Johnson vows to stop Communist influence in Dominican crisis
President Johnson announced a broadened U S mission in the Dominican Republic to prevent a second Cuba and to halt a suspected Communist takeover. He ordered 4 500 more troops to reach 14 000 and said Marines have evacuated thousands while aids pledged to move refugees out. He cited urgent cables from Santo Domingo and urged rapid action to protect lives and prevent bloodshed.
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Johnson
Duvé Boday
Dominican Republic
Cuba
U.S
United States
Open-Shop Areas Called Backward by Meany
AFL-CIO President George Meany denounced states with right to work laws as the most backward in the nation and predicted repeal of the federal labor law allowing union shop contracts. He cited Texas and 18 other states as examples and noted hearings on repeal soon. Meany endorsed President Johnson’s Vietnam and Dominican Republic policies.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Johnson
Texas
Meany
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Building and Construction ‘Trades Departments
Congress
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Arizona
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Florida
Georgia
Iowa
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North Carolina
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Nebraska
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Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Two Youths Plead Guilty In Deaths
Two Phoenix youths pleaded guilty to a single count of manslaughter in the operation of a motor vehicle for the deaths of William Freeman, 16, and his father Royal Freeman, 46, during a drag race on North Central Avenue last August. Trindad Neriz, 19, of 3221 W Jefferson, and Eddie Peralta, 17, of 3132 W Jefferson, had faced two manslaughter counts each. They will be sentenced in Superior Court on May 18. Police said the pair were drag racing north on Central Avenue when they ran a red light at McDowell Road and crashed into a Jeep driven by the younger victim.
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Phoenix
North Central
Trindad
Robert Neriz
W. Jefferson
Eddie Garcia Peralta
William Freeman
Royal. Freeman
N. 38Th
Central Avenue
McDowell Road
Strong Quake Battles Chile
A strong earthquake rattled Chile with reports of shaking in Santiago. Details on damage and casualties were not immediately available from the UPI report.
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Chile
Santiago, Chile
UPI
Agnes En Chas
Youths In Top County Jobs For Week
Fourteen teenagers took over top county and city offices as Phoenix Elks Youth Week opened. Student supervisors, sworn in by Jane Greer, ran a mock board meeting and postponed actions on a proposed raising of the driving age to 19 and on creating a new superior court division, with names announced for county posts such as Richard Coffinger and Marta Lee Fingado.
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Phoenix Elks
Superior Court
Richard Coffinger
Central High
May Gan Fong
Phoenix Union
Robert Beauchamp
North
Jerry Oliver
Marta Lee Fingado
James Nichols
Carol Ann Wilcox
West
Michaela Stone
Yvonne Delatorre
South Mountain
Robert Skomer
Gunman Robs Regal Service Station at Seventh and Campbell
Police reported a gunman robbed the Regal Service Station at Seventh and Campbell shortly before noon today taking more than $50. The station manager Warner Peterson, 26, said he handed over the money to a man armed with a pistol wearing a T shirt and tan trousers.
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Regal
Seventh and
Campbell Avenues
Warner Peterson
Peterson
Oil Leader Seeks Ban on Price War Practices
Tidewater Oil Co. president George F. Getty II urged the FTC to end price wars he calls destructive and anti-competitive. He proposed uniform guides for gasoline costs to guide refinery, distributor, and retailer pricing as FTC investigates branded versus unbranded gas and overall industry practices.
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Povernment
Federal Trade Commission
George F. Getty II
Tidewater Oil Co
FTC
Bible Digest by H R Dean Delivers Faith Message
The Digest quotes John 3 16 and Hebrews style warnings urging belief to gain eternal life. It asserts man chooses his eternal fate on earth and cites the scripture that God desires all to repent.
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H.R. Dean
Hirth
John
Earth
Dixie Trial Opens without Johnson
A Ku Klux Klansman goes to trial in Alabama for the slaying of Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit mother of five, amid defense attempts to subpoena President Johnson. The case centers on first degree murder charges tied to the Selma civil rights march aftermath. A defense motion to challenge the trial based on Johnson remarks was dismissed.
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Hayneyville
Ala
Wilkins
Birmingham Area
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
T. Worth
Thagard
Cambodia Breaks Ties With U S
The Cambodian foreign ministry formally notified the United States that diplomatic relations are broken. Notes were delivered to U S charge d affairs Alf Bergeson in Phnom Penh, with consular relations remaining. The move could affect Prince Norodom Sihanouk’s proposed nine power conference and his neutrality guarantees.
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United States
State Department
U.S
Alf Bergeson
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
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Polish National Alliance
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Pulaski Society
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Barney Burns
Ruth O’neil
Joseph Herrick
John Foote
Cliff Ward
C. L. Sparks
John Barry
Jane Greer
Phoenix Gazette
East van Buren
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc
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Bible Digest
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Klan
Matt H. Murphy Jr
Collie Leroy Wilking Jr
Fairfield
Thare
Murphy
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
Sihanouk
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