Poll Tax Trial Ends In Texas As Ruling Looms
A Texas federal court heard final arguments in the government's bid to ban the poll tax in Texas. Judges warned the Supreme Court appeal may not be finished before 1968 elections. Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr criticized the case as speculative. The suit, one of several under a civil rights framework, seeks to bar the tax as a prerequisite to voting.
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Buildup to Viet Nam War May Face Budget Tradeoffs
The article discusses a potential U.S. troop buildup in South Vietnam, with estimates of between 165,000 and 250,000 soldiers and the impact on port and airfield construction. It notes McNamara and Johnson delays, funding pressures on the Great Society, and possible cuts to domestic programs to finance a costlier war.
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McNamara
South Viet Nam
Johnson
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Clodt
Washington
Hearst
Ohnson
White House
Great Society
Adam Clayton Powell
Artillerymen and War With 1st Cavalry in Vietnam
The 1st Cavalry Division's C Battery 3d Battalion 17th Regiment near the Cambodian border endures heavy shelling as 105mm howitzers blaze from fox holes, with Captain Frank Johnston noting more air assault missions and enemy casualties. Lieutenant Jim Crain, 27, from Greensboro, N.C., describes the brutal tempo and the need for sustained fire to blunt North Vietnamese forces.
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Greensboro
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Texas
Frank Johnston
Dallas
Johnston
Central Highlands
East Germans Send 5000 Bicycles to Vietnam
East Germany announced it would send 5000 bicycles to the Vietnamese people as a solidarity gift. The bikes were valued at about 1 million East German marks, roughly 75,000 dollars on the West market, described by ADN as the most expensive solidarity gift yet.
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