Oregon primary centers on Viet Nam policy in race
In Portland the Oregon Democratic primary hinges on President Johnsons Vietnam policy as UPI reports U.S. Rep. Robert Duncan and Howard Morgan vie for the seat of Maurine Neuberger with Morgan backed by Morse and Green. National polls show Johnson's popularity at a low, while Hatfield dominates the Oregon Republican contest. Florida and Oklahoma also hold key party primaries and runoffs.
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D Ore
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Mark Hatfield
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Administration Denies Reports of U S Withdrawal from Viet Nam
Washington leaders deny any pullout from South Vietnam amid civil strife and growing domestic unease. Speaker McCormack denounces withdrawal talk as destructive, stressing U S commitment and unity with allies while noting a dip in Johnson's public rating. He warns such notions hamper negotiations and strengthen enemy resolve.
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Harris
Presbyterians Weigh Conscience in Duty to Country Debate
In Boston the 178th Presbyterian General Assembly grapples with whether individuals may refuse military service on conscience grounds. A report urges respecting conscientious objection and offering alternative service. The assembly also votes on a 20th Century confession and nominates a successor to retiring Stated Clerk Dr. Eugene Carson Blake.
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UPI
178Th Presbyterian General Assembly
Ber United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Eugene Carson Blake
New Canaan
Conn
Blake
World Council of Churches
Watts police car stoned during arrest attempt chaos
In Watts LA a police car and two civilian cars were pelted with rocks by Negro youths as officers tried to arrest three robbery suspects. About 100 youths dispersed. two drivers were cut by glass. The incident occurred before a televised coroner inquest into Leonard Deadwyler’s fatal 1966 shooting by Officer Jerold Bova.
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UPI
Watts
Leonard Deadwyler
AFL-CIO Backs New Civil Rights Bill Against Housing Bias
AFL-CIO endorsed Johnson's 1966 civil rights package and dismissed housing opposition as outright race bias or ignorance of the facts. Andrew Biemiller called for reforms to juries, federal anti violence laws, and school desegregation tools as hearings began. he refuted myths about property values dropping with nonwhite moves.
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Armistead I. Selden Jr
D-Ala
Second Rail Merger Urged To Insure Competition
John P. Fishwick of Norfolk and Western urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to allow a giant competitive system by including the Erie Delaware and Hudson Boston and Maine Reading Central of New Jersey and other lines in a Norfolk and Western Chesapeake and Ohio rail system. He spoke as ICC hearings resumed on requests by Erie Lackawanna Delaware and Hudson and Boston and Maine to join the wealthier N W system. Hearings continue through Thursday.
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Dickey School Project Deemed Federal White Elephant
Herbert R. Waite of New England Electric called the Dickey-School hydroelectric project on Maine’s St John River a federally subsidized white elephant. He warned it would burden New England consumers with high rates, urging pursuit of cheaper power from nuclear plants pumped storage or Labrador hydro. The industry promotes a $1.5 billion Big 11 plan to continue lower rates.
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Maine
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New England Electric Co
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