McNamara Defends Vietnam War Management in Senate Hearing
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara dismissed charges of mismanagement as baloney and warned of a likely renewed Communist offensive in South Vietnam. He said U.S. strength is greater than publicly disclosed, with about 325 000 combat troops in Southeast Asia and 245 000 on land in Vietnam, and urged pride in American restraint and resolve. He also noted possible political discord at home and reaffirmed support for the 917 million military aid plan, while criticizing claims of bomb shortages.
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Robert S. McNamara
Baloney
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South Viet Nam
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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America
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House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Viet Nam
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United States
Thais
United
States
Southeast Asia
Capitol Hill
Johnson
Hanoi
Robert McNamara
William Fulbright
Saigon
McNamara predicts renewed Viet Nam offensives and long war
Secretary Robert McNamara told a Senate committee that Viet Nam likely will see renewed large scale Viet Cong offensives during the monsoon from May to August. He defended U S air power saying it remains unmatched and warned against excess pessimism about bomb stocks. He warned political turmoil and elections in Saigon may bring further dissension before stability returns.
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U.S
Fulbright
McNamara
Nguyen Cao Ky
Viet Nam
Saigon
United States
South Viet Nam
Pacifists Blocked in Saigon Airlifted to Hong Kong
In Saigon police halted a five member antiwar march toward the U.S. Embassy and later detained a sixth. The group led by Rev. A. J. Muste and including William Davidon Bradford Lyttle and Charlotte Thurber were escorted to Tan Son Nhut Airport and flown to Hong Kong aboard a Pan American jetliner. Police also roughhoused reporters trying to photograph the incident.
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South Viet Nam
Hong Kong
U.S
A. J. Muste
New York City
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Haverford College
Haverford
Bradford Lyttle
Voluntown
Conn
Charlotte Thurber
Greenwich
Bridge-busting jets halt main Hanoi Haiphong highways
U S carrier based A4 Sky hawks struck near Haiphong destroying railroad and highway bridges as they faced Soviet missiles. The attack, described as the war's closest to the port, halted most traffic between Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Red River Delta
Leftists Boo Rusk In Turkey
In Ankara students booed Secretary of State Dean Rusk as he stepped from a car during a CENTO session. Police broke up clashes with a pro American group, with at least 15 arrests and one student stabbed superficially. Rusk commented on CENTO's continued need due to communists.
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Turkey
Dean Rusk
Alexei N
Kosygin
Central Treaty Organization
CENTO
Rusk
U.S. Information Agency
Suleyman Demirel
Pacifist Barbara Deming Resettles in Wellfleet Cape Cod
Barbara Deming, 48, a New Yorker and Bennington College graduate, now lives in Wellfleet Mass after being expelled from Saigon with other American pacifists. She writes articles, short stories and poetry and edits Liberation, the New York pacifist magazine.
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Wellfleet, Mass
Barbara Deming
Saigon
Cape Cod
Miss Deming
Bennington Vt. College
Liberation
New York
Pacifists Detained Near Embassy After Protest
Barbara Deming 48 of Wellfleet Massachusetts and Karl Meyer 28 associate editor of the Catholic Worker were separated from a protest group at the embassy. Vietnamese police spotted Meyer near the embassy and forced him into a jeep after he refused to walk to the police vehicle.
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Barbara Deming
Wellfleet
Mass
Karl Meyer
Chicago
The
Catholic Worker
Meyer
Assembly Would Up Aid To Schools $22 Million
Albany AP Democrats controlling the Assembly vow to pass legislation adding 22 million to state education aid beyond the 74 million planned for next school year. Speaker Travia says the boost comes from changing the aid formula, with Gov Rockefeller expected to support.
