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McNamara Seeks Limited Vietnam Mission Under Senate Scrutiny
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States would avoid an unlimited major land war in Asia if Viet Nam objectives remain limited. He cited a ceiling on Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces and said future troop needs depend on North Viet Nam’s actions. McNamara presented a $415 million supplemental aid request, most for Viet Nam, while New York Democrats urged peacemaking studies to end the war.
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Viet Nam
Asia
McNamara
Senate ‘Hacnelations Committee
China
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Bea
Senate
New York
Jonathan B. Bingham
William Fitts Ryan
United States
Bingham
Ryan
House Gop
Johnson
John J. Rhodes
Ariz
House
GOP
Rhodes
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Capitol
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Administration
Pentagon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary Clashes With 'Rock Thrower' Reporter
UPI reports Defense Secretary Robert McNamara had a tense exchange with reporter Clark Mollenhoff during a news conference over Viet Nam readiness questions. McNamara defended commander requests and warned against disrupting order as Mollenhoff pressed for clarity. Senate testimony on a 415 million aid package followed in closed sessions while Humphrey briefed key senators on a nine nation Asian trip.
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UPI
de- Secreta
Robert S. McNemare
Peseper
Depron
Shim
Ithe Defense Secretary
Clark Mollenhoff
Cowles
Mollenhoff
McNamara
Senate
Nkrumah Named Leader After Toure Resigns in Guinea
Guinean diplomat Diallo Abdoulaye said President Se Kou Toure resigned and handed power to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana at a OAU meeting in Addis Ababa. Abdoulaye claimed Nkrumah is now president of both Ghana and Guinea, amid protests from Mali and Tanzania delegates over Ghanaian delegates.
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Addis ‘Ababa
UPI
Guinea
Sekou Toure
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Uwullea
Anivass
Auul Diallo
Abdoulaye
Newsmen
Toure
Nkrumah
of Ghanam
Organization For African Unity
Mali
Tanzania
Gold Coast
Africa
Ghana Expels More Chinese And Russians
In Accra Ghana authorities moved to expel more Chinese and Russians amid political upheaval. Lt Gen Ankrah announced a shift from state socialism toward free enterprise as a new rulers take power. A number of Communist Chinese were believed to have left the capital.
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Accra
Ghana
West Africa
National Liberation Council
J Ankrah
Free Entenkrum
Boston Papers Face Third Strike in Nine Years
News in Brief notes that Goldberg left a station before appearing on a Viet Nam program due to a tight schedule. It also reports that Boston's five major daily newspapers faced a third strike in nine years while two mechanical unions planned action as a grant was approved for Charleston West Virginia, the second renewal grant for the city in as many days.
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Goldberg
Boston
Grant
Charleston
W. Va
Zsa Zsa Gabor Protected in West Texas E Maxi Case
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was shielded from a west Texas ermine exposure during a public appearance in El Paso, officials said. The incident prompted health checks and a brief security review by local authorities.
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Gabor
el Paso
West Texas
Johnson seeks to break House wage deadlock
President Johnson presses House leaders to resolve a stalemate over minimum wage legislation. Meanwhile in Naples Cardinal Castaldo, 75, a former papal candidate, has died. Memorial services were held all day at St James by the Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla for Hugh Baillie, 75, former United Press president and board chairman, who died Wednesday of a heart ailment.
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Dent Johnson
Alfonso Cardinal Castaldo
Naples
Cardinal Castaldo
St. James By the Sea Episcopal Church
la Jolla
Calif
Hugh Baillie
United Press
Occasional Rain Over Beckley Area Forecast
Cloudy with occasional rain through Friday. High this afternoon 63. Low tonight 45. High tomorrow in the low 60s. Airport conditions show 61 last 24 hours at 3:30 p.m. and 4 at 6:30 p.m. River gauges: Greenbrier slightly above normal and falling, Lake normal and muddy with gates open. New gauge at Hinton 4.4 ft. Today’s extremes include 90 at McAllen Texas and 7 at Dillon Montana.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
North Viet Nam Downs 3 Planes
A U S military spokesman reported the loss of three American airmen during bombing of Communist North Viet Nam. Five crew aboard a barge were on a mission when Viet Cong guerrillas killed 11 Vietnamese near the 17th parallel. The attack wounded four crewmen and one Vietnamese sailor. an observer and the Navy pilot were killed. A4 Skyhawk was last seen off the coast in the panhandle.
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Saigon
UPS
Viet Nam
Gating
Hieen Icc
Troop Strength May Be Hiked
Washington reports the United States could raise troop levels in Vietnam to 305000 using units totaling 90000 combat troops while no reserve would be needed for this 42 percent increase. The plan would mobilize nine divisions of active and reserve forces, matching Korea peak levels, Defense officials said Wednesday.
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Washington
UPS
United States
Viet Nam
Extortion Ring Bared Targeting Homosexuals Revealed
New York police and federal investigators exposed a nationwide extortion operation that collected millions over a decade. The ring allegedly preyed on homosexual men, with prosecutors or grand juries in New York involved in testifying. The Times reported on the investigation and implicated several figures in the scheme.
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New York
UPI
Pentagon
the Times
Attyan
Viet Cong carrier pigeon captured by American forces
An American military spokesman said a patrol of the 1st Brigade captured a carrier pigeon described as Viet Cong aligned. The spokesman declined comment on the pigeon's politics and stated the bird is definitively Viet.
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Saigon
Vps
Ae Meee Brigade
Viet
Johnson signs G I bill of rights for veterans education
President Johnson signed the cold war G I bill of rights into law at the White House, saying it is for education despite exceeding his wishes. The measure offers education housing and counseling to veterans with over six months service, modeled on past G I bills and expected to aid about 500000 men.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Veterans Organization
White House
Korea
Venus Flyby Planned Within Three Thousand Miles
The United States will launch a 550 pound Mariner spacecraft toward Venus next summer for a close flyby within about 3,000 miles of the planet. The mission aims to shed light on Venus mysteries while avoiding a collision with the planet.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Venus
National Aeronautics On Space Administration
Maon
U.S
McDonough Plans to Remove Showboat Rho Dodendron
Charleston UPI McDonough Natural Resources Director will remove the show boat Rhododendron from the Monongahela River near Point Marion Pa while leaving the towboat Mary Alice sunken and unused due to lack of funds. Ownership questions persist as Point Towing Co. may be billed or the Corps of Engineers may remove it. The Rhododendron could be sold or donated to a nonprofit, with Morgantown groups including West Virginia University already using the vessel. McDonough hopes another entity handles the next move.
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Charleston
UPI
Robert McDonough
Monongahela River
Pt. Marion
McDonough
Morgantown
Truman Gore
Tot
Point Towing Co
Pt. Pleasant
U. S. Corps of Ears
West Virginia University
Freak Accident Kills One Man Injures Second
In Colliers at Formis Coal Co. garage a wheel tire assembly exploded while Kenneth Swearingen and mine owner Loreto Formis worked on a tractor trailer. A snap ring struck Swearingen in the neck, killing him. Formis suffered a broken nose. Swearingen, 51, of Hanlin Station, Pa., died at a local hospital shortly after.
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Weirton
UPI
Formis Coal Co
Kenneth Swearingen
Hanlin Station
Loreto Formis
Formis
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