Manpower Breakdown Listed For Vietnam
United States provided support for a large Korean army and United Nations forces during the Korean War. Lt. Gen. Lincoln, Army deputy chief of staff for logistics, described the current conflict as more complex and costly, with American equipment and air support expanding. He noted helicopters, missiles, and advanced ordnance systems requiring maintenance personnel to sustain operations in Vietnam.
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United Nations
U.S
Lincoln
Army
Lin
Coln
Korea
Hawk
Vietnam
Viet
Rebels Report Cannibalism Amid Congo Crisis Afloat
Reported by Congolese rebels a rebel force holds about 150 Europeans including 22 newsmen in a Kisangani hotel. A Cuban American pilot of the Congo government airline escaped and said mutineers and royal troops faced each other across the Congo River. An Air Congo plane landed in Kigali Rwanda, authorities accuse the pilot Francisco Alvarez of stealing the plane. A French mercenary Col Robert Denard was detained in Salisbury hospital after a hijacked Air Congo emergency landing at Kariba Dam. Tshombe’s French lawyer Rene Floriet arrived in Algiers to inquire into his case and claimed to be a tourist.
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Red Cross
Kisangani
Congo
Congo River
Francisco Alvarez
Kigali
Rwanda
Salisbury
Rhodesia
John Bellivier
Tshombe
Robert Denard
Bellivier
Denard
Kisamgani
Air Congo
Kariba Dam
Rene Floriet
Algiers
Stern
Boufarik
Delegation Presses Powell to End Exile at Bimini
A Harlem delegation plans to fly to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at his Bimini Island retreat to urge his return to Congress. Led by CORE figures Roy Innis and Jesse Gray, they warn he risks political oblivion if he stays away and push attendance at a Newark black power conference next week.
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New York
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Bimini Island
Roy Innis
Harlem Congress of Racial Equality
Jesse Gray
Powell
Black Power
Newark
N. J
Omar Ahmed
Manhattan
Johnson Plans at In Spending Controversy and Vietnam War Update
Reporting from the Vietnam front shows ongoing U.S. casualties and heavy fighting as North Vietnamese forces clash with Marine units near the Ia Drang Valley and Pleiku. Air strikes, helicopter operations, and riverine battles unfold amid a broader debate over a surtax plan submitted to Congress and military reinforcements in the frontier region.
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Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Congress
U. S. Army
Army Adds 3 Reserve Combat Units
Army backed off a plan to cut Reserve combat units after congressional opposition. Secretary Resor informed Senator Russell that Reserve drill strength would stay at 260,000 while National Guard paid drills remain 400,000, restoring Reserve combat roles and enabling broader funding and reorganization moves amid tax- and spending-cut discussions tied to the Vietnam war.
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Pentagon
Army
Stanley Resor
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Guard
Army Reserve
Army Guard
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Resor
Russell
Amendment action set by unit in New York political debate
Dr. Donald Harrington and subcommittee leaders clash over influence on the federal first policy while the convention committee leans to repeal Blaine and allow taxpayer suits. Regents endorse public accountability and ability for taxpayers to sue state actions, a right now barred by the constitution, amid school act litigation in East Greenbush.
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Donald Harrington
Liberal Party
Blaine
State Board of Regents
Church and State
New York
Regents
State Textbook Loan Act
East Greenbush
Gardner Warns Smoking Risks Are Certain Call for Stronger Warnings
Welfare Secretary John W. Gardner told Congress that updated reviews of over 2,000 studies since 1964 confirm smoking’s health hazards. He urged sharper warning labels on cigarette packs and in tobacco ads, saying current warnings are inadequate and fail to deter youths exposed to advertising.
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Washington
Welfare Department
Congress
John W. Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Surgeon General
Gardner
Federal Trade Commission
Racketeers Target VISTA Volunteers in Spanish Harlem
In Spanish Harlem racketeers threaten VISTA volunteers with muscle fire and gunfire to deter social workers. A 16 year old was arrested for arson after a volunteer car was burned. shots at a meeting hall aimed to frighten witnesses from testifying. Laurance Rockefeller Jr. is among the volunteers but not harassed.
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Spanish Harlem
Volunteers In Service To America
VISTA
Laurance Rockefeller Jr
Laurance Rockefeller
New York Post
William J. O'Rourke
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Pleiku
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