Lodge resigns as Viet Nam ambassador. Taylor named to succeed
President Johnson accepts Henry Cabot Lodge resignation as U S ambassador to Viet Nam dated June 19 and names General Maxwell D Taylor to replace him. Gen Earle F Wheeler named to head Joint Chiefs of Staff. U Alexis Johnson to be deputy ambassador in Saigon and act as chief of mission until Taylor arrives. Johnson praises both appointees for quick readiness and strong qualifications.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Lodge
Earle F. Wheeler
Army
Gen
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
U. Alexis Johnson
Republic of
Saigon
United States
South Viet Nam
Ambassador Lodge
Hoffa Faces Revolt Within Own Union
James R. Hoffa, in federal court, faced a union revolt as five locals rejected his nationwide truckers contract. Yonkers Baltimore Wilmington Hoboken and Perth Amboy posted new votes, with pickets outside Ford and General Motors haulage firms. Dissident officials warned the auto transport slowdown could spread to East Coast assembly centers, risking massive job impacts. Hoffa, meanwhile, was in Chicago on pension fraud trials and did not comment.
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New York
UPI
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Yonkers
N.Y
Baltimore
Wilmington
Hoboken
Perth Amboy
N.J
Ford
General Motors
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamster Local 445
United Press International
Hoffa
Teen-Age Girl Ambushed Near Times Square
In New York a blonde 18 year old girl was fatally shot while walking home from a party near Times Square. Her sister, 13, Joan Wilson was killed instantly. Margaret Wilson survived. Police suspect a rooftop shooter from the Holland Hotel area. the sisters had stopped at a Times Square restaurant after a teen club event on 43rd Street.
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UPI
Times Square
Leophy
Holland Hotel
Margaret Wilson
Wilson
43Rd Street
Holy Cross Grammar School
Margaret
Joan
42Nd Street
Manhattan
West Side
Joan Wilson
Shepard Not Washed Up Despite Grounding With Labyrinthitis
Houston reports astronaut Alan B. Shepard is grounded by labyrinthitis, an inner ear inflammation affecting balance. Doctors say recovery will take time, but Shepard remains convinced he will return to space missions as he did three years ago.
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Houston
UPI
al Shepard
America
Shepard
Charles Berry
Space Program
John H. Glenn Jr
Ohio
Weather No Relief Beckley Area With Heat and Storms
Beckley and vicinity expect partly cloudy warm humid conditions with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening then tonight. High near 87, low 65, Wednesday clearing to pleasant with highs in the lower 80s. River levels Greenbrier normal clear Lake Bluestone normal clear Gates open 1.73 ft. Wind SW 12 mph. Sunset and sunrise listed.
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Beckley
Cnet
Clear Lake
Jet Completes Trip Despite Red Threat
A Pan American Flight 77 from New York landed in West Berlin at 1 2 p.m. after flying through the East German airspace amid Soviet protests that the service is illegal. The direct flights, refueling in Western Europe, allow passengers to avoid Frankfurt or other West German stops. Western officials fear renewed Communist pressure on the Berlin air corridors as Pan Am, Air France, and BEA operate up to 200 daily flights.
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Pan Am
West Germany
West Berlin
Western Airlines
Pan American
Air France
British European Airways
Berlin
Prestwick
Scotland
Western Europe
Frankfurt
West German
Plot To Kidnap Khrushchev Foiled By Swedish Police
Stockholm prosecutors announced the arrest of a foreign suspect described as a fanatical anti Communist who allegedly planned to kidnap Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev for hostage demands. Police surrounded Khrushchev’s heavily guarded motorcade as he visited Sweden with Premier Tage Erland.
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Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Magnusson
Haga Park
Appalachian Hearings Begin In Committee
Senate Public Works Committee led by Sen. Jennings Randolph opens hearings on Appalachian development and basic facilities. Witnesses include Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paul R. Ignatius, Lowell Bridwell, Hamilton Pyles, and Dr J H Hoeber. Gov. Bar ron's summation witness expected.
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House
Senate Public Works Committee
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
West
J. H. Hoeber
Area Redevelopment Administration
U S Advisers Praise Vietnamese Leadership
UPI reports U S military advisers praised Vietnamese troops for routing two elite Viet Cong battalions in the Bang Lang battle southwest of Saigon. Vietnamese 1st and 3rd Parachute Battalions killed 93 enemy, captured 23, with 29 killed and 85 wounded among their forces.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Bang Lang
Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Fred A. Dilkes
Woodbury
N.J
Dilkes
Civil Rights Pushers Missing
Three civil rights workers missing in Mississippi after release from a Philadelphia jail. The group, two whites and one Negro, moved from Meridian to investigate a Negro church bombing and have not been heard from since. In St Augustine Florida, demonstrators and white opponents clashed during a Wade-in on a segregated beach.
