Texans Sign for School Prayers Drive in San Antonio
A large Texas campaign seeks support for a Becker constitutional amendment to permit Bible reading and prayer in public schools. Volunteers at 52 community sites collected over 50,000 signatures urging Congress to back the measure. The drive follows a Supreme Court ruling banning compulsory prayer and Bible reading in schools.
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Texas
San Antonio
Mittle
Hance
Carl McIntyre
Collingsworth
N.J
Congress
Frank Becker
New York
Supreme Court
Peanuts Lesson Sparks Debate Over Book Reports
A cartoon strip scene about Lucy teaching Peter Rabbit analysis inspires a Nebraska study on how first graders connect literature to life. The memo notes questions comparing Peter Rabbit to his sisters and Mr. MacGregor to everyday social roles, arguing teachers should preserve the magic of reading.
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Lucy
Charlie Brown
Peter Rabbit
Lucey
Mr. MacGregor
Peter
Opening Day At New York Fair Draws Cautious Crowd
Bill Pullman, traveling member of the Pullman Switch Pullmans, attended the fair opening in drizzle and observed more police than pedestrians. He noted pink Pinkerton coats as a striking sight and commented on fashion trends and weather concerns.
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Bill Pullman
Pullman Switch Pullmans
Pinkerton
Fam Nalian
Lodge Dominates Massachusetts GOP Write-In Ballot
Massachusetts voters gave Henry Cabot Lodge a decisive write-in lead in the Republican primary with Lodge far ahead of rivals and supporting slate at-large headed by Leverett Saltonstall. In Democratic ballots Lodge also showed surprising strength as Pennsylvania’s write-in races continued.
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Lodge
Pennsylvania
William A. Scranton
Massachusetts
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Johnson eyes second tax cut if current reduction succeeds
President Johnson told a White House dinner of business leaders that a second tax cut could follow the $12 billion reduction if the present plan boosts the economy and balances the budget. He warned action this year is needed to prevent rising costs and invited more than 50 corporate leaders to dine privately. reporters could not confirm any changes to his prepared remarks.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Industry
Finance
Yarborough trips, deny envelope lie in 1980 Pecos visit
Pecos area farmers Worsham and Kirklin testified they were with Sen Ralph Yarborough during his Pecos stop on Nov 6 1980 and swore they did not deliver or witness any envelope containing $50000. Yarborough challenged the lies claim on a statewide telecast while McLendon Keeton Fonville and Estes figures were brought into the discussion.
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Houston
Pecos
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
W. J. Worsham
J. B. Kirklin
Yarborough
Kirklin
Melendon
Worsham
McLendon
Ernest Keeton
James E. Fonville
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Estes
Keeton
Fonville
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Rights Debate Senate Hears Cloture Talk
Washington AP reports a warning to Southern senators that debate on a jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill may be cut off if votes are not secured by next Tuesday. Senate Republican Leader Dirksen and Democratic Leader Mansfield outline a possible cloture move aimed at the amendment, not the entire bill.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Dirksen
Mansfield
Senate
Stray Mutt Brings Tax Men To Grandi Court
DESENZZANO Italy AP a stray mongrel dog followed mailman Francesco Grandi on his rounds. After Grandi protested a dog tax he couldn't pay the dog was sent to the pound and destroyed but escaped returned to him and was moved repeatedly by Grandi over distances up to 25 miles before a local dog protection society agreed to find the animal a home.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Agro
Croatan
Alabama
Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co
Doug. Melton
Melton
Desenzzano
Italy
Francesco Grandi
Grandi
Sirmione
Think Big In I Breath New York
The Chase Manhattan Bank was asked by a New England schoolgirl to say a long number in words. The bank replied with a playful, magnified breakdown from predecillion to thousand, illustrating the phrase take a big breath.
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Chase Manhattan Bank
New England
FBI captures wanted man in New Orleans kidnap case
Ex convict Joseph Francis Bryan Jr., pursued for the kidnapping and slaying of a Tennessee boy, was arrested in a suburban New Orleans shopping center after a brief struggle. The 8 year old hostage, Dennis Burke, was released unharmed and identified Bryan, who faces kidnapping and flight charges with bond set at 150000.
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New Orleans
South Carolina
FBI
Tennessee
Joseph Francis Bryan Jr
Bryan
Burke
West Tennessee
Humboldt
Nurse Search Continues For Missing Baby Paul Joseph
Police and FBI agencies canvass Chicago buildings room by room for Paul Joseph, abducted from Michael Reese Hospital. A nurse questioned is not the kidnapper, and a cab driver recalls a woman with a baby boarding a south side cab. The investigation aims to determine if the federal kidnapping law was violated.
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Michael Reese Hospital
Chicago
Marlin Johnson
FBI
Chester Fronczak Jr
Dora
Paul Joseph
Fronzak
Lee Kelsey
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Linlee Martin Growing
Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Mexico
461St Bombardment Wing
Amarillo Air Force Base
Armstead Brodie
461St Field Maintenance Squadron
Gordon McLendon
Dallas
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
el Paso
Taft
Tex
Pine Bluff Ark
Mr. Estes
Mr. Fonville
Mr. Keeton
Trans
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Dennis Burke
Humboldt, Tenn
Richard Burke
U.S
Fritz Windhorst
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