U S Eases Its Entry Permit System For Foreign Tourists
The United States will issue life time multiple entry visas to travelers from 24 nations starting April 15 1967 with four year limits removed for tourism and business visits. The system applies reciprocity and may expand to more countries later.
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Washington
United States
America
State Department
U.S
Robert J. Mc
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Austria
Beahcantas
Belgium
Denmark
France
West Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Malawi
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Paraguay
Portugal
Spain
Surinam
Sweden
Switzerland
Tunisia
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Trucking Strike Threat Puts 1500 Firms at Risk
Cantlay, chief negotiator for Trucking Employers, Inc., warned last week of a potential nationwide trucking shutdown if Teamsters strike. The move could close down all 1,500 member firms, threatening a historic nationwide halt. The national trucking contract was formed three years ago.
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Cantlay
Trucking Employers, Inc
Teamsters
Huge Satellite Soars Into Orbit From Cape Kennedy
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports a large satellite nicknamed Daddy Longlegs, about the length of a football field, launched aboard an Atlas Agena rocket. ATS 2 aims to test communications, control, and weather gear, with orbit planned two hours post-launch at about 6,800 miles altitude.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space
America
Space Agency
Agea
Humphrey Meets Kiesinger in Bonn Talks on Ties and Nuclear Pact
Dolgenerator remarks note arrests concern a small radical group within political interest led student groups. Kiesinger welcomes Humphrey as a partner of close ties and German aid after World War II. Humphrey seeks to strengthen alliances and patch strained U S West German relations over lack of consultations and the nuclear weapons treaty. After four hours, Bonn sources remain optimistic about future joint political concepts.
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Dolgener
Humphrey
Bonn
Kiesinger
Germany
Fire tims adviser dies after rescuing students
John Ald en Finch 37 an associate professor formerly of Harrow Weald England died after saving several students in a new doctoral program. Victims include Jennie Sun 21 Jeffrey Smith 47 Martha Beck 18 Peter Cooch 19 Meimei Cheng 22 Carol Kurtz 22 Anne McCormic 21 Joanna Wallden 25.
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Tims
John Alden Finch
Harrow Weald
England
Jennie Zu-wei Sun
Upper Darby
Jeffrey W. Smith
Cupertino
Calif
Martha Beck
Evanston
Peter Cooch
Weston
Mass
Meimei Cheng
State College
Carol Lynn Kurtz
Buller
Anne McCormic
Philadelphia
Johanna C. Wallden
Helsinki Inland
Abrams Rumored for Top Vietnam Post in U S Command
Gen. Creighton Abrams Jr. and speculation swirl as Abrams, 52, noted for taciturn, armor background, may be assigned to a key Vietnam post. He is the Army’s vice chief of staff returning from Asia, with no comment from the Pentagon, while Westmoreland’s Vietnam command is not to be replaced.
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Creighton W. Abrams Jr
Vietnam
Abrams
Johnson
U.S
Saigon
Army
Asia
West Point
Westmoreland
Wesmoreland
Pentagon
Johnson Not Planning Fight For Senate Approval Of Resolution On Latin Aid
Washington AP United States Senator J W Fulbright said Johnson would not pursue Senate battles over a Latin aid resolution. The Foreign Relations panel had rewritten the administration measure, but officials say the aim remains broad aid for Latin America and a push toward the Alliance for Progress at Punta del Este.
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Johnson
Senate
Washington
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
Senate Committee
Knight
Punta del Este
Uruguay
America
Nations Committee
Congress
George Christian
John House
Bomson
Christian
Jaram Johnson
Latin America
Dean Rusk
Lincoln Gordon
Fulbright
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela
Alliance For Progress
Conress
Move To Modernize State Demo Party Plan Revealed
Richmond Rep. Watkins M. Abbitt announced a move to modernize the Virginia Democratic Party Plan. He said the scope depends on studies by Garland M. Harwood Jr. and district chairmen, with amendments prepared for earliest possible submission. Abbitt urged interested Democrats to submit proposed changes to Harwood or district chairs, noting the 1952 plan has not been amended and causes issues in legislative district committees.