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United Press International
FBI
Mississippi
St. Augustine
Fla
Philadelphia
Miss
Meridian
Civil rights bill may be delayed until August
Washington UPI. Civil rights legislation faces possible delay into August amid partisan rows over a two week recess for the Republican National Convention. Democrats resist the extended recess as Republicans demand timely time off to attend convention events. House Speaker favors keeping pace toward July passage.
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Washington
UPI
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Judiciary Committee
House
San Francisco
Charles A. Halleck
Ind
Halleck
Foreign Aid Fight Promised in House Voted Bill
House critic Rep Otto Passman pledged to battle the 3.5 billion foreign aid bill despite top defense officials urging swift Senate approval for the full authorization. Passman denounced the request as White House pressure while planning a floor fight after a subcommittee session set for 2 p.m. EDT. McNamara and Taylor urged Congress to approve the full 3.5 billion, warning Soviet reactions to strengthened U S nuclear forces could deter conventional war against the United States and its allies.
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UPI
House
Johnson
Otto Passman
D-La
Appropriations
Passman
White House
Senate
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Foreign Relations Committee
McNamara
Soviet Union
United States
Taylor
Supreme Court ends historic term with major rulings
The Supreme Court closed a landmark term ruling on state legislative apportionment and school desegregation while sidestepping a broad ruling on sit-in trespass laws. Five cases overturned district maps, nine more decided, signaling widespread impact on urban voters and race relations. The court will hear two more sit-in cases next term.
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UPI
Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress
Rock Hill
S.C
Little Rock
Ark
Pope Discusses Birth Control Study at Vatican
Pope Paul VI said the Catholic Church is studying the birth control issue, while maintaining no grounds for changing policy that bans artificial contraceptives. He noted ongoing research with scholars and reiterated no sufficient motive to depart from Pius XII rules.
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Pope
Church
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Pius XII
Neuberger Flags HEW Action On Smoking Report
Senator Maurine Neuberger charged that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare might be trying to sabotage the Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health as House hearings begin on cigarette controversy. She noted FTC proposals to require warnings on ads and labels and warned HEW could seek authority to regulate cigarette labeling, bypassing the FTC.
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Washington
UPI
Sen Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Neuberger
House Commerce Committee
Oren Harris
FTC
Sherwood Unkle Nabob claims hot day sighting
Sherwood resident Unkle Nabob swears he saw a dog chasing a rabbit at his place on Saturday both dog and rabbit walking, despite questions about the scene.
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Unkle Nabob
United States and Soviet Union to study desalting sea water
President Johnson announced that the United States and the Soviet Union will jointly explore desalting sea water. A meeting is set for July 14 to review possibilities including nuclear energy as a means to accomplish it. Russian and American representatives will report back after the meeting on how to proceed.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Johnson
Pavilion Board Orders Audit at West Virginia Pavilion
Charleston UPI report notes a full-scale audit of the West Virginia Pavilion at the New York World's Fair was ordered by the advisory board. Attorney General C. Donald Robertson said the audit covers all spending aspects from construction to daily operations and will extend to New York City contractors. The move follows prior controversy over pavilion spending and after Gov. W. W. Barron appointed a special board to oversee finances during the fair's two-year run. The board also moved to align expenses with income and required exhibitors to share in utility costs.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
C. Donald Robertson
Robertson
New York City
E. L. Montgomery
House
W. T. Brotherton
Montgomery
W. W. Barron
Picketing over topless swimsuits at Orchid Shop
In Dallas an unclad mannequin in the Orchid Shop display drew goggle eyed viewing and picketing as topless swimsuits sold out. Police warned arrests for public wearing such suits while Rev Ed Wyatt led about 45 church members in protest citing moral decay. Laquita Simmons, 19, lost her job for arriving late.
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Dallas
UPI
Christ
Killjoys
Jesse Curry
Ed Wyatt
Carroll Avenue Baptist Mission
Wyatt
Laquita Simmons
Topless model seeks 12 man jury for trial in Chicago
Toni Lee Shelley a 19 year old model who popularized the topless bathing suit asked Monday in women's court for a jury trial on charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct. Magistrate Marilyn Konosa granted the request and set July 10 as the trial date.
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Chicago
UPI
Toni Lee Shelley
Miss Shelley
Marilyn Konosa
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