Johnson Proposes Highway Billboards Ban and Junkyard Controls
Washington AP Johnson asks Congress to ban billboards and unsightly junkyards along busy highways and to fund highway beautification. He seeks to condition federal aid on states enforcing 1000 foot billboard setbacks and junkyard screening with deadlines of 1970 for junkyards and 1976 for signs. He proposes $220 million for landscaping and sets aside funds for roadside beautification, with 90 percent condemnation aid on interstate land and 50 percent on primary roads.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Secretary of Commerce
Senate Democratic
Robert §. Kerr
U-Okla
Capitol Hill
George McGovern
Pills Before Kissill Blues: Teen Rash Traced to Anxiety
London AP report describes Tim Schofield testing allergy to kissing with blue pills. Jim, 21, blushed and broke out in rash after kissing blonde Billie Tordoff, 17. Skin specialist diagnosed emotional disturbance and prescribed tranquilizers.
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London (Ap
Tim Schofield
Jim
Billie Tordoff
Schofield
Lee to House New Multimillion Dollar Paper Mill
Berkshire County officials and Peter J. Schweitzer division of Kimberly-Clark announced a multimillion dollar paper mill to be built in Lee on M2 acres between Columbia and Greylock streets. The 500 by 150 foot facility will employ 75 to 100 workers and use a new Fourdrinier paper machine. The site choice followed unanimous rezoning by Lee and Lenox and stresses cooperation with local communities. The mill draws utilities from the Columbia Mill and aims to avoid odors and river contamination while boosting the county’s economy.
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Chaftee
Milton J. Gordon
Lee Paper Mills
Schweitzer
Lee
Lee Selectman
William, J. O’brien
James Dimario
Union
the Mills
Fred Rochford
Union International
Edwin H. Happ
Eugene deProsse
Daniel J. Renfroe
Albert R. Neill
BCLDC
Gordon
Berkshire County
Berkshire County Industrial Ton
Local Mills Development Commission
Association of Business and Commerce
United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union
Spottswood
New Jersey
Berk Shire County
Lenox
Columbia
John J. Pignatelli
Lenox Selectman
Black Clawson
Watertown
N.Y
Lee Mills
Housatonic
McCarthy
Peter J. Schweitzer
Kimberly Clark Corp
Kelly's Cove
Housatonic River
Columbia Street
Lee Center
Schweitzer Division
Ad Columbia Mill
Bend of Soad
Senate voting bill inches toward final approval
In Washington, Senate leaders moved toward final approval of a voting rights bill amid warnings of possible violence. The measure, backed by President Johnson, would apply to states and counties with suppressed Black voting and remove obstacles such as literacy tests. The cloture rule was approved 70 to 30, clearing the way for a House vote after swift Senate passage.
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Senate
Washington
Spessard Holland
Fla
House
Holland
South
Census Bureau
Joseph Tydings
D-Md
Alaska
North Carolina
Hampton
Tydings
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tytings
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Deep South
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Congress
Selma
Ala
First U.S. Troops Withdrawn From Dominican Truce
The United States begins withdrawing 600 of its 21,000 troops in the Dominican Republic as Latin American soldiers arrive to form a new OAS peace force. Negotiations shift to Jose Mora and a coalition government approach, with Antonio Guzman backed by rebels but rejected by the junta led by Antonio Imbert Barrera. Caamano Deno met Bundy and Vance, who called the talks useful though details were scarce.
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Santo Tomingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Organization of American States
Santo Domingo
U.S
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Washington
U.S. Oficials
OAS
Jose A. Mora
U.S. Defense
Cyrus Vance
Bundy
Mara
Peer
Antonio Guzman
Juan Bosch
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Vance
Francisco Caamano Deno
Caamano
Imbert
Radar and Oil Bombed as U.S. Pressure Rises in Vietnam
U S air and naval units pressed round the clock against North Viet Nam, hitting a radar site on Hon Matt Island and an oil storage facility at Vinh. In South Viet Nam U S fliers attacked Viet Cong concentrations as one enlisted man died and another wounded in Tay Ninh firefight. Diplomatic moves saw two ministerial posts disputed in Saigon with Saigon's chief of state reportedly delaying approvals.
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Saigon
North Viet Nam
Vinh
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tay Ninh
Hon Matt Island
Hanoi
Midway
Quan Lan
Coral Sea
al Skyraiders
Route
Rusk hints at second Soviet missile site near Hanoi
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said there may be a second Soviet missile site in the Hanoi area North VietNam with missile equipment. He warned the other side not to misinterpret U S resolve in VietNam and noted Dominican Republic gains. A Western Hemisphere ministers meeting in Washington will discuss standby inter American force options.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Viet Nam
North Viet ‘Nam
Rusk
State Department
United States
Rush
Dominican Republic
U.S
Santo Domingos
Johnson
Santo Domingo
Western Hemisphere
OAS
Paris
Five Day Forecast Near Seasonal Norms With Showers
The forecast calls for temperatures through Monday averaging about 59 degrees. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday and Saturday afternoons, with cooler conditions anticipated on Sunday and Monday.
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Wallace F. Bennett
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Robert T. Chaffee
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Loanon
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Phan Khae Suu
Nguyen Trung Trinh
Nguyen van Vinh
Tran van Thoan
Nguyen Hoa Hiep
Maxwell D. Taylor
Suu
Taylor
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