World View Hardens as Viet Nam War Extends
The article notes Peking and Hanoi show no wish to end the Viet Nam war amid new troop increases to about 75,000. British leaders propose a peace mission while skepticism grows. U.S. air raids, MIG kills, and political shifts in the United States and Dominican Republic context fill the week.
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Associated Press
Peking
Hanoi
Washington
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Rusk
Red China
Viet Cong
United States
Harold Wilson
Britain
Ghana
Nigeria
Trinidad
Ceylon
Moscow
Saigon
Guam
Philippines
Navy
Louis C. Page
Jack E. Batson Jr
San Diego
Calif
Page
Baboon 007 Induced to Smoke in LSU Study
At LSU Medical School in New Orleans researchers trained Baboon 007 to smoke by rewarding it with banana and a cigarette holder. The primate now smokes about 16 cigarettes daily as part of a study to explore links between smoking and diseases. Researchers James Leslie and Charles Watts managed the training with pathologist Dr. Jack Strong, hoping to compare regulated smoking in baboons with non smoking peers.
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New Orleans
007
Louisiana State University Medical School
James Bond
Jack P. Strong
LSU
Strong
James Leslie
Charles S Watts
Watts
Dr. Strong
Baboon 007
Out of State Students Launch Voter Drive in Virginia
Petersurg AP College and university students from outside the state arrive this weekend to begin a 10 week statewide registration campaign to double the Negro vote in Virginia. SCOPE workers are to receive workshops after a six day orientation near Atlanta. Local SCLC leaders coordinate from Petersburg with 50 volunteers planned across Hopewell Petersburg Suffolk and Franklin areas in phase one covering seven counties Prince George Prince Edward Southampton Surry Sussex Greensville Mecklenburg and others.
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Petersburg
Herbert Colton
SCLC
Curtis Harris
Hopewell
Suffolk
Franklin
Prince George
Prince Edward Southampton
Surry
Sussex
Greensville
Mecklenburg
Cumberland
Buchanan
Appomattox
Amelia
Nottoway
Lunenburg
Nansemond
Brunswick
Isle of Wight
Powhatan
Police Chief Faces Crooks in Jacksonville Patrol
Jacksonville Arkansas AP reports Police Chief Myron Traylor deals with two crooked patrolmen, Charlie Crook and Eddie Crook, among five on the staff. The piece notes the unusual surname coincidence and the department's challenge.
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Jacksonville, Ark
Myron Traylor
Crooks
Charlie Crook
Eddie Crook
Johnson moves to shore up confidence in U S economy
Johnson administration acts to calm investors after a month of market losses. Officials assure the public the economy is sound as Wall Street recovers from a sharp downturn amid war in Vietnam and currency pressures. President Johnson addresses Congress and Treasury Secretary Fowler reassures markets.
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Johnson
U.S
New York
Wall Street
Viet Nam
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Fowler
John T. Connor
Gardner Ackley
Ackley
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Martin
Washington State Apple Crop Down
Washington state, the top apple producer, expects about a ten percent drop in the coming harvest from last year. Dr. L P Batter of the U S Department of Agriculture cites a 29 million bushel statewide figure, with Wenatchee area up and Yakima area shortened by frosts, Virginia around ten million, and the national 1964 crop about 140 million bushels.
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Washington State
L. P. Batter
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wenatchee
Washington
Batjer
Yakima Area
Virginia
Michigan Declares Trout Official State Fish
Gov. George Romney signed a bill making the trout the official state fish. The measure was introduced by Sen. Terry Troutt and signals political support for Michigan's wildlife designation amid broader 1965-66 economic notes and stock market activity.
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Lansing
Mich
George Romney
Michigan
Terry Troutt
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