Wilson Wins Landslide Victory Pledges To Get On With Job
In a sweeping Labour victory Harold Wilson pledged to get on with the job and pursue world peace. Labour led with 363 seats, Conservatives 252, Liberals 12, Irish Labour 1, with an overall majority projected at 97. Britain’s economy and Rhodesia policy flagged for tougher actions. Callaghan planned a May budget.
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Wilson
London
Harold Wilson
Fundy
Labor
Liberals
Irish Republican- Labor
Argyll
House of Commons
Jo Grimond
Liberal
Shetland
Orkney Islands
Britain
No. 10
Downing St
Rhodesia
Michael Stewart
U.S
Viet Nam
Edward Heath
Heath
Labor Party
James Callaghan
Defense
Peter Thorneycroft
Winston Churchill
Christopher Soames
Neath
Bexley
Poll Tax ruling threads through Virginia voting rules
Virginia officials prepared directives to enforce injunctions on poll tax payers while county registrars decide procedures. A ballot notice said federal election eligibility excludes state registration, but the tax remains due for state and local votes. The Portia Haskins case spurred the change, linking the 24th Amendment to Virginia’s dual registration dispute, adjudicated by Byran, Butzner, and Hoffman.
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Virginia
Robert Y. Button
Button
Ballentin
Levin Nock Davis
State Board of Elections
Gov
Godwin
Davis
Portia A. Haskins
Arlington
U. S
Haskins
U. S. Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Albert V. Byran
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
John D. Butzner Jr
Richmond
Thomas J. Ilichie
Charlottesville
Byran
Butzner
Walter E. Hoffman
Norfolk
Viet Nam War Casualties and Bombardments Reported
Reports from Saigon and Da Nang describe Viet Cong huts and structures destroyed in the Saigon River delta and near Quang Ngai City by bombardments from the destroyer Richard B. Anderson and shelling. Air strikes hit a camp south of Da Nang, likely targeting ammo or fuel dumps, while good weather enabled 50 missions. The central highlands clashes continued near the Cambodian frontier, with U S forces destroying enemy tunnels and seizing mines and ammunition during operations northwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
Quang Ngai City
Richard B. Anderson
Air Force
da Nang
North
Viet Nam
Navy
Vinh
Central Highlands
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Byrd Urges Space Peace and World Tensions Easing
Senator Byrd spoke of ongoing world tensions and hoped space exploration would spark an era of world peace. Earlier, Bridgewater College president Dr Perry Kendig addressed students at convocation, followed by a plaque unveiling for trustees and presidents S D Bowman Paul H Bowman and Warren D Bowman, unrelated Bowmans in college history.
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Byrd
U.S
Bridgewater
Perry Kendig
Roanoke College
S. D. Bowman
Paul H. Bowman
Warren D. Bowman
Bowmans
President Johnson urged to cut nondefense government spending
Inflation and business leaders expect Congress to heed the President's call for restraints. Johnson aims to vigorously pursue new ways for departments and agencies to reduce spending. Urgent need cited for a cutback in nondefense government expenditures.
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Ther
Congress
Johnson
Prison record shows reform and parole in 1960s case
Gold has excelled in prison education and labor, now in the prison hospital lab advancing blood chemistry and participating in a Public Health Service glucose test. Scarbeck, linked to 1961 spying and a Polish mistress, was convicted Oct 27 1961, given 30 years, later reduced to three concurrent 10 year terms, and will be on parole until Feb 1973 after good conduct.
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Public Health Service
Gold
Scarbeck
Urszula Marie Discher
Poland
Red
Court of Appeals
Brooklyn
N.Y
Permission Granted To De figleaf Golden Boy Statue
London officials grant permission to remove the fig leaf from the Golden Boy statue at Giltspur Street and Cock Lane honoring the great fire of 1665. Charles Coupar, managing director, says restoration will be done in time for the 300th anniversary on Sept 2.
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Golden Boy
Britain
London
City Corporation
Giltspur Street
Cock Lane
Fortune of War
New Zealand Refrigeration Co
Charles Coupar
Coupar
Couspar
Pees
Old City of
Fire devastates plant and nearby in Marion South Carolina
A large blaze tore through the American Box Co plant in Marion and spread to nearby businesses and two small homes. About 100 firefighters and 50 National Guardsmen fought gusting 40 mph winds, evacuations occurred, several structures including a country store and a tobacco barn burned, six railroad box cars were lost, and the fire was declared under control after five hours with no serious injuries. Known cause undetermined.
