Senate approves mandatory auto safety standards and highway funding
The Senate quickly passed a 76 to 0 safety bill requiring interim federal auto standards by 1967 and a three year 465 million program to reduce highway hazards. The plan includes driver education, better auto inspections, highway design, traffic control, and stricter enforcement. President Johnson praised landmark legislation expanding enforcement and research, with potential omnibus action in the House.
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Senate
Secretary of Commerce
House
Johnson
White House
LBJ
Congress
General Services Administration
John T. Connor
Apology From Dodd Amid Senate Ethics Inquiry
Sen Thomas J Dodd apologized for remarks by his son Jeremy to witness Michael O Hara during a Senate committee probe into misconduct allegations against Dodd The incident followed the ethics panel warning against witness intimidation as it examines Dodd relations with Julius Klein and a West German case involving Bogdan Stashinsky
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Thomas J. Dodd
Senate
Connecticut
Dodd
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Ethics Committee
Stennis
Jeremy
O'Hare
Senate Committee
Ethics Committee
Pearson and
Anderson
Julius Klein
Chicago
Armed Police Protect March In Neshoba County
Negro demonstrators rallied at the Neshoba County Courthouse in Philadelphia as armed police kept back a hostile white crowd. Martin Luther King Jr led a 52 man march from Canton toward Tougaloo, amid tear gas threats and threats to king.
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Miss
Neshoba County
Canton
U.S. 51
Tougaloo
James H. Mered
Mississippi
Martin Luther King Jr
Courthouse
King
Virginia WV I-77 dispute over East River Mountain tunnel
Virginia and West Virginia debate timing for Interstate 77 work from Rocky Gap to Wytheville and the East River Mountain tunnel. Rex Whitton says four years to finish tunnel. Arthur Kingdon argues simultaneous Virginia highway work would align completion and allow use of segments meanwhile.
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Rex M. Whitton
Bland
Wythe
Virginia
West Virginia
Fast River Mountain
Whitton
Arthur F. Kingdon
Bluefield
Kingdor
Rocky Gap
Wytheville
East River Mountain
Kingdon
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Byrd
Virginia-West Virginia State Line
Sen. Byrd
Heavy Fighting In South Vietnam Near Tuy Hoa
U S air cavalry and artillery hit North Vietnamese regulars near Tuy Hoa as five troopers were wounded by close fragments. The clash marked intensifying operations in Nathan Hale as U S airborne units report 347 enemy killed out of an estimated 2 500 in the field. Political moves meanwhile allowed a Sept 11 Constitutional Assembly vote and Buddhist protests in Hue escalated with monk and civilian deaths and arrests. Captain Mike Kalla of Cleveland led B Company 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry in the coastal engagement.
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South Viet Nam
Tuy Hoa
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thich Tri Quang
B Company
2Nd Batalion
De Gaulle Visits Soviet Space and Science Center
In Novosibirsk the Soviet Union opened its research complex to President Charles de Gaulle. He toured nuclear physics labs and a miniature accelerator and planned a stop at the Baikonur cosmodrome en route to Leningrad, with talks on science and space cooperation.
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Ussr
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Eidbietr
Leningard
Baikonur
Moscow
Central Asia
Moson
Novos'biisk
Russia
VPI to Excavate in Virginia for Extinct Animals
Smithsonian Institution and Virginia Tech to jointly excavate in Southwest Virginia seeking remains of prehistoric animals. Dr Clayton Ray announced after identifying a giant ground sloth skeleton near Gate City Virginia. He said about 20 extinct species likely roamed the region in prehistoric times and the digs near Splitvil could yield important finds.
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Smithsonian Institution
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia
Clayton Ray
The
Smithsonian
Gate City
Ray
Institution
Tennessee
Bailey Proposes West Virginia Drink Tax And Licenses
Secretary of State Robert Bailey urged a 5 cent pour tax on every drink and a state liquor by the drink licensing law. He argued the tax could yield 3 to 6 million dollars annually though the attorney general called the issue touchy. Bailey noted widespread private club sales but insisted he is not the Supreme Court.
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John F. Sennett
West Germany
Klein
Pearson
Anderson
Leo Eugene Dobriansky
Georgetown University
Charles J. Kerstein
R-Wis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Virginia
Robert Bailey
Bailey
Supreme Court
C. Donald Robertson
E G Otey West Virginia banking leader dies at 71
Ernest G. Otey president of the First National Bank of Bluefield and a longtime civic figure died at St Luke's Hospital in Bluefield after a June 5 heart attack. He leaves a widow a daughter a son and four grandchildren with extensive survivors. Funeral services are set for Sunday at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield.
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Otey
Mary T. Sizer
George Litz
L. C. Otey
Bluewell
Clyde B. Otey
Princeton
William Otey
Yucca Valley
Calif
Fred Otey
Helen Morrison
Sarasota
Fla
Eula Tankersley
L. C. Richie
Mercer Funeral Home
R. T. Mallory
Bland Street Methodist Church
Monte Vista
Leonard Clyde
Flora Bishop Otey
Pulaski
West Virgina Bankers’ Association
West Virginia University Board of Governors
West Vious
Democratic Executive Committee
Pulaski National Bank
Bluefield National Bank
National Bank
Fifth Federal Reserve District
Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Meadville
McDowell County National Bank
Welch
First National Bank of Bluefield
First National Bank
Merccer County Centennial Commission
Bluefield Parking Facilities Commission
Commission
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Ex Abingdon Cop Convicted in Nurse Attack
Former Abingdon Police Sgt Ernest L. Blevins was found guilty in Washington County Court of assault and battery against nurse Ann S Callahan at Johnston Memorial Hospital area. He received a $300 fine plus costs and had resigned from the police force after the incident.
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Abingdon
Ernest L. Blevins
Washington County
Belvins
Ann S. Callahan
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Callahan
Blevins
Trucker Killed by C O Train Near White Sulphur Springs
Darrell Bryant 28 of Clintonville Greenbrier County was killed when a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway train struck his truck at a makeshift I-64 crossing two miles south of White Sulphur Springs. The Johnson Trucking Co. driver was working on the Interstate 64 construction project. The truck was dragged more than 75 feet.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Darrell Bryant
Clintonville
Greenbrier County
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Johnson Trucking Co
Here
Extended Regional Temperatures Likely Above Normal This Week
The Associated Press notes temperatures through Wednesday averaging 2 to 6 degrees above normal highs of 85 in the south and 81 in the north, with lows at 63 south and 56 north. Warm late week, then cooler early next week. Showers early next week total about half an inch.
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Associated Press
Pope Paul VI vows to press peace drive over Viet Nam
Pope Paul VI announced the Viet Nam peace campaign would continue despite rebuffs. He urged a just peace allowing Vietnamese freedom and appealed for global understanding and religious freedom as he reviewed Vatican diplomacy. He noted ongoing talks with world leaders and a recent meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko.
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Paul VI
Viet Nam
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College of Cardinals
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United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
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