UAW Barrage Upsets Ford and Federal Civil Rights Push
Washington lawmakers moved toward final action on the civil rights bill with a target of a July 4 signing while Ford Motor Co faced UAW pressure for early gains. Henry Ford II warned a strike remains a bargaining tool, stressing the need for open negotiations and responsible collective bargaining amid potential labor action.
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Washington
House
Johnson
GOP
San Francisco
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Coronado
Calif
Henry Ford II
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
American Society of Corporate Secretaries
Coal By Wire May Heat Boys School
Senator Byrd says electricity from coal could heat the National Training School for Boys in Morgantown. The plan, urged by the U S Bureau of Prisons, would be supplied by Monongahela Power from a nearby plant, saving up to 300000 in building costs and about 34000 annually by removing four engineers. The reform school moves from Washington, D C to Morgantown.
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Charleston
National Training School For
Morgantown
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Monongahela Power Co
Byrd
Washington, D. C
Man Charged In Double Slaying In West Virginia
Wyoming County Prosecutor Grove Moler said an elderly man, David Lester, 75, of Bud, was arrested after the Sunday night shooting that killed Hulda Jane Ross 45 and Walter Cecil Cook 53, both of Bud. Officials cited a lovers quarrel and jealousy as likely motives.
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Mullens
W. Va
Wyoming
Grove Moler
David Lester
Bud
Here
Hulda Jane Ross
Walter Cecil Cook
Moser
Lester
Floods Strike Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas
Major storms dropped up to 6 inches of rain over Sunday and Sunday night flooding streams in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas. Smithville suffered four feet eight inches of water in downtown, with about 100 residents evacuated and damages around $1 million. Frankfort withstood levee tests as six inches of rain surged the Black Vermillion to 27.6 feet, flooding farmland but keeping the town safe.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Smithville
Little Platte River
Bruce Coons
Agency
Platte
Frankfort
Johnson Hosts Inonu for Cyprus Diplomacy in Washington
President Johnson meets Turkey Prime Minister Ismet Inonu in Washington beginning a four day outreach to resolve Cyprus tensions that risk NATO eastern defense unity. Inonu confirms Cyprus concerns and a possible Greece Turkey dialogue is considered, though no summit date is set.
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Washington
Johnson
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Cyprus
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Inonu
Greece
George Papandreou
Abby Add Years Classified Comics Crosswords
Brief items from Abby include year updates on classifieds and puzzles. Editorials and a Goren feature appear among the page sections adding local commentary and comic selections for readers.
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Abby Add
Goren
Soviets Denounce Pan Am Flights to West Berlin
The Soviet Union and East Germany declared Pan American World Airways flights from New York to West Berlin illegal and unsafe over Soviet territory. They cited lack of East German approval for the new service. Washington officials noted similar past warnings and did not see immediate danger.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
East Germany
Pan American World Airways
New York
West Berlin
Red
United States
Britain
Washington
State Department
Berlin
West
White Gangs Hit Integrationists at Florida Beach
At St. Augustine Florida white gangs attacked Negro and white integrationists with fists and clubs at a public beach in two incidents. A federal judge ordered Governor Bryant to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for banning after dark demonstrations. Injuries included a Negro boy with a broken finger a Negro woman's slashed arm and cuts to another. About nine people were hospitalized and a Danish cameraman filming a documentary was among the witnesses. Peter Bancroft of Ambherst Massachusetts was noted as a white youth attacked previously by segregationists. About 15 white men armed with clubs chased integrationists back into the surf after the second wade-in.
