British Racial Equality Bill Narrowly Passes Commons
In London the House of Commons approved a racial equality bill by 261 to 249 on second reading. It would ban discrimination in places of public resort and impose fines up to 280 dollars for violations. A second clause forbids "threatening" speech aimed at stirring race hatred, faced heavy Conservative opposition as an overreach on free speech.
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House of Commons
Labor
United States
Senate
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Fulbright Opposes De Gaulle Europe Policy On Germany
Sen. J William Fulbright warned the European consultative assembly that Charles de Gaulle Europe for the Europeans plan would yield a Soviet dictated German settlement and create lasting disequilibrium. He urged broader Western unity and accelerated commercial and cultural ties with Eastern Europe to pursue German reunification and a reunified Europe.
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France
J. William Fulbright
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Charles de Gaulle
Europe
Soviet Union
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
European Consultative Assembly
U.S
de Gaulle
Fulbright
United States
Britain
Germany
Assembly
Eastern
Defection Threatens Steel Nationalization In UK
London AP reports Jan Mikardo of the left wing opposed to the White Paper on steel nationalization. A Thursday test vote could determine government support and potential resignation if the plan fails. Two right-leaning Laborites may abstain, risking a dead heat and shifting the Labor majority.
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London
Jan Mikardo
Wilson
Britain
Woodrow Wyatt
Demond Donnelly
Mikardo
Socialist Party
Earthquake Kills 101 in El Salvador and Damages City
A 7.5 magnitude quake struck San Salvador at dawn, killing at least 101 and injuring 400 to 500. The government declared a state of emergency as 1,000 families evacuated. US Ambassador Raul Castro reported $35,000 in damage to the embassy residence and said no staff were hurt. Roads were blocked, the airport runway cracked, power fell for five hours, and communications and flooding affected central El Salvador.
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el Salvador
U.S
Raul Castro
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Ariz
World Airways
Lake Mopanga
London Sees Blues for Mr. Charlie Curtain Calls
Londoners reacted with enthusiasm to a West End production of James Baldwin's Blues for Mr. Charlie presented by the New York Actors Studio. The audience gave six curtain calls and Baldwin received a standing ovation as the play, previously seen on Broadway, portrays racial conflict in the South.
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UPI
James Baldwin
Charlie
New York Actors Studio
Baldwin
Broadway
South
Levees Break as Floods Claim 15th Victim
The Mississippi River floods across five states killing Ronald W. Morse 21 of Oxford Nebraska as Hull Illinois residents evacuate from a levee break. Hull and Hannibal restrict traffic on U S 36 while authorities reopen a riverside road from Quincy Illinois. Stores in Hannibal suffer more flood damage after a previous high water event.
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UPI
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Hull
Ill
Ronald W. Morse
Oxford
Neb
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Quincey
Stevenson Denounces Reds in U N Security Council
Adlai E. Stevenson prepared a full-scale reply to Soviet and Cuban charges that the United States seeks naked force to topple Latin American governments. In a four hour session he disputed the critics and pledged a detailed answer later. Diplomats expect the council to defer to a U S Domin ican Republic action and hand the issue to the O A S.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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W Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Fernando Alvarez ‘Tabio
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Latin America
German minister defends right to nuclear arms
Bonn AP reports Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder asserts West Germany may participate effectively in NATO's nuclear deterrent. He says alliance cohesion requires solving nuclear issues amid nuclear and non-nuclear powers. NATO studies include West German involvement without their own weapons. France's de Gaulle and Soviet FM Romyko previously agreed West Germany should not possess atomic arms.
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Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
West Germany
North Atlantic Alliance
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
France
Andrei “Romyko
House Approves Education Rules for State Service
The Massachusetts House passed a bill by 113 to 100 requiring educational or degree standards for entrants to state service, amended to apply only to Civil Service. Debate covered federal funds, job quality, and potential bans on former leaders, with support noting professional improvement and opposition fearing unproven benefits. A separate measure authorizing a study on allowing birth control information by doctors and pharmacists also cleared the House without debate, to await Senate action.
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House
Royal P. Bolling
Lawrence Smith
D-Lawrence
Smith
Michael Dukakis
Brookline
Francis W. Hatch Jr
Beverly
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
D-Pittsfield
University of Massachusetts
Public Works
Greenberg
Kitterman
Wojtkowski
Pittsfield
Curtiss
Sheffield
Senate
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Rep
Dukakis
Duncan E. Reid
House Action
Texas Leads In Roadside Junkyards
Washington AP report states Texas has 1,602 roadside junkyards, the most of any state, with Georgia at 1,055 and Alaska at 57. The Commerce Department survey, released by the White House, followed President Johnson's call to keep America seen from the highways beautiful as all states plan cleanup efforts.
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Texas
Commerce Department
Georgia
Alaska
White House
Johnson
America
Senate study panel to include public welfare and health officials
If approved, a study panel will be formed by the commissioner of public welfare or designee, the commissioner of public health or designee, and 19 governor appointees with geographic and religious considerations. The group includes three physicians from the Massachusetts Medical Society, three lawyers from the Massachusetts Bar Association, one representative from the Massachusetts conference on social welfare, and one from the Massachusetts Public Health Association.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
B&m
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
MBTA
California Crops Rotting In Absence Of Braceros
California searches classrooms kitchens and Army barracks for workers to harvest a mult imillion dollar strawberry crop rotting under a warm spring sun. Growers warn the crisis will worsen as braceros are delayed and domestic labor remains scarce.
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Sacramento
Calif
O. W. Fillerup
Council of California Growers
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