Pilot Held Captive Yank Defies Reds Moscow
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert H. Shumaker, captured after his plane was shot down in North Viet Nam raids, defied his captors. Tass News Agency reported he showed no remorse and faced a bayonet-armed news conference. his mother in New Castle, Pa. praised his courage.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S. Navy
Robert H. Shumaker
North Viet Nam
Tass
Dong Hoi
New Castle
Eleanor Shumaker
Bob
Bronze Star For Skipper Barnhart Awarded for Vietnam Gulf action
Cmdr. Robert Barnhart Jr., 44, commanding officer of the destroyer Turner Joy, received a Bronze Star for meritorious service during the August 4 1964 torpedo boat attack in the Tonkin Gulf. Rear Adm. Irvine presented the medal in Long Beach California.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPS
Robert ©. Barnhart Jr
Turner Joy
Tonkin Gulf
U. S
Gulf
North Viet Nam
Barnhart
Donald G. Irvine
Five Die As Tug Collin Star Sinks Off Walvis Bay
The 332 ton tug Collin Star sank in heavy seas fifty miles south of Walvis Bay while attempting to prevent the barge Colpontoon from grounding. Five crewmen died with a possible sixth missing.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Collin Star
South West Africa
Colpontoon
Walvis Bay
Ships Move Today Along East Gulf Ports Open
Longshoremen end 33 day dock strike in most East Coast and Gulf ports and President Johnson orders new talks to settle remaining disputes. ILA returns to work at 8 a.m. in ports with approved agreements while unresolved areas from South Carolina to Texas await settlement.
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East Coast
Gulf
Johnson
South Atlantic
West Gulf
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
Thomas W
Teddy) Gleason
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
South Carolina
Florida
Atlantic
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Ralph A. Massey
ILA
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Massey
Wirtz
Secretary of
Commerce
John T. Connor
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
East
Gulf Coast
Alexander P. Chopin
New York Shipping Association
Chopin
Firm Closes Amsterdam Plant Affecting 80 Jobs
The Traveler Boat Division of Stanray Corp announced immediate closure of its Amsterdam facility. The site will become a warehouse for East Coast dealers, while production moves to a new Danville Illinois plant. About 100 people were employed there.
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Amsterdam
Traveler Boat
Stanray Corp
Danville
Dense fog halts Kennedy Airport flights and delays area travel
A damp fog over the New York metropolitan area halted all operations at Kennedy Airport and slowed activity at Newark and LaGuardia. By midmorning 80 domestic flights were canceled and 66 diverted, with many international flights redirected to Boston and Baltimore. The fog extended into the Hudson Valley and Upstate New York before easing near 2 p.m.
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Kennedy Airport
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la Guardia
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
D. C
Montreal
Halifax
Bermuda
New Jersey
Logan
Lincoln
R. L
Lincoln Downs Race Track
Philadelphia
International Airport
Hudson Valley
Glens Falls
Upstate
Johnson lays wreath at Lincoln memorial in Pilgrimage
President Johnson marked Lincoln's 156th birthday with a wreath ceremony at the Civil War president's memorial. He spoke at a White House luncheon with Lincoln scholars, urged equal rights, and recalled Lincoln's faith in the people to grant merit based justice.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
UPI
Lincoln
Peared
White House
America
Police Fire On Indian Rioters in Southern States
Police and troops shot to kill to prevent looting as protests against the Hindi official language decree spread across southern India. At least 18 killed in six communities, raising the three day toll to 59, with seven self immolations. Prime Minister Shastri held emergency cabinet talks, promising English as a national language despite ministerial resignations.
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New Delhi
UPI
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Reds Launch Laos Attack Threatens Houa Muong
North Vietnamese backed Pathet Lao forces launched a new offensive in Samneua Province and threaten the Houa Muong right wing area headquarters. The National Army High Command said civilians and Army dependents have been evacuated from Houa Muong, 165 miles northeast of Vientiane.
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Vientiane, Laos
UPI
Pathet Lao
Samneua
Houa Muong
National Army High Command
Vientiane
Ship Blast Kills 3 and 24 Rescued Off Honolulu
An explosion in Margit engine room killed three crewmen and started a fire. Twenty three men and one woman survived after 11 hours at sea, rescued by the U S Navy cargo ship Greenville Victory about 1100 miles south southwest of Honolulu. One survivor suffered 70 per cent burns. another injured leg. a third bruised stomach. The rescued woman is the wife of a ship officer. Names of dead and survivors not released.
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Honolulu
Greenville Victory
Periscope Local Protection Tops Police Reorganization
Brief note highlights priorities in police reorganization and local protection strategies. Indicates scope of changes and potential impact on community safety.
Negroes Pray In Rain For Sheriff Clark In Selma
Segregationist Sheriff James G. Clark suffers chest pains and is hospitalized in Selma. About 200 Negroes kneel in heavy rain to pray for his recovery outside his office, amid civil rights tensions. In Mobile, a federal judge orders 26 jailed civil rights workers released on bond after contempt sentences.
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Selma, Ala
James G. Clark
Vaughn Memorial Hospital
Clark
Brown's Chapel Church
Dallas County Court House
Jim Clark
Mobile
Selma
Daniel H. Thomas
Dallas County
U.S
James Hare
Thant Pushes Preliminary Viet Nam Talks Amid Global Activity
Secretary General Thant urged preliminary peace talks among principal parties to shift tensions from battlefields to a conference table. Britain considers mediating steps as George Thomson visits Moscow on a cultural pact while Harold Wilson supports peaceful settlement.
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United Nations
A Thant
Viet Nam
Thant
Moscow
Sion
Britain
George Thomson
Foreign Office
Andrei A. Gromyko
Washington
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Wilson
Geneva
Soviet Union
Indochina
Malaysia Declares State of Danger Amid Leftist Unrest
Police fired tear gas to quell a downtown Kuala Lumpur demonstration believed started by Socialist Front supporters. Four leaders of the Malayan Peoples Socialist Front were arrested as a state of danger was declared in Kuala Lumpur and four surrounding Socialist Front pockets.
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Kuala Lumpur
Socialist Front
Malayan Peoples Socialist Front
Red Leaders Fear Spread Of Hostility
A neutral diplomat reports Soviet leaders fear North Viet Nam tensions could widen into limited war with the United States. Moscow accuses U.S. air raids of risking Cold War escalation and warns of strained relations. In Asia Kosygin says attacks reinforce communist solidarity. Chinese militiamen vow support for Viet Nam. Demonstrators in Paris clash with police over U.S. Viet Nam policy. Pickets in New York urge stronger action against Communists. Da Nang defenders and Viet Cong clash as US South Viet Nam strikes North Viet Nam near the sector perimeter.
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State Dept
Thant
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Laos
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Soviet Union
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Tokyo
Alexei Kosygin
North Viet Nam
Asia
Peking
Pyongyang
Kosugin
Red China
China
New China News Agency
NCNA
Pinsiang
Kwangsi
New York
United Nations
Young Americans For Freedom
Johnson
Hawaii
Saigon
da Nang
Red
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Joseph Germano
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David J. McDonald
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McDonald's
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Shastri
Johnston Island
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Malaysia
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