Humphrey Backs Task Force Crime Plan for New Federal Crime Policy
Vice President Humphrey pledged if elected president to halt riots with a new federal state and local partnership. He endorsed 84 recommendations from a 12 member Harvard led task force on order and justice, including stronger police training and national guard riot response. He urged leadership and federal resources over slogans, and supported federal aid for communities, a second attorney general, and regional criminal justice centers.
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Humphrey
James Wilson
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Johnson Denounces Chrysler 1969 Price Increases
President Johnson criticized Chrysler Corp for raising 1969 model prices by an average 2.9 percent, about $39 per car, calling the move a heavy burden on consumers and a blow to inflation battle. Chrysler cited higher labor and material costs and noted warranty cuts.
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Johnson
Chrysler Corp
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Arthur Okun
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Council of Economic Advisers
John Riccardo
U.S
Canada
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Salazar Near Death After Stroke in Lisbon Hospital
Portugal's premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar showed slight improvement after a crippling stroke but remained in critical condition. At 79, he had recently undergone surgery to remove a skull blood clot and faced uncertain prospects as Portugal weighs a potential succession and its overseas empire future.
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Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Antonio Vasconcellos Marques
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Salazar
Portugal
Officials Claim Accord Near in City School Strike
In New York, Bernard Donovan said both sides in the 1.1 million student public school walkout are nearing a settlement after meetings with Albert Shanker. The UFT dispute centers on Ocean Hill Brownsville and community control amid a broader push to decentralize the system, with demonstrations supporting and opposing the union.
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Bernard Donovan
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Albert Shanker
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Board of Education
UFT
Brooklyn
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Board of Regents
Fortas nomination passes committee as senate battle looms
The senate judiciary committee approved Abe Fortas's bid for chief justice 10 to 6, but a filibuster threat in the full senate endangers confirmation. Opponents cite cronyism and separation of powers concerns while supporters argue for decisive action against obscenity legislation linked to Fortas.
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Abe Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Fortas
Supreme Court
Johnson
Earl Warren
Warren
George Smathers
D-Fla
Edward Long
D-Ma
Hruska
High Court
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Marines Caught In Red Attack Near Khe Sanh
North Vietnamese troops struck a U.S. Marine column near the central DMZ, killing 25 and wounding 126 as 27 attackers died. Marines from the 26th and 9th regiments reported heavy fighting, bunkers unearthed, and large munitions caches. Bombers massed along the frontier, and a U.S. convoy northwest of Saigon was ambushed, with seven Americans killed and 10 wounded.
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Khe Sanh
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9Th Marines
Two Inch Rain At Sigourney Iowa
Partly cloudy and cool weather expected for Iowa Wednesday after two days of light rain. Monday night rainfall peaked in the northwest and southwest with over two inches in spots including Sigourney and North English. Skies clear eastward, lows in the 50s, and there is a 20 percent chance of rain Wednesday with highs near the mid 60s.
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Weather Bureau
Sigourney
North English
Nuclear Test Explodes Underground at Nevada Site
Yucca Flat Nevada reports a low to intermediate yield nuclear explosion conducted underground at the Nevada Test Site by the Atomic Energy Commission on Tuesday.
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Recommended New Courts For Divorces
ADes Moines AP report says Iowa may create family courts to handle all domestic relations matters including juvenile cases. A mandatory 60 day conciliation period plus a 60 day waiting period would total 120 days before final divorce, with waivers possible in certain cases. The cruel and inhuman ground is replaced by a complete breakdown in the marriage. Continued: Page 3, Col. 2.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Serge Garrison
Legislative Research Bureau
Garrison
Iowa City Crash Fatal to University of Iowa Student
A two car crash at the Lower Muscatine road by pass intersection with highway 6 claimed the life of William Plagman 21 a University of Iowa student from Aurelia Iowa. He died at University hospitals after the accident. Three others in the other car were treated at the same hospital Dennis B Doty 21 and Robert Kamienski 20 both of Iowa City were drivers and passengers Patricia Kamienski 19 admitted with facial lacerations in good condition. Plagman was struck on the left side as he approached the intersection the cars stayed upright. Plagmans body was to be taken to Warton funeral home Aurelia near Cherokee.
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Highway 6
William Plagman
University of Iowa
Aurelia
Iowa
Plagman
University Hospitals
Dennis B. Doty
Iowa City
Robert Kamienski
Patricia Kamienski
Nuclear Ban Treaty Clears Senate Unit
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a treaty to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and sent it to the floor. The vote was 13 to 3 with three abstentions, overriding calls to delay amid the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Czechoslovakia
Muskie to Speak at Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Des Moines
Senator Edmund S. Muskie will address the Jefferson Jackson day dinner at Veterans Auditorium in Des Moines on September 28. Iowa Democratic leaders praise his appearance as bolstering the Humphrey-Muskie ticket and campaign efforts in the state.
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Veteran's Auditorium
Clark Rasmussen
Democratic State Central Committee
Muskie
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Maine
Hubert Humphrey
Chicago
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