Casey Third In National Speech Meet
Casey Ke vin Casey a 16 year old junior at St Josephs High School North Adams won third place and a 1000 college scholarship at the American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest finals in Portland Oregon He is sponsored by Frank R Stiles Post 125 and is active in debating glee club and student council He plans to be a lawyer and aims to debate in New York May 27 29 196?
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North Adams
Paul Kevin Casey
St. Joseph's High School
Portland
Ore
Casey
James J. Casey
Cole Ave
Williamstown
James Kay
Fullerton, Calif
Frank R. Stiles
St. Joseph's
New York
St. Joseph’s
Eleanor Maria
Maura James
Whites 7 Stop Ala March in Bogalusa Disturbance
In Bogalusa Louisiana a civil rights march was interrupted by white counter demonstrators swinging fists and signs. One marcher was struck by a police car and knocked unconscious. he was taken to hospital. Police ended the melee within a minute and arrests were made as marchers returned to a union hall. City officials met with police and federal representatives as CORE targets Bogalusa for desegregation demands and a boycott threat looms over the local paper mill city on the Pearl River.
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Bogalusa
UPI
City Hall
Federal Community Relations Service
CORE
Unii City
Pearl River
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ku Klux Klan
Cross Durmers
Pups Trigger Waiter’s Protest Note in West Berlin
Berlin UPI reports waiter Joachim Schulzer angry over Soviet actions regarding West Berlin. He says if anything happens to his dog and her expected pups he will file his protest directly with the Soviet commander.
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Berlin
UPI
Joachim Schulzer
West Berlin
Five Day Forecast Near Seasonal Normal Temperatures
The forecast projects temperatures through Wednesday averaging near 41 degrees with little daily variation. There is a chance of rain on Tuesday.
House Votes Medicare 3-1 With Social Security Tie
Johnson's $6 billion health care Social Security bill passes the House 315 to 215, led by a Democratic victory as Republicans split on the plan to fund it. Senate hearings are planned after Easter. key elements include hospital coverage for 65 plus, an optional doctor bill plan, expanded aid, and a payroll tax increase to finance the program.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
General Treasury
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Silvio O. Conte
R-Mass
Pittsfield
New England
Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
AMA
The
American Medical Association
Grand Jury May Hear Crime Facts in Boston
Attorney General Edward W. Brooke said he may ask for a new grand jury to hear a considerable volume of new Crime Commission evidence and may seek a one day extension for the Suffolk County grand jury that has heard over 100 witnesses since October. He characterized the forthcoming material as primarily new information from the Crime Commission files.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Brooke
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Crime Commission
Education Bill Wins Preliminary Vote
The Senate approved President Johnson's 81.3 billion school aid bill 53 to 32 by defeating an Ervin amendment that would require judicial review of provisions funding private and church-connected schools. The vote clears the way toward sending the measure to the White House by nightfall amid anticipated support from administration leaders.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
White House
Elem
Entary
Judicial Review
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Ervin
Jets Battle MIGs China Rejects Johnson Viet Nam Talk
Peking Radio dismissed Johnsons peace proposal as old stuff and said talks would not disarm South Vietnam or end U S involvement. Hanoi Radio urged unity to defeat U S aggression while Ho Chi Minh reported U S planes shot down. Brezhnev and Mikoyan criticized U S actions. Pravda published Johnsons offer.
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Tokyo
Red China
Johnson
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Peking Radio
Saigon
U.S
South Viet Nam
Peking
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Warsaw
Brezhnev
North Viet Nam
Moscow
Anastas A. Mikoyan
Foy D. Kahler
Mikoyan
Kremlin
Pravda
Carey Won't Quit AFL-CIO Post
James B. Carey refused to resign as a vice president of the AFL-CIO, prompting criticism from Albert Litano of Local 233. Meany disclosed the request and noted Carey’s term runs to December, while Litano urged him to quit for the good of the labor movement amid past IUE election turmoil.
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Carey
Afl-Cio Post
TUE
Litano
James B. Carey
Afl-Cio
Albert F. Litano
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
George Meany
Labor Department
Paul ¥. Jennings
Jennings
Meany
Lilano
Cordiner
Lutano
IUE
Marines and Supersonic Jets Aid South Vietnam War Effort
U S Navy jets clashed with Communist MiGs near Hainan Island as 220 Navy and Air Force planes conducted a major raid on North Vietnam. Marines and a squadron of F2 jets were en route to South Vietnam, while supersonic fighters were sent to the Far East to shield bombers. A South Vietnamese court sentenced Nguyen Van Hai to death for bombing the U S Embassy. Hanoi threatened to execute an American hostage in response. Bridges at Qui Vinh and Khe Kien were partially destroyed in the raid.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
Washington
United States
Far East
Nguyen van Hai
Hanoi
Gustav Hernz
Leesburg
Hai
Hainan Island
China
Gulf of Tonkin
Qui Vinh
Khe Kien
PHS Double Sessions Defeated By School Board for Third Time
The Pittsfield High School double sessions plan fails for the third time as the School Committee rejects $5,000 for emergency doors, a split session schedule, and converting Plunkett School into a high school annex. A compromise effort emerged from a late backroom talk, amid a four hour meeting attended mostly by teachers and administrators.
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PHS
Pittsfield High School
Plunkett School
Thomas F. Kelly
Rocco Scullaty
James T. Goggins
Scullary
Dillon
Pittsfield
Wiliam J. Harris
Cuba accuses 47 Baptist ministers of spying
In Havana the Castro government detains 47 Baptists including two U.S. Americans Reverend Herbert Caudill and his son in law Reverend James David Fite among those jailed. Western Cuba Baptist Convention says two thirds of western ministers are jailed as raids continue. Swiss diplomat says he cannot visit arrestees. The two conventions total about 28 000 members across Havana Matanzas Pinar del Rio and Las Villas.
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Havana
United States
Western
James David Fite
Waynesboro
Caudill
Clinchport
Arthur B. Rutledge
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
Atlanta
Cuba
Western Cuba Baptist Convention
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Las Villas
Eastern Cuba Baptist Convention
Northern Baptists
Broadened Voting Rights Bill Approved by House Subcommittee
The House judiciary subcommittee approved a broadened Johnson voting rights bill by a 10 to 1 vote with three of four Republicans backing it. It would strike down literacy tests in six states and allow federal examiners to register Black voters blocked from rights, while preserving court processes for expansion into other states.
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Washington
UPI
House Judiciary
Johnson
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Florida
Tennessee
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Berlin Train Delayed by Red Guards
Berlin bound train delayed an hour by East German Communists marking a new harassment phase. Allied officials noted reduced pressure, but a border stow down kept the Aachen Berlin train stalled for an hour. No Soviet jet incidents in the Allied air corridors. autobahn through East Germany stayed open into the morning hours.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
East Germany
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