Kennedy Calls for Draft Lottery System Debate
Sen Edward M Kennedy urged Congress to study a national draft lottery to replace the present selective service method. Gen Lewis B Hershey supported investigating the system but warned fairness may be secondary to national survival. They debated national versus state based pools and the impact on deferments.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Jude
Hershey
ABC Radiotelevision
Kennedy
Injured Weisman Shows Marked Improvement After Surgery
Frederick R. Weisman 54 former Hunt Foods president remained conscious and recognizing relatives as doctors reported progress after cranial surgery for injuries suffered in a Beverly Hills Hotel lounge incident involving Frank Sinatra. His condition was serious but improving.
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Frank Sinatra
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Frederick R. Weisman
Hunt Foods Inc
Beverly Hills
Sinatra
Weisman
Unity Of Rail Unions Sought
Three railroad unions representing about 99 000 members announce they will recommend merging into a single organization for engine and train service across North America. Conductors begin consideration at Cedar Rapids convention June 20 while affirming contracts and craft lines remain intact.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
Orc&b
Brotherhood of Locomotive Piremen and Enginemen
Blf&e
Switchmen's Union of North America
SUNA
George H. Harris
H. E. Gilbert
Neil P. Speirs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Walk On Water Attempt Fails in Bombay
Famed yoga exponent Rao attempted to walk on water before about 600 spectators, who paid up to $100. He placed a foot on the water, sank, then explained an injury the day before kept him from levitation and promised a retry Monday.
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Bombay
India
LS. Rao
New Delhi
Rao
Ohio Factory Blaze Destroys Bergholz Plant
A Sunday fire gutted the Allen Box Co. plant in Bergholz near Steubenville causing over 150000 in damage. Firefighters from Amsterdam and East Springfield battled the blaze for more than three hours. no cause yet determined. Superintendent William Rutledge said about 35 workers are affected but the plant may reopen.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Allen Box Co
Bergholz
Jefferson County
Amsterdam
East Springfield
William Rutledge
Parliament Returns as Labor Faces Falks Over Far East Policy
London reports Parliament resumes amid Labor opposition to the government plan on seamen’s strike Rhodesian breakup and Far East defense. Internal factions clash over 1970s commitments in Malaysia Singapore and the Persian Gulf with calls for withdrawal East of Suez and defense budget implications.
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London
Britain
Far East
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Reginald Paget
House of Commons
Paget
Labor
Malaysia
Singapore
Persian Gulf
United States
Asia
Viet Nam
Woodrow Wyatt
Indonesia
Labor Party
Wyatt
Washington
Suez
Emmanuel Shinwell
Christopher Mayhew
Collie Dies After Warning Fire Alarm For Owner
In Jacksonville Florida a 14 year old collie named Lady awoke owner Lewis Jordan by scratching at the door before dawn. Jordan found his car and garage on fire and moved the car into the street before firefighters arrived. Lady died during the blaze, apparently from a heart attack, as water was poured on the fire.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lady
Lewis Jordan
Jordan
Youth Drowns At Maxwell Dam In Tazewell County
Charles Thomas Cotton Whittaker a 17 year old of Horsepen Virginia drowned Sunday afternoon after a limb broke while he clung to a dead tree on a Maxwell dam, Clinch River. His body was recovered about 4 pm and rescue attempts by James Farmer nearly ended in another drowning. He was survived by foster parents sister Virginia Lou Farmer and brother Johnny Farmer. Body taken to Pocahontas Union Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
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Maxwell
Tazewell County
Charles Thomas (Cotton)Whittaker
Jermiah
Lucy Yost Whittaker
Horsepen
James Farmer
Whitaker
Compton
Clinch River
U. S. Rt
Richlands
Tazewell
North Vietnamese battalions slip out after heavy losses
Two battalions of North Vietnamese troops, about 800 men, slipped away from central highland positions after five days of heavy fighting with U S paratroopers. American forces pursued with light contact reported. Other actions included a 93 kill count in rubber plantation country and 15 Viet Cong deaths in Quang Tin, plus air strikes by Air Force and Navy. General Westmoreland visited Kontum as Hawthorne operations claimed success and higher Communist casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Kontum
U. S
Quang Tin
Air Force
Navy
South
Viet Nam
Hanoi
William C. Westmoreland
1101St Airborne Division
Central Highlands
Laos
Quang Ngai
Korea
Riot in Chicago After Gang Fight Turned Violent
A crowd in a North Side Chicago neighborhood attacked two police cars after police shot a man, Cruz Acelis, 21, during a gang clash. About 500 people gathered as 60 police cars responded. one car was destroyed by fire.
