Higher Draft To Boost Viet Buildup
The Pentagon expects a surge in indirect draft calls lifting average inductions to 35 000 monthly for six to eight months. Inductions could total 210 000 to 280 000 from September through February or April as Viet Nam demands grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Horton Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Senate
Defense Appropriations
Comenintee
Seleciive
Viet Nam
U.S
Southeast Asia
United States
Thunderstorm Topples Giant Oak Near Nacogdoches
An early day thunderstorm from Central into East Texas toppled a 100 foot oak in Chireno near Nacogdoches, crushing the home of Bunch Fowler and causing up to 3000 dollars in damage with no injuries. Showers lingered in Southwest Texas and along the upper coast as a cool front stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Central
East Texas
Nacogdoches
Texas
Chireno
Bunch Fowler
Upper Panhandle
Politics Blamed For Mohole Fate
Washington AP Senator John Tower defending the Mohole Project says politics should not determine its fate after the House refused to fund the $19.7 million Mohole drilling plan near Hawaii. He rejected links between Brown family contributions and Mohole and said he supports funding if the administration renews a request. Tower also noted his strong position in the Texas reelection bid against Attorney General Waggoner Carr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Tower
R-Tex
House
Senate
Hawaii
Donald Rumsfeld
A-lll
George Brown
Brown & Root, Inc
Houston
Tower
Brown
Sen
Gordon Allott
Colorado
Atty. Gen
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Weather snapshot Snyder Texas a hot weekend forecast
Snyder area forecast shows 95 degree high on Thursday with a 66 low, 78 reading this morning. North Central Texas stays hot with clear to partly cloudy skies and a chance of late thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Highs reach 95 to 105, lows 75 to 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
House Un-American Activities ends stormy Viet War hearings
The House Committee on Un-American Activities wraps up questioning of witnesses tied to antiwar groups after ejecting two witnesses and about a dozen spectators. Acting chair Joe R. Pool says the hearings reveal group leadership as hard core communists. Spectators were dragged away as disruptions continued during Brig. Gen. James D. Hittle testimony supporting curbs on antiwar activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Steven C. Hamilton
Berkeley
Calif
Pool
University of California
Hamilton
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
James D. Hittle
Hittle
National Security For
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Explosion Kills Five Soldiers on DMZ Truck
An explosion in the demilitarized zone near Seoul killed at least five South Korean soldiers and wounded 10 aboard a truck. An army spokesman said the blast occurred about 60 miles northeast of Seoul.
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Seoul
Korea
Alabama Legislature Backs Wallace in Integration Fight
Alabama lawmakers largely supported Governor George Wallace as they introduced a bill to block federal desegregation guidelines and reimburse local boards for any lost federal funding. The plan drew mixed reactions, with some dissenting members and a joint committee hearing set for Tuesday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
Alabama House
Wallace
South
House
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Communist Party U.S.A
Peacetime Defense Budget Approved At Record Level
Senate approves a 58 billion dollar peacetime Defense Department budget through June 30 1967 with two added provisions. President Johnson may call up individual Reserves for Viet Nam and funds cannot be used to buy the Navy F111B. Air Force receives over 20 billion to maintain 74 wings and 13 785 aircraft.
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Washington
Senate
Defense Department
Johnson
Viet Nam
Navy
House
Australians Beat Viet Cong in Major Four Hour Battle
Australian and South Vietnamese troops clashed with the Viet Cong in a monsoon downpour 42 miles southeast of Saigon killing 193 Viet Cong in four hours, the biggest battle of the war. Vietnamese government forces claimed 131 enemy dead in three encounters as U S forces conducted 97 missions over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Quang Tri
Long
Tay Ninh
U.S. Navy
Air Force
North Viet Nam
Aaron J. Bowman
Madras
Ore
Hanoi
Lunar Orbiter camera troubles may delay landing sites
U S space officials report Lunar Orbiter camera problems could push back the mission to identify safe Apollo landing sites. Ground equipment may be at fault, delaying high resolution images while medium resolution frames are released. The craft catalogues Mare Smythii and surrounding highlands with craters and trenches as engineers assess repairs.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
America
Clifford Nelson
Lunar Orbiter
Nelson
The
Space Agency
Mare Smythii
Smith's Sea
Ranger
FBI Agents Arrest Montreal Burglar
Federal agents arrested Georges LeMay 41 sought internationally for a Montreal bank burglary. He emerged from a downtown casino men’s room in Las Vegas Nevada as three agents entered the Golden Nugget casino at 1 20 a m to make the arrest. LeMay offered no resistance and was unarmed.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Georges LeMay
Montreal
FBI
Golden Nuggett Casino
LeMay
Dean Elson
Officials Seek Big Balloon Over West Texas Mission
Atmospheric researchers hunt for a silver five by three foot instrument package released from a balloon at 135000 feet above West Texas. The package, containing gamma ray instruments, descended by parachute over Midland after launch on August 7. A $500 reward is offered for finding the box.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Atmospheric Research
New Mexico
West Texas
Palestine
Tex
Robert Keller
Midland
Keller
LBJ Opens Tour Of Speaking In New York and New England
President Johnson launches a three day speaking tour across five states and Canada. He addresses water pollution in the Great Lakes and announces Interior Department approval for Rand Development Corp to build an advanced filter system on Lake Erie at Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Johnson
New York
New England
Great Lakes
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Toledo
United States
Interior Department
Rand Development Corp
Threat Letters Led to Arrest in Johnson Scranton Threat Case
FBI arrested Leonard Faiforth 26, Philadelphia health department investigator, on 27 federal counts for threatening President Johnson, injuring Gov Scranton and his wife, and sending obscene letters to Luci Johnson Nugent. Indictment filed after months of inquiry. bail set at 50,000.
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Lee Linder
Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Johnson
Luci
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Mary
Joe D. Jamieson
FBI
Leonard Faiforth
Health Department
Falforth
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Scranton
Department of Justice
Washington
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