India Reports Cease Fire Violations by Pakistan in Kashmir
India accuses Pakistani troops of crossing into Indian Kashmir in the north sector and rangers attacking an Indian police post in the south. The defense ministry says trenches were dug near Jhangar and asks UN observers to investigate. Leaders warn of broader conflict if Kashmir not solved.
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New Delhi
India
Indian Defense Ministry
Kashmir
Asutar
Jaisalmer
Defense Ministry
Jhangar
Jammu
U. N
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Mohammed Ayub Khan
China
Peking
Himalayas
Charles Boyer Returns for Son's Funeral Services
Los Angeles AP report states actor Charles Boyer, 66, who had been filming in Paris, arrived at LAX Thursday night to arrange funeral services for his only son. His wife notified newsmen that their child is dead after Boyer's Paris assignment.
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Charles Boyer
Los Angeles
Paris
Los Angeles International
Boyer
Big Red 1 Assaults Viet Cong Bunkers In Vietnam Battle
U S Army from the 1st Infantry Division fought a multi part assault against a Viet Cong tunnel system near Bien Hoa. Fourteen Viet Cong were killed as Alpha Company pressed five attacks with air support and flamethrowers. At least 12 Americans were wounded and Pvt Wayne Beck of Rolla Missouri earned a Silver Star nomination for his role.
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Bob Poos
Associated Press
Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
U. S
1St Infantry
Wayne Beck
Rolla
South
Alpha Company
2Nd Battalion
16Th Infantry Regiment
Big Red 1
Planes Hit Viet Cong Stronghold Near Bong Son
U S aircraft and artillery repelled a red attack 300 miles northeast of Saigon near Bong Son in regimental action. Vietnamese sources claim 600 guerrillas killed. government losses described as moderate. Only Vietnamese forces reported in the fighting around Qui Nhon hills.
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Saigon
U. S
Qui Nhon
Bong Son
1St Cavalry
An Khe
Countywide Sweep Raid Slows Slot Machines in St Clair
State police and agencies conducted a countywide gambling raid in St Clair County seizing 32 coin operated devices valued at about 500 dollars each plus other equipment. No arrests were made and several operators face subpoenas as two day hearings on rackets in Southern Illinois begin.
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State
St. Clair
Belleville
St. Clair County
State’s Attorney’s Office
Illinois Crime Commission
Illinois
Charles Stragusa
Siragusa
East St. Louis
Cahokia
Caseyville
Fayetteville
Pentagon To Build Up Guard Units Amid Draft Strains
Officials say the Pentagon plans to intensify Army National Guard recruitment under a six months active duty program to fill high priority units with civilians. The move aims to supplement stalled Reserve mergers and avoid heavy civilian disruption while Congress blocks wider Army Reserve and National Guard consolidations.
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N. Y. Times
AP Wire Services
Washington Tie Administration
Army National Guard
Pentagon
Army Reserve
National Guard
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Air Reserve
Illinois
Dorothy Malone Improves After Major Pulmonary Surgery
Hollywood AP reports Dorothy Malone, star of Peyton Place and Academy Award winner, showing improvement but still in serious condition after a seven hour thirty five minute operation to remove massive blood clots traveling from the pulmonary artery to the heart and into the lungs.
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Hollywood
Dorothy Malone
Johnson orders sweeping federal civil rights reorganization
President Johnson launches a six point plan to reshape civil rights enforcement. The changes broaden the attorney general and labor secretary’s roles, move the Community Relations Service to Justice, and abolish the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity and the President’s Council on Equal Opportunity.
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Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Secretary of Labor
Civil Rights Commission
Commerce Department
Justice Department
President’s Committee On Equal Opportunity
President’s Council On Equal Opportunity
Cabinet Department
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Civil Service Commission
W. Willard Wirtz
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Community Relations Service
The
Chicago School Strike Cancelled After Union Victory
The Chicago Teachers Union called off a planned 13 000 member strike after the Chicago Board of Education conceded to a major demand. The board voted 6 2 to allow a vote on a single collective bargaining agent and to devote 1966 revenue to teacher raises, with salary terms set at 5500 annually and 350 raises, pending full board approval.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
House of Representatives
Chicago Board of Educa
Tion
CTU
Afl-Cio
John Fenekes
School Board Committee
Illinois
Assembly
Senate approves nearly undisturbed foreign aid package
The Senate backed a $3.143 billion foreign aid appropriation by a 59 to 21 vote after one day of debate. The bill totals include $1.973 billion for economic aid, $1.17 billion for military assistance, and $714.2 million for Peace Corps and related programs, with minimal reductions. It now goes to a conference committee to reconcile House and Senate versions for fiscal 1966 amid continued restraint on India and Pakistan military aid.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
John O. Pastore
India
Pakistan
U. S
Kashmir
United Nations
Weekend Forecast Flips From Cool Tonight To Warm Saturday
Tonight remains cool with low around 40 as the region sees a fair, mostly sunny sky. Saturday brings warmer weather with a high near 65 to 70 and continued sunshine.
FCC Chief Seeks Summer Workshop To End Repeats
FCC Chairman Henry criticized networks for a summer diet of repeats and reruns and urged a shift to a summer workshop model of program development. He argued new, independent productions could feed future regular season programming and reduce audience risk from repetitive content.
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E. William Henry
The
Federal Communications Commission
Today
Henry
International Radio and Television Society
FCC
Jimmy Dean
Steve Allen
New Panama Treaty Promises Panama Involvement In Canal
President Johnson announced a new Panama Canal treaty after eighteen months of talks. The agreement would abrogate the 1903 treaty and recognize Panamas sovereignty over the Canal Zone while giving Panama a role in administration management and operations.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Panama
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Russians Take Stand In United Nations Talk
At the United Nations General Assembly Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko condemned U S aggression in Vietnam and urged the withdrawal of American forces. He proposed new measures including a UN declaration on noninterference and a draft treaty banning spread of nuclear weapons.
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United Nations, N. Y
Soviet Union
United States
U. S
Viet Nam
U. N. General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Gromyko
U. N
Johnson
U.S
Washington
Geneva
United Nations
Stewart Names New Health Chief
Washington AP reports Stewart selects William H. Stewart 44 to be surgeon general succeeding Luther L. Terry who resigns to join the University of Pennsylvania as VP. Stewart brings long service since 1951 and is described as energetic imaginative and capable of leadership.
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Washington
Johnson
H. Stewart
Geon
Stewart
Luther L. Terry
University of Pennsylvania
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