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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1968
Page
14
Tax Spender Bill Advances to House Floor
The administration's stalled tax increase and federal spending cuts cleared the House Rules Committee without dissent. The bill moves to the House floor for a crucial showdown Thursday. House leaders say they have the votes but expect a close vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Broad ban on mail order rifles and shotguns endorsed
A Senate subcommittee backed a sweeping ban on mail order sales of rifles and shotguns just after Kennedy's slayings. President Johnson praised the unanimous move toward passage, clearing the way for full committee approval and swift floor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Judiciary Committee
Brandt Visits East Berlin to Confer With Soviet Leaders
West German foreign minister Willy Brandt traveled to East Berlin crossing Checkpoint Charlie to meet Soviet ambassador Piotr Abrasimov and convey Bonn’s commitment to detente amid East German travel curbs. Officials noted the trip followed Abrasimov’s invitation and aimed to ease pressures as allied talks continue.
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New York Times
Berlin
Willy Brandt
West Germany
East Berlin
Brandt
Charlie
Piotr Abrasimov
East Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Abrasimov
Soviet Communist Party
Social Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Social Union
United States
Britain
France
Klaus Schuetz
U. S
150 Plead For Mercy In Surrender
Saigon reports 150 enemy soldiers surrendered on the northern fringes as the biggest mass surrender of the war. Saigon shelled briefly with light damage to a warehouse. no casualties. Thieu proclaims general mobilization for ages 17 to 43. Far north, 128 North Vietnamese regulars killed near Khe Sanh. 11 Marines dead, 30 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Q. White
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Khe Sanh
U. S
Thant cites long deadlock in Paris Vietnam talks
United Nations Secretary General Thant warned that the Paris talks on Vietnam face a protracted deadlock as both sides cling to the illusion of possible military victory. He urged de escalation and noted renewed bombing and Viet Cong raids as barbarous, while daily contact with Gunnar V. Jarring yields little progress toward a political settlement.
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Juan de Onis
New York Times
United. Nations
N. Y
United Nations
Thant
Vietnam
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Middle East
Gunnar V. Jarring
Israel
Dr. Jarring
U. N
Mass March to Washington for Poor People's Campaign
Tens of thousands converge on Washington for the Poor People's Campaign protest to end poverty and violence. Police clash with demonstrators near the White House gate as marchers push through barriers and demand action, with at least three arrests and dozens injured. Mayors from 22 cities back the Solidarity Day March, led by SCLC figures and featuring Lindsay and Stokes as cochairmen.
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Washington
White House
Resurrection City
Pennsylvania Avenue
Martin Luther King Jr
John V. Lindsay
New York
Sterling
Tucker
Washington Monument
Lindsay
Carl B. Stokes
Cleveland
Walter E. Washington
Richard Hatcher
District of Columbia
Gary
Ind
Governors Press Conference Protests Udall Water Edict
Governors from Georgia Alabama Mississippi walk out to protest Interior Secretary Udall water quality standards amid Wallace event in Charleston South Carolina. Hulett Smith says Wallace may win little in West Virginia. Conference led by Winthrop Rockefeller calls for formal protest over pollution policy.
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John G. Morgan
Charleston
S.C
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Stewart Udall
Lestee Maddox
Georgia
Albert P. Brewer
Alabama
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Hulett C. Smith
West Vira
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Smith
AAY-CD Troika Formed Amid Internal Dissension
Internal staff dissension at AAY Community Development led to a plan for three executive directors replacing one. The board approved the troika at a marathon three and a half hour meeting at First Presbyterian Church Activities Building after a two hour closed session. Robert C. Chase moves to funding organizations. Sylvia Parker becomes director of community and delegate agencies. a central third executive director will be named and answer to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aay-Community Development
Troika
Aay-Cd
First Presbyterian Church
Robert C. Chase
Sylvia Parker
Charleston Opportunities Industrialization Center
Triangle Improvement Council
The
Legal Aid Society
Project Head Start In
New Daily Deadline for Want Ads in Gazette Daily Mail
The Gazette and Daily Mail announce a 5 p.m. weekday deadline for want ads and cancellations due to technical issues. The change is reluctant but necessary, with no impact on the service or results customers expect. Call 348-4848 for want ads.
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