Senate vote looms on new reapportionment proposal
The Senate weighs a compromise reapportionment plan as President Johnson moves a 3.3 billion foreign aid bill forward. Senate Leader Mansfield backs a nonbinding sense of Congress substitute to end the 88th Congress, while Dirksen disowns the plan and prepares a possible motion to table. A filibuster against the Dirksen Mansfield rider has stretched since August.
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California Fire Devastates Santa Barbara Mansions and Dorms
A massive brush fire swept through Santa Barbara’s mansion districts and Montecito, moving on 50 mile winds. It destroyed at least 37 structures including two Westmont College dormitories and affected Mt. Calvary Monastery. About 500 residents evacuated as flames reached the coastal city and distant Los Angeles sighted the billowing smoke.
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Marathon Talks End Between Union And Bridgwater
Bridgwater Machine and UAW Local 324 suspend talks after six days of lengthy sessions in Cleveland. Frank Batdorff cites unsettled issues and unknown return date while Paul Bowers mediates. Union chief William Perry says progress exists but not on seniority. Cincinnati boy electrocuted in bath as lamp falls into tub.
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Five Nations Hit Call For Religious Liberty
Vatican Ecumenical Council fathers from five nations urged approval of a declaration on religious liberty in St. Peter's Basilica. Two American prelates joined by an Austrian cardinal and a German bishop defended it as vital while broad conservative opposition argued against equal conscience rights for nonbelievers. Eighteen prelates spoke on day two of debate. fourteen denounced the declaration with strongest objections from Italy Spain Ireland Brazil and India.
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House to Rent Ad Offers Quick Listings
Looking for a house to rent? The Messenger want ads offer apartment and home rentals. Call LY 3-1242 or LY 3-1431. A 16 word ad runs for 6 days at a cost of $3.36.
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Four Men Rescued After 86-Hour Nevada Shaft Ordeal
Four men George Cooper Leland Roeder Floyd Shaw and Art Luhnow emerged after an 86 hour stay 1800 feet underground at the Nevada test site near Mercury Texas. They were provided meals blankets magazines and coffee through a 10 inch ventilation shaft and earned about $900 each in overtime pay.
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Warren Report Delivered to Johnson by War Commission
Seven members of the Warren Commission met with President Lyndon Johnson at the White House to present their completed investigation into the Kennedy assassination. The team, after secret hearings and thousands of reports, planned to release the report publicly Sunday night.
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Ex Governor Underwood Praises Bond Support
Editorial notes praise from former Governor Underwood for the school bond issue and its potential impact on education funding. The piece highlights community backing and the bond’s expected effects on local schools.
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Miller says Johnson shows signs of cracking under pressure
Medford Oregon Miller argues Johnson sounded reckless calling a "raving demagogue" a GOP rival and questions whether he is fit to control nuclear weapons. Miller campaigns through the West and heads to California for two days of events in a strategic battleground state.
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Humphrey Denounces Goldwater as Bewildering Blur in NYC
In New York Humphrey and Kennedy campaigned door to door for Senate seats. He blasted Goldwater saying the challenger offers no clear choice and that his cryptic remarks mislead the electorate. He indicated he may return to Washington as the Senate debates reapportionment.
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Mahalia Jackson Stricken With Heart Ailment in Chicago
Famed gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, 50, is seriously ill with heart trouble and hospitalized since September 15 at Little Company of Mary Hospital. Doctors order bed rest for four to six weeks, with no visits or calls. She has canceled appearances through October and declined a White House dinner invitation.
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Rail union head can call strike after deadline
H E Gilbert president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen says 99 percent of members would strike if wage demands are not met. The union served wage demands December 1963 and a strike could halt nationwide rail service unless President Johnson appoints an emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to delay action.
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Goldwater Ties Estes Case to Johnson in Farm Belt Swing
Barry Goldwater charged the Estes scandal still taints the Johnson White House as he campaigned in the Farm Belt. He said the affair reveals favoritism and fraud at top government levels and urged the president to expose wrongdoing while criticizing Democratic farm policy. He spoke in Wichita and planned stops in Mason City Madison and Boston.
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Auto Workers Demand 40 Hour Week in GM Talks
Detroit reports the United Auto Workers push for a guaranteed 40 hour week as contract talks with General Motors approach a 24 hour strike deadline at 10 am Friday. Both sides warned a strike could occur if no agreement is reached.
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Supreme Court Justice Black stays ruling on civil rights law case
Justice Hugo L. Black of the Supreme Court stayed enforcement of a three judge court’s ruling that struck down part of the new civil rights law. The decision concerns a Birmingham Alabama restaurant. He said he was authorized by the six member court to say they are willing to hear the case.
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De Gaulle Finishes Colombia Visit Amid Canal Aid Unclear
President Charles de Gaulle ends his Colombia trip with the fate of French support for an interocean canal unresolved. The absence of a firm pledge leaves Colombia awaiting a decision on foreign backing for the transoceanic project.
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Syndicalism Charges Hit Negroes in Mississippi
In McComb Mississippi an undisclosed number of Black residents are arrested on warrants charging them with criminal syndicalism a state law aimed at unlawful acts to alter politics or society. A bomb was thrown at the home of a former Black city police officer heading to Washington to speak with the Civil Rights Commission and the Justice Department but caused no damage.
China buys chemical plants from Britain and Europe
Informants report Red China negotiating for about 200 million dollars in chemical plants. They say seven plants have already been ordered from Western Europe and two from Japan, with about a dozen more under negotiation with British firms.
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Johnson rejects OAU bid to halt Congo aid
Washington government rejects an Organization of African Unity effort to stop U S military assistance to Congo amid ongoing turmoil.
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