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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1968
Page
2
Senate leader Mike Mansfield endorses the Ty dings bill for federal firearm registration and permits. He says the law strengthens police tracing of murder weapons and will not disarm lawful owners. The move follows rising calls for strict national gun legislation.
At a two day Tulsa conference the nation's Republican governors urged platform drafters to adopt broad solutions for national problems. They backed enforcement of civil rights laws state consumer agencies and anti crime efforts while proposing a spending plan and a five year fiscal outlook to guide federal aid and national priorities.
In an era of miniskirts and low-cut gowns a man must concentrate to keep eye contact with a woman. Copyright title references a humorous observation on social etiquette.
The nation’s three largest sporting arms makers urged Congress to ban unrestricted mail sale of rifles and shotguns to individuals. Remington Arms, Savage Arms Division, and Winchester-Western called for federal action, with states free to opt out. they favored statewide licensing of gun owners under safeguards to protect lawful ownership.
About 4 000 Puerto Ricans from New York City Connecticut and Pennsylvania joined a one day rally in Washington to back the poor people’s march and threaten a one day citywide work stoppage. They gathered at Sylvan Theater and laid wreaths at Arlington Cemetery to honor Kennedy and his brother. Revs Abernathy urged nonviolent action as solidarity day neared and warned government must change its treatment of the poor.
President Urho Kekkonen of Finland travels to Siberia for a vacation, accompanied by Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, as reported from Moscow.
President Johnson announced a major reform of federal health services, creating on July 1 a Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service led by Charles Johnson, the first Black appointee to head the service. Wilbur Cohen to coordinate health policy across agencies and chair an interdepartmental health policy council.
Edward Kennedy and his mother voiced gratitude for broad sympathy after the Kennedy assassination. The surviving brother urged supporters and campaign colleagues to honor Bobby Kennedy's ideals, noting the public shows of compassion and the family’s resolve to carry on.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller plans to formally offer New York City Mayor John Lindsay the vacant U S Senate seat after the Kennedy assassination. Lindsay has not yet decided. A private committee discussed the move during the Republican Governors Association meeting.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk delivered a U S protest to the Soviet Union over East German restrictions on West German travel and cargo to Berlin. The move tied to Berlin access issues was discussed after a lunch with Vasily Kuznetsov and Anatoly Dobrynin.
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