Indian War Veteran Dies at 103 in Kansas Hospital
WADSWORTH Kan AP The oldest veteran of the Indian Wars died in his sleep at the Veterans Administration hospital Simpson Mann 103 who fought Sioux under Chief Sitting Bull in the Black Hills recalled his five years as a cavalryman He was born Christmas night 1861 the son of a slave woman in Greenbrier West Virginia and joined the Army in 1888 at Cincinnati He served in the Battle of Wounded Knee and married Clara Norman later returning to St Joseph Missouri to work in coal mines Mann received a special Indian Wars medal last May 13 and said the cold Black Hills memories lingered with him with only nine old comrades still alive.
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Kan
Veterans Administration Hospital
Simpson Mann
Sitting Bull
Black Hills
Dakota Badlands
Greenbrier
W. Va
Mann
Cincinnati
Duane
Wounded Knee
Platte River
South Dakota
Clara Norman
St. Joseph
West Virginia
Clara
Republicans Split Yet Back Johnson on Vietnam Policy
GOP in 1964 split remains evident as leaders like Rep. Melvin Laird and Sen. Everett Dirksen back Johnson's Vietnam approach while Goldwater urges military control. Party faces internal critique and wary unity as Johnson maintains congressional support and potential fracture looms.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Ree
Johnson
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
House
Laird
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Viet Nam
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Congress
Unemployment At 8 Year Low
Washington reports unemployment fell to 4.6 percent for the month, with 3.3 million jobless and 72.4 million employed. Long term unemployment dwindled to 800,000, a drop of 300,000 from the previous year, marking the lowest level in nearly eight years.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
World Weather Setup By 1968
Geneva AP reports the World Meteorological Organization will establish watch centers in Washington Moscow and Melbourne to prepare global forecasts from satellite data. The new system to be active in 1968 will have meteorologists analyze data issue forecasts and study large scale weather problems.
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Geneva
World Meteorological Organization
Washington
Moscow
Melbourne
WMO
Premier Moro loses Sardinia majority in regional vote
In Sardinia, Premier Aldo Moro's Christian Democratic party dropped to 35 of 72 seats on the regional council, losing two. The Socialists gained eight seats, Communists up one to 15, and Liberal Conservatives up two to three as four other parties shared the remainder.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Christian Democratic Party
Liberal
Christian Democrats
Saradinian
Moro
Communists
Libere Als
Danube Swollen Threatens Northeastern Yugoslavia
The Danube River swollen by days of rain jeopardized the northeastern region of Yugoslavia with rising water levels and potential disaster warnings issued as authorities monitored the situation in Novi Sad and nearby areas.
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Novi Sad
Yugoslavia
Danube River
Yugo
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Italy
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