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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1966
Page
3
Washington AP report says the House has a wage bill close to the Johnson administration and organized labor goals. The measure is near final action though slightly altered in drafting, signaling imminent floor consideration and potential amendments.
Dallas mother Ercella Rubio gave birth in a plant parking lot after husband Tom Rubio hurried to Baylor University Medical Center. Nurse Evelyn Wormser helped deliver the 6 pound 14 ounce baby in the car, while a class on childbirth awaited at the plant. The story shifts to politics as the House passed a wage bill advancing minimums to 1.40 in 1968 and 1.60 by 1971 plus broader coverage for workers and farm laborers, claiming 7.2 to 7.9 million affected.
In Fayette Mississippi a 16 year old Negro boy named Charles Knight was shot in the left hip and taken to a hospital where he was not believed to be critically hurt. Deputy Pritchard said K D Dennis about 50 was arrested on charges of shooting with intent to kill and admitted firing the shot amid a civil rights meeting near Dennis’ home.
Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler urged free world cooperation to reform the International Monetary System as he outlined five measures to end the dollar drain. He warned against harsh steps that would harm the global economy and admitted the U.S. may need to accept a continued balance of payments deficit while the Vietnam War continues. Fowler proposed reducing overseas military commitments, cutting foreign aid, restricting imports, limiting American tourism abroad, and enforcing controls on foreign loans and investments.
London based sources report the West plans a major East West conference in Europe with United States and Soviet Union participation. The aim is to ease European tensions and improve relations, with tentative plans under discussion ahead of a NATO council meeting in Brussels.
Two 17 year old students from Baldwin Whitehall High School skipped classes to rob Mellon National Bank Carrick Branch then returned to campus. Berkelbaugh handed teller Beatrice Bradley a demand for cash and fled with 1580 dollars while Genovisi drove the getaway car. They later returned to class and were later arrested or turned themselves in as police investigated.
The Los Angeles coroner’s inquest into Leonard Deadwyler’s death continues as Dr. Thomas Noguchi testifies the slain motorist was very drunk the night of the shooting. The jury weighs accidental or criminal homicide while Deadwyler’s widow accuses provocation.
Washington report says revised safety standards for government purchases may become interim national standards for all cars this year. Senator Warren G Magnu son, chair of the Commerce Committee, indicated the panel may adopt GSA auto safety standards on an interim basis while refinements are made. The committee is drafting a broader traffic safety package to require vehicle safety standards across the auto industry for the first time.
Moscow reports that Tass accuses the United States of neo colonialist plotting against Syria and the wider Near East. The statement condemns imperialist powers and their agents for subversive activity and seeks unity among leftist Arab states after Kosygin’s UAR visit.
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