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Bridgeport Telegram
State St. Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Post
THE
Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Audit Bureau of
Sunday Post
Sun Post
Bridgeport
Associated Press
Frequent tax changes spark debate at Edison Electric Institute
Gardner Ackley warned that six major tax changes in five years show a pattern of managing the economy by taxation. He spoke before 1,300 electric utility leaders in New Orleans, arguing changes should align with the annual budget and restraint in federal spending, given a $135 billion budget and large corporate and individual losses.
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Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Ackley
New Orleans
Edison Electric Institute
Congress
Dirksen Warns Open Housing Law May Cost Atom Smasher Site
Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen warns Illinois may lose the federal atom smasher site if the state fails to enact open housing laws. He argues federal grants have reduced state initiative and federal power is dictating state-reserved laws, a trend he says threatens state rights.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Chicago
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Michener Becomes Canada’s Governor General
Daniel Roland Michener was sworn in as Governor General of Canada, the third Canadian-born holder of the post. A former Ontario legislator and Speaker, he also served as High Commissioner to India before taking the monarch’s representative role, entering office just before his 67th birthday. His appointment signals a ceremonial yet influential leadership in Canadian politics.
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Daniel Roland Michener
Canada
Michener
Lacombe
Alberta
Toronto
Oxford
Ontario
India
New Delhi
Ottawa
Canadian unity and French Canadian renaissance praised
The speaker notes Canada benefits from French and British civilizations and highlights a Quebec separatist movement. He envisions a quiet role for himself to help keep Canada together and strengthen the nation, with American friends supporting Canada’s success.
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Canada
Quebec
Michener
Supreme Court limits bans on strikes to preserve work rules
The 5 to 4 decision by Justice Brennan held that secondary boycotts and hot cargo provisions do not bar unions from striking to uphold preservation of work agreements for members. The opinions note potential higher costs and delays in construction if prefabricated materials are fully restricted, urging Congress to clarify intentions to avoid hindering automation and progress.
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Landrum-Griffin
Willam J. Brennan Jr
Justice Brennan
Congress
Potter Stewart
Bone Loss Begins At 49 And In Aging Women Too
A symposium report notes that progressive bone loss starts around age 39 in both sexes, with faster declines in women. Dr. Garn and Dr. Smith describe widespread effects, including millions of women with weakened spines and hips by 65, many fractures unaware, and ongoing research seeking causes and treatments with bone-building beginning in youth.
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Nutrition Society
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Stanley M. Garn
Fels Research Institute
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Richmond W. Smith Jr
Department of Medicine
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Romney Silent On Vietnam Policy Sparks Debate
New Britain Herald notes Michigan Governor George Romney avoided partisan fault lines in a Vietnam policy talk at Hartford Times anniversary dinner. Romney supported the President’s approach, emphasized rebuilding South Vietnam, and avoided easy options like withdrawal or escalation. Critics say he framed Vietnam as nonpartisan, potentially shielding Republicans from the issue.
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New Britain Herald
Michigan
George Romney
Hartford Times
Romney
Vietnam
White House
America
South Vietnam
Johnson
The Cost of Divorce in 1967 Revealed by Proscone
A feature summarizes Judge Morris Proscone’s answers on divorce costs. It details lawyer fees for various income levels, Mexican and Reno divorce expenses, and typical alimony ranges. It notes air travel, living costs, and possible additional legal fees, highlighting direct financial burdens of separation.
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Morris Proscone
New York University
U.S
Proscone
New York
Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Reno
Pope Seeks Encyclical as Word of Hope and Peace
Pope Paul VI said his encyclical Populorum Progressio should be a word of hope brotherhood and peace for a world still suffering and divided. He spoke from St. Peter’s Square and urged active effort and new generosity to make the message a reality.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
King’s Rift Splits Civil Rights as New Left Gains
The article examines a split in the civil rights movement as Martin Luther King allies with the New Left led by Stokely Carmichael Floyd McKissick and others. Moderates led by Roy Wilkins A Philip Randolph and Whitney Young oppose King over Vietnam war stance, while White House receives praise for Johnson and Congress doubts open housing legislation.
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Martin Luther King
Stokely Carmichael
Floyd McKissick
New Left
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Philip Randolph
Whitney Young
National Urban League
King
Vietnam
Kennedy
Johnson
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
NAACP
White’ House
Martin Luther ‘King
Main Street
Capitol
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Phil Hart
D-Mich
Shim
Hing
De Gaulle Accepts Russell Tribunal Stance but Bars Paris Sessions
Paris AP President Charles de Gaulle says France opposes any Russell tribunal sessions on its soil despite agreeing with anti US Vietnam views. He notes the body lacks power and would issue extravagant international proceedings against a state with which France has relations. The tribunal cancels its April 26 Issy session and remains homeless.
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PARIS
Charles de Gaulle
Vietnam
France
de Gaulle
United States
Lord Russell
Jean- Paul Sartre
Russell “Tribunal
Sartre
Tribunal
Elysee Palace
French Republic
Russell Tribunal
Vladimir Dedijer
Issy-les- Moulineaux
Pioneers Celebrate Samuel Morse 176th Birthday Gathering
Sacramento reports a reunion of Morse pioneers around a telegraph device on Morse birthday. Veterans and a few current operators translate Morse code clips praising fraternity and goodwill as 71 stations across the U S and Canada echo the event. Many are retired, others work only at home, their skills sidelined by new communications tech.
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Sacramento
Calif
Walter P. Marshall
Western Union Telegraph’ Co
United States
Canada
Samuel F. B. Morse
Telegraph
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Adolescence and the challenge of gender clues
A reflection on adolescence noting how appearance such as clothing and haircuts blur gender cues. The piece discusses how identity forms under social pressures and fashion norms, highlighting confusion and self discovery during youth.
Shadows and size loom over Apollo hearings in Senate
Semidarkness fills the Senate hearing room as Clinton Anderson opens a new phase of Apollo disaster inquiries. The piece critiques NASA's budgetary priorities, ties Space Committee history to Lyndon Johnson and Kerr, and argues the fire was a preventable tragedy caused by administrative neglect and flawed emergency planning.
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Clinton Anderson
Menivo
Grissom
William James
U.S
NASA
Senate Committee On Aeronautics and Space Sciences
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Clint Anderson
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Kerr
Congress
Baker
Senator Kerr
Kerr-McGee
White House
James E. Webb
Truman
Johnson
Washington
Webb
North American Aviation, Inc
Chilean President Praises Johnson at Latin Summit
Chile President Eduardo Frei lauded President Johnson and the Punta del Este meeting as a milestone for Latin America. He urged concrete action to build a Latin American common market, with work beginning in 1970 and finishing by 1985, while stressing the need to move beyond words to implement agreed aims.
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William L. Ryan
Santiago
Chile
Presdent
Eduardo Frei
Latin America
U.S
Frei
America
Punto del Este
Juan Carlos Ongania
Argentina
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Columbia
Raul Leoni
Venezuela
Ferrando Belaunde Terry
Peru
Punta del Este
Idon
United States
Iti
Johnson
U.S. Senate
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Space Committee
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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