Landlords Storm City Hall in Rent Confrontation
About 600 landlords stormed New York City Hall in a bid to pressure Mayor John V. Lindsay to relax rent-control laws. Two women were injured as glass doors shattered and police deployed to restore order. Lindsay refused to meet the demonstrators, condemning the action as indecent and illegal amid a city health emergency linked to a broader strike by Building Service employees.
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Afl-Cio
John Lindsay
FCC Orders Equal Time For Antismoking Ads If Cigarettes Advertised
The FCC ruled 7 0 that radio and TV stations airing cigarette ads must offer some free time for antismoking programs under the fairness doctrine. Stations may seek sponsors but must provide no-cost time if unable to secure opposing views. The decision followed a complaint by John F. Banzhaf III against WCBS TV New York.
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Washington
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New York
John F. Banzhaf III
Banzhaf
Marines Battle Foe On Coastal Plain Near Tam Ky
Battalions of U S Marines and an estimated 2000 Communist troops clash on a coastal plain near Tam Ky, as Marines backed by air and artillery strike enemy positions. Interim counts report 117 North Vietnamese killed, with no Marine casualties known.
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Saigon
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Tam Ky
Justice Dept clears Shaw in Kennedy assassination case
The Justice Department said the FBI never investigated retired New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw in connection with President Kennedy’s assassination. Shaw, 54, is free on a $10,000 bond while awaiting trial for conspiring to murder Kennedy as Jim Garrison had alleged.
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Democrats Name Mercer County Delegate Candidates
The Mercer County Democratic Executive Committee offers three candidates to Governor Hulett Smith to fill the Mercer County House of Delegates vacancy caused by Fred Thomason’s resignation. The slate includes Paige Wooldridge of Bluefield, Mrs. Robert Thornhill of Bluefield, and Robert Holroyd of Princeton. Thomason left to join the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. The panel also named James Thompson of Princeton as treasurer, succeeding Robert Carr.
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Acoholic Beverage Control Commission
Holroyd
Thornhill
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Wooldridge
Democratic Executive Committee
James Thompson
Princeton
Robert Carr
Frank
Red) Gibson
Clyde White
Soviet says its ship hit in North Vietnamese harbor
The Soviet Union accused U S planes of bombing the 3358 ton Turkistan diesel ship in Cam Pha near Haiphong injuring two crewmen and damaging the vessel. Moscow warned it would take appropriate measures if such actions recur, signaling growing U S Soviet tensions.
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Llewellyn E. Thompson
Inside . 10 8 -1 . 2 setae seer
A terse fragment lists numbers and terms including setae and seer in a cryptic sequence. The readable portion lacks clear events people or places, making a definitive news summary impractical.
No State Armory Closing Anticipated By Senator
Sen Robert Byrd said West Virginia may lose eight Army Reserve and National Guard units and about 500 personnel under a Defense Department realignment. He noted the state would drop from 33 to 25 reserve units but claimed no armory closings are expected. The plan was sent to Governor Smith and Adjutant General Williams for review.
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Levy convicted by military tribunal for disloyalty and disobedience
A 10 member military tribunal at Fort Jackson, SC found Capt. Howard B. Levy, a Brooklyn dermatologist, guilty on five counts including willful disobedience to train Green Beret medics, disloyal statements about Vietnam, and conduct unbecoming an officer. Sentencing set for Saturday.
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Howard B. Levy
Green Beret
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Levy
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Vietnam
Cairo Warns on Sovereignty While Powers Seek Open Gulf Passage
Cairo warns maritime nations it will not permit aggression against its waters as U S and Britain consult on a declaration for free passage through the Gulf of Aqaba. Israel threatens no indefinite blockade while Syria and Israel clash on the border. France Canada and the Soviet Union react as U N effort to ease tensions continues.
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Gulf
France
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
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Johnson
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Charles de Gaulle
Paris
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Georges Gorse
Moscow
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New York
Security Council
Permission Granted For Communications Station Near Flowlesburg
A five-firm group led by Communications Satellite Corp wins FCC approval to build a 65 million dollar earth station near Flowlesburg West Virginia. Comsat will own 50 percent and control operations with AT&T 28.5 percent ITT World Communications 7 percent RCA 10.5 percent and Western Union International 4 percent as owners. The station will link US Europe South America and Africa for TV telephone telegraph and data services as part of the 1962 Comsat framework due for fall 1968 completion.
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Communication Satellite Corp
Comsat
FCC
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
ITT World Communications Inc
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
RCA Communications Inc
Radio Corporation of America
Western Union International Inc
United States
Europe
South America
Africa
National Guard and Reserve Units Trimmed in Reorganization
Washington AP reports a Defense Department plan to disband 1275 Army National Guard and Army Reserve units over the coming year. The shakeup eliminates 15 National Guard divisions and the last four Reserve brigades, with remaining units reorganized into eight Guard combat divisions and eight brigades. Net strength set at 400,000 Guard and 240,000 Reserve, with deployment readiness targeted at eight weeks. Pentagon notes no callups or draft changes for now and aims to place units by geography to share mobilization burden. Congress voices criticism and the Reserve Officers Association plans a study meeting.
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Army
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Stanley R. Resor
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