Senate clears way for civil rights housing bill passage
The Senate, in a 61-19 vote, accepts a substituted civil rights measure on open housing and anti riot protections. Majority Leader Mansfield aims to send the bill to the House Monday, with cloture on debate ending. An amendment excluding single homeowners in open housing failed 73-13, while another Miller proposal limiting prosecutions was rejected 51-29.
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Washington
Senate
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
John Williams
R-Del
Robert Byrd
D-W. Va
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
House
Brooke
Miller
Death Sentence in Insulin Killings in California
William Archerd, the first U S convict of murder by insulin injection, was sentenced to die in the gas chamber in Los Angeles. He was convicted for the insulin slayings of his fourth and seventh wives and a nephew.
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Los Angeles
William Archerd
U.S
Rockefeller calls Republicans to strategy talk in New York
Governor Nelson Rockefeller convenes about 25 Republican leaders for a Sunday strategy meeting at his Fifth Avenue apartment to discuss the GOP presidential nomination following Romney's withdrawal. The governor reiterates his non candidacy while leading in selecting a potential standard bearer.
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New York
UPI
Nelson Rockefeller
G.O.P
Rockefeller
Leslie Slate
Romney
Rancher Returns 22 Uncashed Social Security Checks
Lehi Jones of Cedar City Utah sent 22 uncashed Social Security checks totaling 4437 dollars back to the U S treasury saying he cannot find a charity or church that needs the money more. He notes he is in good health able to run his livestock business and would only seek aid if he and his wife exhaust all assets.
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Cedar City
Utah
U.S. Treasury
Lehi Jones
Church
Recall of U S Envoy to Sweden Cites Vietnam Tensions
Washington recalls Ambassador William Heath to discuss strained U S Sweden relations over Vietnam. Heath's life was threatened after a February protest by Sweden’s education minister with North Vietnam’s envoy present. Sweden’s opposition parties call the move serious and regrettable.
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Washington
Vietnam
Stockholm
William Heath
U.S
State Department
Heath
Sweden
Olof Palme
North Vietnam
Moscow
Palme
South Vietnam
June Taylor Parents in Double Tragedy Near Greenville
Darke County coroner reports 74 year old Percival Guy Taylor killed himself near Greenville after killing his wife Mildred in Chicago apartment. He left to a brother's home where he shot himself, leaving June Taylor of the June Taylor Dancers shaken by the family tragedy.
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Greenville
Ohio
Here
Percival Guy Taylor
June Taylor
Darke County
William E. Elliot
Taylor
Mildred
Chicago
Jackie Gleason
Beached Greek Tanker Spills Crude Oil Off Eleuthra Bahamas
A Greek tanker Colocotronis ran aground near Eleuthra spilling 18 478 tons of crude oil fouling three miles of beaches. The captain and radio operator stayed aboard while 29 crewmen abandoned ship. One crewman is missing after a rescue boat capsized as coast guard helicopters aided survivors.
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Nassau
Bahamas
UPI
Eleuthra Island
Colocotronis
Eleuthra
Miami
Coast Guard
Stone Age humor headline pun lands in chuckle section
A playful note teases readers with a childish pun about liking large stones and ages, suggesting a lighthearted joke in a chuckle column. Copyright appears as a footer.
Coastline clash near Da Nang as US reports 129 enemy killed
AP dispatch from Saigon reports Communist forces disengaging after a day of fighting with U S infantry and armored units nine miles northwest of Fam Ky. U S casualties include one dead and 25 wounded. 129 enemy killed. Civilians suffer housing area hits with four killed and 20 wounded. Marine and Vietnamese forces countered near Khe Sanh Hue amid heavy shelling and tunnel raids.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Fam Ky
Americal Division
Apartment Fire Takes Five Lives at Heritage House
Meriden Conn fire at the four story Heritage House killed at least five people and injured 19 including three firefighters. Bodies located after 6 30 a m. identified as Ralph and Mrs Howard both 56 of Methuen Mass Peter and Mrs Howard both 24 and Florence Bagenski 52. Four others reported missing may be out of town. Two firefighters hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
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Meriden
Methuen
Mass
Peter Howard
Florence Bagenski
Ralph Howards
Jones County Sets Referendum On Zoning Plan
At a special meeting the Jones County board dropped the zoning plan for now. Basic Freedoms Inc agreed to pay referendum costs for the Nov 5 election. If the vote favors the proposal the board will reconsider it.
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Anamosa
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Basic Freedoms, Inc
Marion Marine Dies of Vietnam War Wounds
Pfc. Roy Meier 19 of Marion died March 2 from wounds suffered on a February 29 combat patrol in Vietnam. A Marion High School graduate born February 19, 1949, he entered the Marines last July and deployed to Vietnam in December. He is survived by his parents, two brothers Danny and Terry, a sister Susan, and grandparents.
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Marion News
Roy Meier
Marion
Vietnam
Defense Department
Meier
Cedar Rapids
Marion High School
First Methodist Church
Karl J. Meier
G Avenue
Danny
Terry
Susan
Edward Duncan
George Meier
van Horne
Executive In Tragedy At Chicago
SCM Corp. board chairman Edward Litchfield, 53, of Coudersport Pennsylvania, was killed when his plane crashed into foggy Lake Michigan during approach to Chicago. Five others including family members were believed to have perished. Litchfield was a former chancellor of the University of the.
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Chicago
Edward Litchfield
SCM Corp
Lake Michigan
Litchfield
Coudersport
University of
R. T.o’neil
Munster
Ind
O’neil
Wellsville
Coast Guard
Meigsfield
Fire Department
SCM
New York
Smith-Corona Marichant, Inc
Litchfield death near Meigs Field shocks family links
Edward Litchfield of Pittsburgh was found five miles off Meigs field Chicago after a plane crash. The crew reported no wreckage and several relatives aboard included Litchfield's wife and two children. Pilot James Looker and others were uninjured. Litchfield, a former Pitt president and Avco director, had recently returned from Central America with family and planned a Topeka birthday trip.
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Pittsburgh
Meigsfield
Chicago
Coast Guard
Litchfield
Edward
de Forest
James Looker
Wellsville
N. Y
Central America
O’neil
Litchfields
Topeka
Kan
Avco Corp
Studebaker
Barnard Says Doctors Only Should Decide Heart Transplants
South Africa’s Dr. Christiaan Barnard told a Senate subcommittee that only doctors should determine who receives a transplanted heart, based on who is sickest. He opposed a proposed commission to study ethical and social aspects, warning it would insult doctors and blur medical decisions.
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Washington
Christiaan N. Barnard
South Africa
Congress
Senate
Barnard
Ribicoff
D-Conn
Pye
Sen. Mondale
Dminn
Cape Town
Mondale
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