Rusk rebuts Cairo charge on U.S. air activity
Secretary of State Dean Rusk criticized Cairo's report on U.S. air involvement in the Arab-Israeli war as invented for unclear aims after meeting with President Johnson. He cited oil cutoffs, anti-American demonstrations in Beirut Baghdad Damascus and Alexandria, and Egypt seeking Soviet involvement as key points.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Cairo Today
U.S
Johnson
U. S
Iraq
Kuwait
Israel
Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Baghdad
Damascus
Alexandria
Egypt
Kremlin
Moscow
May unemployment hits 2.46 million as rates rise
The Labor Department reports 2.46 million Americans were out of work in May, an 8.8 percent jobless rate, the highest in seven months. Weather dampened construction and agricultural jobs while manufacturing fell by 29 thousand. overall unemployment rose despite a small drop in total unemployed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Denies Bomb Charge In Soviet Vessel Claim
The State Department said it will not reply to renewed Soviet accusations that American planes bombed and strafed a Soviet cargo ship in Vietnamese waters last Friday. Washington suggested any damage came from North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire, a theory Moscow rejected.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Moscow
United States
U. S
Turkestan
Cam- Pha Harbor
Power Restored After Four-State Blackout Provokes Summer Caution
Power returned to normal across New Jersey Delaware parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland after a massive blackout. Federal Power Commission chairman Lee White warned the region must be extremely cautious this summer due to insufficient reserve capacity. He said the outage might have been averted if two under construction plants had been online.
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New York
Lee White
Federal Power Commission
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
White
Judge Alonzo Charged With Corruption in Alabama Court
In Mobile attorney general circuits court filed a bill of complaint charging Judge Frank Alonzo with corruption in office. The indictment and impeachment information followed an Alabama grand jury decision. Judge Robert Ervin Jr. ordered Alonzo to appear on June 27 to enter a plea with no set hearing date yet for the case on its merits.
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Mobile
Ala
Carl M. Booth
Circuit
Frank Alonzo
General Sessions Court
Booth
Alonzo
Robert Ervin Jr
Apar
Nasser Claims U S and Britain Back His Foes
Egypt closed the Suez Canal as Israel expanded the war across four neighboring countries. Israeli forces pressed deeper into Sinai on the road to Suez, invaded Jordan, attacked the Syrian front, and bombed an Iraqi airfield. Iraq and Kuwait halted oil deliveries to the West.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Suez Canal
Israel
Middle East
Sinai
Suez
Jordan
Iraq
Kuwait
U.S
Damascus
Baghdad
Alexandria
Sinai Desert
Gaza Strip
Mediterranean
Gaza
Strip
Radio Israel
el Arish
Sinai Peninsula
Bir Lach Pan
Tel Aviv
Port Said
Cairo Radio
Baghdad Radio
Abdel- Rahman Aref
America
Britain
U S Jets Blast Hanoi Rail Lines
American jets attacked rail lines into Hanoi in a sweep of North Vietnam with 113 strike missions and five B52 raids on South Vietnam. MiGs battles resulted in three shot down and a Navy Crusader loss with pilot missing.
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U. S
Hanoi
Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Thai Nguyen
Thomasville Optimist Club Fishing Rodeo Scheduled
The third annual event offers prizes for boys and girls up to 12. It runs from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday at Cogar's Pond on Skyline Drive. Free transport leaves from the Thomasville YMCA and refreshments will be at the pond.
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Thomasville Optimist Club
Cogar’s Pond
Kyline Drive
Thomasville
Egypt breaks diplomatic ties with United States over Middle East war
AP bulletin reports Egypt severed relations with the United States amid Arab charges of U S and Britain aiding Israel. Cairo radio and monitors noted U S and British naval planes joining air support for Israel. Israel announced Gaza fell and attacked Sinai, with air superiority claims and regional reactions including Arab, Jordanian, and Iraqi responses.
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London
Egypt
United States
Cairo Radio
Britain
Middle East
U.S
Israel
Amman
Spaceman Givens Dies In Auto Crash Near Houston
Astronaut Edward Givens Jr. 37, Air Force major and father of three, died when his 1964 compact car left a Pearland road near the Manned Spacecraft Center. Two Air Force Reserve officers were injured. Dellorto reported critical, Hall fair. Space officials notified the Givens family.
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Houston
Tex
Aastronaut
Edward G. Givens Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Givens
Air Force
Houston Hospital
America
Astronaut Corps
Pearland
Air Force Reserve
Maj
Wiliam Hall
Youngstown
Ohio
Frances Dellorto
Chicago
Hall
Dellorto
Ellington Air Force Base
The
Space Center
Donald XK. Slayton
Stuart Allen Roosa
Charles A. Berry
Mansfield Says U S and Soviet Press for Middle East Cease Fire
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said the United States and the Soviet Union are cooperating to seek a cease fire in the Middle East. He spoke after a leadership meeting with President Johnson, noting Johnson reaffirmed support for territorial integrity of all states in the region.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Mansfield
Johnson
U.S
Mideast
Capitol Hill
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Richard Helms
Mobs Attack U S Offices Across Middle East
Reported mob actions target U S facilities in Baghdad Damascus and Alexandria with injuries unconfirmed. Alexandria consulate staff fled to safety and the U S embassy vehicle and library sustained damage while a U S information agency station wagon was damaged.
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Washington
Baghdad
Damascus
Alexandria
U.S
United States Information Agency
Newsman Dies In War
Paul Schutzer a Life magazine photographer was killed by Egyptian fire while riding an Israeli halftrack in the Sinai Desert. He was the first reporter killed in the new Arab Israeli war and lived in New Rochelle with his wife and two children. Life cameraman Michael Mok survived. NBC producer Ted Yates was badly wounded.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Paul Schutzer
Life Magazine
Schutzer
New Rochelle, N.Y
Sinai Desert
Life
Michael Mok
New York
Ted Yates
NBC
Bainbridge Officials Targeted After Gambling Crackdown
Anonymous calls and flying beer bottles plague Bainbridge city officials amid strict enforcement of gaming and traffic laws. City Manager Robert Mauney reports threats to his car and a beer bottle smashed through his bedroom window around midnight. He notes no clear suspect and doubts teen defiance explains the incidents.
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Bainbridge
Robert G. Mauney
Mauney
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