Nixon Predicts U S Recession and Campaign Issues
Former Vice President Nixon warned in Kansas City that the nation is headed for a recession with inflation lingering after the downturn. He urged sharp cuts in non military spending and foreign aid, criticized the Johnson administration, and urged tougher Vietnam strategy including possible mining of Hai Phong harbor.
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G.O.P
Johnson
India
Haiphong
Sen. Fulbright
Method to identify LSD shown by Baltimore customs chief
Melvin Lerner of the Baltimore district U S customs service describes a gas chromatography infrared method to prove LSD presence on sugar cubes. The process involves distilling the cube, analyzing with a gas chromatograph and infrared charts, and can be used in court. Lerner notes LSD is scarce and cannot be made at home.
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Melvin Lerner
U.S. Customs Service
Lerner
New York
New York Customs
Customs Service
United Nations
Secretary Connor Praises U.S. Firms Then Warns on Overseas Spending
Commerce Secretary Connor commended firms for reducing the dollar drain abroad but cautioned that U.S. companies may face extended trimming of overseas spending beyond initial plans.
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UPD
Commerce
Connor
U.S
Chuckle In Hollywood Says Psychiatrist Absence Sparks Nuts Talk
A humorous line from Today's Chuckle In Hollywood notes that lacking a psychiatrist leads people to joke you must be nuts. The quip reflects light social satire about mental health stereotypes.
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Hollywood
Obscene Literature Ring Busted in Dallas Area
Police filed complaints naming four individuals including Don and Betty Gilmore of Georgia and W Howard Collins of Atlanta for making and possessing obscene literature. The group published The Rebel a monthly magazine acting as a contact clearing house for sex party advertisements with coded numbers. Four arrested after three weeks of surveillance. bond set at 5500 each.
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Fla
Justice of the Peace
Fulton County
Atlanta
Don
Betty Gilmore
Georgia
Rebel
Garland
District Attorney’s Office
Bob Moorehead
Peace Justice
T. M. Ward
Gilmores
W. Howard Collins
Phyllis Kulbe
Irving
Dallas
Jess Youngblood
First Lady To Christen Last of Polaris Subs
The First Lady will christen the final U S Polaris submarine, the U S S Will Rogers, at Groton Connecticut on July 7. Mrs Johnson will smash champagne over the bow as part of the ceremony for the nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile vessel built by General Dynamics Electric Boat. The invitation was accepted from Navy Secretary Nitze.
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Viet SDS Distribution Exposes Campus Vietnam Protest
Iowa college campuses including Coe Drake and the University of Iowa saw SDS members pass out the National Vietnam Examination on Saturday the draft test day. The mock quiz ridiculed U S involvement asking how $13 billion spent to prosecute the war would be allocated to South Vietnamese residents. The test claims per capita U S spending in Vietnam and notes a disparity with local incomes.
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Iowa News
Students For A Democratic Society
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Jewish Executives Bias Seen in Colleges and Firms
The American Jewish Committee reports executive bias against Jews in higher education and business. Despite Jews making up over 10 percent of students and staff, few college presidents and deans are Jewish. The study cites 1,000 presidencies since 1949 with only one Jewish appointee, and 45 of 1,720 deans are Jewish, clustered in six schools.
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UPI
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American Jewish Committee
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Martin Meyerson
Buffalo
State University of New York
Morris Abram
Quinine Surplus Resold At Terrific Price Draws Hearings
U S Sen Hart reports 9.8 million ounces of quinine bought by the government in 1961-64 sold abroad at 20 cents an ounce while U S availability remained limited. He cautions that high domestic prices may reflect supply control or cartel activity and notes a 35 year stockpile remain.
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Sena
U.S
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D-Mieh
Satur
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Vietnam
South Viet Marines seize Da Nang radio station clash
South Vietnamese Marines stormed Da Nang, clashing with the local garrison as the government sought to quell Buddhist agitation. At least 12 Marines were killed or wounded after airlifted troops moved to seize the radio station amid a broader struggle between Buddhists and Catholics.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Astronauts Cleared For Tuesday Gemini 9 Space Walk
Gemini 9 astronauts received medical clearance and a mission review board approval for Tuesday rendezvous and space walk. Command pilot Thomas Stafford called the mission the most complex manned space journey to date after a three hour medical exam and briefing with Gemini officials.
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Thomas Stafford
Push-Button System On Interstate Aimed At Iowa Motors
DES MOINES AP The federal government may approve emergency radio units along Interstate 80 in Iowa to aid motorists in trouble. The Iowa Highway Commission approved the plan and if the U S Bureau of Roads provides 90 percent of the cost the system could be ready by fall. The units are small devices with buttons that flash the nearest state police radio to signal ambulance assistance, danger, trouble or an empty gas tank. Installations would be spaced about a half mile to two miles apart.
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Des Moines
Interstate 80
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
U.S. Bureau S of Roads
Cinchona Bark Supply and Quinine Prices Rise
Hart noted cinchona bark largely comes from Indonesia and the Congo while most bulk quinine and quinidine originate with the Dutch Combinatie and two West German firms Boehringer and Ruchler. He cited Congress complaints about higher prices with a 100 three grain tablets price jumping from 5 dollars to over 16 dollars and smaller firms seeing 1.50 to 2 dollars per 100 drop to 7 to 8 dollars.
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Congo
Netherlands
Dutch ‘Combinatie
West
Germany
Boehringer
Ruchler
Pravda reports 100000 homeless from Tashkent quakes
Pravda claims 35 000 families about 100 000 people homeless in Tashkent after quakes on April 26 and May 10. It says only 10 killed and 10 injured, cites vertical ground movement, and notes shelters formed by relatives, public buildings, and 12 000 tents citywide.
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Pravda
Tashkent
Communist Party
Land French Counterfeiter As Greatest of All Time
Paris authorities praise Czeslaw Bojarski as the greatest counterfeiter of all time before a judge sentenced him to 20 years in prison for passing 500000 in false francs. The Polish army veteran printed and spent money for over 15 years, expanding from solitary bills to bonds and organized bundles to widen the operation.
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France
Czeslaw Bojarski
Bojarski
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