Johnson travels guarded route for Lehman funeral visit
President Lyndon B. Johnson arrives in New York amid one of the tightest security nets ever seen. About 5000 police, detectives, and Secret Service agents patrol the route from Idlewild Airport to Lehman’s funeral and a stop at the Waldorf Astoria Towers for a Hoover visit.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
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Idiewild
Herbert H. Lehman
Waldorf- Astoria
Herbert Hoover
Temple Emanu-El
Lehman
Hoover
Kennedy
Ple
Rights Petition Signers Gather In Congress
Dozens of liberal Democrats and a few Republicans sign a discharge petition to move the civil rights bill past the Rules Committee as Congress convenes. The scene includes Speaker McCormack ruling on procedural questions and security measures for President Johnson’s visit to New York.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
John McCormack
McCormack
Durward Hall
R-Mo
Hall
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
High Court Upholds Union Membership Rights
The Supreme Court declined to review a New York Circuit ruling allowing union members broad latitude to criticize union officers. The decision reinforces protections from the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act against disciplining members for slanderous or libelous comments. Florence Census of City Trees Aims to Gauge greenery and protect Florence’s heritage.
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Supreme Court
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Italy
Afl-Cio Painters and Paperhangers Union
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Salzhandler
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Sureme Court
Norman Mastrian
Carol Thompson
St. Paul, Minn
Planes shielded from lightning by tiny strips, study says
Washington AP reports that modern jets use small anti static metal strips on wing and tail trailing edges to channel lightning away. CAB hearings cite no airliner destroyed by lightning in 20 years, though separate crashes linked to turbulence and lightning are noted.
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Capital Air Lines
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Atlanta
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Milan
Italy
Flight 214 Disaster Leaves Families Grieving
Citizens at Philadelphia international airport await word on Pan American Flight 214 from San Juan as reports confirm the plane crashed near Elkton Maryland with 80 people aboard killed. Relatives recount heartbreak over postponed weddings and missing loved ones while newsmen gather updates amid the rain and waiting crowds.
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International Airport
Pan American
San Juan
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Elkton
Linda Kolman
Irvin Scolnick
Puerto Rico
Soldiers Must List Local Domicile for Taxes Nationwide
Service members must declare a legal residence for tax purposes under a Budget Bureau directive. Noncompliance could expose personnel to state or local taxation where stationed, with the Navy noting 33 states have sought servicemen income data. In parallel, a Vatican City fire drill features a 20 man unit in red jeeps, though no actual fires have occurred there in over a century.
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Budget Bureau
Navy
Massachusetts
Vermont
Vatican City
The
Vatican
Family Hides in Cellar As Jet Falls toward House
ELKTON Md AP A Pan American jet crashed near Ray mond Gregg home sending a blast of fire across a cornfield and into the garage. Gregg and his family fled to the cellar as debris and wreckage littered the yard and front of neighbor’s cars. Police and fire units arrived as rescue and investigation began.
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Raymond Gregg
Elkton
Civil Defense
Mor rison Faces Federal Intervention Issue In Louisiana Runoff
New Orleans AP reports front-runner Mor rison locks on federal intervention as central runoff issue. McKeithen vows anti Washington campaign while citing civil rights clashes and local reform needs. Voters weigh Morrison 33 percent and McKeithen 17 percent as precincts report.
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de Lesseps Morrison
Louisiana
John McKeithen
McKeithen
Kennedy
Public Service
Robert F. Kennon
Shelby H. Jackson
Morrison
Jimmie H. Davis
Gillis Long
U.S
Russell Long
Kennon
Jackson
Louis Michot
Claude Kirkpatrick
Charlton Lyons
Union Leader Demands Tax Cut Bill Reform for Low Incomes
James B. Carey president of the International Union of Electrical Workers urged Senate Finance Committee to revise the 11 billion tax cut plan to better aid low income families. He argued the nation bears high unemployment and needs more purchasing power to solve the problem. Admiral Lewis L. Strauss countered the view.
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James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Uni
Carey
Senate Finance Committee
Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Progress on Vocational Education Bill Advances in Conferees
Washington AP reports Senate House conferees broke a long deadlock and reached near agreement on a broad vocational education bill. Momentum points to final passage before Christmas for two major education bills backed by Presidents Johnson and Kennedy, plus a $1.2 billion college aid measure. Carey proposed changing the first tax bracket to raise buying power, aiming at stronger economic demand.
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Washington
Senate House
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
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