Salazar's Condition Remains Critical After Stroke
Lisbon AP report on Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar's critical state nearly 24 hours after a stroke. Surgeons noted slight improvements yet hospital sources described his condition as desperate and coma persists. Speculation grows over a successor as Portugal faces Africa issues and domestic stability.
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Lisbon
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Antonio Vasconcellos Marques
Red Cross Hospital
Salazar
Edurado Coel
Portugal
Image Protested By Mexican-Americans
Protesters form IMAGE to challenge stereotypes and demand fair portrayal in ads. Members press Jose Jimenez cast to improve image and urge Madison Avenue to stop demeaning caricatures. Leaders highlight Mexican American labor history and push sponsors to change campaigns.
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Washington
United States
Mexi’can-American Anti-Defamation Committee
Jose Jimenez
Madison Avenue
Sombrero
Serape
Amando Rodriguez
California
Calderone
San Antonio
Tex
IMAGE
Nick Reyes
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Bill Dana
Yellow Pages
Reyes
Rodriguez
Office of Education
Humphrey pledges federal effort to stop riots nationwide
The Associated Press reports Hubert H. Humphrey promises a joint federal state and local attack on crime and civil disorder if elected. He endorses 84 task force recommendations and pledges rapid, mobile local police units with federal support to halt riots.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
George Wallace
Humphrey
Humphreys
Thornton Academy plans 10000 square foot industrial arts building
Officials at Thornton Academy in Saco announce immediate plans to construct a 10000 square foot industrial arts building this year. Headmaster Robert Bowie says the new facility will have three general shop areas and must be completed by next September. A board committee will select the site and review plans with Hershey Associates of Durham and Sidney Shurcliff Merrill of Boston as consultants. Groundbreaking will occur after bids. funding will come from the general academy fund with no special fund allocated. Current shops are in the John S. Locke building.
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Thornton Academy
Saco
Robert Bowie
Hersey Associates
Durham
N.H
Sidney, Shurcliff
Johnson denounces Chrysler 1969 price rise
President Johnson condemned Chrysler Corp. for raising 1969 model prices by an average $89 per car or 2.9 percent. He warned this could cost American families $750 million if spread industry wide and urged the price stability committee to oppose the move.
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Washington
Johnson
Chrysler Corp
Cabinet Committee
Chrysler
Fortas Nomination Faces Senate Filibuster Challenge
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Abe Fortas to be chief justice but the fate rests with the Senate where a filibuster looms. Opponents cite cronyism and separation of powers concerns while Mansfield and Dirksen push cautious action on obscenity issues as debate nears next week.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Fortas
Supreme Court
Johnson
Earl Warren
Warren
Majoriy
Mike Mansfield
High Court
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Mansfield
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Survivor Tells of His Tragic Ordeal on Mountain
Garnett Cannon, 60, Portland Chamber of Commerce president, recalls a deadly storm near White Pass in southwestern Washington. Separated by wind and snow, he and Una V. Davies, 65, of Lake Oswego, died in frigid conditions as rescuers eventually reached them.
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Garnett Cannon
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Associated Press
Yakima, Wash
Una V. Davies
Lake Oswego
Ore
Antarctica Ready For Commercial Development
Boston AP reports Fred G. Dustin of the Admiral Richard E Byrd Polar Center foresees Antarctica as a vast resource frontier. He plans a November business group flight to examine mining, storage, airfield and launch site potential and open Byrd Center data for public use.
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Boston
Cape Kennedy
Antarctica
Fred G. Dustin
Admiral
Richard E. Byrd
Dustin
Byrd
Pole
Byrd Center
Poles
Antarctic
Revere
United States
America
South Pole
South America
New Zealand
Australia
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