Governors confer on Great Lakes pollution efforts
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes will host a working conference on Great Lakes pollution with governors Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York and George W. Romney of Michigan among attendees, plus representatives from five other states. The session will review current actions and outline possible improvements.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
George W. Romney
Michigan
Johnson orders financial disclosure for top officials
President Johnson orders 200 top officials to file confidential financial statements with the Civil Service Commission and extends similar requirements to 2000 lower officials. The seven page executive order tightens gift rules, allows disclosure to the President, and applies to key Johnson staff to oversee subordinate reporting.
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Washington
Johnson
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Three sentenced in Athens County grand jury indictments
The Messenger reports that three individuals were sentenced after Athens County grand jury indictments with five given probation. The item notes Page 2 coverage and local legal actions.
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Athens County
Ohio
Fire threats, political raid linked nuisance calls in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Municipal Judge Heitzler reports multiple nuisance calls after a raid on the local office of the National States Rights Party. A caller threatened to burn a cross at his home as Sunday’s events unfolded.
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Cincinnati
George S. Heitzler
National States Rights Party
Heitzler
Rebels Reject Surrender Plea in Dominican Crisis
Dominican rebels rebuffed the junta invitation to lay down arms. Gen Antonio Imbert Barrera warned the junta’s forces are ready to move, while Col. Francisco Caamano Deno boasted morale and reserves to resist any attack. Estimates place rebel and allied troops and civilians in the southeast Santo Domingo zone.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Fiveman
U.S
Washington
Imbert
Francisco Caamano Deno
Minican
U. S
Donald Reid Cabral
Elias Wessing Wessin
Caamano
Nebraska Twister Kills Four in Primrose
Gov Mor rison promised full aid as National Guardsmen volunteers and residents of Primrose Nebraska cleared debris from a 300 yard Main Street path left by a tornado. The storm killed four people and injured nine in Primrose alone during a wider Nebraska outbreak with at least twenty tornadoes reported nearby.
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Primrose
Neb
Frank Morrison
National
Nebraska
Main St
Norfolk
Reds Launch Moon Shot Show Off New Weapons
The Soviet Union marked V-E day with a moon shot Lunik 5 and a military display in Red Square. Tass reported a 3254 pound instrument package launched by a multistage rocket to orbit 250000 miles away, and a parade showcased 110 foot rockets and new tanks amid calls for nuclear disarmament.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U. S
Tass
Senate Leaders Aim for Voting Rights Bill Action
Senate leaders expect passage of the administration voting rights bill this week while the House focuses on more than 60 billion dollars in appropriation measures. An amendment by Kennedy and 38 senators to ban poll taxes faces constitutional doubt but is urged by Mansfield and Dirksen as a congressional expression of policy. Katzenbach backs challenging poll taxes in court, though Javits and Kennedy warn such moves could delay relief without ending the taxes.
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Senate
House
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Kennedy
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Medicare boycott proposed by Ohio State Medical Assoc
The Ohio State Medical Association proposes doctors refuse Medicare under the federal program. About 3500 delegates at the annual convention voted to place the measure on a final vote Tuesday and to ask Ohio delegates to push a similar resolution at the AMA convention in June. The resolution argues that third party programs intrude on the physician patient relationship and hinder medical judgment. A five day forecast follows with warmer temperatures and light rainfall.
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Columbus
Ohio State Medical Association
Ohio
American Medical Association
Diem Viet Nam air raids and ground clashes report
In Saigon area fighting kills two American soldiers and a Navy pilot during raids on North Viet Nam. U S planes hammer targets including bridges and trucks while Navy carriers Coral Sea and Midway conduct attacks dropping 121% tons of bombs. Casualties include eight wounded and several enemy positions damaged.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Navy
North
Mekong River
Coral Sea
Midway
Teen Vote Trainmen Top List In Ohio Legislature Action
In Columbus the Ohio Legislature prepares for a busy week with votes planned in both houses on youth voting age reduction from 21 to 19 and creation of regional transit authorities. The Senate will consider reducing crew on through freight and yard switch engines to four, while the House Finance Committee weighs a sales tax rise from 3 to 4 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
House Finance Committee
Plane crash kills ex secretary tied to Baker probe
Ocean City reports the sunken wreckage of a single engine plane likely holding Carole Tyler, ex secretary to Bobby Baker, who died in the crash along with pilot Robert H. Davis. They had been staying at Baker's Carousel Motel and had just met. Witnesses watched the aircraft dive into the sea after soaring along the Atlantic coast.
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Ocean City
Coast Guard
Carole Tyler
Bobby Baker
Miss Tyler
Atlantic
Capitol Hill
Robert H. Davis
Huntington
W. Va
Davis
West Virginia Coal Company
Tyler
Baker
Klan Leader Calls Segregation God’s Law At Alabama Rally
Imperial Wizard Robert M. Shelton heads a Mothers Day rally in Anniston with about 500 supporters. He proclaims segregation and racial purity as God’s law. The event proceeds peacefully, amid references to three Klansmen charged in the Viola Liuzzo slaying and a mistrial in a Hayneville trial.
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God
Anniston
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Robert M. Shelton
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Lowndesboro
Men Asked To Extend Duty Time
Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze urged Navy personnel to extend their service voluntarily for three to six months to ease manpower strain during crisis duty off North Vietnam. The appeal comes amid long deployments off South Vietnam and the Dominican Republic, dropping enlistments, and loss of trained staff to civilian pay. In New Delhi four killed and several arrested as riots flare in Kashmir over exile of Sheikh Abdullah.
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Washington
Paul H. Nitze
Navy
North
Viet Nam
Nitze
New Delhi
Kashmir
India
Sheik
Mohammed Abdullah
Britons admit spying for Soviet and Arab powers
Frank C. Bossard, 52, an Aviation Ministry engineer, and Sgt. Percy S. Allen, 33, a Defense Ministry clerk, pleaded guilty to spying for pay. Bossard received 21 years for selling guided missile secrets to the Soviet Union and $14 000 across four years. Allen drew 10 years for passing defense documents to the United Arab Republic and Iraq for about $182. Bossard, once in Bonn, said he was drawn in 1961 by a supposed Soviet agent. he claimed desperate finances drove him to photograph files during lunch breaks.
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London
Frank C. Bossard
Aviation Ministry
Old Bailey Court
Soviet Union
Percy Sidney Allen
Defense Ministry
United Arab Republic
Iraq
Allen
Bossard
Sir Frederick Said Bossard
Bonn
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