Humphrey Arrives in Saigon for Viet Talks
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey landed in Saigon to review social and economic projects and push for non military programs. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu accompanied him after Honolulu talks with President Johnson.
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South Viet Nam
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Humphrey
Tan Son Nhut
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Honolulu
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Viet Nam
Guam
U. S
FCC to Review CATV Impact and Regulation Scope
The FCC opens a closed session to resume scrutiny of Community Antenna Television CATV and its effect on federally licensed TV. A decision to regulate all 1600 CATV systems is expected, including simple master-antenna setups. The debate centers on carriage and nonduplication rules protecting local stations by requiring CATV to carry local channels and blackout distant programs around local broadcasts.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
CATV
General Motors to standardize collapsible steering on 1967 cars
GM will make collapsible steering columns standard on all 1967 passenger cars and add dual brakes as standard. Ford vows not to fall behind in auto safety while AMC already requires dual brakes since 1962. Chrysler considers 1967 implementation.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
AMC
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Senate blocks end of union shop in 14B repeal bid
Washington reports the Senate again failed to invoke cloture on the House passed bill to end the states right to outlaw the union shop. The move to repeal Section 14B of the Taft Hartley Act appears doomed for the current Congress as votes fell short of the two thirds needed. Republican Dirksen led the filibuster effort with support from most Republicans and some Southern Democrats.
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Bulletin
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Showman Billy Rose Dies at 66 in Jamaica
Montego Bay reports Billy Rose the impresario and showman died of lobar pneumonia at 66 in Eldmire Nursing Home. He had undergone vascular surgery in Houston and was recovering in Jamaica where he wintered with his sister Polly Gottlieb. Rose left an estate valued at over 25 million dollars and had a career spanning theater production songwriting and nightclub ownership.
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Jamaica
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Lobar
Eldmire
Houston
Tex
New York
Polly Gottlieb
Hollywood
Alex Gottlieb
Dollar Days Savers at Athens Retail Merchants
Readers are warned of the semi annual Dollar Days as bargains flood The Messenger ads. Plan shopping, spot discounts, and raid the cookie jar for money saved. Friday and Saturday bring a flood of advertised bargains across local merchants.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Messenger
Please Forward Letter Meant For DiSalle Reaches Rhodes Office
A Humphrey campaign mailing intended for former governor Michael V. DiSalle was sent to Gov. James A. Rhodes in Columbus Ohio. Rhodes officials said the letter would be forwarded to DiSalle at the Statehouse.
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Columbus
Hubert H. Humphrey
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Michael V. DiSalle
Statehouse
Ohio
DiSalle
Gas line rupture in Perry County with no injuries
The Texas Eastern Gas & Oil Co. reports a cross-state gas line rupture near Somerset in Perry County early today. There was no explosion and no injuries.
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New Lexington
Texas Eastern Gas & Oil Co
Perry County
Somerset
Missiles Down Navy Jet Amid Vietnam Bombing Raid
U S Army troops faced heavy Communist fire near Saigon as Soviet made missiles shot down a Navy A4 Skyhawk during a raid on Hon Mat Island. The pilot bailed out and was rescued as air and ground forces pressed attacks on Viet Cong tunnel networks near Cu Chi and Tuy Hoa.
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South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hon Mat
Thanh Hoa
U. S
South China Sea
England
United States
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Navy
Air Force
Cu Chi
U. S. 25Th Division
25Th Division
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Tuy Hoa
101St
Riots in Santo Domingo Leave Seven Dead and 22 Hurt
Labor leaders and left wing ex tremists threaten a general strike after seven persons are killed and at least 22 injured in day long rioting in Santo Domingo. They blame police brutality and call for the removal of armed forces leaders assigned abroad as a presidential order. Moderates from the Revolutionary Social Christians and the Dominican Revolutionary party are expected to back the strike.
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Dominican Republic
The
Revolutionary Social Christians
Juan Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Senate to Approve Most GI Bill Changes From House
Senate plans to accept nearly all House changes to the GI bill with one expected item possibly forcing another House vote. The measure creates a permanent education and home loan benefit system for veterans and is likely to be signed by President Johnson despite higher cost.
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Congress
White House
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Transit Workers Seek Compliance After Court Ruling
The Transport Workers Union vows to push for honoring a strike win despite a state court ruling that subway and bus workers cannot receive a pay raise for three years. Justice Irving H. Saypol rebuked the Transit Authority for approving about $60 million in raises for 34,000 workers from last month's 12 day strike.
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New York
Transport Workers Union
Afl-Cio
State Supreme Court
Irving H. Saypol
Athens parking committee may result from session
Community session potentially leads to an Athens area parking committee. The note appears on page 12 with other brief items and staff references in The Messenger.
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Athens
Ohio
Meigs
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Meigs Health Board
Bobcats
Miami
Senators fault Viet Nam policy boosting Communists
Democratic senators argue criticism of President Nixon’s Southeast Asia aims fuels Hanoi’s resolve to keep fighting. They say antiwar clamor pressures withdrawal, while Kennan testimony and possible policy rider on a 4.8 billion military bill shape the debate ahead of Lincoln Day recess.
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Washington
Democratic
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Maine
North Viet Nam
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Nam
Kennan
U. S
Japan
Joseph S. Clark
Dpa
Clark
Senate
Sophie Tucker Dies at 78 after lung illness in New York
Sophie Tucker the last of the red hot mammas died at age 78 in her Park Avenue apartment after a chronic lung ailment and kidney failure. Her career spanned 62 years with hits like Some of These Days and Life Begins at 40.
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New York
Sophie Tucker
Porter
Sheldon Brooks
Miss Tucker
Park Avenue
Sophie
Will Rogers
al Jolson
Jack Benny
Fannie Brice
Judy Garland
Jimmy Durante
Bea Lillie
Russia
America
Poland
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England
Royal Command
the Palladium
Medicare Aid Grants Made Across Ohio Counties
Ohio community action agencies across 44 counties received 355 102 dollars in federal grants announced by Albert G. Giles. The funds support a three month program to help Social Security Administration counsel seniors on rights under the 1965 medical care amendments. Grants by county area include Athens Hocking Perry 7205 dollars Jackson Vinton 10090 dollars and Washington 0367 dollars.
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Ohio
Albert G. Giles
Ohio Office of Opportunity
Giles
Social Security Administration
Athens - Hocking Perry
Jackson - Vinton
Washington
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