WagnerDeclines Run for Fourth Term as New York Mayor
New York mayor Robert Wagner announced at city hall that he will not seek re election against Rep John Lindsay. He cited his late wife Susan Wagner and a desire to focus on his two sons as the main reasons. The decision ends months of doubt and could shift party leadership dynamics including Senator Robert Kennedy.
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John Lindsay
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Kennedy
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Johnson reassures on economy after Fed talks
President Johnson met with Federal Reserve Chair William M. Martin and advisers to discuss economics and finance. He projected solid but moderate gains for the year and said there are no crosscurrents within the administration. The stock market had risen but then eroded gains earlier in the day.
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William M. Martin
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Rumor Causes Market Jitters On Wall Street
The New York Stock Exchange investigates a midday dive sparked by an unfounded report that President Johnson had a heart attack. A radio broadcast suggested a garbled Wingate comment may have fueled the rumor with brokers calling in.
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Dozer Cuts Telephone Cable at West Union
A bulldozer damaged an underground telephone line near West Union during Highway 150 work around 9 a.m. disrupting service for West Union and many nearby towns including New Hampton, Waukon, Cresco, Decorah, Elgin, Clermont, Alpha, Wadena, St. Lucas, Hawkeye, Waucoma, and other exchanges. Emergency calls were routed by radio and repair crews aimed to restore service by Thursday afternoon.
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Sale of Penick to Reynolds Is Completed
A New York closing by Penick and Ford and R J Reynolds Tobacco Co. officers set the price at 22 dollars per share totaling about 96.56 million dollars. Cedar Rapids residents hold twelve percent of Penick and Ford stock. The government sought a permanent injunction to block the merger on antitrust grounds, while Reynolds will divest if successful. Penick president M J Martin will stay on until 1966. other Penick officers remain.
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McDivitt and White Return Home From Space Mission
Houston welcomed astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White after their spaceflight. McDivitt, celebrating his 36th birthday, spoke of the long journey and the last 800 miles as the greatest. Families embraced in a joyful reunion at the astronaut base.
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Mayport
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Pope Paul Attends Priesthood Day in Pisa
Pope Paul arrived in Pisa for a 340 mile round trip to join almost a half million worshippers at the Square of Miracles. He participated in the Italian national Eucharistic congress as part of the day of the priesthood.
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Soviet Moon Rocket Misses Moon by Vast Distance
The Soviet Lunar rocket will miss the moon by 99 419 miles due to a steering malfunctions. Western experts doubted the mission was a real lunar landing attempt and saw it as an offset to Gemini's flight success. The Soviet press criticized U S overconfidence in Gemini.
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Stay Work-Right Change Linked to Civil Rights Action
The House Education and Labor Committee approved a bill to repeal Section 14B of the Taft Hartley Act, removing state bans on the union shop. It paused action to await further protections for Negro employment rights under the 1964 civil rights law. Chairman Powell pledged a pocket veto until a new rights enforcement bill passes.
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Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Scolaro Attacks Johnson Over Municipal Court Committee
Linn County Supervisor Anthony Scolaro accused Cedar Rapids Mayor Johnson of creating a rubber stamp committee by dissolving the panel formed April 27 to study municipal court facilities. He urged relocating the Chamber of Commerce from Mays Island and argued the mayor chose to abolish the committee when its majority opposed his views.
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Bob Johnson
Scolaro
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Rubber-Stamp Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Mays Island
Cedar Rapids
Dong Xoai Falls to Viet Cong After Heavy Battle
Viet Cong assault on Dong Xoai district capital leads to heavy American losses. U S forces report seven dead or missing and 13 wounded with nine evacuated. Vietnamese troops counterattack and reinforcements struggle amid intense fighting and air strikes in the Dong Xoai area.
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Phuoc Vinh
Washington
State Department
Double Job for Shriver Upheld in Peace Corps Post
The House Foreign Affairs Committee rejected a move to bar Sargent Shriver from leading both the Peace Corps and the anti poverty program.
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Washington
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Peace Corps
Portrait of the Assassin coauthors doubt Marina prompted Kennedy killing
The Warren Commission based book by Gerald Ford Jr and John Stiles analyzes whether Marina Oswald’s rejection pushed Lee Oswald toward the Kennedy assassination. It notes the 510 page work relies on testimony and asks if reconciliation influenced the fatal decision, concluding history may never judge.
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