Treasury official opposes antiwar protest curbs
A Treasury official told House investigators that bills to curb antiwar groups are unnecessary and could infringe constitutional rights. He opposed penalties for aiding the Viet Cong and shipments to hostile countries while noting past related actions and letters to activist groups. Secretary Rusk later equated Viet Nam withdrawal advocates with prewar appeasers, warning of possible World War III if aggression remains unchecked.
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Washington
Treasury Department
House
Fred B. Smith
Treasury
House Committee On Un-American Activities
South Viet Nam
Justice Department
Ramsey Clark
Smith
North
Viet Nam
Medical Aid Committee
Berkeley
Calif
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Stanford Committee
Palo Alto
New York
Liberation Red Cross
Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Pool
New York (Ap
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Germany
Italy
Ethiopia
Japan
Manchuria
New Tremors Spread Fear In Turkey
Two new earthquakes shook eastern Turkey prompting fear and mass evacuations as rescue teams aid 20000 injured and thousands displaced. Health officials fear cholera from Iraq may spread. mass typhoid inoculations announced and water chlorination ordered. Bodies are buried quickly as survivors search ruins.
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Turkey
Erzurum
Iraq
Edip Somunoglu
B52 Bombers Hit Viet Cong Bases Around Saigon
B52s from Guam struck Viet Cong bases 45 miles east of Saigon and an enemy training camp 120 miles southwest. A terrorist wounded four U.S. servicemen near Gia Dinh as bombing continued. Sunday raids targeted a division HQ near the Cambodian border and a North Vietnamese troop concentration south of the DMZ. The U.S. reports 114 American planes lost since the war began through last Wednesday, with one more today in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Air Force
Guam
Viet Nam
Gia Dinh
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Weather Outlook Impacts Midweek Temperatures
The forecast calls for cool tonight with lows in the 50s to low 60s. Tuesday should be sunny and mild with highs in the 70s to low 80s. Wednesday looks fair and slightly warmer, with details on page 14.
Stock Prices Plunge Below 800 Level
The market opened with gains for airlines but settled into a broad decline as six straight daily losses continued. The Dow Jones average fell 6.46 to 798.16 at noon, the first close below 800 since February 27, 1964, with many stocks dropping one point or more.
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Wall Street
General Electric
United Aircraft
Eastman Kodak
Raytheon
Merck
Anaconda
U.S. Rubber
Moon landing site photos from Lunar Orbiter released
The U S Lunar Orbiter photographed its landing zone on the Moon, snapping 16 frames from 35 miles above the Sea of Fertility. The 850 pound craft captured images showing a dark equatorial plain west of prior pictures taken at 130 mile altitude, with public release expected in days.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Sea of Fertility
Lunar Orbiter
Cash Crop Shawnee Forest Yields Slow Harvest Of Timber
Timber in Shawnee National Forest totaling about 187 800 acres is classified as commercial timberland with about 16 million board feet ready for harvest and 30 million in growing stock. Prices average 18 dollars per thousand for saw timber and 2 15 dollars per cord for pine pulpwood. The article notes contracts with out-of-state lumbermen, coopering on white oak for whisky aging, and historical sales figures.
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George Willhite
Shawnee National Forest
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Missouri
Forest Service
Cooperage
Murphysboro
Peoria
Southern Illinois University
Menard Prosecution to Start Rebuttal in Guard Murders Trial
Springfield RP four Menard prisoners face trial for the killings of three guards during last November riot. Defense rested after presenting 47 witnesses mostly inmates. Prosecution plans rebuttal as defense highlights riot caused by prison conditions centered on John W. Stamps of Granite City.
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Springfield
Menard
John W. Stamps
Granite City
Firefighters Contain Fire After Vintage Pumper Backfire
Firemen and Firemen Save Our Truck volunteers reported a backfire in the engine of a vintage pumper sparked a blaze. They stood by until additional crews arrived to control the flames.
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Huntingdon
State College, Pa
Tragic Illinois State Fair weekend ends after injuries and deaths
At the Illinois State Fair in Springfield a fatal motorcycle race accident killed Bill Corbin of Marion Ohio and injured others while crowds exceeded a million. A platform collapse at the grandstand killed two photographers and the stage manager. police noted over 38 arrests during the event.
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Springfield
Bill Corbin
Marion
Ohio
Rick Vetter
San Francisco
St. John’s Hospital
Joe Schmidt
Concord
Calif
Jack McNairy
Albuquerque
N.M
Jim Harris
van Nuys
National Motorcycle Association
Gary Nixon
Baltimore
Newman
Douglas County
Robert Lockwood
San Bernardino
Dale R. Mueller
Overland
St. Louis
Ralph
Safety at Illinois Fairground Railing Under Scrutiny
Reporters recount a June tour with Franklin H. Rust, fair manager, praising safety measures at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. After a fatal fall from a platform atop the grandstand, demonstrations by Green Berets show rope safety, with coroner William Telford stating the platform failed under rope tension.
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Heger
Springfield
William Telford
Army
Robert D. Morris
Lindsay-Schaub
Franklin H. Rust
Rust
Sangamon County
Illinois
Auto Makers Hint Rejection Of Pay Hikes
Detroit AP reports General Motors Ford and Chrysler signaled they would reject the UAW demand to reopen contracts for immediate raises for about 100000 skilled workers. They noted automatic pay hikes for 700000 production workers totaling 168 million dollars will occur in two weeks.
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United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Henry Ford II
Ford
Missouri wreck on I 55 claims two East St. Louis lives
Two East St. Louis men Roosevelt Wilson 27 and Charles Wilson 15 died in a one car crash on Interstate 55 two miles west of Cape Girardeau. Richard Canady 10 is in critical condition at a Cape Girardeau hospital. Police say the driver fell asleep, went off the road and struck a tree.
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Missouri
East ST. Louis
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Interstate 55
Cape Girardeau
Roosevelt Wilson
Charles Wilson
Richard Canady
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D-Tex
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Clara Schmidt
Blue Moon
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