Second Night Riots Flare In Jersey Elizabeth
Violent clashes erupted in Elizabeth and Paterson New Jersey as youths armed with gasoline bombs and bricks battled police. Authorities arrested scores, with 200 to 300 store windows broken in Paterson and about eight minor injuries reported in Elizabeth. Mayor Graves weighed a weekend curfew as police restored order.
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Elizabeth
Paterson
New Jersey
Lizabeth
John O'Brien
Mcl Finkelstein
Mike Pear
New York Journal-American
Frank X.graves
Bottles
Graves
China Masses Troops Near Key Borders Amid Tonkin Crisis
Tokyo reports Communist China began large scale maneuvers in provinces facing North Viet Nam and Nationalist China. Peking Radio said the drills followed Chen Yi’s pledge to back North Viet Nam, with thousands of troops practicing shooting grenades and river crossings in Fukien Kwantung areas near Formosa and Hai Nan.
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Tokyo
Communist Chine
Viet Nam
China
Feking Radio
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
Chen Yi
Xuan Thuy
Peking
New China News
Peking Radio
Kwangtang
Fukien
Lai‘chow
Kwantung
Formosa
Luichow
Hainan Island
Congo Rebels Show Signs Of Colance
In Elisabethville Congo Aug 13 rebels in Katanga show signs of collapse as Kabalo is abandoned and Albertville may fall. Army and police move toward Kabalo while rebels flee north toward Kasaongo and Kindu. Oslo reports put 17 Norwegian missionaries at risk in Orientale province north of Stanleyville.
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Elisabethville
The
Congo
Katanga
Kabalo
Albertville
Orientale
Alexis. Kishiba
Kabao
Kasaongo
Kindu
Kishiba
Oslo
Orientale Province
Stanleyville
Rider clouds foreign aid rider sparks Senate clash
Washington August 18 The threat of extensive debate against adoption of a compromise legislative reapportionment rides atop clouded odds for quick passage of the 3.3 billion foreign aid bill Senator Joseph Clark joined Senators Proxmite Hart in opposition to the rider and warned leadership of extended debate.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph
Clark
D-Pa
William Proxmite
p-Wis
Philip A. Hart
wMich
Rider
Unemployed Youth Problem Worsens Says Talarsky
Stephen Talarsky notes unemployment among youths worsens as 15 percent of job seekers are teens. By 1969 Devt Labor officials project three million youths entering the labor force annually, with $947.5 million War on Poverty directed at ages 16 to 22 and about $412 million for unemployed youth programs. In Southern Illinois dropout rates vary, Jackson and Gallatin lead. most trainees are older and educated, while younger youths face training barriers and limited benefits.
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Stephen Talarsky
Devt. of Labor
Illinois
Atest
Jackson
Hardin
Gallatin
Jackson County
Chicago
Alexander
Illnois
Alexander County
William Nagle
ARA
MDTA
Vocational Technical Institute of Southern Illinois University
UAW Orders GM Strike Votes Before August 31
United Auto Workers orders all General Motors units to hold strike votes by August 31 as contracts with GM Ford and Chrysler expire that same day. Leonard Woodcock says GM has shown no national movement or counter proposal to date. Chrysler talks resume and GM must cut outsourced work to GM workers, Ford negotiations focus on production standards.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers’ Union
General Motors Corp
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
GM Department
Ford Motor Go
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
Helicopter Raid Falters in Saigon Jungle Operation
A huge helicopter airlift near Saigon moved 1000 Vietnamese troops into jungle positions to strike Viet Cong camps. They found two deserted camps with minimal resistance, evacuated and burned enemy sites, while four guerrilla bodies and rifles were recovered. One U.S. helicopter pilot was killed by a Viet Cong 50 caliber fire.
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Saigon
Vietnem
Tension Flare Over Cyprus Truce Threats Rise
In Nicosia on August 23 AP reports peace talks on Cyprus remain fragile as Turkish Cypriots shout insults across the green line. U N officials fear a single insult could break the ceasefire while Turkish air strike threats loom over Greek Cypriots guarding their sector.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
No Man’s Land
White House denies Goldwater on nuclear use in Vietnam
White House Press Secretary George Reedy rejected Goldwater's claim that President Johnson authorized nuclear weapon use in Vietnam. Reedy said no statements or papers authorize nuclear weapons and that the President has not authorized their use. officials Rusk and McNamara called the claim unjustified.
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Washington
White House
George Reedy
Johnson
Vel Nam
Reedy
Barry Goldwater
7Th Fleet
Dean Rusk
Robler
S. McNamara
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Goldwater
Cool For Southern Illinois with Cloudy Skies
Gentle, generally fair and cool pattern continues in southern Illinois tonight with lows around 55 to 62. Friday brings increasing cloudiness and a chance of scattered showers in the afternoon with highs near 72 to 64.
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Dlinois
Senate OKs outdoor recreation measure by 92 to 1
The Senate approved a major conservation bill by 92 votes to 1 to create a largely pay as you go fund for outdoor recreation areas and facilities. The plan directs grants to states for land and water acquisitions and development with federal matching funds up to 50 percent.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Bipartisan
Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
The
Forest Service
National Spark Service
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Johnson Signs 94 Billion Hishwaw Highway Bill
President Johnson signed a 94 billion highway bill authorizing a two year federal highway program starting in fiscal 1966. It allocates funds for primary and secondary highways urban extensions forest and park roads and Indian reservation roads with varied federal cost shares and promises to accelerate projects including Broadway street rebuild in Johnston City pending further planning.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Secretaries of Interior, Agriculture and Commerce
Senate
Broadway Street
Johnston City
iSbhawnee National Forest
U.S. dollar outflow climbs to 2.9 billion in Q2
Washington reports the Commerce Department says the outflow of U.S. dollars abroad rose to a 2.9 billion dollar annual rate in April through June. The rise follows a strong first quarter and reflects a shift from March’s favorable balance to April’s reversal, with May and June narrowing the gap.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Department
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