Dirksen Pushes Campaign for State Apportionment Amendment
Senator Dirksen unveiled a lobbying group, the Committee for Government of the People, to back a constitutional amendment on state legislature apportionment. He aims to allow states to allocate one house by nonpopulation basis, pledging an educational campaign to win public support after a seven-vote shortfall in the last Senate vote.
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Mienois
Supreme Courts
Committee For Government of the People
San Francisco
Whitaker & Baxter
Missile Dents Deck But No Danger Reported
A nuclear Terrier surface to air missile was dented when dropped to the USS Luce deck at Mayport Naval Air Station Florida. Navy officials said there was never any danger and demolition teams removed the missile with only superficial casing damage. Captain J Ss Swope stated it was a routine safety precaution and that explosion was impossible.
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Luce
Navy
Mayport Naval Air Station
St. Johns River
Florida
J. Ss. Swope
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Ralph McClure
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Soviet refusals spark Sino Soviet clashes over Vietnam
The Chinese and Soviet positions clash over Vietnam policy. Beijing accuses Moscow of cowardice and tolerating U.S. aggression while Moscow looks for unity with China and resists direct sea supply routes to North Vietnam. The dispute underscores deep Cold War strains as Kosygin meets Humphrey and Chinese officials denounce peace talks.
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U.S
United States
Chen
Viet Nam
China
Moscow
Shelepin
Peking
People's Daily
Senate Approves $6 Weekly Unemployment Increase
Assembly and Senate finance panels move quickly on new measures including a 6 dollar weekly boost to unemployment benefits to 42 dollars max. Proposals include a 3% poll tax repealer in the House and Republican bill to cut private school tuition grants. House Minority Leader Butler criticizes lack of GOP committee activity and recalls outdated meetings.
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House
M. Caldwell Butler
Roanoke
Butler
U.S. Viet Nam aid plan expands military and rural programs
The proposal seeks about 1.24 million for military construction to speed ports warehouses and roads for U.S. and allied forces in Viet Nam total 152 million for advanced weapons research and development about 4.63 billion for late fiscal year Viet Nam military needs and roughly 415 million for economic aid including a rural construction corps to staff Vietnamese villages. The rural program aims to mobilize 30 000 to 40 000 workers in country building tasks as a successor to the failed strategic hamlet approach.
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U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Johnson
Congress
Controversy Over Teen Alcohol Near Bowling Centers
Baltimore County debated beer access as youth leagues rely on teen players. Joshua R Wheeler questioned recreational facilities for teens and alcohol dispensation. E Lamar McDaniel urged denial, while Peter Basilione warned of outlet saturation near bowling centers. Other groups weighed in, echoing concerns amid a nostalgic Rip Van Winkle reference.
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Joshua R. Wheeler
Baltimore County
E. Lamar McDaniel
The
Chase Church of God
Ministerial Association
Peter J. Basilione
Baltimore County Tavern and Restaurant Association
Rip van Winkle
Rip
Five years since Kennedy inaugural speech and vision
The article recalls Kennedy's 1961 inauguration, Frost’s poem read amid cold and snow, and his call to public service. It notes the torch passed to a new generation and his warning that progress would extend beyond one hundred days, with Shriver focusing on domestic anti poverty efforts and abroad actions.
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Capitol Plaza
John F
Kennedy
Gaia
Robert Frost
Viet Nam
Sargent Shriver
Viet Nam Peace Talks and Tet Cease Fire Outlook
Reliable sources say Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge favors resuming heavy air raids on North Vietnam after Tet. The White House views the bombing pause as under continual review. Tet cease-fire is proclaimed by the Viet Cong for four days, with allied forces planning a 78 hour halt. US and South Vietnamese plans stress no talks without strict enforcement and stronger military pressure.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
North
Viet Nam
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Washington
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Moscow
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Orient
Saigon
Sai‘gon
Dean Rusky
North Viet Nam
U.S
South
Korea
Laos
Austria
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Rusk
W. Averell Darriman
80 Year Old Man Accused Of Adultery
CHICAGO AP Gertrude Amos won a divorce from her 90 year old millionaire husband accused of adultery. Judge Massey granted the divorce on cruelty adultery and drinking. She testified he assaulted her during a confrontation at his apartment. They married in 1945 separated in 1961 and have no children. Alimony of 10000 is awarded in weekly 200 installments. Amos heads Tile Sash Trans Temp and Equipment Research Corp.
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Gertrude Amos
Robert L. Massey
Circuit Court
Amos
Tile Sash Corp
Trans-Temp Corp
Equipment Research Corp
Norman Becker
Court tackles Fifth Amendment retroactivity and self incrimination
Justices debate whether the Fifth Amendment privilege applies retroactively commenting on jury limitations while Black dissents. The piece weaves in Cold War stress and Vietnam era prospects, noting fears of coups and shifting leadership in Saigon and Hanoi amid peace talks and U.S. diplomacy with Ky and Darriman.
Yale President Brands Lynd Trip Naive and Misguided
Yale University President Kingman Brewster Jr described Staughton Lynds unauthorized Hanoi visit as naive and misguided. He criticized Lynds Hanoi speech as disservice to freedom of dissent travel and conscientious pacifism and questioned his use of the trip for antiwar aims while noting Lynds right to dissent.
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Kingman Brewster Jr
Staughton Lynd
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Viet Nam
Hanoi
Lynd
Brewster
Thomas Hayden
Students For A Democratic Society
Herbert Aptheker
Communist Party
State Department
Yale
Yale Daily News
United States
Lynch
Hig
Mrs Indira Gandhi poised to form government
India’s Indira Gandhi asks for a mandate to govern as she prepares to be sworn in Monday amid dire challenges. Drought, forex shortages, explosive population growth, low literacy, and tensions with Pakistan and China loom, while her supporters praise her leadership and massed crowds greet her with hamaste and garlands.
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Pakisttan
China
Mrs. Gandhi
Shastri
Bosch's Son Wounded in Dominican Shooting
In Santo Domingo, Leon Bosch Garcia, 29, son of ex President Juan Bosch, was severely wounded by a gunshot early Wednesday. Reports vary on where the shooting occurred, with the incident tying into a tense military crisis. U.S. officials offered facilities and aid to the Bosch family as violence flared in the capital.
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Dominican Republic
Leon Bosch Garcia
Juan Bosch
National Police
Herman Despradel
Bosch
Padre Billin Hospital
U.S
William Tapley Bennett Jr
Robert R. Linwell
Young Bosch
Tax changes seen easing Viet Nam war costs and inflation
President Johnson said tax revisions depend on Viet Nam needs and peace efforts. If peace succeeds, revenues may fall and tax rates could be cut, reducing the budget deficit to seven-year lows. He cited a balanced cash budget and aimed to curb inflation while supporting growth amid wartime costs.
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Cold eastern weather contrasts with sunny southeast
Cold weather persisted across the eastern half of the nation while the southeast enjoyed sunny skies. Sunshine stretched through much of the Midwest and Pacific Coast, with a few showers in southern California. Morning lows reached 21 below in Lot Rock, Wis, and 16 in Hibbing, Minnesota.
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Lote Rock
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Hibbing
Mino
Transit Strike Sparks Federal Labor Debate
Reuther proposes broad federal action affecting transit and major industries, while AFL CIO leaders criticize mandatory settlement laws as hysteria over New York transit disruptions. Johnson's plan hints at federal legislation though labor officials dispute specifics. Quill of the Transport Workers Union briefly jailed under the Condon Wadlin public employee strike law.
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Afl-Cio
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New York
New York Transit
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