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Florida
Farris Bryant
St. Augustine
U. S
Bryan Simpson
Bryant
Fla
Old City
United States
Josoa Williams
Savannah
Peter Bancroft
Ambherst
Mass
Huge Rise in Medical Costs Highlighted by AMA
A 136 percent cost increase in medical care over 25 years was disclosed by an AMA commission. Hospital charges rose from 7.41 to 30.94 dollars per day, a 318 percent surge. The report cites improved care, lower mortality, longer life expectancy near 70, and argues CPI methods fail to adjust for quality changes.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
AMA
David B. Allman
Atlantic City
N.J
Care Of Aged Voting Today Health plan prospects at stake
The House Ways and Means Committee prepared to vote on a health care proposal for the aged tied to Social Security. Supporters expect a package including a cash increase for retirees and more liberal health care coverage for indigent seniors. The plan would need higher payroll tax and base earnings to fund benefits.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
Giles County Man Drowns In New River
A young Giles County man identified as Ronald Owen Brooks of Prospect Dale Pearisburg drowned in the New River near Pembroke at about 2 30 p.m. Friends said he could not swim or was cramps in the river current. Pembroke officer Fred Smith and game warden Bill Jamison were first on scene and the Pearlsburg Rescue Squad recovered the body. The body was taken to Claytor Funeral Home Radford for funeral arrangements.
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Giles County Va
Pembroke Va
Ronald Owen Brooks
Prospect Dale
Pearisburg
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Norfolk and Western
Pembroke
Brooks
Fred Smith
Bill Jamison
Pearlsburg
Smith
Claytor Funeral Home
Radford
Space Traveler To Visit Camp Pocahontas
AP reports astronaut Neil Armstrong will visit the National Youth Science Camp at Camp Pocahontas near Bartow in Pocahontas County on July 6 7. Camp director Charles Cochran notes Armstrong, a civilian X-15 test pilot and Ohio native, joins 100 campers from all states for activities including Washington trip, hikes, and field trips to observatories and colleges.
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Morgantown
Neil Armstrong
Pocahontas County
Charles Cochran
West Virginia University
Armstrong
Camp Pocahontas
Bartow
Ohio
West Virginia
Scott Carpenter
Cochran
Charleston
Washington, D. C
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Green Bank
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Concord College
Athens
Sanitarium Suit Hearing Slated
Charleston AP The State Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a 75 000 damage suit against Bluefield Sanitarium filed by Galen F Duling father of Nancy Duling who died during treatment in 1960 The appeal challenges a Mer cer County Circuit Court ruling and alleged improper reception of evidence from Warden Jr a sanitarium director and two physicians Professor Duling teaches at Concord College Athens.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mercer County
Galen F. Duling
Nancy Duling
Duling
Concord College
Athens
High Court
Warden Jr
Sanitarium
Supreme Court splits over sit-in trespass rights and travel ban
High court overturns a string of sit-in trespass convictions on technical grounds but leaves unresolved whether a cafe owner may refuse service to a Black patron without risk of arrest. The court also blocks a federal overseas travel ban on U S Communists and reverses a Chicago murder conviction over a denial of counsel. Justice Douglas notes a deep split among the nine justices.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
U.S
Chicago
Danny Escobedo
Lawsuer
Maryland
South Carolina
Florida
Douglas
Itchy topic drew physicians to A M A convention talk
A Los Angeles dermatologist at the American Medical Association meeting presented a lecture on scratching. Dr Samuel Ayres Jr explained itch sensation shares nerve pathways with pain and discussed how mild stimuli can relieve it. He noted his own cast study showed that brushing under the cast with a wire coat hanger provided instant, lasting relief.
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San Francisco
American Medical Associa
Tion
Los Angeles
Samuel Ayres Jr
Ayres
Supreme Court split over civil rights and trespass ruling
Justices clash on whether 14th Amendment blocks state trespass laws in a Baltimore restaurant case. Douglas and Warren urge constitutional protection of equal rights in public accommodations, while Black and White dissent, urging the court to decide the constitutional questions. The reversals involve 12 African American defendants convicted of trespass after refusing to leave the restaurant.
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Douglas
Arthur J. Goldberg
Hugo L. Black
John M. Harelan
Byron R. White
Earl Warren
Goldberg
Baltimore
Maryland
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D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
William Colmer
D-Miss
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Howard W. Smith
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