Fast Count bill faces tough fight in Ohio House
Ohio House debate on a bill to end the state's slow count on election nights. Rep. Robert I. Evans backs posting results for key races outside polling places once tabulated. Opposition cites special interest concerns and potential cross‑region ballot effects. House floor showdown looms as other measures move forward.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Robert I. Evans
R-31
Coshocton
U.S
News Election Service
Ted W. Brown
House Government Operations Committee
Midwest
West Coast
Carl B. Stokes
Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Charles Fry
Clark
Fry
Senate
Tennyson Guyer
Hancock
National Conference On Weights and Measures
Ohio Dairy Products Association
Robert R. Shaw
Senate Finance
Ohio Land Commission
Attorney General's Office
TV Stars Parade On Picket Lines
New York AP reports nine days of star picketing at the three major networks as Cronkite Brinkley and Jennings strike alongside AFTRA. Celebrities like John Daly join, signing autographs amid heavy pedestrian crowds while some pay tribute to studios' audiences as brass talent fills in on air.
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New York
ABC
Peter Jennings
Cronkite
Brinkley
Jennings
Downs
Lillian Miller
Miss Miller
NBC
George Heinemann
Surtax Backers Retreat in Goverment Debate
Washington reports indicate administration shifts away from a July 1 1967 surtax start date while insisting the levy remains necessary for later in the year to curb inflation amid a slowing economy. Officials expect to use updated economic data to press Congress, with possible dates pushed to September or October and hearings by June. Water conservation message concludes the piece, stressing water's central role for life and progress.
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Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Uruguayan Communists Wage Anti LBJ Drive
Uruguayan Communists backed by Havana wage a noisy anti Johnson campaign against his upcoming Latin American summit in Punta del Este. Security will curb protests April 12 14 with a 90 mile march from Montevideo and a 24 hour general strike. Authorities say disruption chances are minimal. The Communist party remains legally active and leads major unions and student groups while denouncing Johnson as Vietnam's murderer.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Havana
Johnson
Punta del Este
Augusto Legnani
Fidel
Frente Izquierda de Liberacion
Leftist Liberation Front
National Convention of Workers
Federation
Reds
Communist Party
el] Popular
Vietnam
Fear and fault lines in Cleveland summer violence
Cleveland residents fear a repeat of last summer's rioting as tensions rise in Hough Glenville and Mount Pleasant. Whites and Blacks accuse each other of arming while community leaders push housing and job programs to avert bloodshed.
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Cleveland
Robert G. McGruder
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Whitey
Summer
Murray Hill
Hough Negro
Ohio National Guard
Mount Pleasant
Hough
Glenville
Bertram E. Gardner
Cleveland Community Relations Board
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CBS
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The
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Walter Cronkite
David Brinkley
Hugh Downs
Surtax
Washington
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East Jackson
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