NATO Maps 400 Billion Program for European Defense Burden
Defense Secretary McNamara urged allies to share more of Europe’s defense load as the U S fights the Vietnam War. NATO defense ministers endorsed a five year blueprint totaling about 400 billion dollars in defense spending.
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U.S
Robert McNamara
Denis Healey
Britain
NATO
Paris
Europe
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
United States
McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
America
United Kingdom
Healey
Washington
Suez
Singapore
Malaysia
France
Airlines Strike Hearing Scheduled by Senate Panel
Washington AP reports the Senate Labor Committee delayed action on a bill to end the 18 day airline walkout and set a public hearing for today on the measure. The panel aims to resolve the stoppage affecting multiple airlines and passengers.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Sen Morse
Machinists Union
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Senate
Congress of the United States
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
James J. Reynolds
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinsts
Expanded Car Safety Bill Pushed Forward in House
The House Commerce Committee unanimously approved an expanded auto safety bill covering new and used vehicles against a backdrop of Senate action. The measure adds a national traffic safety agency and advisory council, with standards for 1968 models due by early 1967 and effects in the 1968 model year.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
House Public Works Committee
Times Square cleanup becomes permanent job
New York AP reports the spring cleanup of Times Square has outlasted the season and aims to become permanent. coordinated with civil groups and city agencies, the effort targets prostitutes dealers and porn vendors to rehabilitate the area. James L. Marcus says the program seeks to reshape perceptions and eye toward new office developments. Vincent Sardi Jr. notes broad backing and progress toward a showcase for the American people. Initial actions included 90 detentions on the first night and a major narcotics raid netting 26. The district spans Broadway and 7th Avenue between 41st and 59th streets plus Rockefeller Center.
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New York
Times Square
James L. Marcus
John V. Lindsay
Marcus
Vincent Sardi Jr
Greater
Broadway
7Th Avenue
6Th
8Th Avenues
41St Street
59Th Street
Rockefeller Center
Doctor Held For Killing Wife and Friend
Sarasota Florida. Dr Carl Coppolino was indicted by a Sarasota grand jury for the murder of his wife a fellow physician. A New Jersey grand jury earlier charged him with killing retired Army Colonel William Farber next door. Florida authorities would seek to try him first before extradition.
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Sarasota, Fla
Carl Coppolino
New Jersey
Sarasota
Coppolino
Freehold
N.J
Cappolino
William E. Farber
Frank Schaub
Florida
Farber
Cop
Mary Gibson II
Hanoi Marines Describe Jungle Massacre Near Hanoi Border
U S Marines say North Vietnamese troops executed at least six wounded during an ambush on the India company of the 5th Marine Regiment’s Third Battalion south of the North Vietnamese border. Survivors report the wounded were hunted and shot as the unit fought back, with one medic recalling a night of hell and scant remaining fighters after 12 hours of combat.
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Saigon
U. S
India” Company
South Viet Nam
5Th Marine Regiment
No Trial For Captured U.S. Airmen Seems Likely
Washington reports from diplomatic channels indicate Hanoi has no plan to try captured American airmen as war criminals. White House officials note uncertainty about the meaning, with CBS noting Ho Chi Minh's "No trial in view." The Defense Department lists 45 captives and 19 Vietcong prisoners are held, while Harriman pushes for exchange talks.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
CBS
Ho Chi Minh
Moyers
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Hanoi
North
Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
McCloskey
Defense Department
North Viet Nam
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
W. Averell Harriman
South Viet Nam
Open Housing Bill Advances to Floor Action in House
The House voted 200 to 180 to bypass the Rules Committee and bring a broad civil rights bill including an open housing provision to the floor. The measure faces a tentative path with potential Republican defections. Emanuel Celler warned against defeating the rule, while Gerald Ford argued it misuses the 21 day rule.
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Washington
House
Emanuel Celler
D'N.y
Judiciary Committee
Celler
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Cell‘er
Ford
Grand Jury Acts Today On Speck
In Chicago the state presented evidence against Richard Speck to a grand jury regarding eight nurse killings. State's Attorney Daniel Ward expected indictments for each death, with a decision anticipated today. One survivor, Corazon Amaro, 23, was examined and found extremely exhausted.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Daniel P. Ward
Ward
Speck
Gloria Jean Davy
Dyer
Ind
Miss Davy
Cook County Hospital
Corazon Amarao
South Chicago Community Hospital
Woman dies in road collision near Victory
Mrs. Florence Miller aged 60 from Feura Bush Albany County was killed in a pickup truck crash yesterday near the hamlet of Victory north of Auburn AP report from Cato New York.
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Cato
N. Y
Florence Miller
Feura Bush
Albany County
Victory
Auburn
Grand Jury To Probe Cleveland Race Riots
A Cleveland grand jury was convened to investigate causes and remedies for last week's racial violence in the Hough area. Maj. Gen. Hostetler said security would stay tight as 1,750 National Guardsmen and about 400 police patrolled the two-square-mile district amid 235 arrests and over $500,000 in property damage and cleanup costs.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Erwin Hostetler
Ohio National Guard
Ralph S. Locher
Hough
Lindy’s East Adverts in Saigon For GIs
A Hong Kong delicatessen named Lindy’s East ran an advertisement in a Saigon newspaper to inform furlough bound American soldiers that it offers hot pastrami salami cheese cake and other gastronomic wonders of the Occident.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Honk Kong
Wilson Wins First Round Against Foes
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson narrowly secured Labor support in a caucus on his austerity plan. A minority including Frank Cousins criticized the policy, while about 40 left wing members denounced the crash program as harmful to employment and wages. Deputy Premier George Brown attended late amid cabinet tensions.
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London
Harold Wilson
Frank Cousins
Wilson
George Brown
Westminster
Ilson
Brown
Cbinet
Mounting enemy deaths deepen Vietnam toll near border
AP reports another night of combat as Marine units near the Laos border fail to contact North Vietnamese forces since yesterday afternoon. Body count climbs to 736 with 17 more enemy bodies found in the battle area. Air and Marine pilots reported multiple secondary explosions indicating depots and dumps as operations around the DMZ and Nha Be oil depot continue. Saigon areas near the capital endure artillery and air fire as shells shake homes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet Nam
Enem
Laos
U.S. Marine Company
U.S. Air Force
Dong Hoi
Nha Be
Mother Held In Drowning Of 3 Children
Fay Hinds 22 was committed to Mercer County Jail without bail on charges of drowning three of her four children in a bathtub in Princeton Township New Jersey. Tina 4 Mark 18 months died before police arrived. David 7 months died later at Princeton Hospital. Stephen was outside playing.
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Princeton Township
N.J
Mercer County
Trenton
Fay Hinds
Glenn B. Miller Jr
Tina Hinds
Mark Hinds
David Hinds
Princeton Hospital
Princeton Borough
Stephen
Higher Prices Shrink Pay Raises in Second Quarter
Washington reports that higher taxes and prices wiped out any extra income Americans earned in the quarter ending June 30. After adjustments for inflation, per capita take-home pay fell from 2287 to 1177 dollars annualized, leaving a 10 dollar loss in purchasing power.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Des Moines
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