Bipartisan backing clears Senate committee on Vietnam war action
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees approved a resolution backing President Johnson’s Southeast Asia military actions after Rusk McNamara and Wheeler urged Congress to show unity. Only Sen. Morse opposed, calling it a predated declaration of war while noting North Vietnamese attacks near the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Congress
Southeast Asia
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chief of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Wayne Morse
Foreign Relations Committee
Asia
Rusk
Earle C. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
South Viet Nam
Laos
McNamara
Wheeler
Mild weekend weather expected for MD Carnival event
A MD Carnival Monday is planned from 1 to 2 30 p m at 516 East Leicester with mild daytime temperatures and cooler nights. The Friends ship Fire Co hosts a Meeting and Note Burning at Kiwanis Shelter on Thursday August 6 at 6 30 p m.
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Leicester
Friendship Fire CO
Kiwanis Shelter
Hunt Intensifies for Killers of Rights Workers in Mississippi
Federal and state authorities broadened their probe into the slaying of three civil rights workers whose bodies were found after a long search near Philadelphia Mississippi. Identifications were announced for Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner with James Chaney tentatively identified.
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Jackson, Miss
FBI
Honolulu
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Philadelphia
Miss
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
James Chaney
Meridian
Goodman
Schwerner
A-Bombers Join U.S. Watch for Red Attack
United States builds up military force in Southeast Asia as officials watch Red China for any move. Washington cites explosive risk after air strikes against North Viet Nam. Johnson warns against aggression while U S forces push carriers Ranger and 12 destroyers toward the crisis zone. Bipartisan support grows in Congress for retaliation.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Ranger
Red China
Syracuse University
Johnson
United States of America
Senate
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
McNamara
Reconnais
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Delta Dag
Ger
Okinawa
da Nang
South China Sea
Ho Chi Minh
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
U.N. Debates Invite For Vietnamese Representatives
The United Nations Security Council faces a likely move to invite both North and South Vietnam to participate in a debate on North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. ships. US and Soviet delegates clashed over participation while Adlai Stevenson argued for North Vietnam invitees and inclusion of South Vietnam. The session focused on U.S. self defense under the U.N. charter amid tensions in Southeast Asia.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
South Viet Nam
U.S
Council
Sivert A. Nielsen
Norway
Nielsen
Senc
United States
North Viet Nam
Red China
Wednes
Platon D. Morozov
Adlai E. Stevenson
North Vietnam
Morozov
Stevenson
Gulf of Tonkin
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Asia
U.N
U.S. Sion
Durham Linked to 8 Slayings, State Probe Reveals
Durham, a 22 year old North Carolina farmhand named in an indictment in one murder case, is suspected in eight Virginia slayings. State Police investigator Lloyd testified at a hearing before Virginia’s top appeals court, saying Durham directed officers to the Hoover home and led them to victims Wal tine Hoover and E M Snow.
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Luther Durham
North Carolina
King George County
Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Harry L. Carrico
W. M. Lloyd
State Police
Richmond
Durham
Massie
Lloyd
Waltine Naomi Hoover
E.M. Snow
Hoover
Sarah Zane Fire Co Meeting Tiurs
Meeting notice for Sarah Zane Fire Company scheduled for Thursday August 6 at 8 p.m. Readiness and agenda items include station updates and member reports. Members urged to attend.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Meeting Tiurs
Arlington Woman Dies From Car Crash Injuries
Eunice Mary Whitt, 57, of 20 S Old Glebe Road Arlington, died at Memorial Hospital from injuries after a Tuesday afternoon crash on Route 60 at Logue Creek bridge. The incident near Winchester left multiple fractures and a crushed chest.
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Arlington
Memorial Hospital
Logue Creek Bridge
Eunice Mary Whitt
Old Glebe Road
Frederick County
Multiple injuries in Clarke County crash and related notices
Three sections of a bridge railing and two highway signs were torn down in a crash that left four dead in the area. Injured were Mary Catherine Phillips 16 and Michael Whitt 7 1/2 both reported in good condition. Richard Isner Jr eight improved. Mrs Donald R Metzner improving after a crash north of Winchester. Also reports on Ho Chi Minh rumors and U S diplomacy amid Vietnam crisis.
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Highway Post
Mary Catherine Phillips
Fairborn
Ohio
Whitt
Memorial Hospital
Michael Whitt
Richard Isner, Jr
Cumberland
Clarke County
Donald R. Metzner
Winchester
Californians Missing Navy Fliers In Vietnam Attack
Washington AP reports two Navy pilots listed as missing after planes were shot down in North Vietnam are Californians aged 26. Lt. (jg) Richard C. Sather and Lt. (jg) Everett Alvarez Jr. may be the captured pilot. Pentagon could not confirm. Families express anxiety and hope as young officers’ fates loom.
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Washington
Pentagon
North Viet Nam
Richard C. Sather
Navy
Everett Alvarez Jr
Sather
Patricia Kriner
West Covina
Calif
Santa Clara
Alvarez
Everett Alvarez Sr
Young Alvarez
Targee
Weather brings fair skies and cool temperatures to Virginia
A ridge of high pressure stretching from the Mid west to the Atlantic states produced fair weather and cooler temperatures across Virginia on today’s forecast.
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Richmond
Midwest
Atlantic States
Virginia
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Jackson
Moore
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Ala
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Quang Tri
Thailand
China
Hanoi
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Gay
Oe Haiphong
Quang Khe
Pakee
Gulf of
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Ohue
Hainan
Nam
Aregent Council
State Police Prober
Jack Cummins
Elliott D. Marshall
Otha T. Howard
Summer Apparel Nder’s Inc
Lauck’s Grocery
Cork
Modernage
North Viet Wam
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North Vietnamese Communist Party
North
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