Johnson proposes broad youth aid plan with Headstart extension
President Johnson asks Congress for a sweeping set of programs for disadvantaged youths. The plan includes expanding Headstart to early grades and younger children, school lunch benefits for preschoolers, summer camps, and expanded welfare and child development services with estimated annual costs near 700 million dollars. funding would also raise social security payments for millions of children and boost mental retardation and medical care programs, plus state training for child welfare specialists.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
America
Chuckle Courtship Defined as Lipstick to Mopstick Gap
A playful note describes a brief courting period humorously labeled as the span between applying lipstick and using a mopstick. The light line hints at dating antics with a wink to domestic life.
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Copyright Sons Wg
Warrant tossed in Cobb case faces Iowa Supreme Court
Linn County Judge Harold Vietor ruled a search warrant in Forrest Cobb’s hit and run case was invalid. The evidence seized from Cobb’s car is to be returned, but the order is stayed pending the Iowa Supreme Court decision. Cobb, 35, is charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene after Nelson Larson’s death.
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Ablow
Forrest Cobb
Linn
Harold D. Vietor
Iowa Supreme Court
Cobb
Twentieth Street SE
Nelson Larson
Iss
East Post Road
Edward H. Beatty
Victor
Supreme Court
Mexican Quints Out of Danger Says Hospital Director
Mexico City's national pediatric hospital reports four surviving quintuplets from a poor farming couple are out of danger and progressing satisfactorily after being born last Thursday in an adobe hut. The babies, once dubbed the nations most famous, remain under medical care as doctors monitor their recovery.
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Mexico City
Mexico
National Pediatric Hospital
Four Day Tet Truce Begins Amid Vietnam War Clashes
The four day Asian New Year truce starts with ongoing fighting as at least 25 communist violations and 20 deaths are reported in the first 13 hours. An American Voodoo plane is shot down near North Vietnam, while U.S. and South Vietnamese forces clash with Viet Cong and gunmen in Saigon and near Saigon.
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Gulf of Tonkin
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101St Airborne Division
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Pope Urges Peace Talks Amid Lunar Truce
The Pope appealed to the United States and to North and South Vietnam in direct messages to their leaders urging that the Lunar New Year truce become real negotiations for peace. He asked both sides not to perturb the calm of the truce and thanked President Johnson.
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Arthur Goldberg
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U.N
Vatican City
Paul VI
U. S
Vietnam
Johnson
Eastern Storm Death Toll Reaches Sixty
A blizzard left up to 16 inches of snow and at least 60 deaths across the Northeast. New York City reported 16 fatalities, New England 18, New Jersey 10, Philadelphia four, and other areas in the Baltimore-Washington region, Long Island, and upstate New York also suffered losses. Schools closed and highways cleared as arctic air returned.
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New York City
New England
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Baltimore-Washington
Long Island
Florida
Great Lakes
Texas
Maine
Virginia
Washington
la Guardia
Powell Refuses to Answer Questions on Congressional Probe
Adam Clayton Powell faced a House inquiry on his eligibility and misconduct charges and refused to answer questions about his legal troubles. Chairman Emanuel Celler recessed the hearing after Powell invoked attorney guidance, as the committee weighs possible actions for his 12th term.
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Washington
Adam _Clayton Powell
House
Congress
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Powell
New York
New York State
Leiter
Celsler
Celler
Bahamas
Fire in Montgomery's Penthouse kills 26 at rooftop dinner
A blaze at Dale's Penthouse atop the Walter Brage Smith building in Montgomery killed at least 26 people, including former PSC official Ed Pepper. Firefighters fought icy conditions as investigators pursued the cause with FBI help.
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Montgomery
Ala
FBI
Dale
Walter Brage Smith
W. T. Mallory
Doderer Proposes State Regulation for Ambulances
Iowa House member Minnette Doderer announces a bill to place ambulances and attendants under state regulation with training certificates. Supported by health and public safety, the plan would require attendants to complete advanced first aid training and grant the public safety department authority over all state ambulance vehicles.
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Des Moines
Minnette Doderer
Iowa City
U.S. Bureau of Mines
American Red Cross
Public’ ‘Safety Department
Lottery Draft Plan Favored by National Selective Service
The 20 member commission recommends a national lottery draft targeting ages 18 and 19, replacing the current system. It calls for uniform standards, end of local boards autonomy, and a national call to prevent area inequities, with Johnson to forward the plan to Congress.
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Washington
National Commission On Selective Service
Johnson
Defense Department
Department
Commission
Congress
House OKs Subdistricting Commissions
Des Moines action on a double barreled bill would split the legislature into single member districts and cut members from 185 to 150 by 1970. Republicans dominate the vote 91 28 with Democrats 35 in the minority as it moves to the Senate for further action.
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Des Moines
Hirioc
Iowa House
House
Iowa Supreme Court
Senate
Linn
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