Rend Lake Site Money Okayed By Senate Unit
Senate Appropriations Committee approves $1 million for Rend Lake dam start and impoundment works at the Franklin-Jefferson county reservoir as part of a larger $32.526 million area project package. House had approved $2.449 million with slightly less total funding. Additional raises target Kaskaskia River canalization, Mound City dam planning, and Wabash River and Big Muddy River basin studies, with varying budgets and potential further additions.
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Rend Lake
Senate Appropriations Committee
Franklin-Jefferson County
Senate
House of Representatives
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Kaskaskia River
Randolph County
House
Wabbash River
Gray
Mound City
Ohio River
Big Muddy
Stock Market Bounces Back After Early Slump
New York August 6 AP reports stock trading moderated as investors awaited further Viet Nam developments. The market opened higher then drifted with minor declines in a few pivotal stocks, slowing the session's overall progress.
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New York
Viet Nam
U S Presses Buildup Eyes Chinese Moves
Washington action alerts Congress to back Johnson in Southeast Asia as committees approve a resolution supporting military actions. Morse votes against. other members vote present or for. Rusk McNamara Wheeler urge decisive response, with Fulbright guiding committee vote. Thurmond may offer amendment to change a word before Senate consideration.
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House
Senate
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Earle C. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Committee
Rusk
Congress
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D- Ark
Senate Foreign Relations
Stuart Symington
Armed Services Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Strom Thurmond
D- Isc
Armed Services
Thurimond
U N Council May Invite North and South Viet Nam
U N diplomats expected the Security Council to invite both North and South Vietnam to address attacks on American warships. Council President Nielsen paused debate to consult about hearing representatives from the two Vietnams, aiming to reconvene Friday for results. Adlai Stevenson said the United States would not object to inviting North Viet Nam and urged including South Viet Nam.
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U. N. Security Council
Viet Nam
U. S
Council
Sivert A. Nielsen
Norway
Italion
Nielsen
United States
North Viet Nam
Red China
South Viet Nam
Platon D. Morozov
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
North Veitnam
Stevenson
Gulf of Tonkin
South- East Asia
Goldwater Sees Extremism Link to Lincoln in Speech
Sen Barry Goldwater reaffirmed support for extremism in defense of liberty and compared his stance to Abraham Lincoln s House Divided speech. He noted he will send a letter to explain his position more fully while insisting moderation in justice is not virtue and that extremism can be defending liberty without endorsing riotous demonstrations.
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Barry Goldwater
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
San Francisco
Goldwater
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Dew
Feehes
Lincoln
GOP
Springfield
4 Questoner
United States
Officials doubt Peking will enter Viet dispute
The United States tightened its military buildup in Southeast Asia as officials doubted Peking would join the Viet Nam crisis. Beijing accused U S aggression and warned of grave consequences while Washington rushed carrier planes and destroyers toward the Gulf of Tonkin and Da Nang.
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United States
Asia
China
aTphngans
Peking
North Betham
U. S
North Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
North Viet
da Nang
Robert 3. McNamara
Gulf of Tonkin
McNamara
Gulf
CBS
NBC
Ching
Red China
South Viet Nam
New China News Agency
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
FBI Silent Dick Gregory Claims Role In Finding Bodies
In Jackson Mississippi authorities intensified the probe into the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers. FBI kept secrecy while rumors of arrests circulated. Dick Gregory said he gave the FBI a letter and a taped list of names, claiming a tip locating the bodies. The victims Goodman Schwerner and Chaney were found shot to death in a remote earthen embankment near Philadelphia Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
FBI
Honolulu
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Southern Ilinois University
Philadelphia
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
James Chaney
Goodman
Schwerner
Merdian
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Roy K. Moore
Washington
Moore
Birmingham
Ala
Noted Actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke Dies
Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English born stage and screen actor, died at 71 from emphysema in University Hospital after about three weeks of illness. He balanced London New York and Hollywood engagements, famed for Broadway works and films with Laughton Boyer and Berg, including Caesar and Cleopatra and Majority of One.
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New York
Cedric Hardwicke
Hardwicke
University Hospital
Cedric
London
Hollywood
Sir Cedric
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Rales
Hell
Charles Laughton
Charles Boyer
Agnes Moorehead
Lilly Palmer
Gertrude Berg
Cloudy For Southern Mingis Forecast Through Friday
A weather notice predicts cloudy to partly cloudy skies across the Southern Mingis region through Friday. Expect a few showers and thunderstorms late Friday. temperatures range from low 60s to mid 70s overnight and highs near 90 to 96.
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Mingis
Ho Chi Minh Rules Viet Force By John Roderick
Ho Chi Minh rose from cabin boy to a central figure in Indochina's fight for independence. From Hanoi he heads a guerrilla force in the south and fends off U S pressure, while China’s Mao looms as potential ally. His career spans French, Japanese, and Allied eras, ending with a shift from declared Communism to nationalist leadership.
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John Roderick Tokyo
Southeast Asia
United States
Ho Chi Minh
Democratic
Republic
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Indochina
France
Viet Nam
National Liberation Front
Dien Bien Phu
China
Red China
Mao Tzetung
Sulellie
Ths
Nghe An
North Annan
Ish
Escoffier
London
Germany
Paris
League For the Rights of Man
French Socialist Party
Nguyen Ai Quoc
Chungking
Chang Fa-kwei
Neuyje
Ho Chi ‘Minh
Hanoi
Lier Viet
United National Front
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