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Albany
Democrats
Anthony J.travia
Travia
Rockefeller
Dodd Denies Misuse of Testimonial Funds
A Dodd associate says money raised for 1961 and 1963 testimonial dinners was tax free gifts to cover public office expenses. The dinners reportedly raised over 100000 dollars, with Johnson and Humphrey as speakers, while Dodd seeks ethics committee review and denies improper use of funds.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Florida
Senate Select Committee On Standards and Ethics
Pearson and
Anderson
Julius Klein
Chicago
Negro Hero To Get Top War Medal
President Johnson will award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Pfc. Milton L Olive III of Chicago for actions in Vietnam. Olive died Oct. 22, 1965, by falling on an enemy grenade to save four others and is the first Negro to receive the award in the Vietnam conflict. Two other survivors attended the White House ceremony.
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Milton L.olive III
Chicago
Viet Nam
Milton B. Olive Jr
White House
Olive
U. S
Jimmy B. Stanford
Bay City
Tex
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Stanford
John W. Foster
Pittsburgh
Ft. Devens
Mass
Trio to Be Honored as NASA Chief Receives RPI Degree
NASA administrator James E. Webb will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at a 2 p.m. Saturday dedication ceremony. Also honored are Michael L. Haider of Standard Oil of New Jersey and John D. Harper of Aluminum Company of America.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Webb
Richard G. Folsom
RPI
Michael L. Haider
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
John D. Harper
The
Aluminum Company of America
New Materials Research Center
Engineering Science Research
Materials Research Center
Haider
Seymour E. Harris
University of California
San Diego
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Detlev W. Bronk
Rockefeller University
Rensselaer
Board of Trustees
Harper
Chester L. Carlson
Xerox Corp
Walter R. Hibbard
U.S. Bureau of Mines
J. Erik Jonsson
Texas Instruments Inc
Dirksen Redistricting Bid Rejected by Senate
The Senate voted seven votes short of approval to water down the Supreme Court one man one vote rule for state legislatures. Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois pledged the fight continues as the effort falls short of the two thirds needed for a constitutional amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
President Wins Vote On Rights
Congress approved transferring the Community Relations Service to the Justice Department. The House backed the move despite Republican opposition, arguing it weakens the CRS while Democrats said it would enhance civil rights enforcement where most activities occur. The Senate had already approved 42 to 32.
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Washington
UPS
Congress
Johnson
Community Relations Service
CRS
Justice Department
House
Commerce Department
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Three Lawyers Charged In $15,000 Shakedown
Three New York lawyers including an assistant attorney general were charged with conspiring to extort $15,000 from the National Book Club. James Blake and James Edstrom joined the scheme to halt harassment by demanding the ransom. Glucksman allegedly lied 17 times to a grand jury, facing multiple counts and prison time if convicted.
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NEW York
Asst. Atty
Jerome C. Glucksman
National Book Club
James G Blake
James P. Edstrom
Book Club
Manhattan
Dist
Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Glucksman
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Democrats Hear Speculation On Next Governor At Hilton Dinner
About 2,500 New York Democrats gathered at the Hilton for a Harriman fundraiser as speakers predicted a November win. Congressman Stratton was absent in Washington while Averill Harriman delivered the keynote and Robert Kennedy Arthur Levitt and John Burns spoke. Burns suggested the next governor is among the guests, noting lively competition for the nomination.
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Manhattan
Rockefeller
Bronx
New York Hilton
Samuel Stratton
Washington
Averill Harriman
U. S
Robert
Soviet Writer Konstantin Simonov Plans Israel Visit
Soviet writer Konstantin Simonov departs Moscow for a 10 day trip to Israel. Tass reports the poet novelist and playwright is noted as a liberal voice among Soviet writers and a former World War II correspondent.
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Konstantin Simonov
Israel
Tass
French Assembly Backs De Gaulle NATO Policy
The Gaullist led French National Assembly endorsed President De Gaulle’s plan to evict American troops and withdraw from NATO commands. The vote 137 supported the motion, far short of the 242 needed to topple Premier Pompidou’s cabinet. Pompidou warned that hosting U S headquarters on French soil risked becoming a nuclear target in any US Soviet war.
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