
United States
University of California At
Wheeler
Boy Scouts
Switzerland
Jackson Wheeler
Richard Halliburton
Dad
Jivaro
Viet Nam
National Guard Defends Canal Zone in Panama Rioting Anniversary
Panama's National Guard rejected a demand to remove soldiers from Canal Zone boundaries as anti American students marked the fourth anniversary of deadly border riots. Guardsmen kept demonstrators from entering the U S zone while a mass meeting was planned in Santa Ana Plaza.
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National Guard
Canal Zone
Santa Ana Plaza
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National Institute
Panama City
Robles
Civil Rights Case Into Second Day
In Jackson Mississippi the federal civil rights probe into the slayings of New York activists Andrew Goodman Michael Schwerner and James Chaney enters a second day of testimony. Doar with U S Attorneys Owen and Haurberg leads the government presentation as Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Chief Deputy Cecil Price among 21 men freed after charges were dropped. The grand jury is weighing evidence anew toward possible indictments by Friday night.
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Neshoba County
Lawerence Rainey
Cecil Price
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York
James Chancey
Meridian Negro
Navy Pilot Dies After Crippled Jet Crashes in Fremont
Navy Cmdr. Henry T. Stanley 39 remained with a malfunctioning T33 jet to steer its descent away from homes. He ejected but his canopy failed to open, dying as the plane hit a vacant residential lot near Mission Peak. Copilot Lt. Cmdr. Harford Field survived. Stanley is survived by wife Mary and three children.
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Navy
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Lou Ann Endicott
Harford Field
Moobile
Ala
Field
Lyle Nevels
Newels
William Ehlen
Mission San Jose High School
Ehlen
Mary
Henry T, IL
William J
Barbara
Alameda
Three Injured In Armed Holdup In Grand Rapids
Three people were hospitalized after an armed robbery in Grand Rapids in which two Kansas City men were arrested. Victims included William L. Kliger and his wife Ethel, both secondhand store operators, and customer John Williams. The trio faced gunfire and binding as onlookers aided police pursuit and a car chase ended with two suspects in custody.
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Robebery
Bye Standers
Kansas City
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Ethel
John Williams
Rosman J. Snow
David E. Barney
Robert F. Freeman
Walter Gilbert
Freeman
Michigan State University
Cornell University
Kliger
Williams
Barney
Delano
James Miller
Gilbert
Boy Killed By Car In KC
In Kansas City AP report Winston Lee Avery Jr age 414 was killed by a car Monday while playing hide and seek with two sisters and a brother in front of their home. Witnesses say several children ran across the street to hide and Winston failed to see a turning car. He was dragged 52 feet. The driver Weldon D. Desper age 41.
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Winston Lee Avery Jr
Winston
Weldon D. Desper
Air Force Probes Cause Of Forbes Base Plane Collision
An Air Force board investigated a midair collision and fire that destroyed two C130B cargo planes on Forbes Air Force Base parking ramp. One aircraft rammed the other after jumping its chocks, flames rose 200 feet, and four airmen were nearby with two treated. The planes, valued at four million dollars, were part of the 313th Troop Carrier wing.
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Air Force Board of Inquiry
Forbes Air Force Base
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Forbes
Talmage Mross Jr
Biscoe
Ark
Aireman
Robert F. Russell
Eldridge Savant
Kinder
Noisy Mobs Protest In Viet Nam
In Hue antigovernment mobs protested with banners before the U S consulate. Demonstrations spread to Da Nang as Hue endures a three day general strike halting business and transport. Quang Tri also reports a continuing general strike in the north.
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