Immigration Bill Clears House Origin System Ends
President Johnson wins a concession as Senate Judiciary Committee, by 14 to 2, approves a House passed bill to abolish the 41 year old national origins immigration system over three years, limiting to 120,000 yearly. Dirksen gains a constitutional reapportionment proposal, stalled but kept alive for next year, amid party bargaining and concerns over two thirds votes and ratification hurdles.
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States' aid set for New Haven line expands plan
New England governors announced a plan to add 1.7 million in aid to the bankrupt New Haven Railroad. Connecticut 850000 cash and 100000 for maintenance Rhode Island 500000 cash Massachusetts 250000 cash. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will add 1.2 million for Boston area commuting. The package brings total grants to 5.4 million.
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Wider Role Set By Episcopalians For Negro Clergy
Protest Episcopal bishops backed broader Negro clergy roles in the church approving assignments of Negro priests to white and Negro parishes. They urged Negroes for diocesan leadership posts and lay positions in church schools and institutions, including overseas field, applying to other denied ethnic groups too.
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Capital Subway Bill Is Signed
President Johnson signed into law a $431 million subway authorization for the District of Columbia. He urged suburban Maryland and Virginia areas to join the 24.9 mile system to ease heavy traffic from workers commuting daily.
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Frisco Papers Plan Merger Creating Morning Chronicle
Three San Francisco dailies the Examiner News-Call Bulletin and Chronicle plan a merger forming a single morning Chronicle and an afternoon News-Call Bulletin. The San Francisco Printing Co. will act as production agency with independent editorial staffs.
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Conservation practices aid drought relief and water retention
Modern conservation methods safeguard soil against erosion and prevent woodland fires to retain precious water, presenting the best form of drought relief.
Dorothy Dandridge Death Mystery Shocks Hollywood
Dorothy Dandridge, 41, star of Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess, was found dead in her Sunset Strip apartment. An autopsy failed to determine the cause, with no foul play evident. tests were ordered. Investigators noted possible coronary insufficiency or fat embolism from a Tuesday ankle injury, while husbandless speculation was dismissed. Earl Mills, her 14 year personal manager, found the body after forcing entry. He said she had been hopeful recently despite past troubles.
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LBJ's Old Roommate Sworn Into ICC
Willard Deason, a Texas broadcaster and former roommate of Lyndon B. Johnson, was sworn into a position with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. The veteran radio figure had ties to the former president and served in a regulatory capacity following nomination.
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Clare Boothe Luce Endorses Buckley for New York Mayor
New York Mrs Clare Booth Luce endorses conservative William F Buckley Jr for mayor. Her announcement praises his brilliance wit courage honesty and articulation and says it is wonderful to be on his side of the political barricades.
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Texan sworn in as ICC member on Wednesday
Johnson's college roommate Deason, aged 60, took the oath from Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark and succeeded Hyerett Hutchinson as an Interstate Commerce Commission commissioner, both Texans.
House Passes Aid Bill Without GOP
Washington AP report says the House approved a 3.28 billion foreign aid bill 289 to 143, rejecting GOP attempts to add major restrictions. Republicans pressed to bar aid to India and Pakistan during their conflict and to restrict war material shipments to Cuba or North Vietnam.
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Stamped Envelopes To Rise One Cent At Post Office
Washington AP The Post Office Department announced a one cent increase in stamped envelopes to halt a yearly 3.4 million dollar loss. Effective Saturday small envelopes rise to seven cents, a 3 cent stamp plus two cents mail cost. Boxes of 500 see about a ten percent price hike excluding postage. Legal size envelopes remain priced at 28.20 per box, three dollars and twenty cents above postage.
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Senate Unit Okays Road Beauty Bill
Washington AP The Senate Public Works Committee unanimously approved a highway beautification bill different from the Johnson plan. Sen Jennings Randolph and Sen John Cooper said it will improve aesthetics on principal roads. The measure retains three Johnson provisions for removing billboards screening junkyards and using federal funds to beautify right of way on the federal aid system. It drops the fourth requirement forcing states to divert one third of secondary road funds to scenic road projects.
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