Johnson gun control efforts stall as voting age plan gains traction
The Johnson administration faced Senate resistance to gun control and to Justice Forlas and Thornberry nominations. A constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to 18 drew more favorable sentiment but faces hurdles. The week saw a brief advance on the mail order rifle ban and registration, yet action was shelved until July 9 amid concerns a two thirds vote may be unlikely this session.
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Cracks Appear In Support Of White Rhodesian Regime
Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith faces growing splits within the white front as the Whaley Constitutional Commission report pressure and censorship repeal spark debate on racial parity. Right wing groups push back while sanctions and a looming referendum threaten Smith's leadership and image.
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Clerk Watches Child. Mother Finds $700 Lost Windfall
Mrs. Donald Coleman retrieved seven hundred dollars after a clerk supervising her child in a store left the scene briefly. Mrs. Coleman, stepping from her car to shop, did street cleaning during the gusty Friday winds up to 35 miles an hour and recovered the money.
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Bathroom Too Small For Married Couple
Colorado Springs police report a domestic fight over a cramped bathroom ended with the wife hitting her husband with a wet cloth and the husband sustaining injuries from hedge clippers. Both were jailed on assault with a weapon charges as authorities did not identify the couple.
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Hollywood star Bob Hope to start new film Monday
AP reports that Bob Hope plans to begin work on a new film Monday after eye ailment recovery. He will star with Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman and Tina Louise in Hay to Commit Marriage. The piece notes his hospitalization for photo coagulation on June 1 and mentions birthday tributes to East German leader Walter Ulbricht.
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