Supreme Court bans housing discrimination nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that discrimination in all housing sales and rentals is illegal, interpreting the 1866 postwar law as an absolute ban and signaling possible congressional power to combat other race based economic discrimination. The decision also touched on private sales by individuals and broad civil rights implications.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Johnson
Adventurer Hugo Vihlen Seen 290 Miles From Home
Hugo Vihlen waved from his six foot sailboat the April Fool as a plane carrying his wife Johnnie and son Dana approached in a Caribbean rain squall. The group found him off Cuba near Cayo Coco four thousand miles from Casablanca where he started in March.
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Miami
Fla
Hugo Vihlen
Atlantic
Vihlen
Johnnie
Dana
Cayo Coco
Cuba
Casablanca
Homestead
Coast Guard
Broadway Is Blacked Out by Actors Equity Strike
New York AP report details Broadway and road shows shut by a strike halting a $1 million weekly box office. Nineteen of 21 Broadway productions closed plus Los Angeles San Francisco Chicago Detroit road shows. Deputy Mayor and chair of the mediation board urged talks as producers warned of a long strike.
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New York
Broadway
Actors Equity
Manhattan
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
Detroit
Robert Sweet
Vincent McDonnell
New York State Mediation Board
David Merrick
Steelworkers Allegheny Ludlum reach quick grievance fix
In Pittsburgh AP reports United Steelworkers and Allegheny Ludlum struck an agreement to automatically settle local issues when the industry contract ends August 1. The plan includes rapid arbitration for pending grievances with capped hearings and a 30 day post hearing decision, aiming to avoid yearlong disputes and reduce unrest.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Allegheny Ladlum
USW
William J. Hart
Pennsylvania
Labor and Industry
Hart
John E. Groves
Allegheny Ludlum
Groves
Britain's Transplant Patient Dies After 49 Days
Britain's first heart transplant patient Frederick West, 45, died at the National Heart Hospital after 49 days with an overwhelming infection. Doctors said infection, not the transplant itself, proved fatal as kidneys failed. 21 transplants performed, five recipients alive.
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Britain
London
Frederick West
National Heart Hospital
West
Patrick Ryan
Pacifists Routed by D C Police at Capitol Hill Draft Card Protest
A draft card burning demonstration on Capitol Hill led to arrests and a police melee as FBI agents and DC officers clashed with about 50 protesters. Franci Thomas Femin, 20, of Holden West Virginia, and Curtis A Chapel Jr., staying at Resurrection City, were identified as arrestees. The protest opposed May Supreme Court rulings on draft card legality.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Supreme Court
FBI
Franci Thomas Femin
Holden
W.va
District of Columbia
Curtis A. Chapel Jr
Resurrection City
Mary Lyttle
Renault Yes Vote Signals Partial End To Strike Wave In France
Renault workers approve a 12 percent pay rise and begin returning to work while new clashes erupt between police and students in Paris. Dockworkers, shipyards, and other plants follow suit, but protests persist amid ongoing strikes and a police operation at the Sorbonne.
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Paris
Renault
France
St. Nazaire
Bordeaux
la Seyne
Mediterranean
General Confederation of Labor
French National Students Union
UNEF
Sorbonne
Institute of Art and Archaeology
Eisenhower Responding Favorably After Heart Attack
Washington AP reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is responding favorably to treatment after a major heart attack at Walter Reed Army Hospital. At 77, he remains under careful monitoring with stable vital signs and no heart failure signs, Mamie Eisenhower beside him as plans to return home are delayed.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
California
Mamie
Mamie Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Gen. Eisenhower
Tough General Is Dumped From Vietnamese Military
A hard driving South Vietnamese general Lt. Gen. Nguyen Duc Thang commander of the 4th Corps area Mekong Delta was ousted for being too allied with Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and too harsh on corruption he was placed on indefinite sick leave Thang had led pacification efforts and was viewed by American officials as highly capable before his firing amid Thieu purge of Ky allies.
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Saigon
Veto Likely to Be Overridden Over Crime Bill
Senate leaders expect President Johnson to veto the omnibus crime bill but anticipate Congress will override. A broader gun control measure aims to require registration of all firearms as hearings begin with Senator Mansfield joining as sponsor. The bill would ban mail order pistol sales while allowing rifles and shotguns and would expand wiretap powers and evidence rules.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Mansfield
Supreme Court
Kennedy State Still On Ticket
New York primary campaigning closed amid Kennedy’s slaying as Humphrey and McCarthy backers vie for 123 Democratic convention delegates. Kennedy supporters remain on the ballot uncommitted, while Republicans clash for 11 of 82 GOP delegates. Rockefeller retains the rest.
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Humphrey
McCarthy
New York
Albany
N.Y
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Rockefeller
Assassina
Effective Hormonal Contraceptive Reported at AMA Meeting
Dr Edward Tyler reported at the AMA convention that a new injectable hormonal contraceptive given every three months showed no pregnancies in 216 treated women over three years. He noted a monthly progestin estrogen combo also had no pregnancies in 514 women, with side effects but strong effectiveness. Trials include half year injections and more frequent missed periods with the three month method.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
Edward Tyler
Family Planning Center of
Los Angeles
United States
Tyler
Food and Drug Administration
James Hodge Sentenced to Forty Years in Slaying
James Henry Hodge, 27, a former Galax cab driver, pleaded guilty and received a 40 year prison term for the March slaying of 68 year old Lawrence Bartlett. Bartlett's body was found in the trunk of an abandoned taxi near Williamson West Virginia. Judge Alex Harmon delivered the Wythe County Circuit Court sentence.
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GALAX
James Henry Hodge
Hodge
Lawrence Bartlett
Williamson
W.va
Alex Harmon
Pulaski
Wythe County
Two Drown In Abandoned West Virginia Strip Mine
Two teenaged brothers Karroll Smitty Haynes eighteen and Wayne Richard Haynes seventeen died after falling into an abandoned strip mine near Anjean in Greenbrier County. A younger brother Biff witnessed the accident as a portion of the bank gave way.
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Rainelle
W.va
Anjean
Karroll Smitty Haynes
Wayne Richard Haynes
Clintonville
Greenbrier County
Biff
Sprouse Outspent Moore in West Virginia Primary
Democratic gubernatorial candidate James M. Sprouse reported expenditures of 99,715.66 and receipts of 106,384. Moore, the Republican Arch Moore, filed receipts of 77,031.50 and expenditures of 81,955.41.
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Charleston
James M. Sprouse
Arch Moore
Secretary of State
Sprouse
Moore
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