Hydrogen bomb test height alleged for Red China
Reports from Nagoya University and Japan's telecom posts claim China may have detonated a hydrogen bomb at 18 to 31 miles altitude, suggesting missile delivery. Abnormal radio wave readings on test day cited by researchers support the estimate, with no other anomalies noted by Nagoya’s Dr. Kamata.
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Tokyo
Red China
Research Institute of Atmospherics
Nagoya University
Japan
Telecommunications Ministry
Tetsuo Kamata
Nagoya
Pentagon to install new carpet for staff offices
The Pentagon plans a carpet upgrade costing about 3200 dollars covering 363 square yards for 18 people across seven offices and a hall. Officials say the rate is just under nine dollars per yard, part of a broader office refurbishing under Assistant Secretary of Defense Phil G Goulding.
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Washington
Pentagon
Phil G. Goulding
Defense
Defector's Mom Returns Home Silent on Case
Mrs. H D Pearce of Birmingham Alabama refused to comment after returning from Havana where she saw her son Maj Richard H Pearce who defected to Cuba with his five year old son aboard a private plane on May 21 citing reasons of conscience.
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New York
U. S. Army
Cuba
Havana
H. D. Pearce
Birmingham
Ala
Richard H. Pearce
Key West
Fla
United States
Racial Violence Quiets In Atlanta Neighorhood After Night of Rock Attacks
In Dixie Hills Atlanta a block long shopping area saw crowds invade the street after a church meeting where Stokely Carmichael urged calm. Police fired shotguns and pistols into the air to restore order. Two people were injured and several arrested during the hour long disturbance.
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Atlanta
Dixie Hills
Stokely Carmichael
Georgia Milk Commission sees calls for resignation
Two Georgia lawmakers demanded J. Floyd Anderson quit the Georgia Milk Commission after a July 1 cent a quart price hike was approved. They cited Sealtest Foods discounts to retailers, noting Anderson’s role as a Sealtest zone manager. Commission director Clifford A. Ward said he was disturbed by the discounts.
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Atlanta
J. Floyd Anderson
Georgia Milk Commission
Commission
Sealtest Foods
Anderson
Henry Russell
Boston
Lamar Northcutt
College Park
Clifford A. Ward
Sealtest
LBJ To Get Draft Measure
Congress aims to send a draft bill to President Johnson for signature. The measure would shield draft age students from local boards for undergraduate study and allow a shift in priorities to include 19 year olds.
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LBJ
Washington
Congress
Johnson
Mariner 5 Corrects Course Toward Venus
In Pasadena California Apollo News says Mariner 5 executed a precise maneuver of 17.66 seconds using its on board rocket to adjust its trajectory. The craft then sped at 6690 miles per hour toward a target about 1250 miles above Venus showing a successful course correction toward the planet.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 5
Venus
FBI arrests three in New England Cosa Nostra racketeering case
The FBI arrested Raymond L. Patriarca 52 of Providence Henry Tameleo 65 of Cranston and Ronald Cassesso 35 in connection with murder and racketeering in New England. Patriarca identified as the Cosa Nostra boss of New England.
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Jashington
FBI
New England
Defuse Mid-East Bomb, U. S. Pleads With U. N.
Sarita Texas crowds gather for a summer-long probate hearing over the $300 million estate of Sarita Kenedy East. The case, led by Special Probate Judge William R. Edwards, centers on her 1960 will and the influence alleged by Christopher Gregory and J. Peter Grace.
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Sarita
Tex
Mifflin Kenedy
Kenedy
Kenedy County
Sarita Kenedy East
Gregory
William Wright
Laredo
J. Peter Grace
New York
Rusk and Gromyko Hold Unannounced Middle East Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met privately at the United Nations during the General Assembly's Middle East session. Reports said a Johnson Kosygin summit was discussed, but Kosygin indicated he could not accept an invitation to visit Washington.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Presidnt
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Rusk
Gromyko
General Assembly Hall
Administration
Washington
Kosygin
United States
U.n.’S
United Nations
N. Y
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
General Assembly
Israel
Alexei M. Kosygin
Goldberg
Assembly
Soviet Union
K Sygin
Charles Ge Ganile
Dk Old Wilson
Maddox names chairmen for five tax study committees
Gov. Lester Maddox appointed five chairmen for tax revision study committees within a 47 member commission. Rep. Quimby Melton Jr. led the panel on projected tax positions. Sen. Frank Coggin headed the income and sales tax study. Ed W. Hiles chaired the property and local tax study. Rep. Michael Egan led the governmental structure group. Vice chairs named for each panel. Ex officio members include Hawes Wilkes and Flowers.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
Maddox
George T. Smith
George L. Smith
Quimby Melton Jr
Griffin
James A. Jacob
Frank Coggin
Hapeville
Clifford Clarke
Atlanta
Ed W. Hiles
Edward D. Smith
Michael J. Egan
Army Navy clash near Saigon leaves 169 Viet Cong dead
An American task force in the Mekong Delta reported killing 169 Viet Cong near Saigon in a night battle 19 miles south. Twenty eight American infantrymen were killed, 126 wounded, and four helicopters shot down as U S forces and river assault units fought in flooded paddy and canal terrain along the Rach Hui River.
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Saigon
AIP
Mekong Delta
U.S
Rach Hui
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
1St Corps
Binh Dinh
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Not Guilty, Cassius Clay Pleads Innocence in Draft Trial
Cassius Clay, who adopts the name Muhammad Ali, pleads not guilty in a Houston federal court to a charge of refusing induction into the military. The jury of twelve hears the indictment as the heavyweight champ faces potential five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Houston
Tex
Cassius Clay
Clay
Joe Ingraham
NBC says Garrison built Shaw case on tainted testimony
NBC contends Jim Garrison based his case against Clay Shaw on testimony that failed lie detector testing and that Garrison knew this. The network criticized the four month probe for harming reputations and exploiting public sorrow over Kennedy's death.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
Garrison
NBC
Kennedy
Printer Killed In Macon Blaze
Lowell Harbin a 41 year old Mnotype operator for the Macon News burned to death as fire destroyed his house. Deputies found his body among the ashes. Harbin had worked for the Macon papers for five years.
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Macon, Ga
Lowell Harbin
Macon News
Bible Sheriff's Deputies
Harbin
Macon Papers
Fuss Delays Vote on Dodd Censure in Senate
Senate debate over censure of Thomas J. Dodd stalls over procedural wrangling. Senator Russell Long demands a vote first on double billing charges, while ethics panel pushes separate charge of converting political funds to personal use. Leader Mansfield meets with Dodd Long Dirksen and Stennis to break the impasse.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
Mike Mansfield
Russell B. Long
Dodd
Connecticut
Senate Ethics Committee
Long
D-La
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirken
John Stennis
D-Miss
Ethics Committee
Page
Goldberg Cites LBJ View For Lasting Peace
United States appeals to the United Nations to defuse Middle East hostility and build a durable peace. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg cites President Johnson and rejects Soviet calls to punish Israel, urging negotiation with Arab states and third party help. Prospects of a U S Soviet summit fade after Kosygin declines Washington invitation.
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Goldberg
LBJ
United Nations
N. Y
United States
Israel
Middle East
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