Congress approves 207 million dollar military pay raise
Congress sent to the White House a bill giving $207 million in pay raises for most servicemen. The plan adds 2.5 percent for general and longer serving officers and 8.5 percent for newer officers, excluding draftees and those in training.
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Congress
Washington
White House
Johnson
House Armed Services Committe
House
Kennedy
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
John F. Kennedy
Teen-age Turmoil Suppressed by Police at Hastings and Margate
London AP reports riotous teen clashes along the southern England coast over a three day weekend. Police say 40 youths jailed at Hastings. two youths found dead along the shore at Hastings and Margate, one possibly foul play, one accidental fall from a cliff.
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London
England
Hastings
Donald Brown
Queen’s Hotel
Robert Lancaster
Margate
Rebel Bands Fight Army Near Stanleyville
Rebel bands clashed with Congolese soldiers at Wanie Rukula about 30 miles east of Stanleyville. Army reinforcements airlifted from Leopoldville and Kwilu attempt to hold Stanleyville, capital of Gizenga's 1961 separatist government. Premier Tshombe claimed the one man one vote system created chaos from the courts assuming legislative powers.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Wanie Rukula
Stanleyville
Congo
Leopoldville
Kwilu
Antoine Gizenga
Moise Tshombe
Racial Violence Flare Ups Return to Jersey City
In Jersey City fighting flared again as bands of Black youths hurled Molotov cocktails and bricks, smashing windows. Two men, Louis Mitchell and John Dudley, were shot and hospitalized in stable condition, with six others treated for injuries. Police detained at least five suspects as 150 to 200 officers controlled the crowd.
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Jersey City
N.J
Louis Mitchell
John Dudley
Mitchell
Dudley
Hudson County
Negroes Gain Political Ground in the South Says AP
An AP survey shows growing electoral power for Southern Negroes with new candidates in Mississippi Alabama South Carolina and Virginia and a first Negro state senator in Georgia two years ago. Reedjusted districts and Supreme Court rulings may boost future wins as Negroes push for office from city councils to Congress.
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Atlanta, Ga
South
Associated Press
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Board of Education
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Leroy Johnson
Atlanta
Senate
Johnson
Supreme Court
Cambria Flood Memorial Bill Advances to Senate
The House approved a bill to create a Johnstown flood national memorial in Cambria County Pennsylvania. It would designate part of the Allegheny Portage Railroad historic site in Cambria and Blair counties and set memorial area limits. The site centers on remnants of the South Fork Dam and the 1889 disaster that killed thousands.
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House
Senate
Johnstown
Cambria County
Allegheny Portage Railroad
Cambria
Blair Counties
South Fork
Little Conemaugh
Staple Bend
America
Goldwater Faces Campaign Plans and VP Talk
Sen. Barry Goldwater hints at active campaigning this August and says Democrats will have to answer who their VP pick is. He criticizes the Democratic VP choice as tied to Baker, Estes, Vietnam and waning prestige. He remains at Balboa Bay Club in California while aides relay questions.
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Balboa
Calif
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Bobby Baker
Billy Sol Estes
South Viet Nam
U.S
Washington
Balboa Bay Club
Steel Production Totals Unchanged
Steel production across U S mills remained flat for the week ending Sunday with output at 2,270,000 net tons, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported. The figure matches the prior week as production has dipped in eight of the last nine weeks.
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New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Nguyen Khanh urges firm U S action after Maddox attack
Premier Nguyen Khanh told reporters in Saigon the United States must respond firmly to the Red attack on the destroyer Maddox, warning North Vietnam must not be emboldened. In Washington President Johnson ordered beefed up Navy forces in Tonkin Gulf and instructed them to destroy any attacking force. Khanh, previously hinting at widening the war, framed the incident as international rather than guerrilla warfare in South Vietnam.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
United States
U.S
Maddox
North Viet Nam
Khanh
America
Washington
Johnson
Tonkin Gulf
Viet Nam
South Vietna
State Department
Navy
Talent Show Acts Set For Somerset County Fair
Fourteen entries chosen for the Meyersdale fair talent show with twins Pat and Pam Kimmel and Sharon and Karen Syga among performers. Instrumental duos Impalas and Vandells join single acts Gretchen Stumpf Peggy Carr Connie Lafferty Robert Harding Patty Cobaugh Robert Flick Diane Pasquale Joyce Boyer and more. Auditions last Saturday at Meyersdale elementary school with judges named.
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Somerset County Fair
Meyersdale
Pat
Pam Kimmel
Rockwood R. D. 2
Sharon
Karen Syga
Quecreek
Impalas
Rockwood
Acosta
Vandells
Boyntown
Boynton
Tri-County Square
Salisbury
Gretchen Stumpf
Somerset
Peggy Carr
Boswell
Connie Lafferty
Berlin R.D
Robert Harding
Bedford R. D
Patty Cobaugh
Jerome
Robert Flick
Diane Pasquale
Joyce Boyer
Stoystown
Robert French
Yvonne Kaufmann
Dale Hoffman
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania showers and humidity
Considerable cloudiness with showers and scattered thundershowers Tuesday morning. Showers end and humidity rises. North high 75, south high 82.
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Pennsylvania
Murder Charge Filed Against Husband and Wife
Arthur Everett reports in New York that Charles Fazio and his wife were held without bail on murder charges in the Riverdale Bronx slaying of Robert Hirsch a 27 year old inspector with a Nuclear submarine project and security clearance. The couple denied involvement and had recently reconciled after a separation. Hirsch was killed after leaving his wife and two daughters following a rendezvous arranged by a woman from a cafe.
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Arthur Everett
NEW York
Charles Fazio
Robert Hirsch
Carteret
N.J
Hirsch
Riverdale
Bronx
Fazio
McCoys Gather for Reunion Without Hatfields in Attendance
About 300 McCoy family members met for a reunion near Aflex in eastern Kentucky sixty years after the Hatfield McCoy feud began. No Hatfields attended, despite the feud's historical site near Aflex and the feud’s origin dating to August 7, 1882.
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Pikeville
McCoy
Hatfield
Aflex
Kentucky
Johnson orders continued Gulf patrols and destroyer actions
President Johnson authorized continued U S naval patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin and ordered destroyers to attack any force that attacks them. He announced a new destroyer would join operations near North Viet Nam after the Maddox was fired upon by three Communist PT boats.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
North
Viet Nam
Maddox
Ticonderoga
Gonzalez Refuses Bank Stock Offer During House Hearing
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez told the House he rejected a$14,000 bank stock offer tied to a committee briefing. Patman cited bankers lobby attempts to sway lawmakers. Gonzalez downplayed the incident as a local matter and not national lobbying activity.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Henry B. Gonzalez
D-Tex
House
Gonzalez
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
Patman
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Illegal Drug Use Growing Blamed For Crime
Senate subcommittee hears that pep pills and goof balls fuel rising traffic deaths juvenile delinquency and violence. Sen. Dodd urges broad new federal powers and classification to curb psychotoxic drugs with George Larrick of the FDA backing tighter control and pharmacist relief from heavy paperwork.
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Washington (Ap
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Dodd
George P. Larrick
Food and Drug Administration
Secretary of Health, Education
Larrick
Senate Public Welfare
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