Strong Senate Push for NATO Force Reductions
An AP survey finds 44 Senators favor eventual withdrawal of most of the six U.S. divisions in Europe while 15 support token retention of one division. Leaders like Mansfield argue Western Europe should defend itself, with debate centering on NATO obligations and economic strains. Republicans Aiken Dominick Fong and Democrats Clark Ellender Gruening Hartke McIntyre Morse Ribicoff Smathers Sparkman Young Mansfield among those backing reductions.
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Associated Press
U.S
Iron Curtain
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Western Europe
Mansfield
United States
NATO
Pentagon
Europe
Robert S. Mcoo
Beex
Joseph S. Clark
Pennsylvania
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
Wayne Morse
Oregon
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
George A. Smathers
Florida
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Peter H. Dominick
Colorado
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Presbyterian Head to Push Unity
William Phelps Thompson was elected stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. He pledges to press Christian unity and apply faith to modern social problems. Thompson, 47, from Wichita Kansas, will succeed Eugene Carson Blake who left to head the World Council of Churches.
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Oston (Ap
United Presbyterian Church of the
U.S.A
William Phelps Thompson
Thompson
Eugene Carson Blake
World Council of Churches
Blake
North Korea Accuses UN Spy Group of Crossing Armistice Line
North Korea charged at Panmunjom that a five man UN command spy group crossed the buffer zone on May 18 35 miles north of Seoul. Maj. Gen. Park Chung kook showed weapons seized and said one member was Korean Chun Dong soo. U S Maj. Gen. Joseph Butcher promised an investigation.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
United Nations Command
Park Chung-kook
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Seoul
Chun Dong-soo
U.S
Joseph Butcher
1965 License Plate Seen on Baker Street Pickup
The Crier reports a 1965 license plate visible on a pickup truck moving along Baker Street, noting last year’s plates remain in fashion.
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Baker St
Garbage and Bus Schedule Change for Holiday Week
Due to the legal holiday on Monday May 30 garbage collection is canceled that day. Garbage for May 30 will be picked up Thursday June 2. Bus service will run 6 to 9 AM and 2 to 4 PM while schools stay open and stores close.
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Robert M. Grim
Rouss City Hall
Johnson acknowledges cost of living and war denting popularity
President Johnson faces declining public support as inflation and the Vietnam War erode polls. Harris reports 55 percent rate him excellent or good, a drop from two months prior. Gallup shows a tighter race with Nixon at 54 percent to Johnson 36, undecided 10.
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Dent Johnson
South Viet Nam
Louis Harris
Johnson
Harris
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Viet Nam
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Backers Seek to Restore 1.6 Million in Wage Bill
Washington AP sponsors of minimum wage legislation urge a House vote to restore 1.6 million small firm workers from coverage. The plan adds coverage for up to 400,000 workers and seeks to delay a $1.60 target until 1968. The debate includes farm and small business exemptions and staged wage increases through 1971.
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Washington
House
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Dent
John B. Anderson
R-Il
Howevever
Anderson
David T. Martin
R-Neb
Premature Disclosure of President Johnsons Soybean Plan
Investigators probe an unauthorized leak of Johnsons plan to boost soybean acreage under the food for peace program. Report said newsmen were questioned about handling and timing of the disclosure before the noon release. A voter absentee ballot notice appears with unrelated details.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Johnson
Department
Office of Inspector General
Billie Sol Estes
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Inspector General Office
Kresge’s Opens Memorial Day with New Store Hours
Kresge's announces Memorial Day hours 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and a Big Memorial Day Sale. Effective May 6 1966 the store adopts new hours closing each Friday from sundown to 8 a.m. Monday and opening Monday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Grove Furniture Co. 125 8S Loudoun St.
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Kresge’s
Wed., & Thurs
Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun St
Puffin drifts under westerly winds in Atlantic crossing
Coast Guard cutter Conifer spotted Puffin, a 15 foot rowboat, about 1044 miles off Cape Charles Virginia. English journalists David Johnstone and John Hoare, 34 and 29, are safe and determined to continue with dry charts and favorable winds toward St Ives England, despite strong gales slowing their voyage.