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Chicago
North Side
Damen Avenue
Division Street
Thomas Munyon
Raymond Howard
Munyon
Cruz Acelis
Arcelis
St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital
Moon photos bore laymen yet thrill JPL team uses Surveyor data
In Pasadena AP report, scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory praise Surveyor 1 as a successful soft moon landing test while noting lay observers may find the shots dull. They cite 8,494 usable images, plan more shots at varying sun angles, and stress ongoing work on terrain, radar, reflectivity and surface properties as power allows. The mission aims to guide future Apollo landing sites and test retro-rocket performance before lunar night ends.
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Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
America
Surveyor
JPL
Romney Says Viet Nam War Needs Clear Objective
Michigan Governor George Romney contends the United States erred by entering the Viet Nam land war and urges a defined objective. He cautions against withdrawal and suggests stepping up nonland efforts if staying. Romney stops short of confirming presidential plans while on CBS Face the Nation.
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Detroit. Mich
Michigan
George Romney
United States
Johnson
CBS
South Viet Nam
Romney
Scouts Safe After Rio Grande Missing Trip In Mexico
Fifteen New Mexico Boy Scouts and their leader were found safe on a ranch in Mexico after a raft trip down the Rio Grande went missing. A Goodfellow Air Force Base helicopter airlifted three scouts to Big Bend National Park HQ. by afternoon all had crossed back to Texas. The group from Hobbs, ages 12 to 18, blamed a flood washed away a raft while they slept on the Mexican side.
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Boquillas
Tex
New Mexico
Mexico
Rio Grande
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Big Bend National Park
Far
Texas
Richard Kennedy
Hobbs
N.M
Lyndon Johnson
Big Bend
Inside Abby Classifieds and Society Notes
A compact newspaper card highlighting miscellaneous sections and local notices. Includes Classifieds and Society items, with brief editorial and sports marks, plus calendar pointers and page cues.
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Abby
Princeton
Dennis
Society
Ees Grahim
Red Officials Win Expected Majorities in Soviet Vote
In Moscow a large turnout produced overwhelming support for unopposed candidates in the 1574 member Supreme Soviet. Voters faced two ballots for the upper Soviet of Nationalities and the lower Soviet of the Union with nearly all casting yes ballots. Khrushchev voted for Kosygin as the candidate for the Soviet of Nationalities.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Soviet of Nationalities
Soviet of the Union
People
Tass
Khrushchev
Kosygin
Edward G. Robinson Shows Major Improvement After Crash
Hollywood AP reports actor Edward G. Robinson moved from ICU to private room at Mt. Sinai after internal injuries. Doctors expect possible release in 10 to 14 days if progress continues. police said he may have dozed before the crash into a tree.
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Hollywood
Edward G. Robinson
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Robinson
Ruby Hearing On Sanity Opens In Dallas
Jack Ruby faces a formal sanity hearing in Dallas to decide if he was sane when he killed Lee Harvey Oswald. If found not sane, he could avoid the electric chair, while a sane verdict would affirm his death sentence. Ruby, age 55, remains jailed awaiting the outcome, having been convicted of murder in 1964.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Ruby
Oswald
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Kontum Plateau
Lunar
Viet
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
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