Anti-War Probe Closes After Disruptive Hearing Row
The House Committee on Un American Activities ends its questioning after ejecting two Berkeley witnesses and shouting spectators. Demonstrators called the general testimony murder and were removed as formal moves to curb antiwar activity advance, with later plans to weigh bills targeting interference with troop movement.
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Washington
House Committee On UN
Jerry Clyde Rubin
Berkeley
Cailif
Pool
Viet Nam
Steven Cherkoss
Steven C. Hamilton
Calif
Cherkoss
Hamilton
U. S
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
University of California
Assail
Marine Corps
James D. Hittle
Hittle
National Security
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Philadelphia health worker faces federal threats charges
Leonard Fairorth, 26, an investigator in Philadelphia Health Department, is indicted on 27 federal counts including threat to kill President Johnson and Gov Scranton, extortion, and postal violations. He allegedly mailed obscene letters to Luci Johnson and Frances Knight, and targeted Viet Nam supporters.
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Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Johnson
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Luci
Joe D. Jamieson
FBI
Leonard Fairorth
Health Department
Jamieson
Fairorth
The
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Jeannette
U.S. Air Force Reserve
Muhlenberg College
Falforth
Scranton
Frances Knight
U. S. Passport Office
State Department
United States
Viet Nam
Weekend Shower Threat With Warm Saturday Forecast
Scattered showers or thundershowers possible tonight and Saturday. Saturday expects highs in the 80s with light variable winds. Lows tonight mid 60s to low 70s. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and 30 percent Saturday. See weather map details on page 18.
Aussies Hit Reds In Viet Nam
Australian and South Vietnamese troops fought the Viet Cong in a four hour engagement 42 miles southeast of Saigon killing 220 enemy fighters. Allied forces reported moderate casualties while U S air power claimed 18th MIG kill north of Hanoi and two additional MIG losses.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Quang Tri
Long An
Tay Ninh
Senate approves record 58 billion defense budget through 1967
The Senate approved a peacetime Defense Department budget of 58 billion dollars through June 30, 1967. After three days of debate it added two provisions: authorizing President Johnson to call up individual Reserve members for service in Vietnam and barring any funds from being used to buy the Navy's F111B aircraft.
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Washinton
Senate
Defense Department
Johnson
Viet Nam
Navy
TFC
Higher Draft Calls Forecast To Reach 280000 By Spring
The Pentagon projects about 280000 new inductees by next spring as draft calls rise to 210000-280000 for September through February or April. McNamara told a Senate subcommittee the Army would need an average 35000 men monthly for six to eight months, with July to October calls climbing to 36500 and 46200 respectively.
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Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Senate
Defense Appropriations
Viet Nam
U. S
Shawnee National Forest Began With 1933 Land Purchases
The Shawnee National Forest took shape after the National Forest Reservation Commission approved land purchases in Southern Illinois on August 30 1933. The initial 10 374 acres cost $5 36 per acre, with 185 126 acres bought by 1947 for about $1 168 000. The forest expanded through trades, contractions, and boundary extensions, reaching 808 530 acres by the 1960s. it was established as a national forest in 1939.
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George Willhite
Southern Illinois
Shawnee National Forest
National Forest Reservation Commission
Ilinois
John O. Wehrman
Harrisburg
U.S
Illini Purchase
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Illinois’ Second National Forest
Daviess
Carroll
Bellevue-Savanna National Forest
Kopecky
Williamson, Johnson
Saline
Selling wave halts rally in New York stock market
An AP report notes another selling wave pushing the stake market lower as trading intensified. Many top stocks fell fractions to a point or more with losses across several high priced glamour issues.
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New York
Machinists Vote On End Of Air Strike
A 950 member local reports a vote of a little better than three to one in favor of a contract to end a six week airline strike. Local 1894 of the AFL CIO International Association of Machinists said the union nationwide includes about 34 500 members with roughly 7 000 in the New York area. Balloting across the country continued today with results tallied tonight.
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New York
Aflcio International Association of Machinists
Doctors Trip Fees For Elderly Under Medicare
Leading physicians and health insurance officials confirm that some doctors have raised fees for patients 65 and over by as much as 300 percent since July 1 with Medicare. They say discounts to long standing low fees were eliminated to align with standard charges, harming financially dependent seniors.
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Internal Medi
Turkish Earthquake Leaves 34 Dead Across Four Provinces
An earthquake in four Turkish provinces caused 34 deaths and 80 percent destruction with 65 injured. A hospital and police station collapsed in Erzurum Mush Tatvan and Bitlis as Millyet called the tremor very strong.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Erzerum
Mush
Tatvan
Bitlis
Millyet
We’ll March King Says Open Housing Marches Continue
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr addressed more than 1,000 at a Southwest Side church saying open housing demonstrations would go on in all white neighborhoods despite any city court injunction. He warned he would go to jail again if required and vowed the marches would not stop until Blacks can buy or rent homes citywide.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Florida
Mississippi
Georga
King
Southwest Side
Moon Camera Problems Threaten Apollo Landing Site Photos
U S space agency officials report the Lunar Orbiter has camera troubles seen in high resolution lens images. If permanent, the issue could delay the program and require a repeat mission before closeups of potential Apollo landing sites can be obtained.
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Pasadena
Calif
U. S. Space Agency
America
Clifford Nelson
Lunar Orbiter
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Leonard Faiforth
LBJ
South
Frank Kopecky
Shawnee
Himler
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