Podell Wins Brooklyn House Seat In Democratic Sweep
In Brooklyn, Bertram A. Podell defeats anti Johnson candidate Nelvin Dubin in a four man Congress race driven by Vietnam war attitudes. Podell leads Dubin with 29 139 votes to 22 940 as Republican and Conservative rivals trail. Dubin had pledged draft age noninvolvement. The district, 68 percent Jewish and 22 percent Italian American, stretches from Coney Island to Bensonhurst Kings Highway. Minnesota Sen Eugene J McCarthy campaigned for Dubin. Podell is allied with the Brooklyn regular organization and supports the President with a softer stance on Vietnam.
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Congress
Brooklyn
Bertram A. Podtel
Nelvin Dubin
Dubin
Vietnam
Podell
Gerald L
Michael Y. Ajello
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
Ajello
Abraham J. Multer
Multer
New Hampshire
Coney Island
Bensonhurst- Kings Highway
Eugene J McCarthy
President Johnson
Pubin
Mulic
Rights Fight Moves Toward Housing Court Victory
The rights bill gains support as Sen. Hart and Sen. Javits push a broad housing amendment aimed at covering 97 percent of housing. They may drop single family dwellings to attract votes while Sen. Dirksen warns against a gag rule and urges a pause for a better compromise. Hart calls for a federal crime to deter force or threats against constitutional rights.
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New York
Javits
Hart
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Mondale
Mansfield
Senate
Reverett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Stokely Carmichael
Thant's Washington Visit Aims At Vietnam Talks
Thant will meet at 11 a.m. with a lunch to follow with Secretary Rusk. He travels by government plane, accompanied by Bunche and Goldberg, with Thant having spoken to Gandhi Kosygin Wilson and de Gaulle since Feb 8. Diplomats expect a major Vietnam statement after talks, while Johnson and Thant disagree on North Vietnam’s willingness to negotiate.
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State Department
Thant
Washington
U.N
Ralph J. Bunche
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Indira Gandhi
India
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Harold Wilson
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
France
London
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nguyen Hoa
New Delhi
Mai van So
Paris
Vietnam
Governmett
Assembly advances metro government plan amid planning district push
Lawmakers debated a voluntary metro government proposal and a State Planning Division expansion. The House backed creating planning districts, regional cooperation, and a service district model while amending away highway and welfare provisions. Campbell’s amendment passed 54 to 42, leaving sewage disposal as the main issue. The commission chairman viewed the bills as progress in stunted form.
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House
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Alexandria
Virginia
Arlington
Fairfax
del. J. Lewis Rawls
Suffolk
Rawls
Campbell
Vietnam battle reports near Saigon and Hue
The Red forces mass near Saigon threaten to destroy the city as 10 000 to 15 000 enemy troops move within a day’s march. U S paratroopers report guerilla kills near Phan Thiet while Hue fighting persists with Marines advancing on Red pockets. North Vietnamese around Khe Sanh targeted by B 52 bombers as rail strikes resume northeast of Vietnam.
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U.S. Loist Airborne Division
Phan Thiet
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Hue
Associated Press
George McArthur
Bloomfield Bell Feud Over 108-Year-Old School Bell
Bloomfield California faces a feud among 84 residents over a 108 year old bell. The Fire Department wants to use the bell as a fire alarm in a memorial tower while the Community Club argues the tower would be unsafe and the bell should stay in town. The Tomales school board ordered the bell lowered by March 18 or face legal action, while negotiations continue.
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Combe
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Cape Horn
Boston
Tomales
Mo Faver
Tomales Bay
Dallas Judge Brown A Long Career In Court And Public Life
Dallas judge Brown led a storied career from 1935 as justice of the peace to a criminal district judge who tried over 34 000 cases including Jack Ruby. He presided with a relaxed style urging courtesy while maintaining dignity and influenced by the Candy Barr case earning notoriety for the era. He later collaborated on a book with a Dallas journalist but never published it and died shortly after a party comment from friend Dmitri Vail.
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Dallas County
Oart l House
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Candy Barr
Dallas
Ruby
Melvin Belli
San Francisco
Bellis
Belli
Texas Supreme Court
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joy Carlos
Dmitri Vail
Joe
Tax payments proposed for corporations under new bill
The measure would require corporate taxpayers to pay 20 percent of their owed tax immediately, rising to 40 percent next year and increasing to a token $40 exemption. It would also raise the estimation standard from 70 to 80 percent with penalties for underpayment.
Militant Buddhist Monk Thich Tri Quang Arrested in Saigon
Police seized militant monk Thich Tri Quang on a Saigon street as authorities also detained two antigovernment figures Truong Dinh Dzu and An Truong Thanh. Reports say the arrests aim to prevent potential Viet Cong influence amid mounting offensives against the Saigon regime.
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Thich
Tri Quang
Truong Dinh Dzu
Nguyen van Thieu
Dzu
An Truong Thanh
Brown in Custody Fight Over New Orleans Return
Brown seeks to remain free while fighting extradition and contends arrest in New Orleans was illegal. Kunstler argues Brown’s right to counsel and delays were improper as he awaited his lawyer in California. Brown, a prominent national Negro leader, faced multiple charges tied to a Maryland riot and a New Orleans flight while under federal indictment. He has bounced between states, with bail revoked for traveling on the West Coast.
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Kunstler
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Maryland
Johnson
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Atlanta
Mitchell
Cambridge
Virginia
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New York City
Florida school chief gains powers to fight walkout
Florida Board of Education grants School Supt Floyd Christian emergency authority to pay substitutes, keep schools open, and double sessions amid a state teacher walkout. Officials report 21 counties fully or partially closed, with over a half million students affected and thousands of teachers off duty. Some districts seek court orders to end the walkout as Gov Kirk and state leaders respond.
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Fla
Florida Board of Education
Floyd Christian
Christian
America
Associated Press
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Titusville High School
Cape Kennedy
Mainland High
Daytona Beach
Claude Kirk
Los Angeles
Orewers
Dade County School Board
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Florida
Fred Dickinson
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Tom Adams
Kirk
California
Noro
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Jacksonville
St. Petersburg
Miami
Dade County
Earl Faircloth
Circuit Court
Orlando
Tonkin Gulf session leaves mixed verdict on provocation risk
Senators Fulbright Morse McNamara and Cooper pressed for full information on the Tonkin Gulf incident as the inquiry sought to verify naval maneuvers near North Vietnam. McNamara rejected claims of provocation while Sparkman and Lausche expressed confidence in the official accounts.
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McNamara
Tonkin Bay
Tonkin Gulf
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Johnson
Vietnam
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Eugene J. McCarthy
D.minn
John Sherman Cooper
R-ey
McCarthy
Cooper
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Bank Robbers Loot Second Largest Cash Theft Of Year
Mrs. Mary Peace, a teller, said two men robbed the bank, waving guns and ordering patrons to the wall. One thief emptied the cash drawer while another kept a customer under threat. The robbers fled after about three minutes, and an alarm was sounded. It was the state’s second largest robbery of the year.
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Mary Peace
Bar Group Considers 1100 Members For Legal Cost Insurance
A bar committee proposes a pilot for prepaid legal cost insurance with about 1,100 people paying a 50 dollar annual premium over three or four years. It weighs deductible options and says insurers may cover initial high costs. setup could reach 10,000 dollars. The plan relies on bar organizations as potential insurers and urges collaboration with criminal law agencies to prepare emergency responses while preserving peaceful assembly and dissent rights.
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