Wisconsin Supreme Court Dismisses Antitrust Suit Against Baseball
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered Milwaukee to dismiss the state antitrust suit against Major League Baseball over the Braves transfer to Atlanta. It held the state powerless to regulate a national sport and noted federal precedents exempting baseball from antitrust laws, risking a tangle if states regulate one another.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court Today
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
U.S. District Court
Elmer W. Roller
National League
Braves
Atlanta
Judge Roller
Willard Stafford
Wisconsin Atty
Bronson C. la Follette
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Nathan Heffernan
Arkansas Dem primary sees segregationist Jim Johnson leading
Segregationist Jim Johnson, critic of Gov. Faubus and President Johnson, led Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial primary returns with 2,052 of 2,693 precincts reporting, ahead of Frank Holt and a field including Hays Alford Boyce Rebsamen and Sulcer. A runoff, if trend holds, would pit Johnson against Holt on Aug. 9, with Winthrop Rockefeller winning the Republican primary earlier. Johnson stressed states rights and property rights while touting his segregationist past. The report notes Holt and Johnson previously served on the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jim Johnson
Orval Faubus
Johnson
Frank Holt
Winthrop Rockefeller
Great Society
Arkansas
Diences
Holt
Arkansas Supreme Court
Brooks Hays
Dale Alford
Sam Boyce
Raymond Rebsamen
Kenneth Sulcer
Hays
Alford
Boyce
Rebsamen
Sulcer
Helping Reds Endangering West Germany Endangering U.S. Troops
The Senate voted 56 83 to add a censure of Bonn to the foreign aid bill, criticizing West Germany for financing a private steel mill in Red China. Supporters framed the move as backing U S troops in Vietnam, while opponents warned against straining allied ties. The debate highlighted election fragile seats as DP and Republican lawmakers split.
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Washington
Senate
West Germany
U.S
Viet Nam
Bonn
Red China
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Diaz
Byrd
Portuguese Girl To Study Here In New York Host Family Named
Miss Maria Fortuna do Couto, 18, from Porto Portugal, arrives in New York City on August 1 to join the foreign exchange program. She will stay with Mr and Mrs Robert Davison at 691 Wayne Street and their daughter Mary. She will be a senior at Corry Area High School. Her references say she has four years of English and knows German and French.
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Carry
Maria Fortuna Do Couto
Porto
Portugal
New York City
Robert Davison
Wayne Street
Mary
John
Dennison University
Ohio
Miss de Couto
Corry Area
American Field Service
de Couto
Marines Scramble Amid Shelling Near Viet Nam Border
U S Marines dash for foxholes as North Vietnamese mortars target positions about 2000 yards south of the demilitarized zone during Operation Hastings. A Marine in an armored vest mans a position while seeking shelter as the Walls of 2 Communist army division retreat toward sanctuary northward and into Laos.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Viet Nam
Laoa
Fire destroys tannery and homes in Wilcox mass blaze
A fire of undetermined origin ripped through the former Wilcox Tannery and two houses in Wilcox, Elk County, leaving five families homeless. Firemen from eight surrounding communities battled the blaze for several hours after it started shortly after midnight, collapsing the tannery’s role as the town’s last industry.
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Wilcox
Elk County
Ready To Change Speed Limit Signs
The Highway Department will start tomorrow placing new speed limits on Route 6 through Corry and on Routes 6N 19 and 20. Cars will have a top limit of 55 mph, trucks 45 mph. County crews will work from the county lines inward, coordinating with Warren and Crawford counties. Costs for changing existing signs are not estimated. one-figure decals cost about $2 each, replacement signs total $100-$120 including poles, freight, and installation.
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Highway Department
Corry
Elmer Holte
Bolte
Warren
Crawford
Scranton invites Simpson to education conference
Gov. Scranton, after firing Charles G. Simpson from the State Board of Education two weeks ago, invites Simpson to attend the Commonwealth Conference on High Education Thursday. Scranton wrote that Simpson may attend, participate in deliberations, and express views, signaling Capitol tensions over education policy. Simpson, a Philadelphia business executive, has been an outspoken critic of Scranton administration policies.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
Charles G. Simpson
State Board of Education
Simpson
Philadelphia
Ky presses invasion or decade of war for South Viet Nam
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky told reporters that the United States must aid South Viet Nam for five or 10 more years or invade North Viet Nam to finish the war. He warned that Communist factions plan to fight on for up to 20 years and urged allied commitment. Ky, 35, emphasized self defense and said a stronger South Viet Nam could inspire the north to topple the Communist regime.
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North Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Johnson
Red China
Ground fighting slow as U S planes pound North Vietnam
AP reports intensified air raids on North Vietnam with two U S planes lost and total aircraft losses reaching 310. Three airmen were rescued by U S helicopters after bailing out over the North. An AID official Norman L Clowers was killed in a Viet Cong ambush near Nha Trang. Clowers was the eighth AID official killed by the communists.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
North
Panhandle
U.S. Agency For International Development
Norman L. Clowers
Tacoma
Wash
Nha Trang
Clowers
Jowlands
Air Force
Vinh
Corry Gets six thousand four hundred eleven for police pension
Auditor General Grace M Sloan announced checks totaling eight million six hundred three thousand nine hundred ninety one mailed to 750 municipalities for Police Pension Funds. Regions listed include Erie Corry Albion Edinboro Fairview Girard Lake City North East Union City Waterford Wesleyville Lawrence Park Millcreek with a total of one hundred sixty six thousand one hundred seventy nine dollars. The distribution is funded by a two percent tax on gross premiums from foreign casualty insurers.
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Grace M. Sloan
Department of the Auditor General
Erie
Corry
Borough of
Albion
Edinboro
Fairview
Girard
Lake City
North East
Union City
Waterford
Wesleyville
Lawrence Park
Millcreek
Many More Volunteers Anxious For Asian Stint
Washington AP reports growing numbers of soldiers writing to President Johnson and Congress seeking Viet Nam service. The Army warns such letters do not speed action or influence volunteer applications and should be routed through official channels.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Viet Nam
Congress
Army
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Ho Chi Minh
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