Johnson Hones School Desegregation Powers Johnson Hones School Desegregation Powers
President Johnson plans to ask Congress to strengthen federal desegregation laws and expand the FBI by about 100 agents. Aimed at stopping intimidation of Black students and empowering the attorney general to file suits without private complaints, the move accompanies a broader civil rights package and court protections for Black rights workers. The proposal would broaden authority to initiate court action, extend protections, and curb housing discrimination as well.
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FBI
Johnson Administration
Attorney General
South
Justice Department
GSA to Seek Stronger Auto Safety Standards for 1968 models
The General Services Administration plans to require improved safety features on vehicles sold for government use. Proposed 1968 models must include rear head rests either recessed or breakaway ash trays window and door controls arm rests with no sharp corners and rear window defrosters.
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Washington
General Services Administration
GSA
Hollering Easter Than Using Phone in Yorkville
In Yorkville Indiana the Rev Charles Walsh of St Martin’s church and neighbor Henry Alhaus cannot reach each other by phone since their lines are run by different companies. A call would traverse 35 miles of lines, making window communication faster.
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Yorkville
Ind
Charles Walsh
Henry Alhaus
Father Walsh
St. Martin’s Church
Alhaus
Athens Parking Committee Studies Short and Long Term Proposals
The Messenger reports Athens parking committee examines immediate and future options to address on street and lot congestion. City planners consider funding, enforcement, and redesign ideas for downtown access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Viet Nam
John Werner
Meigs County
Middleport Firemen
Senators Back SEATO Pact Rusk Probes Viet Nam Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the panel endorsed the 1954 SEATO treaty, obligating the United States to defend South Vietnam. He outlined a five point summary of U S policy, emphasizing the North Vietnamese aggression, the U S commitment, and the need to keep faith worldwide for peace in Southeast Asia.
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Wayne Morse
Dore
South Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Maxwell Taylor
Morse
Hanoi
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Washington
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia
William Langer
R-N. D
Senate
Rusk
South
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Pakistan
United States
U.S Senate
Langer
Secretary of State
U. S
North Viet Nam
Boycott of Ships Planned Across Foreign Vessels
AFL-CIO maritime unions told President Johnson they will boycott ships from all foreign nations trading with North Vietnam. In a telegram, Paul Hall Thomas Gleason and Joseph Curran said the action targets hundreds of vessels from Britain Norway Sweden Denmark France Italy and Egypt. The boycott will bar loading of such ships at U S ports.
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Miami Beach
Fla
AFL - Cio
Johnson
North Viet Nam
AFL - Cio Maritime Trades Department
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
France
Italy
Egypt
U. S
Paul Hall
Maritime Trades Department
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen’s Association
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Americans Suffer Casualties in Copter Crashes and Viet Cong Battle
Reports from Vietnam describe heavy fighting near Bong Son with the 1st Cavalry Regiment engaging Viet Cong positions ten miles south of Bong Son. Seven Americans died in two helicopter crashes. a hero died protecting comrades by leaping on a grenade. Light to moderate American casualties were reported overall.
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Sigon
Viet Nam
5Th Cavalry
Bong Son
Associated Press
Rick Merron
Lush An Lao
U. S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Saigon
Robin Mannock
Phu Hai
25Th Division
Cu Chi
25Th
1St Cavalry
Honeymoon Ends As Unions Show Cracks With Johnson
Miami Beach reports labor unions preparing to curb financial support for Democrats in upcoming congressional and state elections. AFL-CIO members at midwinter meetings voiced anger at the Johnson administration over wage dispute handling and the Taft-Hartley law. Construction unions rejected a plan to submit wage disputes to a national labor management council.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Democratic Party
AFL - Cio
Johnson
National Labor - Management Council
Labor Movement
Senate
Estey Music Co seeks Ohio site for plant expansion
The Estey Music Co of New York City, organ makers, has asked the Ohio Department of Development for manufacturing facilities. Deputy director Patterson Pepple said officials expect the firm to visit Ohio soon to inspect offered buildings. About 130 calls and 87 suitable buildings were identified, with the plant to employ about 125 people, 100 of them women.
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Columbus
Estey Music Co
New York City
Oho
Patterson Pepple
Department of Development
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Five Negroes Sentenced to Death in Shelby County
Shelby County’s largest trial ends with five men convicted of raping a white girl and sentenced to die in the electric chair. Charles Hunter, Franklin Wright, Louis Harris, Earl Foster, and Garfield Houston receive the death penalty after a 26 hour jury decision. three others get 99 year terms and two are acquitted. Governor Clement recently cleared death row but may not commute these sentences before term end.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee State
Nashville
Frank G. Clement
Shelby
Garfield Houston
Wight and Hunter
Shelby County
Clement
House of Representatives
Senate
Alfred P Sloan Jr Dies Former GM Leader
Alfred P Sloan Jr, longtime GM chairman and founder of the Sloan Foundation, died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center after indigestion. Born 1875 in New Haven, he steered GM from 1920 to 1958, growing market share to 52 percent and transforming American manufacturing.
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New York
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors Corp
Sloan
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Irene
Sloan- Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Charles F. Kettering
Army Plans To Retain Part Of Fort Hayes In Columbus
The Army announces through its 20th Corps that 52 acres of the 70 acre Fort Hayes Bar racks will be kept until at least June 3, 1967. Spokesmen say 18 acres will be transferred to the General Services Administration by June 3 this year with no stated planned use for that portion.
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Columbus
Department of the Army
20Th Corps
Ft. Hayes
General Services Administration
Clay to Appeal Draft Reclassification Ahead of Terrell Title Bout
Cassius Clay aims to appeal his 1-A draft status as the Chicago title bout with Ernie Terrell on March 29 appears unlikely before the fight. Temperatures through Wednesday will run about 4 7 degrees below normal with light snow flurries possible in northern areas and small accumulations statewide.
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Tory
Chicago
UTM
Cassius Clay
Clay
Ernc Terrell
Vive Dal
Cincinnati
Columbus
Cleveland
Humphrey Near End Of Trip in Canberra
Vice President Hubert Humphrey arrived in Canberra from New Delhi, late after a refueling stop at Mactan in the Philippines, completing a tour of Asian and Pacific capitals. Prime Minister Harold Holt welcomed him at the airport amid talks on the future of free peoples.
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Canberra
Australia
Hubert H. Humphrey
New Delhi
Humphrey
Macian
Philippines
Cebu
Ferdinand Magellan
Harold Holt
Ntumphrey
Holt
Highway Hearings Open on Appalachian Route Ohio
Public hearings begin in Athens and Jackson on the Appalachian Development Highway System for a 53 mile Ohio section from Givens in Pike County to Albany. The $30 million project will use new right of way and avoid continuous existing highways. The Jackson hearing covers Ohio 346 and U S 50 from the Jackson Vinton line to Albany at 10 am March 7.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Jackson
Givens
Pike County
Albany
Jackson Vinton County
Soviet TU-114 Crash Kills Eight Officials Among Dead
The Soviet civil aviation ministry reports eight killed in the TU-114 crash at Shere Metyovo Airport during takeoff in wet snow. Earlier counts ranged up to 48, with Western sources citing 38 dead among the 70 aboard. Among the victims were Alexander A. Petrov, deputy chairman of the cultural relations committee, and Vladimir I. Smirnov, Aeroflot’s commercial director.
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Moscow
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Sheremyetevo
Aeroflot
Alexander A. Petrov
State Committee For
Vladimir I. Smirnov
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Shaker Heights
John Cremer Young, Jr
Pomeroy
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U.S
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GM U
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