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Four days later, Johnson was more to the point-and considerably more helpful to dubious Americans-when he summoned reporters into his White House office and calmly explained his views of the civil unrest in South Viet Nam. "They are trying to build a nation," he said. "They have to do this in the teeth of Communist efforts to take the country over by force. It is a hard and frustrating job, and there is no easy answer-no instant solution-to any of the problems they face. Our wish is to see them increasingly able to manage their...
...military police opened fire on a truckload of civilian dockworkers and killed six of them. In Danang far to the north, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky made an even more quaking move: a group of Vietnamese marines "invaded" Danang and quietly established control over the major center of Buddhist political unrest, then lounged peacefully on the grass. That quietude may well be shattered by Buddhist riots. From Saigon to the Red Chinese border, the elements had inevitably conspired: air and water, earth and fire...
...initial wave of unrest began shortly after 10 p.m. when several Weld freshers started turning their room lights off and on. Within five minutes Matthews and Grays were blinking back at them...
...will have employed 603,000 boys and girls at a cost of $391 million. It has worked so well that some House Democrats would like to give it more than $550 million for the year beginning July 1. Much of the money would be spent to ease racial unrest in the 21 "high-tension" U.S. cities...
...contempt and subject to discipline"-in sum, integrate or get out. The church also gave qualified approval to civil disobedience "as a measure of last resort." The Rev. Frank H. Caldwell, who was elected moderator by the assembly, acknowledged that civil rights issues "underlie a great deal of unrest and dissension" in his church, but held that the unrest is leading to a redefinition of the church's mission...