Roosevelt Quits Democratic Gubernatorial Race
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr abandoned his bid for New York governor seeking Liberal Party support. He blamed Robert F Kennedy for not backing him and suggested a Liberal run may follow. He cited party bosses and Albany politics as obstacles and predicted Rockefeller would win in the fall.
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D. Roosevelt Jr
Albany
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Bob Kennedy
New York City
Frank D. O’connor
Roosevelt
Liberal Party
O’connor
Jis Howard Samuels
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
White House
Buffalo
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Bath
N. Y
Rockefeller
Rocky
Kennedy
Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Johnson
Bronx
Charles Buckley
Brooklyn
Stanley Steingut
William H. McKeon
O'Connor
McKeon
Cayuga County
Upstate
Congress
Tammany Hall
John J. Burns
Frank Roosevelt
McNamara Says U S Prepared For Global Commitments
Secretary of Defense McNamara and Secretary of State Rusk testified at the White House and before the Senate Preparedness Investigating subcommittee. They defended U S defense pacts with more than 40 countries as reducing the risk of involvement in conflict and emphasized readiness to meet worldwide obligations.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
America
Robert S. McNamara
White House
Dean Rusk
Senate
United States
U.S
McNamara
Viet Nam
Stennis
Rusk
Stennis’ Group
Europe
Yanks Launch Heaviest Raid Yet Over North Viet Nam
Skyhawk bombers from the USS Constellation hit oil facilities about 30 miles northeast of Vinh as U S forces report a record air strike. U S and allied units clash with Viet Cong 20 miles north of Saigon while up to 183 000 USArmy troops reinforce Viet Nam operations.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
USS
Constellation
North Viet Nam
U. S.command
U.S
Viet Nam
Navy
Vinh
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Arine
Viet Nam Campaign Opens For Civilian Rule
South Viet Nam begins an official electoral push to restore civilian rule. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky urges five million voters to back elections for 108 Constituent Assembly seats. Thirty-two candidates seek to persuade the nation two weeks before September 11 election day. Ky emphasizes honesty and representation in a war-torn country.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Constituent Assembly
Five Die in Hartford Area Apartment Shootings
Five persons were shot to death and two wounded by a gunman at Elm Haven Housing Project near West Rock in New Haven. The victims were in an apartment once occupied by Mrs. Mary A. McClease. Police searched for a man linked to the case while hospital staff treated the wounded and others in shock.
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New Haven, Conn
Elm Haven
West Rock
Mary A. McClease
Guard Ready For Trouble In Cicero Marches To Get Full Protection
The Illinois National Guard will deploy up to 4000 troops with tear gas bayonets and machine guns to protect an estimated 3000 open housing marchers in Cicero. Maj. Gen. Francis Kane warned marchers and protesters that guardsmen will fire back if fired upon. A 19 member civil rights subcommittee met to ease the conflict while Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. signaled possible suspension of marches if a satisfactory agreement is reached.
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Chicago
Illinois National Guard
Cicero
Francis Kane
Thomas Ayers
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Martin Luther King Jr
King
James Bevel
Kane
Cragin
Cragi
Apollo Shot Success Sets Stage for Three-Man Crew
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP An unmanned Apollo capsule completed a 93 minute suborbital test path around Earth. Officials indicated a three astronaut crew could fly this December with a decision likely by October or November. NASA and North American Aviation will analyze the recovered heat shield and systems at Downey California.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
George E. Mueller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hornet
Downey
Calif
North American Aviation
America
Medicare Debacle Fails to Spark Chaos Despite Paperwork Surge
Washington coverage notes the Medicare program, now two months old, has not caused hospital chaos or mass ill effects. A nationwide AP survey shows admissions up modestly, with complaints focusing on forms and paperwork. The House rejected a Senate plan to empower rapid National Guard use in Vietnam, keeping Reserves under presidential emergency declaration only.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Viet Nam
Senate House Conference Committee
Associated Press
Mt. Siani Hospital
New York City
Sacramento
Calif
Wayne Pollock
Glenn Bailey
Deaconness Hospital
Great Falls
Mont
Soviet Rocket Tests Planned Near Midway Island Area
An official statement says Soviet booster rockets will be fired experimentally into the Pacific southwest of Midway Island over two months through October 25. It directs ships and planes to avoid the target area daily from noon to midnight local time.
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Moscow
Pacific
Midway Island
Bonn names Ulrich de Maiziere as new German armed forces chief
In Bonn a non Hitler general, Ulrich de Maiziere, was named to lead West Germany's armed forces replacing Gen. Heinz Trettner as Defense Minister Kai von Hassel reshaped the top ranks. Steinhoff becomes air force chief. Moll moves up as army chief as Pape seeks early retirement amid labor union protest.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Kaime von Hassel
Ulrich de Maiziere
Iller
Supreme Headquarters
Hassel
Armed Forces
Heinz Trettner
Air Force
Werner Panitzki
de Maiziere
Trettner
Johannes Steinhoff
Panitzki
Steinhoff
Allied Air Forces Central Europe
Fontainbleu
France
Johannes Moll
Guenther Pape
Pape
Brothers Wounded In Front Of Homes In Grafton Shootings
Two Grafton brothers, William 68 and Milford 53 Schermerhorn, were critically injured by gunfire from their brother Albert 50 with a .22 rifle near Taconic Lake Road. Albert is held in Rensselaer County Jail on first degree assault as investigators probe motive.
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Grafton
Albany Medical Center
William Schermerhorn
Milford Schermerhorn
Taconic Lake Road
Rengselaer County
Albert Schermerhorn
Milford
Samaritan
Albany
William
George
Paul Maier
BCI
G. V. Clifford
John Mainello
Joseph Kivlin
Brunswick
Albert
Samaritan Hospital
Ambulance Service Corp
George Schermerhorn
Arthur KE. Wright
Britain to Provide 36.4 Million Aid for Bechuanaland
London reports that over seas Development Ministry will supply 36.4 million dollars in three years beginning next April to Bechuanaland, which will be renamed Botswana upon independence on September 30.
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London
Britain
Bechuanaland
Overseas Development Ministry
Africa
Botswana
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