Rights Fight In Key Month
Washington AP reports the Senate opens a climactic civil rights debate month with the House bill awaiting cloture. Majority Leader Mansfield aims to vote on cloture by June 10, hoping to end long debate and pass the measure if two thirds approve. Supporters gain votes while opponents warn time may force delays.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Aden
Ha Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Associated Press
Supreme Court Strikes Down Bible Reading in Schools
The Supreme Court overturned a Florida court ruling upholding Bible reading and the Lord's Prayer in Miami public schools citing the 1963 Abington Township decision. It also voided an Alabama order barring the NAACP from operating in the state with Justice Harlan delivering the unanimous opinion. Martin Luther King advocates selective buying to boost Negro employment, targeting the auto industry.
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Supreme Court
Florida
Milami
Abington Township
Pennsylvania
Abington
Maryland
Washington
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
John M. Harlan
New York
Martin Luther King
Subway Youths Terrorize Riders in Brooklyn Claim
In New York a group of youths, many of them intoxicated, rampaged through subway cars and a Brooklyn ferry area, smashing windows and doors, stealing about $90 from a beauty parlor cash register, and prompting a tense white neighborhood clash. Twelve youths were arrested as officers arrived in force. earlier, two men and two youths had threatened a motorman with a meat cleaver aboard a Prospect Park area train.
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Coney Island
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Lower Manhattan
Kings Highway
Brook
Raymond Sheerin
Sheerin
Prospect Park
California GOP primary turns bitter in final push
Sen. Barry Goldwater and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller traded smear accusations as California neared its pivotal Republican primary. Rockefeller seeks to solidify frontrunner status amid undecided voters, while Goldwater campaigns across the state. Dem rival Salin-ger and Cranston clash for the Senate nomination, with turnout expected around 65 percent of 7.12 million registered voters.
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Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Rockefeller
Oregon
Pierre Salinger
White House
Alan Cranston
U.S. Senate
New York
Goldwater
Washington
Peggy
Mt. Vernon
Los Angeles
Thomas H. Kuchel
William F. Knowland
Rockefeller and
NBC
Meet the Press
Knowland
Endgame in California primary pits Goldwater Nixon rivals
News Digest outlines bitter exchanges as Goldwater and Rockefeller spokesmen trade barbs in the final campaign push. Johnson frames his program as The Great Society while Southeast Asia talks convene in Honolulu on regional issues.
Youth Shot in Leg by Accident at Camp Scene
Four Union City youths gathered at a camp when two joined to visit. A quarrel over rock throwing led to a .22 rifle discharge. A rock fragment ricocheted and struck Roy Miller in the right leg, treated at Union City Memorial Hospital and released.
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Union City
David Peters
Larry Dominguez
Roy Miller
James Beeman
Peters
Beeman
Union Township
Dominguez
Miller
Union City Memorial Hospital
Laird Says U.S. Maps Vietnam War Expansion
Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin claims the Johnson administration is planning to carry the Vietnam war into Communist North Vietnam. He stops short of saying the administration would actually use such plans.
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Washington
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Johnson
Viet Nam
Laird
Republican National Convention
Platform Committee
Johnson Proclaims Great Society Across Nation
President Johnson amplifies his Great Society vision during a four day trip to New York and Texas, linking his name to the concept and urging youth to join in rebuilding cities, conserving lands, and expanding education. Aides say the plan focuses on practical reforms like urban renewal, rural electrification, and job retraining to revive regions and curb poverty.
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University of Michigan
Johnson
New York
Texas
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Meeting seeks source of Erie fish kill and plant waste role
State officials and Erie Enameling Co. managers meet to determine if the plant dumped acid into storm sewers that fed Cascade Creek and Presque Isle Bay, causing thousands of fish to die last weekend. Plant records show decades of neutralized waste. investigators will check other local producers and survey waste disposal practices.