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Richmond
Virginia
Watkins M. Abbitt
Democratic State Central Committee
Abbitt
Washington
Garland M. Harwood Jr
Central Committee
Harwood
State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Nurses Testimony Pinpoints Night Speck Visitor in 1966
Miss Amarao testified about arriving in Chicago on May 1 1966 to work at South Chicago Community Hospital. She described the July 13 1966 break in at 2319 E 100th St where a gunman demanded money, forced occupants into a bedroom, and identified Speck in court after a model of the nurses’ townhouse was used to map movements.
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Speck
Merlita Gargullo
Niss Amarao
William J. Martin
Miss Amurac
Martin
Miss Amarao
Miss Gargullo
Valentina Pasion
Philippines
Patricia Matusek
Nina Schmale
Pamela Wilkening
Miss Wilkening
New Orleans
Radio and TV stars walkout headlines shake networks
The strike draws in John Daly and Johnny Carson as talks falter NBC faces a clash over pay and contracts. AFTRA pushes for higher base pay and more reporting staff while networks defend limited revenues and tape use. A case involving a separate incident with Speck and missing money adds to the chaotic picture.
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John Daly
CBS
Earl Warren
Johnny Carson
NBC
Carson
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Prince
Arnold
Beverly Hills
Grant
Indus
AFTRA
New York
HUAC Wins Strong Confidence Vote Amid Small Budget Cut
The House backed the Committee on Un-American Activities with an overwhelming 343 to 43 vote, approving a $350,000 budget for investigative expenses, $50,000 less than requested. Critics accused the panel of violating rights and hiring friendly witnesses, while Chairman Edwin Willis defended its authority. The House also allocated $460,000 for Public Works and $250,000 for the Space Committee.
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Washington
House
Committee On UN
Don Edwards
D-La
Willis
Wills
Henry B. Gonzalez
D-Tex
Congress
Public Works Committee
Srace
War and reform echoes in prewar politics
The era’s battles over woman suffrage and Prohibition shaped 1916 politics as Hughes’ near victory faded. Articles recall Tris Speaker ending Cobb’s batting streak, Bobby Jones’s golf triumph, and Wilson facing war moves amid pacifist protests and clashes with Lodge. Wilson’s plea to Congress closed with a call that the world must be made safe for democracy.
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Hughes
California
Tris Speaker
Cleveland
Indians
Ty Cobb
American Baseball League
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Wilson
Capitel
Congress
Germany
Washington
Pilgrims of Patriotism
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Rmass
O South Vietnam
Senate House
Postal Pay Increases For Military and Civilian Workers Proposed
The proposed postal rate and pay increases raise basic pay across all grades. Military pay would rise by about 5.6 percent overall, with raw recruits gaining roughly $5.10 monthly and top generals over $100 monthly, while civilian and military fringe benefits have grown since 1962. The Post Office Department faces a projected $1.2 billion deficit for the next fiscal year, even after higher worker pay.
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Johnson
Post Office Department
Jury Indicts Martens For Perjury
New Orleans indicts Lay ton Patrick Martens 24 for lying under oath to the grand jury investigating Kennedy assassination links. The same proceeding followed Clay Shaw pleading innocent to conspiring with Perrie and Oswald to kill JFK. Martens testified about a 1981 oil company explosives bunker burglary near Houma.
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New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
New Orleans Parish
Lay‘ton Patrick Martens
David W.ferrie
Martens
Red
Shaw
Criminal District
Jim Garrison
Perrie
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Garrison
E. A. Haggerty Jr
Faise
Houma
Gordon Novel
Novel
Columbus
Ohio
Top Scientist Calls Quick Study of Scarce Anticancer Drug L Asparaginase
Dr. C Gordon Zubrod urged rapid research into a newly reported scarce anticancer drug L Asparaginase. He said it should be pursued with speed to assess broader implications for longer survivals, noting it may take about three years to gauge effectiveness in acute leukemia.
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C. Gordon Zubrod
Palm Bay
Sia
Cancer Institute
American Cancer Society
Zubrod
Texas
Tax plan clash with cancer research and deficit fears
The article outlines a debate over a proposed 5.5 billion dollar annual revenue increase to fund research and social programs, while warning of potential fiscal 1968 deficits, price pressures, and possible legislative changes. It notes leukemia treatment advances, including claims about a new drug and remission cases, alongside political arguments about spending and timing.
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Congress
Johnson
Republican Coordinating Committee
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