Senate Approves Social Security Health Care Plan
The Senate approved a health care plan for the aged as an amendment to a Social Security bill by a 49 to 44 vote marking a Johnson administration triumph. The plan faces tough odds in the House conference and may not reach the president's desk. Senator Goldwater voted against the measure with most GOP senators, while Dirksen predicted limited Republican support.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Johnson
Senate House
Barry Goldwater
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Jacob K. Javits
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
King-Anderson
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
House
Vietnamese Premier Resigns Amid Political Strife
Vice Premier Nguyen Ton Hoan quit charging the Khanh government lacks authority as Buddhist leaders threaten a general strike over demands for democratic reforms. Students vow renewed protests if a new National Assembly personnel are not chosen within 60 days by the caretaker regime.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Ton Hoan
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Hoan
Dai Viet
DE Students Receive 30 Job Offers
Roswell High School distributive education program expands with 82 students this year up from 60 last year. Richard Devine reports 30 job offers as placements began, covering roles from secretarial to labor work. more employers urged to contact the high school at 622-6920.
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Richard Devine
Devine
Roswell High School
York Legendary Doughboy Dies at 76 in Tennessee
Sergeant Alvin C. York world war hero dies in Nashville hospital at age 76 after a decade of illness. The Argonne sharpshooter credited with 25 German kills and 132 captures in one day earned the Medal of Honor. Survived by wife Gracie and seven children, funeral plans pending.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
Argonne Forest
France
York
Veterans Hospital
Gracie
Pall Mall
Tenn
Nashville
Cumberland Mountains
Betsy Lowrey
Alice Franklin
Edward York
Church of the Nazarene
Alvin Jr
Indianapolis
Woodrow, Thomas and
Andrew
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Navy Flier Escapes Red Confinement
Lt. Charles F. Klusmann the U S Navy jet pilot shot down by Laotian Communists last June escaped from Laos to Thailand and flies toward the United States aboard a Military Air Transport Service plane. He reached Udorn Thailand for medical care and was being flown to the U S an embassy announced. His wife in San Diego called the escape absolutely elated but not surprised, noting his survival training. The White House disclosed the escape.
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Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Charles F. Klusmann
U.S. Navy
Laos
Thailand
Klusmann
U.S. Military Air Transport Service
United States
Udorn
U.S
Vientiane
San Diego
Calif
Sarah
Navy
White House
Washington
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Kitty Hawk
Kennedy Endorsed by AFL-CIO in New York race
Delegates at the New York State AFL-CIO convention endorsed U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy for senator by an overwhelming standing vote. About a dozen opposed. several unions abstained over sea man concerns. Kennedy sought labor support after winning the Democratic and Liberal nominations.
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New York
New York State
Afl-Cio
U.S
Kenneth B. Keating
Kennedy
Keating
Fulton
Staten Island
Johnson asks FBI to review McCloskey kickback claim
President Johnson directed Justice to ask the FBI to investigate Sen. Williams charge that builder Matthew McCloskey paid a 35000 kickback on the DC Stadium contract. Reynolds says 10000 went to him and 25000 to Bobby Baker for a campaign fund. Baker’s name ties the case to 1960. Senate leaders mull reopening the Baker case while Dirksen notes campaign timing.
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Washington
Johnson
FBI
John J. Williams
Matthew McCloskey
White House
George Reedy
Justice Department
Sen. Williams
Williams
Senate
Don B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Robert O. Bobby Baker
Baker
McCloskey
Philadelphia
Democratic Party
Ireland
Bobby Baker
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Democratic Policy Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Mansfield
Salt Cedar Bill Passed By Senate
The Senate approved a measure authorizing a continuing program in the Pecos River Basin to remove salt cedar and other phreatophytes from 70 000 to 80 000 acres at up to 2 590 000 dollars. It would fund annual control costs of about 600 000 dollars to prevent reinfestation and is expected to recover up to 150 000 acre feet of water annually at 3 to 4 dollars per acre foot, improving stream flow in the Southwest.
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Washington
Pecos
New Mexico
Texas
Senate
White House
Pecos River
One Man's War on Billboards in Kelowna
A man calling himself the poetic carpenter defaces highway billboards in Kelowna British Columbia by cutting them down and leaving Ogden Nash verses. Since July 22 five billboards, valued up to 500 dollars each, have been found damaged with poems, saved from their wooden supports.
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Kelowna
B.C
Carpenter
Ogden Nash
Toddler Rescued From 90-Foot Dry Well In Fremont
A 3-year-old boy fell 25 feet into an abandoned dry well in Fremont. Police officer Duayne Watson freed Jerry Bettencourt using two ropes after a three-hour retrieval, aided by an oxygen tube. He was taken to Washington Township Hospital in good condition.
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Fremont
Calif
Duayne Watson
Jerry Bettencourt
Washington Township
Embarrassed Secretary of State Accepts LBJ on Iowa Ballot
Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst certified the Johnson Humphrey ticket for Iowa after late filing saying he would not avert the ballot. He noted the action was his alone and would stand even if court action follows. Lex Hawkins admitted he goofed on timely filing. White House concern reached Gov. Hughes who suggested the law could be stretched as a procedural matter.
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DES Moines
Melvin D. Synhorst
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Iowa
Synhorst
Evan Hultman
Hultman
Johnson- Humphrey
Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore Braces as Negro Riot Threat Looms
Negro leaders rallied to support city and National Guard officials amid warnings of agitators plotting violent out breaks among Baltimore's 358,000 Black residents. Clergy and civil rights groups pledge help, with task forces to be set in vulnerable neighborhoods.
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Baltimore
National Guard
Theodore R. McKeldin
J. Millard Tawes
Interdenominational Ministers Alliance
Frank Williams
Alliance
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
The
Urban League
Civic Interest Group
Meat Production Hits Record High in 7 Months
United States meat production reached 18.2 billion pounds in the first seven months, up 8 percent from a year earlier. Beef output totaled 10.4 billion pounds, a 13 percent rise, with Iowa leading beef cattle and hog slaughter, Texas in veal calves, and California in sheep and lambs.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Texas
California
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Patterson Brothers
Roswell
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Charlie Martin
Jack Patterson
Bernard Greenwade
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Jerry
Gary George Bettencourt
Mrs. Bettencourt
Kathy
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Kathy Fiscus
San Marino
Harold Hughes
Mason City
Hughes
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