Kennedy May Take the Lead for 1968 Ticket
News analysis examines the buzz around Robert F. Kennedy as a possible 1968 Democratic candidate or Hubert Humphrey replacement, with Nixon and others weighing Johnson's weakened standing and past election dynamics. The piece warns against quick shifts, noting Kennedy's rising profile versus Johnson's slide in a cyclical presidency lane.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Senate
Robert Kennedy
Truman
Dewey
Gallup
Napalm Misfire Kills, Wounds U S Infantry Near Saigon
U S Air Force jets dropped napalm by error on the 1st Infantry Division near Lai Khe, 20 miles north of Saigon, killing several American soldiers and wounding more than 20. Maj. Gen. De Puy reported 53 Viet Cong dead and defended the air strike as unintended, noting the Big Red One fought a brutal battle against the Phu Lai Battalion with heavy crossfire and disrupted medical evacuations.
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U.S. Air Force
U.S. 1St Infantry
Saigon
William E. de Puy
de Puy
Air Force
Lai Khe
Phu Lai
House panel mulls callup plan for unattached Reservists
The House Armed Services Committee weighs a bill to authorize President Johnson to call about 60 000 Reservists and National Guardsmen to active duty who are not attached to units. The panel aims to counter a Senate amendment granting broader power and faced strong criticism over timing and drafting.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
House
Senate
Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Rivers
Reserve Forces
Reserves
National Guard
Stock Prices Drop as Market Stages Heavy Trading
New York stocks fell sharply in the heaviest trading of the week. The Dow Jones average at noon dropped 10.25 to 782.12 breaking Tuesday’s 790.14 close, as motors steels rails oils and chemicals led declines.
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New York
De Gaulle visit sparks riots in public square
Police and troops clashed with crowds as President Charles de Gaulle’s visit faced violent opposition. Officers used clubs tear gas and concussion grenades prompting the cancellation of his scheduled speech. Blood flowed on both sides as the square was cleared.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Open housing accord halts Chicago march plans
Civil rights leaders including Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and Chicago Mayor Daley announced an open housing agreement to stop neighborhood demonstrations while staged in good faith. Dr King deferred Sunday's Cicero march amid National Guard plans and Gov Kerner prepared troop numbers.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Richard J. Daley
Ben W. Heineman
Special Peace Committee
Dr. King
Cicero
Illinois National Guard
Otto Kerner
Johnson Urges U.S.-Soviet Peace Effort Worldwide
President Johnson called for Soviet cooperation to reduce nuclear war threat and urged a shared pursuit of justice at home and abroad. He spoke in Idaho and Denver on broad peace aims, stressing restraint, unity, and the need to align foreign and domestic policy while warning of massive casualties in a nuclear exchange. He noted U.S. and Soviet interests in Southeast Asia and the importance of responsible power in guiding future relations.
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Johnson
America
Denver
Des Moines
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Cole
Washington
Arco
Pryor
Oklo
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Recreation Visits to Shawnee Forest Surpass Early Projections
Shawnee National Forest visitation neared one million last year with 979100 visits, about five years ahead of 1960s forecasts. The spending estimate tops 3 million, with 600000 visitor days from the 979100 visits, and growth expected as Accelerated Public Works expands facilities.
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George Willhite
Shawnee National Forest
Bob Phillips
Forest Recreation
Moon Vehicle Craft Survives Space Test
A Saturn 1 rocket launched an unmanned Apollo moonship on a 93 minute flight reaching 706 miles altitude and surviving reentry heat up to 2700 degrees before splashdown near Wake Island. The test paves the way for Virgil Grissom Edward White II and Roger Chaffee to orbit Earth in December as part of the moon landing program.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Globe
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
America
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
U. S
Pacific Ocean
Grissom, White and Chaffee
Earth
Wake Island
Pacific
Hurricane Faith Eyed as Stormfury Tests Seek Delay
Hurricane Faith nears the Leeward Islands as scientists target a test area for the first sustained effort to tame tropical storms. Forecasters say there is less than a fifty percent chance the eye will enter the zone, though experts remain hopeful Faith will veer north and allow the silver iodide bombing plan.
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Miami
Fla
Faith
Leeward Islands
Tropics
Miami Weather Bureau
Gordon Dunn
Cecil Gentry
U.S
Stormfury
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Bobby
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Henry Wallace
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold Stassen
Lyndon Johnson
Bobby Long
Lyndon
Mark de Gaulle
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Saturn
The
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Golconda
Lake Glendale
Tower Rock
Shwnee
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