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Erie Enameling Co
Erie
State Health Department
Meadville
Erie Enameling
Cascade Creek
Presque Isle Bay
James E. Harvey
Journey
Herbert Spencer Jr
Harvey
Spencer
State Sanitary Water Board
Eric Enameling
Union City
Memorial Day Mishaps Minimized In Corry Community
Six residents suffered holiday mishaps over the Memorial Day weekend with all injuries treated and released from Corry Memorial Hospital. Notable cases include 12-year-old Edward Royek with a knee laceration from a bike fall at home and 28-year-old George Armitage who was thrown from a horse and required ankle x rays before release. Additional youths sustained cuts from falls and glass, including Pamela Stroup and Linda Tinko, while 8-year-old Joanne Burrows was bitten by a dog.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Edward Royek
Edward Royek Sr
Raymond Avenue
Pamela Stroup
Thomas Stroup
Spring Street
Linda Tinko
Adam Yarateh
Lemon Street
Diane Johnson
Lyle Johnson
Corry
Joanne Burrows
Walter Burrows
Elgin
George Armitage
R. 1
Spring Creek
Laos Collapse Deepens US Talks On Southeast Asia
Honolulu AP dispatch says Laos’ fragile coalition cabinet appears to be dissolving while Pathet Lao moves toward a virtual pullout. Key US officials including Rusk Lodge and McNamara attend two day secret talks at Pearl Harbor base to discuss possible pressures on North Vietnam and dubbed options for milit ary moves, with Johnson awaiting recommendations.
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Southeast Asia
Laos
Pathet Lao
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Pearl Harbor
Dean Ruskland
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Washington
McNamara
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Lodge
Johnson
U.S
Slightly Other Nations To Share Lead In Vietnam War
President Johnson seeks broader foreign support for the South Vietnam war. Eighteen nations respond with general, mostly economic aid, while the United States continues to bear the largest burden. US aid runs about $500 million yearly plus $125 million promised. France contributes roughly $5 million annually. all other nations together under $10 million annually.
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Johnson
South Viet Nam
United States
Saigon
South Vietnam
France
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Japan
China
West Germany
Great Britain
Two Car Crashes Reported Across Area This Weekend
Over Memorial Day weekend two separate two car crashes occurred in the area. A Corry girl, Carol Cole, 16, escaped injury after a Route 2 incident near Union City when she lost control while overtaking and struck a utility pole, with vehicle damage around $500. Earlier, in Wattsburg, Floyd McClelland Jr., 19, and Charles Matteson, 79, collided at an intersection. both escaped injury as damage reached about $400 after Matteson pulled into the path of McClelland.
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Corry
Union City
Carol Cole
North Center Street
Miss Cole
Wattsburg
Floyd McClelland Jr
Charles Matteson
McClelland
Matteson
Industrialist Sidney H. Eliason Dies in Salt Lake City
Sidney H. Eliason, 62, a regional industrialist and financier, died yesterday of cancer in Salt Lake City. He served as president of Western Gypsum Co., a firm he organized in 1941.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Sidney H. Eliason
Intermountain Area
Western Gypsum Co
City to review new zoning rules at council meeting
City Council plans a public airing of newly completed zoning regulations drafted with Michael Baker Jr. Inc and the City Planning Commission. Also on the agenda is a protest by Wayne Street residents seeking to avoid sewer rentals for a proposed line, with attorney Roger Brown leading a group including C A Hillstrom, David Evans, Morgan Beverly, and Lea Hooks.
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Hor
Michael Baker Jr., Inc
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Wayne Street
Ray Weber
Weber
Roger Brown
C. A. Hillstrom
David Evans
Morgan Beverly
Lea Hooks
Bear Creek
Three Philadelphia youths die in Memorial Day crash
Three Philadelphia youths, one who had purchased the car the day before, were killed as Memorial Day holiday traffic deaths reached 18 in Pennsylvania. The 265 mile old car ran into a stone bridge across Neshaminy Creek at Croydon in Bucks County.
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Associated Pret
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Neshaminy Creek
Croydon
Bucks County
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