Johnson aims for middle-road Dominican civilian regime
Johnson administration seeks a civilian interim government in the Dominican Republic to quell fighting and prepare for fair elections under OAS supervision. U.S. diplomacy weighs risks of prolonged intervention as factions push for sole control, with partial troop withdrawals and ongoing talks to prevent Communist influence.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
Johnson
McGeorge Bundy
Organization of American States
U.S
Juan Bosch
United States
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Francisco Caamano Deno
OAS
U.S. Em
Issaries
W. Averell Harriman
Col. Caamano
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Caamano
Imbert
Bundy
Ellsworth Bunker
Air Force
Santo Domingo
Honduras
Costa Rica
Brazil
State Department
Johnson Faces Battle Over Labor Legislation With Congress
President Johnson proposes extending minimum wage coverage to 4.5 million workers, requiring double time for some overtime, federal unemployment benefits, and repealing Taft-Hartley 14B. Repeal faces crossfire in Congress with Southern Republicans and labor opposition. 14B repeal seen as pivotal for civil rights coalition tensions. Secretary Wirtz pushes repeal before House subcommittee, signaling a long struggle ahead.
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John Beckler
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Organized Labor
Senate
South
Midwest
House
W. Willard Wirtz
House Labor Subcommittee
Sloan Receives Leadership Medal Before Award Ceremony
Alfred P. Sloan, nearing 90, presided over the Alfred P. Sloan awards and then gave $10,000 to three scientists Drs Irwin H. Krakoff Henry T. Randall and C. Chester Stock. Laurence S. Rockefeller presented Sloan a leadership medallion for cancer research efforts. Murphy resigns as Police Commissioner to head the National Automobile Theft Bureau at age 51.
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New York
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Board
Tion
Sloan
Michael J. Murphy
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Honest offer to settle timber claim with farm in Tennessee
Wilford Metcalf, a World War II veteran from Cocke County, Tenn., offers to give his 86 acre mountain farm to the government to settle a 1717.52 timber claim. He says he cannot pay and asks Congress to help resolve the matter, hoping to settle honorably.
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James F. Quillen
R-Tenn
Quillen
Orville Freeman
Cocke County
Cherokee National Forest
Los Alamos Seeks bids for sewer and water rehab
AP reports the Atomic Energy Commission will open bids June 30 for rehabilitation of water and sewer systems in Los Alamos. Estimated cost ranges from 150000 to 200000 dollars.
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LOS Alamos
The
Atomic Energy Commission
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