National crime survey aims to measure unreported crimes
The National Crime Commission will launch a spring survey by the National Opinion Research Corp to estimate the rate of crime victimization. About 10 000 people nationwide will be interviewed confidentially about reported and unreported crimes and victims perceptions of police and courts.
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Washington
Commission On Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
National Crime Commission
FBI
Lloyd Ohlin
Columbia University
The
Crime Commission
Ohlin
National Opinion Research Corp
Commission
Gratitude Is Okay Even If It’s 31 Years Late
Nashville hotel manager Leon Womble received a Memphis letter signed E M L praising the hotel for its linens. The writer recalled spending their wedding night there 31 years ago and mixing a pillow slip with luggage. The slip has lasted through three children and four grandchildren. The writer did not include a name or address.
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Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
E. M.L
Leon Womble
City Council Rejects Daylight Saving Time Plan
Athens officials vote against a daylight saving time proposal during a council meeting. The discussion highlights local time regime impacts on residents and businesses as decision awaits possible follow ups.
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Athens
Voting Law Upheld Draws Mixed Southern Reactions
The Supreme Court ruled Congress can require states to drop literacy tests for voters. North Carolina had challenged the Civil Rights Act of 1965, while South Carolina and Georgia officials issued cautious or brief statements. Chief Justice Warren led a unanimous decision with Justice Black dissenting on a provision about federal review of state voting changes.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Congress
Robert McNair
South Carolina
North Carolina
Carl Sanders
Georgia
High Court
Washington
Hugo L. Black
Earl Warren
Justice Black
U.S. Jets Hit North Vietnam as War Surges
Saigon reports 53 missions and heavy air attacks across North Vietnam. U.S. pilots claim hits on fuel dumps and a missile site, while losses rise with two Thunderchiefs down and recon planes missing. Ground advances see heavy fighting near Quang Ngai and Vinh, with tallies of enemy dead and wounded. Australian forces plan a major expansion as U.S. Marines receive new CH46A Sea Knight helicopters at Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U. S
Air Force
Navy
Son la
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
Binh Duong
Quang Ngai
Royal Australian Regiment
Viet Nam
Senate Begins Action On Johnson Tax Bill
The Senate votes on the administration's six billion tax bill to fund the Vietnam war. Senator Gore proposes replacing two excise tax hikes with a two year suspension of the 7 percent investment tax credit from 1962. Senate manager Smathers defends the credit as vital to business capacity and efficiency.
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Senate
Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Georges A. Smathers
D-Fla
Earthquake Reported From Kai feng in Henan China
Tass reported a major quake centered near Kai feng in eastern Henan, China. The 12 point Soviet scale reading equaled about 8.3 on the US scale, felt also in Japan and Berkeley with no immediate casualties.
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Moscow
China
Tass
Japan
University of California
Berkeley
Kaifeng
Henan
Peking
Soviet Union
United States
Alaska
Viscount Astor dies amid Profumo scandal legacy
Viscount Astor, linked to the 1960s Profumo affair, died of a heart attack at 59 while vacationing in the Bahamas with his third wife Bronwen Pugh. The Astor family figure was tied to Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies during the famed scandal at Cliveden.
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London
Viscount Astor
Britain
Bahamas
Nassau
Bronwen Pugh
Cliveden
Astors
Stephen Ward
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Profumo
Christine
Ward
Lord Astor
Mandy Rice-Davies
Cause Being Sought For Railroad Wreck
Investigators seek the cause of a collision between the Great Northern Western Star and the Empire Builder five miles east of Chester Montana. Officials say the wreck followed a makeup schedule after North Dakota blizzards and involved signals likely failed.
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Chester
Mont
Great Northern Railway
Western Star
North Dakota
Empire Builder
Paul F. Cruikshank
Spokane
Montana
Wheat Country
Explosion damages Nelson Monument in Dublin street
A 134 foot Nelson Monument in Dublin was wrecked by a blast at 1 30 am triggering chaos on O Connell Street. Police blamed the outlawed IRA amid Easter uprising anniversary tensions with no casualties reported hours later. The statue commemorates Admiral Nelson and was erected in 1809 after public subscription.
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Dublin
Ireland
England
Irish Republican Army
IRA
O’connell
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
Antibiotics Ordered Off Market by U S FDA
The Food and Drug Administration acts to remove hundreds of antibiotic lozenges and other preparations from sale for sore throats. About 250 products under 500 trade names from 70 manufacturers are affected, with annual retail sales around 25 million dollars.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Viet resolution passes Senate as Fulbright presses China inquiry
Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Fulbright opens hearings on Red China to assess possible Chinese intervention in Vietnam. A McGovern rider on the Asia aid bill fails, while Fulbright's China speech draws little immediate audience in the chamber. Morse commends the inquiry as China remains a largely closed book to officials.
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Washington —P
Johnson
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
A. Doak Barnett
Columbia University
Barnett
House Foreign Affairs
George McGovern
D-S.d
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
China
Morse
State Department
Administration
Winds Help Contain Fire At Dayton Fireworks Plant
A windy day kept flames from reaching a large powder warehouse as one worker died and another was critically injured in a chain reaction at United Fireworks Manufacturing Co. About a dozen sheds of 125 to 150 were flattened causing $100000 in property damage. In New York a $50 million Cinema City theater complex is planned for midtown Manhattan on the former Madison Square Garden site.
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Dayton
United Fireworks Manufacturing Co
New York
Cinema City
Midtown Manhattan
Madison Square Garden
Boston Press Strike Drags Third Day as Mediation Continues
Federal and state mediators continued talks with printers' union and management amid a multi newspaper strike in Boston. A U S Mediation Service spokesman said no statement would be issued after a full day of meetings and sessions would continue Monday.
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Boston
U.S. Mediation Service
Johnson responds to De Gaulle demand on bases in France
Paris reports President Johnson sent a provisional reply to Charles de Gaulle regarding French control of all U S troops and bases in France by 1969. The message acknowledged the letter and signaled no final word, with implications NATO could be affected if France seeks sole control.
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Paris
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
U. S
France
Foreign Office
de Gaulle
Washington
Char
NATO
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