Johnson cites Roosevelt in plea for Vietnam support
President Johnson recalls Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1937 call to quarantine the aggressor and argues the United States must not retreat from world responsibility. Reports say he plans to send 5,000 more troops as Pentagon drafts 44,000 for May, while a possible new commission on Vietnam policy is considered.
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Washington
Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vietnam
Roosevelt
Suy Toad
State Department
U.S
Pentagon
Rohnson
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
America
United States
McCarthy
Howard University
White House
Viet Cong Pull Back to Jungle Hideouts Near Border
About 13,000 Viet Cong regiments slipped into jungle cover near the Cambodian border as part of a retreat from Saigon. U.S. officials say contact with the force has lessened in Operation Quyet Thang Resolve, though the enemy remains 30 to 50 miles north and northwest of Saigon. Casualties include 4 Americans and 46 South Vietnamese killed, 308 Americans and 139 South Vietnamese wounded. one police station attack killed a policeman and wounded a civilian.
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Saigon
U.S
Quyet Thang
Mekong Delta
U.S. Army
U.S. Command
Cholon
Khe Sanh
Deng Ha
U.S. Marine Fortress
Lang Vei
Pleiku
Highlands
Jesus
Bernard E. Michel
Bethlehem
the Moravian
Steelworkers Seek Funds for Strike War Chest
The United Steelworkers Union asks members to finance a strike fund ahead of steel and aluminum negotiations. A dues hike and a special monthly assessment aim to raise about 25 million dollars. Delegates expect some grumbling, but approval is anticipated during the one day convention in Atlantic City. The 1.2 million member union cites rising operating costs since 1956. Over 4,000 delegates from 3,200 locals across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico attend.
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Atlantic City
N.J
United Steelworkers Union
Eays
Sky-1
Edward Gelke
McKeesport
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
Alabama Sheriff Arrests Two White Officers
Tuskegee Alabama April 1 AP Notasulga Sheriff Lucius Amerson charged two white officers Bass and Bass with assault and battery after they arrested a county resident. Amerson said he would not tolerate such acts by officers and ordered warrants signed by a grand jury. The accused, Notasulga police officers, allegedly beat the man after his arrest and held him at a pistol range before releasing him.
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Luciva Amerson
Macon County
Ala
Bobby G. Singleton
Motasulga
James H. Bass
Amerson
Ocie Lee Deyance
Tuskegee. Ala
Singleton
Alabama
Lucius Amerson
Notasuiga
James H
Bass
Lee Devance
Devance
Notasulga
Noor
Notasylga
Bagslz
Gold Stocks Show Decline In Mixed Early Trading
New York AP report details a irregular decline in moderate trading as gold mining shares weaken. The Dow Jones average fell 2.97 to 830.62 while golds like McIntyre Porcupine and American South African slid, copper stocks softened and major names including American Telephone and Alcoa posted fractional losses.
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NEW York
New York, Dock Exchange
McIntyre Porcupine
Hamestake
Terro Corp
American Telephone
United Aircraft
Alcoa
Allied Chemical
King Moves Vote Plans On Rights Bill Stirs Congress
President MLK is coordinating a Poor People's March for April 22 while House leaders push to rush the rights bill through. Rules panels delayed action to April 9 as timing risks a showdown with King and civil disobedience in Washington.
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Washington
Martin Luther King
Senate
King
House
White House
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Johnson Signs Bill Ending Gold Cover
President Johnson signed a law ending the gold backing for the dollar freeing about 10.7 billion in gold for foreign exchange. The measure ends a 55 year requirement to back each dollar with 25 cents of gold as Treasury stockpiles rose amid overseas gold speculation and a higher world price for gold.
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Washington
Johnson
Treasury
White House
U.S
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