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Marion
S.C
American Box Co
National
South Carolina
Eons Mullins
Florence
Dilon
National Guard
Marion and
Mullins
Rail strike disrupts shipments across several states
Notices posted today will take effect in 16 hours as rail strikes halt perishables and freight. ICC allows emergency trucking to cover some freight and passenger moves while box cars grow scarcer. Several shippers and warehouses warn of major supply delays and job losses if the dispute endures.
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Missouri Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
John W. Bush
ICC
Big Conway Yards
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Oregon
Buffalo
N.Y
Standard Milling
Peavey Co
Fort Dodge
Iowa
New York
Vermont
Minneapolis
Chicago
Herman Hoplin
Umatilla
Viet Nam
Kenneth B. Ackerman
Distribution Centers, Inc
Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Greyhound Lines
Indianapolis
Ind
Union Pacific
Illlinois Central
Seaboard Air Line
Central of Georgia
Grand Trunk Wester
Boston & Maine
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Los Angeles
Yerma
Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Ken Reynolds
U.S. Steel
Vietnam peace call echoed by NLF envoy at congress
Nguyen Thi Binh, head of the South Viet Nam National Liberation Front delegation, urged U S withdrawal and recognition of the NLF as the South Vietnamese people's sole representative. She pledged continued Viet Cong resistance until victory and thanked the Soviet Union and Progressive Americans for support.
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Nguyen Thi Binh
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
United States
National Liberation Front
Washington
Viet Cong
Soviet Union
South
Viet Nam
America
Subway boy Arnold and Harvard economics major Gruen
Gruen notes Arnold 17 from New Jersey now Harvard economics major. He discusses computing student transit routing to place riders at correct stations and times, manage transfers, and time outbound trains during inbound rush hours while avoiding service curtailment in off hours.
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Geoffrey Arnold
New Jersey
Harvard
Gruen
Arnold
Lours
Transportation Squeeze As Strikes Shorten Rides
The strike disrupted rail and other transport, forcing thousands of commuters in and around Boston and Chicago to ride buses and automobiles as planners shifted mail to planes, trucks, and remaining rail. One official warned customers will experience some delay as weekend relief looms.
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Boston
Chicago
Post Office Department
Senate OKs Two Month Extension Of Medicare Signup
The Senate unanimously approves a two month extension to May 31 for enrolling in the $3 a month doctor’s insurance part of Medicare. Some 17 million of 19.1 million eligible have signed up. about one million haven’t, with many delaying to study impacts on private plans. The House is anticipated to concur. Medicare goes into effect July 1.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Social Security
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Long
SocialSecurity Administration
Rail strike actions loom as carriers weigh lawsuits
Union leaders seek return to work with eight carriers amid limited carrier comment. Union Pacific in Omaha threatens monetary damages of 1 million dollars daily if strike persists while Illinois Central contemplates a suit. Officials expect a return to work once all carriers accept union conditions, with a federal appeals court denying a stay on the restraining order against the strike.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Neb
Illinois Central
Seaboard Air Line
Wolfe
Gilbert
U.S. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
Washington
Anti U S Demonstrations Roil Vietnam Amid Political Crisis
In Qui Nhon a 3000 strong anti American march denounces foreign bases. Dalat sees 1300 students demand Viet Nam’s solution be by Vietnamese hands and briefly seize radio. Gen Chieu Hue turmoil continues after Lt Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi’s March 10 dismissal. Ky urges unity at Can Tho as he warns against instability amid Communist threat and openness to dialogue.
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U.S
Qui Nhon
Saigon
Dalat
Viet Nam
Chieu
Hue
Nguyen Chanh Thi
South Viet Nam
Thi
Can Tho
4Th Corps
Fires rage across North Carolina and South Carolina
Fires stretched from eastern North Carolina to Spartanburg County with hundreds of blazes. Tillman said 150 fires burned 10,147 acres in four days as National Guard and Fort Bragg troops joined foresters and volunteers. Aberdeen Pine Bluff area faced the worst blaze near Aberdeen with homes and a church destroyed, while Moore County and nearby areas saw fires near the airport and Harrells. Red Cross aid centers and radio help were being organized as communities gathered water and improvised containment.
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Tillman
Dan Moore
National Guard
Aberdeen
P. R. Tillman
Raleigh
Piedmont
Aberdeen-Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff
The
Red Cross
Fort Bragg
Moore County
Bragg
Forestry Commission
Moore Couny
Foresters
WEEB
Southern Pines
Sampeee
Green Swamp
Columbus County
Bladen County
Harrells
Duplin-Sampson County
U.S. Rt. 421
North Carolina
Willard
Duplin-Pender
Spartanburg
S.C
Spartanburg County
Duncan-Startex
Campobello
U.S. 176
Lake Bowen
New Prospect
Glendale
Camp Croft
Cherokee County
Cashiong Crossroads
South Carolina
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