Johnson program stalled as Congress lags in 1968 agenda
Congress has cleared only a few major Johnson administration bills by Memorial Day with a mid June aim for the 10 percent tax increase and a $6 billion spending cut looming. House and Senate struggle to pass housing crime education and foreign aid measures as session dates drift toward August before the GOP convention.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate House
White House
US S
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
Asian Development Bank
International Development Association
Western Hemisphere
National Fire Research and Safety
North Vietnam
Preston Smith Wins Texas Democratic Governor Runoff
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith led from the start to defeat Houston lawyer Don Yarborough in the Texas Democratic gubernatorial runoff. With 73 of 254 counties reporting, Smith had 545,721 votes to Yarborough's 406,758 as the race neared a virtual end. President Johnson voted in Blanco County amid a field of early returns.
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Dallas
Tex
Preston Smith
Houston
Don Yarborough
Texas
Smith
Lubbock
Yarborough
Johnson
Blanco County
Ralph Yarborough
D- Tex
Vietnam War Updates From Saigon Front Lines
Viet Cong shells hit Saigon as battles rage around the capital. Civilians die and more are wounded while U S and South Vietnamese forces press the fight in Cholon and near Tan Son Nhut air base. Fighting also extends to Gia Dinh’s northern outskirts.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Cholon
Tan Son Nhut
Gia Dinh
Paris
Central Highlands
McCarthy Kennedy TV clash shows narrow policy gaps
McCarthy and Kennedy spar over domestic and Vietnam policy in a televised California campaign sit down. They clash on whether to oust Dean Rusk now and on including Communists in a Saigon settlement while condemning Johnson's reaction to urban riots.
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Jack Bell
San Francisco
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
Dean Rusk
United States
South Vietnam
McCarthy
Kennedy
ABC Newmen
Saigon
Two unions strike largest aluminum producers in US
About 13,000 members of the AFL-CIO Aluminum Workers Union and 4,150 members of the United Auto Workers walked out Saturday at Aluminum Co. of America Alcoa and Reynolds Metal Co. signaling a break from the usual pattern with the AFL-CIO United Steelworkers Union.
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New York
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
Afl-Cio Aluminum Workers Union
United Auto Workers Struck Aluminum Co. of America
Alcoa
Reynolds Metal Co
North Vietnam hints at possible easing of bombing talks
Saigon reports and Paris discussions show North Vietnam signaling flexibility on bombing halt in exchange for progress in peace talks. Ambassador Vance and Politburo figures travel between Hanoi and Paris as Harriman and Tho engage in months of talks with little movement.
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North Vietnam
Cyrus R. Vance
Johnson
Hanoi
Paris
United States
North Vietnamese Panhandle
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Xuan Thuy
le Duc Tho
Tho
Ho Chi Minh
le Duan
Southern Ilinoisan Highlights and Page notices
California primary top target foreshadowed on page 4. Illinois delegates vote fate not presidential on page 5. Graduation day for kindergarten on page 17. SIU baseball reaches NCAA district finals on page 9. Jim Hart praised as in right place at right time on page 11.
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California
Illinois
SIU
Jim Hart
Weather Details Show Mild Showers Then Clearing
Showers and mild conditions forecast with decreasing clouds today. Partly cloudy tonight and Monday with little temperature change. Weather map on page 5.
Percy Says He Would Accept VP Slot If Asked
Illinois Senator Charles H. Percy stated he would accept the Republican vice-presidential nomination if asked by the presidential candidate. At a news conference he indicated willingness under present circumstances provided the Illinois delegation and party relieve him of U.S. Senate responsibilities.
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Rock Island
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Richard M. Nixon
Yes
Illinois Republican Party
U.S
Helen Keller Dies at 87 Revered Leader of Disability Movement
Helen Keller died in her Westport home at 3:35 p.m. on Saturday at age 87. Companion Winifred Corbally and American Foundation for the Blind director M. Robert Barnett were at her bedside as her health declined. Survived by siblings and multiple nieces and nephews, she will be cremated privately before a service at Washington Cathedral with no date set.
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Bol
Winifred Corbally
Miss Keller
Arcan Ridge
Corbally
M. Robert Barnett
The
American Foundation For the Blind
Phillips B. Keller
Dallas
Mildred Tyson
Montgomery
Ala
Phillips B. Keller, Jr
William Tyson Bickley
Nashville, Tenn
W. Tyson Johnson
Tuscumbia
Katharine Tyson
Gordon Keller Ewin
New Orleans
Washington Cathedral
Washington, D.C
Navy searches for missing Scorpion near Azores
The nuclear submarine Scorpion and her 99 crew are the target of a multinational search off the Azores involving the Kittiwake, Gato, Preserver, and Hoist, following a May 21 radio report. The Deep Diver and ADS Mark 4 dive gear await deployment as Congress opens an atomic energy probe.
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Norfolk, Va
Navy
Kittiwake
Gato
Azores
Scorpion
Preserver
Irving Banks
San Minguel Island
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Atlantic Fleet
France braced as students and workers rally against De Gaulle
Tens of thousands demonstrated in Paris on Pentecost weekend urging the continued general strike. Government and unions agreed a settlement to resume Paris buses and subways with a pay raise, while students linked with workers pressed for De Gaulle's resignation. Daniel Cohn-Bendit appeared at the Sorbonne.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Strasbourg
Paris University
Science School
Jean Pierre Vigier
Communist Party
Montparnasse
Seine
National Students Union
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Sorbonne
Jacques Sauvageot
Cohn-Bendit
Nanterre
University of Paris
Marines Freed From Captivity In Vietnam Hue Area
Two American Marines Sgt. Albert J. Potter and Cpl. Frank C. Iodice were freed after two days in enemy hands in Hue South Vietnam. They telephoned their families to report safety and details of capture were not released. Meanwhile in Providence Rhode Island two draft resistors Anthony Ramos and Ronald P. Moyer sought sanctuary at the Church of the Mediator as legal issues loom over their conscientious objector status and induction refusals.
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Saigon
Albert J. Potter
Hutchinson
Kan
Frank C. Iodice
Atlanta
Hue
South Vietnam
U.S
Providence
R. I
Southern Illinois University
Church of the Mediator
Albert Q. Perry
Anthony Ramos
East Providence
Ronald P. Moyer
White Plains
N.Y
Canada
Moyer
New York
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Inside
Landers
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Helen Keller
New York Times
Westport
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