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Coast Guard
Conifer
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Charles
Virginia
David Johnstone
John Hoare
T.D. Keith
Virginia Beach
St. Ives
England
Wanted Experienced Salesgirl In Ladies Apparel Box 25
Box 25 seeks a full time salesgirl for ladies apparel. Must be experienced and at least 25 years old. Prior retail sales background preferred. Apply with resume to the employer.
Turncoat Clarence Adams arrives in Hong Kong from China
Clarence Adams a Korean War turncoat from Memphis arrives in Hong Kong with his Chinese wife and two children, leaving two other ex-prisoners in Communist China. A U S consulate official says travel documents may take one to three weeks. Mrs Adams says the move is to see his mother in Memphis after 16 years apart.
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Hong Kong
Clarence Adams
China
Adams
Memphis
Tenn
Lowu
Louis
Della
Nicholas Platt
U.S
Hong Kong Red Cross
Howard Adams
Clarence
Corsicana
Tex
James Veneris
Hawethorne
Calif
Europe
Morris Wills
Fort Ann
N.Y
Veneris
United States
Platt
Liu Linofang
Gladys Peoples
Annie Laurie's Dumfriesshire Home Goes Up For Sale
London reports Maj. Gen. Sir John Laurie, descendant of Annie Laurie, sells Maxwelton House on the 890 acre estate in Dumfriesshire Scotland. The 30 room residence features a round tower and thick medieval walls. The property includes gardens parks and six cottages. it housed Norwegian army units in World War II.
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London
Annie Laurie
John Laurie
Annie
Maxwelton House
Dumfriesshire
Scotland
Glencairn Castle
William Douglas
Alexander Fergusson
Shenandoah Plans 91st Commencement
Shenandoah College and Shenandoah Conservatory mark their 91st commencement with a 11 a.m. Baccalaureate service led by Rev. Lee B. Sheaffer and a 3 p.m. address by Joseph S. Farland. The program includes performances by the Girls Chorus and Concert Choir and honors thirty eight graduates. Doctor of Music will go to William J. Skeat and Doctor of Humane Letters to W. O. Cooley. Services open to the public.
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Shenandoah College
Shenandoah Conservatory
Mussic
Lee B. Sheaffer
Inwood-Pikeside
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Shenandoah Alumni Association
Joseph S. Farland
Panama
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Shenendoah Conservatory of Music
Zoltan Kodaly
Jesus
J. S. Bach
Lloyd Robb
William J. Skeat
Shenenandoah Conservatory
Made to Order Genes Predicted
Nobel Prize scientist Dr. Edward L. Tatum of Rockefeller University spoke at a Columbia University Merck symposium on the future of medicine in Rahway New Jersey. He predicted genes could be made to order, with molecular biology advancing toward genetic engineering.
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New York
Edward L. Tatum
Rockeefeller University
Tatum
Columbia Universsity
Merck Sharp & Research Laboratories
Rahway
M.J
Bombers Attack 4 Cong Areas In Hue Uprising
Screaming students set fire to the U S Information Service building in Hue as Buddhist leaders led a protest march against support for Ky's regime. A 500 man Vietnamese battalion moved in to guard the U S consulate and VOA relay station.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Information Service
Hue
United States
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.s.ls
U.S
Voice of America
Hue Fire Strikes U.S. Buildings As Battle Deaths Rise
South Vietnamese troops guard the U.S. consulate and three other American sites in Hue. U S bombers pound four Viet Cong areas while allied deaths for the week soar to 386. In Hue a fire erupts inside the U S L building as students attack with rocks and set materials ablaze.
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Hue
Viet Nam
U.S. Comsulate
U.S
Ia Drang
U.S.L
Weather outlook and local events in Virginia and Ward Plaza
A weather report notes cloudy skies and light rain across Virginia due to fronts and a low pressure area in the southeast. Local readers are invited to two Ward Plaza events: a free fireworks show Monday night at 9 15 p m and the Model Car Memorial Day 500 at Tom Thumb Family Raceways Ward Plaza at 9 30 a m on Monday May 30.
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Richmond
Virginia
Ward Plaza Shopping Center
Ward Plaza
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