McNamara Announces 16 000 to 21 000 More Troops to Vietnam
Defense Secretary McNamara says 16 000 to 21 000 additional U S troops will move to South Vietnam within weeks, boosting total forces to about 70 000 75 000 with roughly 20 000 ground fighters. He outlines an air mobile division and ongoing air strikes, noting Viet Cong strength around 195 000 and regular North Vietnamese battalions potentially infiltrating.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Red China
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Robert McNamara
Revolutionary Air Assault
House votes to create Department of Housing and Urban Development
The House approved a measure to form a new federal department to coordinate urban affairs and housing, a move Johnson supports. The plan would merge FHA and NFMA activities, placing the head in the Cabinet, with Senate action anticipated within a month.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
John F. Kennedy
Florence P. Dwyer
R-N.j
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Health, Education and Welfare Department
Kennedy
Robert C. Weaver
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Government Operations Committee
Rockefeller Opposes Lottery Yet Supports Passage
Albany reports the Senate approved a New Hampshire style state lottery bill by 116 to 18 as Gov Rockefeller reiterated opposition in principle. The measure requires a constitutional amendment and two separate legislatures before a November 1966 ballot. Rockefeller also warned a lottery could harm the poor and cited past Puerto Rico supermarket sales during a lottery strike.
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New York City
Assembly Approves Sale Of Birth-Control Devices
The New York Assembly passed by an 83 to 52 vote a bill to legalize sale of birth-control devices and sent it to Gov. Rockefeller. The measure would modify existing law which currently criminalizes providing birth-control information or devices except by physicians for illness treatment. Constance E. Cook argued the bill sets private moral boundaries, while Catholic members warned it would sanction illicit conduct.
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Rockefeller
Constance E. Cook
Ithaca
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Assembly
Wilson Pushes Viet Nam Cease-Fire Plan at Commonwealth Summit
Prime Minister Harold Wilson aims to rally Commonwealth leaders behind a general Viet Nam cease-fire. He seeks a halt to U S bombing before the Algiers summit and urges North Viet Nam and South Viet Nam factions, plus China and the United States, toward early peace talks under UN auspices.
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Viet Nam
London
Harold Wilson
China
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Commonwealth
Peking
Johnson
U.S
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Algiers
South Viet Nam
United ,Nations
Legislature Ends 1965 Session After Long Battle
The Legislature agreed to adjourn Tuesday ending its 1965 session, after the Senate approved New York City fiscal bills that blocked adjournment. The session began January 6 and, at 50 years, the longest in memory, was extended by fights over leaders and a statewide sales tax.
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New York City
New York Lottery Plan Tied to Horse Races Debated
The proposal would allow a state lottery only after 1967 with four to five annual drawings. Backers project up to 400 million dollars yearly for education, with proceeds reserved for state aid, while only one assemblyman, Republican Werner Ingram of Potsdam, spoke briefly against it.
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New Hampshire
New York
Mexico to issue stamps for 1968 Olympics
Mexico plans a five stamp issue to promote the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City. The stamps depict pre Hispanic sports such as Mayan and Aztec ball playing and Aztec stone hurling, with designs chosen from a contest among Mexican artists.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Conferees Reach Accord on 4.6 Billion Excise Tax Cut
Washington AP Senate House conferees agreed on a 4.6 billion tax cut wiping out wartime excises and the 1930s lows. Leaders aim to rush the bill to President Johnson tonight with signature possible tomorrow and first stage cuts to take effect Saturday.
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Senate
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D-La
U S Forces Report First Death in Dominican Fighting
In Santo Domingo U S paratrooper was killed and two other soldiers died from Tuesday’s battle as U N debate continued. Casus belli cited by rebel Col Francisco Caamano Deno drew accusations of genocide and requests for U N on site talks.
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Jones May Get Senate Nod Endorsement
Endorsement of Troy attorney E Stewart Jones as the Republican state senatorial candidate appears assured though county GOP leaders remain noncommittal after the defeat of former Sen Berkowitz. Sen Nathan Proller of Glens Falls has been nearly dropped from consideration by local party leaders as the GOP moved to finalize choices.
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Albert Berkowitz
Nathan Proller
Glens Falls
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Albany County
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Senate
Record
Rensselaer County
Republicans
F. Warren Travers
Troy
Neil W. Kelleher
Kelleher
Troy Record expands financial and sports coverage statewide
The Troy Record expands its reporting to include final coverages from the New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange in every morning edition. Daily sports pages print results from Aqueduct Suffolk Downs Monmouth and Delaware Park with Green Mountain Park entries starting tomorrow. GOP figures from Rensselaer Warren and Washington Counties discuss candidate support for a State Senate race, with possible contenders including Jones and former Mayor Neil W. Kelleher.
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New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Aqueduct
Suffolk Downs
Monmouth
Delaware Park
Green Mountain Park
Viet Cong ambush near Saigon as bomber injures dozens
Viet Cong hit a government convoy 15 miles southwest of Saigon amid reports of a bombing at Saigon Airport that injured 34 American servicemen and others. A U S spokesman said a U S Army adviser vanished and a U S helicopter was downed in the firefight.
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Viet Nam
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Goldwater urges blockade of Cuba to halt Communism
Barry Goldwater called for a tight arms blockade around Cuba to stop war materials reaching the island and to deter what he termed an undeclared war against the Americas. He urged naval action by the United States and allied states and cited the 1963 Cuban missile crisis as precedent.
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