De Gaulle and Brezhnev Open East West Talks
De Gaulle and Brezhnev opened three hour formal talks in Moscow on East West relations and German unification. Kosygin and Podgorny attended as Brezhnev led discussions while De Gaulle urged broader bilateral talks and an understanding with the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Europe
France
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Kremlin
de Gaulle
Germany
Bonn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Kosygin
Thant Plans Moscow Trip
U N Secretary-General U Thant accepted an invitation to visit Moscow, likely before the September General Assembly. Viet Nam war talks with Soviet leaders are expected to be a major topic during the trip.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U Thant
Moscow
General Assembly
Viet Nam
Thant
Sen
Mike) Mansfield
Mansfield
Senate
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
Harold Wilson
Britain
Dean Rusk
North Viet Nam
Warm spell continues with near 90 degree highs
Weather forecast notes warm conditions persisting through Wednesday. Skies will be partly cloudy to fair with temperatures rising to around 90 degrees on Wednesday and overnight lows in the 60s.
Ky’s Forces Seize Monk Thich Tri Quang in Hue Hospital
Premier Ky’s soldiers seized Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang in Hue as his hunger strike ends on day 14. Tri Quang’s capture follows a crumbling uprising under the military junta while rival Thich Tam Chau appeals for clemency and life for all monks.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thich Tri Quang
Hue
Tri Quang
Thich Tam Chau
Buddhist Struggle Movement
Buddhist Institute
International Red Cross
Britain
Lord Walston
Walston
Paratroopers Smash Jungle Lair in Phu Yen Fight
American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne and 1st Cavalry battled Viet Cong in Phu Yen Province for 36 hours. After the clash 69 Communist fighters were reported killed while U.S. forces countered bitter defenses from log bunkers and tunnel networks.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
1St Cavalry
Phu Yen
Tuy Hoa
NATO Called Vital Force
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara argued NATO remains strong and vital after France's withdrawal. He testified before a national security subcommittee that the United States can maintain European combat capability while deploying troops to Southeast Asia. Senator Ribicoff pressed for truthful, credible statements, noting past assurances.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
McNamara
France
NATO
United States
Southeast Asia
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Viet Nam
Summer Heat and Humidity Arrive in Illinois
The Associated Press reports summer arrived in Illinois with heat and humidity. At 3:33 p.m. CDT temperatures were expected near 90 degrees. Spring ended cool and wet with intermittent wind storms.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Marchers Join In Observance of Civil Rights Slayings
Mississippi marchers held a two pronged observance over the slayings of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia in 1964. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr planned memorial services in Meridian for two white New Yorkers and a Mississippi Negro. Six carloads left Louise to join a Philadelphia protest march while others headed toward Jackson.
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Louise
Miss
Philadelphia
Martin Luther King, Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Meridian
Jackson
H. L. Montgomery
Montgomery
U.S. Highway 511
Memphis, Tenn
James H. Meredith
Missississippi
Fire destroys Boone-Kenton Lumber Yard in Erlanger
A spectacular blaze wiped out most of the Boone-Kenton Lumber & Supply Co. in Erlanger Kentucky on Monday night. A city official estimated damage at about $1 million before firefighters gained control.
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Erlanger, Ky
Boone-Kenton
TVA Eyes Coal Alternatives as Nuclear Plant Moves Forward
TVA plans two coal using projects to rise coal use to about 30 million tons annually by 1970 while pursuing a northern Alabama nuclear plant. Coal ideas include converting coal to gasoline and jet fuels, coal in sewage treatment, and electrical cracking of coal into volatile fuels and chemicals. A pilot gasoline from coal plant started last year in West Virginia.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
TVA
Illinois
Aubrey J. Wagener
Washington D. C
Office of Coal Research
West Virginia
Viet Troops Good Fighters Good Runners
War reporter Tom Tiede profiles Vietnamese soldiers with both strengths and flaws and notes the ally role of South Vietnam, examining battlefield realities and morale on page 14.
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South Viet Nam
Tom Tiede
Wreckage and Fire Follow Air Crash in Suburban Hampton
A Marine Corps A6 Intruder collided midair with another aircraft above Buckroe Beach, crashing into a residential area and killing a 30 year old mother, Mrs. Mary Gallant, and her 19 month old son Donald. Four Marines ejected and were rescued. 40 were injured and 11 remained hospitalized as witnesses reported homes demolished or damaged and debris scattered near the Langley Air Force Base community.
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Marine Corps
Hampton
L. H. Nicholson
Nicholson
Buckroe Beach
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Fordham
Air Force
Langley Air Force Base
Ft. Monroe
Sergeant Street
Mary Gallant
Donald
Two Jets Collide Over Hampton Burn Plane Hits Home
A Marine jet collides with another aircraft over a Hampton shopping center then crashes along Old Buckroe Road. A boy loses his shoes in the fiery wreckage while bystanders including James Hardin and his 13 year old son witness the disaster and its smoky aftermath.
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Old Buckroe Road
James A. Hardin
Bobby
Buckroe
Hardin
Smiley Road
Robert Young
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Stevenson Awarded Posthumous Four Freedoms Honor
The Four Freedoms Award was given posthumously to Adlai E. Stevenson one month after his death. Secretary W. Willard Wirtz presented it to Stevenson III, with remarks on a fifth freedom and humor. Ambassador Harriman also spoke on evolving human freedom.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
W. Willard Wirtz
United Nations
Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Illinois
Wirtz
US S
W. Averell Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
Four Freedoms Foundation, Inc
Franklin D. Roosevelt
SIU study links riots to student grade problems
SIU officials screened 244 names from arrests and photos from the June demonstrations in Carbondale. Of 217 identified as SIU students, over 60 percent had below 3.0 averages. Appeals for three graduate students and nine summer- class students await decisions as the university reviews records and uses enlarged photos for verification.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
SIU
Ralph W. Ruffner
Ruffner
Security Office
House Passes Bill To Slice Secrecy
Congressional sponsors of the freedom of information bill say its court review provision could greatly reduce government secrecy. President Johnson is expected to sign after a 307 to 0 House vote. The measure covers federal agencies but not Congress or local and state bodies and allows injunctions to force disclosure.
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Johnson
Congress
John E. Moss
Calif
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Senate
Long
Moss
Missing Pair Found Safe In Grounded Boat
The Coast Guard located Frederick Bennetter aged 19 and Lynn Eickel aged 17 of Harbor Court Baldwin New York in a grounded 15 foot outboard boat near Jones Beach. They were reported missing after not returning Monday night and were flown to their home. An overnight search failed to find them until dawn.
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Baldwin
N.Y
Coast Guard
Frederick Bennetter
Lynn Eickel
Harbor Court
Jones Beach
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