Johnson Proposes End To All Housing Discrimination
President Johnson urged Congress to enact a seven point civil rights package including a ban on all housing discrimination in 1969. He argued equal justice for African Americans and joked that even Mrs Murphy’s boarding house could be covered under open housing. Senate leaders warned of fights over constitutionality and jury provisions, while House sponsors voiced support.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Mrs. Murphy's Boarding Co
Dirksen
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Senate
Furor over Secret GIA Payments To Student Group
President Johnson ordered a full review of government activities that could jeopardize the integrity of U.S. educational groups amid disclosures that the CIA funded the National Student Association and possibly other student groups. The move aims to guide agencies in their relations with international educational activities and assess subsidies to private organizations.
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Washington
Johnson
Central Intelligence Agency
National Student Association
U.S
NSA
Nicholas Katzenbach
CIA
Katzenbach
America
Richard Helms
Welfare
John W. Gardner
State Department
Robert J
Powell's Mile to testify in Powell case
Mrs. Powell arrives from Puerto Rico to testify before the Celler committee as it weighs contempt charges against Corrine Huff for not appearing after a subpoena. She says she will answer all questions truthfully and notes she has not seen her husband in a year and a half.
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Yvette Marjorie Flores Powell
Miami
Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Puerto Rico
Harlem Democrat
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Powell
Corrine A. Huff
Come. Y
Marjorie Flores Powell
San Juan
Miss Huff
Bimini
Bahamas
Celler
Rep. Powell
Reservoir Road Gets Fund Okay
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved an 8.5 mile access road to John W. Flanagan Reservoir in Dickenson County Virginia. Rep. William C. Wampler says the commission earmarked 581 thousand dollars with Virginia providing the balance of about 850 thousand total for recreation access.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
John W. Flanagan
Dickenson County
William C. Wampler
R-Va
Wampler
Virginia
Bartlick Creek
West Virginia Weekend Forecast Warm and Wet
The Weather Bureau projects above normal temperatures in WV through Monday with daytime highs in the upper 40s to low 50s and nightly lows in the 30s. Colder Thursday but warmer Saturday, with weekend precipitation totaling a half to one inch.
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West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Inside Abby 30 L People 10 Add Years 30 Movies
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Abby
Princeton
McNamara Defends Raids as War Effort Adjuvant
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara defended U S bombing of North Vietnam as a necessary supplement to ground operations in South Vietnam. He said air strikes alone won’t force Hanoi to change course, noting two achieved aims: raising South Vietnamese morale and increasing the cost of Hanoi’s infiltrations. He cautioned it may be early to judge a third aim and disputed claims the bombing is ineffective.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
McNamara
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Saigon
Washington Post
Congressional Committee Behind Closed Doors
Fire Doused After Windy Buchanan County Blaze
A crew of 12 men contained a wood and brush fire in the Lee Town area of Buchanan County Virginia. The blaze burned about 30 acres, endangered six residences, and was fueled by high winds before firefighters gained control Tuesday into Wednesday night. Fire officials suspect children set the first blaze and noted the area is unusually dry for the season.
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Lee Town
Buchanan County
Norman Newberry
Grundy
Newberry
Slate Creek
Security Unit Mauled By Red Troops In Kontum Clash
In Kontum Province a U S security element from the 4th Infantry Division suffered heavy casualties after under heavy fire and air strikes. Thirty five enemy troops were reported killed before contact broke Wednesday night. A U S helicopter on an assault mission was forced to crash land. one American died and another was wounded. South Korean marines said they killed 243 Communist soldiers near Quang Ngai City.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
4Th Infantry Division
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Thua Thien
Kontum
Tass
Hanoi
Kontum Province
Quang Ngai City
Auxiliary Liquor Bills Pass House
Three follow up bills to the private club liquor act cleared the House and move to the Senate. One measure would tax liquor and food sales by clubs, another would bar cities from imposing a municipal tax on club liquor sales, and a third aligns the beer law with the club act allowing beer sales in licensed clubs during club hours. A separate bill raising education requirements for barber, beautician, and manicurist applicants passed, with Del. Corbett Church recounting a past shaving incident. The day also saw Senate actions on a education compact, state printing cost reductions, and a road bond sale awaiting voting.
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Charleston
Senate
McDowell
Wilfred L. Dickerson
D-Mcdowell
Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner
House
Church
Barber
Buddy
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
George H. Seibert Jr
Rohio
Legisla
Two Women Die as Baptist Valley House Fire Claims Two
In Baptist Valley near Riverjack Virginia on Wednesday a large eight room frame house burned killing Mrs Thelma Cleo Altizer 59 and her mother Mrs Dora Ella Reid 82. A niece Dora Lowe escaped with only the clothes she wore. The blaze started in the rear and firefighters faced water shortages delaying body recovery. Survivors include husband Herman G Altizer son James E Altizer and daughters Mary Elizabeth Guilbeaux Ina Ruby Ayers and Dora Henderson plus siblings and grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete at Mullins Funeral Home Richlands Virginia.
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Tazewell County
Baptist Valley
Thelma Cleo Altizer
Dora Ella Reid
Dora Lowe
Herman Altizer
Thelma Altizer
Bishop
Rfc North Tazewell
Riverjack
Forest Wood
Tazewell
Miss Lowe
Tazewell High School
Wood
Altizer
Mathias Reid
Dora Ellen Jones Reid
Herman G., Altizer
James E. Altizer
Marietta
Mary Elizabeth Guilbeaux
Ville Platte la
Ina Ruby Ayers
Bluefield
Dora Henderson
Warner Robins
E. N. Reid
Jones H. Reid
Superior
McDowell County
Ambrose Jones
Nannie Quiexel Jones
M. M. Reid
Reservist draft announced for unwilling to serve
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced a plan to draft about 2000 Reservists who are unable or unwilling to participate in Reserve activities. The move relies on the 1967 Defense Department Appropriation Act and targets those with unsatisfied obligations who have not completed two-year active duty terms. The aim is to increase equity and strengthen Reserve units.
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Washington
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Defense
Protesters Storm Pentagon in Viet Nam War Demonstration
More than 1900 women and children gathered at the Pentagon in an angry antiwar protest organized by Women’s Strike for Peace. They chanted war criminal slogans, blocked a river entrance for 30 minutes, and met with Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas Morris after a delegation entered.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Strike For Peace
Mac
Thomas Morris
Loraine Gordon
New York City
Washington, D.C
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
Michigan
Illinois
California
Morris
Griffith Free After 51 Years in West Virginia Prison
William Hollie Griffith 74 was released from a medium security prison in Huttonsville after 51 years. Convicted of murdering Gassaway police chief in 1915 and two more killings during a 1921 escape, he was granted a 180 day medical leave by Gov. Hulett Smith. He will live with a brother in Barberton Ohio and attend Cleveland Clinic as an outpatient. He had been eligible for parole since 1939 but was rejected 17 times by the State Board.
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Huttonsville
W.va
William Hollie Griffith
Griffith
Gassaway
Hulett Smith
Robert Sarver
State Division of Correction
Barberton
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic
State Board of Probation and Parole
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D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
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North
Yankee
del. Corbett Church
Dora Reid
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