Southern Leaders Urge Compliance With Voting Rights Law
Southern leaders urge conformity with the voting rights act as registration surges. In Americus Georgia 1395 Negroes have registered since the law’s enactment amid nagging violence. federal registrars move slowly into Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana while Alabama counties hold first post law registration meetings. Local officials vow to enforce the law amid court challenges and renewed civil rights actions.
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Governor defends registration under federal voting law
Gov McNair says all 46 South Carolina counties will comply with federal registration rules, offering ample opportunities for Blacks to register. He argues the Voting Rights Act is discriminatory and that illiterates in SC are treated differently than in other states. County boards may extend registration in September ahead of the Democratic primary.
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Planes Find No Trace Of Lone Sailor
Falmouth England AP RAF patrol planes scoured 200 miles off Cornwall for seven hours seeking 48 year old Robert Manry sailing from Massachusetts to England in a 13 1/2 foot craft. They spotted debris but no sign of Manry or his Tinkerbelle as 30 knot seas and heavy swells hindered detection.
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Russell Kane
Virginia Manry
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Lodge envoy statements on Vietnam mission dispute
The report notes a clash over Lodge remarks denying U.S. takeover aims in South Vietnam. It quotes Ambassador Lodge and President Johnson defending American help as supplemental to Vietnamese efforts, while South Vietnamese premier Ky counters fears of U.S. control.
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Johnson
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Saigon
Dean Rusk
Lawmakers Expand Aid Scope for Distressed Areas
The House backed increases and extensions to a public works program. Sisk's amendment boosted annual grants from 400 to 500 million dollars and extended eligibility to about 100 counties in 29 states while limiting the program to four years. The bill totals include 2 billion for direct grants, 850 million in long term loans, 125 million for tech aid, 75 million for multistate programs, and 200 million for joint area projects.
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William C. Cramer
Fla
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Bernard F. Sisk
D. Calif
Sisk
Charlotte R. Reid
GOP
Appalachia
Labor Amendments Fall to Party Line Votes
In a continuation note the subcommittee rejected the Proutry amendments on party lines. A Javits proposal to grant federal courts power to enforce a no strike clause in labor agreements with arbitration clauses was defeated 5-4 by the subcommittee.
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Truce Supervisors End Syria Israel Border Clash
Syria and Israel fought a three hour tank and artillery duel across the border until UN truce supervisors arranged a cease fire after three attempts. Syrian reported four soldiers and two civilians wounded, and Israel reported casualties including four killed in a Bedouin camp, with further injuries.
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New York Faces Air Conditioning Cutback Amid Water Shortage
New Yorkers endure heat as the water commission enforces limits on water cooled air conditioning. Eight hours daily in apartments and cafes, seven in stores, six in offices and factories, 16 hours in hotels. Engineers scramble to keep computer rooms cool while others warm up.
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John Sutherland
Riot erupts in Watts as crowd battles police
A riot on Avalon and Imperial in Los Angeles drew 80 officers, then 135 deputies, and finally 240 more as a National Guard commitment was discussed. The melee left cars, a TV truck, and storefronts damaged, with 19 officers and 15 civilians injured and over 28 arrested.
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House Education and Labor extends minimum wage to farm workers
The House committee voted to cover about 1.3 million agricultural workers under the federal minimum wage, raising total covered workers to over six million. The plan, backed bipartisanly, also considers extending to laundries, hotels, and restaurants while delaying broader wage hikes.
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Viet Nam air war report and ground actions near Duc Co
U S and Vietnamese forces pressed operations in the highlands and Pleiku area. Despite a downed Skyhawk near Ninh Binh Province, most planes returned safely as airstrikes hit barracks at Dien Bien Phu and near Vinh and Ba Binh. U S advisers weigh Viet Cong strength around Duc Co and possible Cambodian sanctuary.
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Fire roars through industrial lumber yard complex
A witness heard two explosions and, from his office window, saw flames sweeping through a lumber yard. The yard is part of an industrial complex owned by a single firm that rents space to individual enterprises.
Paratroopers Seize Viet Cong Village Amid Fire Fight
Patrol comes under machine gun and heavy weapon fire as Marines reach a village. Paratroopers enter Viet Cong trenches and evacuate villagers to a new district HQ. Civilians report Viet Cong moved in weeks earlier, halting access to government areas. population drops from over 1,000 to about 100. Soldiers Nathaniel Penn and David Yellowrobe rescue frightened youths.
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Beckley
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David Yellowrobe
Wickliffe
Berkeley Protestors Board Train Stop A Troop Dispatch
Pacifists arrest of James D. Isom 26 Berkeley on charges of attempting to damage railroad property illegally riding the locomotive and malicious mischief. Federal investigators questioned him as three demonstrators boarded the train passing out antiwar leaflets. Police and soldiers removed the pickets after a brief halt as about 200 demonstrators protested the Viet Nam Day Committee actions near Berkeley Albany routes.
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James D. Isom
Berkeley
Albany
Jerry Gaxiola
Viet Nam
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Oak‘land Army Terminal
Viet Nam Day Committee
Hoover Desk Tells Story From White House to Smithsonian
Hoover the nod to run for president on the GOP ticket but never made it. Lodge witnessed a later swearing in as ambassador to Vietnam. Johnson signed the Hoover Historical Site bill at West Branch Iowa on a scarred mahogany desk with a Hoover era history. The desk passed through Truman and Eisenhower, survived a fire, and now goes to the Smithsonian after Truman signs the autograph drawer.
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Viet Nam
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Truman
Pay Bill Advances Amid Defence Secretary Clash
Pay increases for military personnel move forward afterHouse committee approval despite opposition from Secretary Robert S McNamara The plan raises base pay broadly with 17 3 percent for enlisted under two years and 22 percent for officers under two years Six percent for officers over two years and 11 percent for enlisted in that group The measure adds 10 to 55 monthly combat pay for Vietnam zone personnel and offers roughly a 4 percent pension cost of living increase for retirees
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