Un American Affairs Panel Moves Antiwar Aid Bill
The House Committee on Un American Activities advanced a bill to bar Americans from sending aid to the Communist Viet Cong despite objections from the administration. Deputy Attorney General Ramsey Clark delivered a decisive argument that stalled the committee’s progress only briefly.
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Washington
UPI
House Committee On UN American Activities
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Clark
Justice Department
Pool
U.S
Viet Nam
Fred B. Smith
The
Treasury
North
State Department
International Red Cross
Big Price For Urban Rebirth
Washington reports that a U.S. urban revival over the next decade could cost up to 522 billion dollars, with Detroit Mayor Cavanagh urging Congress to commit at least 113 billion more than current authorizations and analysts proposing as high as 140 billion. Lindsay and Pool frame the debate amid hearings noting the scope and constitutional questions of the bill.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Cavanagh
U.S. Mayors Conference
National League of Cities
Cavanaugh
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Rights Leaders Call For March In White Chicago Area
Civil rights leaders urged a new protest march in an all white Chicago neighborhood today while Cook County Sheriff Ogilvie prepared to seek National Guard help for a Sunday march into Cicero. King refused to cancel the Cicero march but had promised seven days notice.
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Chicago
UPI
Cicero
Cook County
Richard B. Ogilvie
National Guard
Martin Luther King
King
Ogilvie
East Side
South Side
Mine Sinks U S Freighter Baton Rouge Victory Near Saigon
The 7,601 ton Baton Rouge Victory sank after a Communist mine struck its port side engine room in the Long Tao River 22 miles south of Saigon. Seven American crewmen were killed, 42 rescued amid heavy Viet Cong fire. The vessel, owned by the MSTS and leased to States Steamship Co, left San Francisco July 28 with cargo, trucks, and heavy equipment.
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UPS
Baton Rouge
Long Tao River
San Francisco
U.S
Vam Co
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Guam
Military Sea Transport Service
MSTS
Powell to probe race bias in school textbooks
A House education subcommittee led by Rep. Adam Clayton Powell opened five days of hearings to examine whether federally funded school books still portray Black Americans as happy go-lucky laborers or omit their contributions. The inquiry ties to a 1.4 billion education aid program and ongoing debates over book selection and bias.
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Washington
UPI
House
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Powell
McNamara Unveils Major Draft Change
Defense Secretary McNamara says the military will admit hundreds of thousands of men failing current fitness standards to aid the antipoverty fight. About 40,000 will be recruited within 10 months and 100,000 annually thereafter, with intensive training to raise them to standards. He cites no new funding and frames the move as expanding manpower amid poverty concerns and national security.
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New York
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
McNamara
America
Cost of Living Jump Douses July Spending Fears
Troy area faced a heavy evening rainstorm causing basement floods and power issues but no major injuries. The Labor Department reported July CPI up four tenths of 1 percent, lifting the yearly rise to 2.8 percent as transportation and service costs surged while food prices stayed largely stable. Premonitions of inflation pressures weighed on wage talks amid airline settlement context.
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Troy
N.Y
Lawrence E. Davy
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
Samaritan Hospital
Johnson
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York City
Military Regime Dissolves Argentine Student Groups
In Buenos Aires the military regime dissolved four major student bodies at the University of Buenos Aires after street clashes with police. About 100 students were arrested and several injured as tear gas and truncheons dispersed protests in the capital and Cordoba.
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University of
Buenos Aires
Cordoba
Argentine University Federation
Medicine and Economic Sciences
Ameri
Can
University of Buenos Aires
Argentina
Calle Florida
Fifth Avenue
Pollution Discovered In Paran Creek
State Fish and Game and Water Resources investigators analyze Paran Creek pollution after a fish kill last week. About 50 brown trout 7 to 15 inches and several bluegills and suckers were found dead as officials sample water and fish remains. Officials consider possible causes include misused pesticides or industrial waste, with metallic substance suspected.
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Shaftsbury
Fish and Game and Water Resources Department
Keir
Banner
Department of Water Resources
James McMartin
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Water Resources Department
William Albert
Department
Water Pollution Control Division
Paran Creek
Hello Is Vt GI's Last Request From Viet Nam
Army Pfc Allen R Rock of Williston sent a letter to Burlington radio station WDOT asking listeners to “say a big hello” to folks back home and to play a record for a girl in Williston. He was killed in action while serving in Viet Nam, a UPI dispatch reported from Washington.
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UPI
Burlington Area
Viet Nam
WDOT
Army
Allen R. Rock
Rock
Clarence Rock
Williston
Washington
Inside Columnist Carlo Walter Reflects on Summer
The Inside column by Carlo Walter reflects on the waning days of summer, capturing the season’s close in a concise, reflective tone. The piece surveys lingering warmth, fading routines, and the quiet transition toward autumn.
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Carlo Walter
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