Democrats And Republicans Clash In House Over Right To Work Laws
In Washington the House debated repealing Taft-Hartley Act Section 14B over union shop bans. Democrats argued repeal would not compel union membership and protect workers freedom. Republicans warned repeal could threaten individual liberty. Representative Lawrence J. Burton of Utah highlighted the stakes while Rep. Lloyd Meeds of Washington weighed in.
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House
Washington
Democras
George
James H. Scheuer
D-N.y
South
Johnson Defers Details While Vietnam Aid Expands
Vice President Humphrey suggested Vietnam costs could exhaust resources and lives during a governors conference in Minneapolis. Johnson meets with cabinet and congressional leaders as air strikes hit North Vietnam. Senate committee approves Lodge as ambassador as Morse presses for continued Congress action. Project Viet Nam aims to add 20 doctors for two months each to aid Vietnamese civilians via AID and People to People Health Fund.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minneapolis
Minn
Tumphrey
Humphrey
Robert Jensen
White House
U.S
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Western Hemisphere
Johnson
Cabinet
National Security Council
Moyers
Congress
Horace Busby
Busby
North
Defense Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge
Maxwell D. Taylor
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Lodge
Morse
Senate
South Viet Nam
Agency For International Development
AID
People To People Health Fund Inc
William B. Walsh
Washington
Wisconsin Ave
N.W
Humphrey Speaks on National Security and Civil Rights
Vice President Humphrey framed defense and social justice as interlinked, urging resolve against communist aggression and noting U.S. gains in the Pacific. Governors discussed federal tax revenue sharing, civil rights, an interstate education compact, and road safety while Congress debated a repeal related to the union shop under labor law.
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Southeast Asia
Western Hemisphere
Humphrey
Pacific
U.S
Hanoi
Johnson
Washington
South Viet Nam
Republic of
South
Executive Committee
Resolutions Committee
Tim Babcock
Montana
Conference
Karl F. Rolvaag
Minnesota
Committee On
America
Missiles at Hanoi Sites Targeted After Phantom Loss
The Air Force conducted a low level strike at two newly identified missile sites near Hanoi after the F4 Phantom was shot down. Conventional bombs were used in attacks that focused on ammunition depots, barracks, and lines of communication. Photographic evaluation was pending, while officials say the missiles are likely North Vietnamese, with possible Russian presence not deterring the action.
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Air Force
Sylvester
Air Force Phantom
Pentagon
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Defense Department
State Department
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Hai‘Phong
Bank Robbery At Richmond South Side Branch
A holdup man demanded money from Mrs. Batlorff at a Richmond South Side bank branch, taking about 1,000 to 1,200 dollars while claiming he would use a gun if necessary. He fled in a car after asking for a bag, with police tracing via the license number. The bank staff reported the theft and an audit will determine the exact sum.
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Papit
Richmond
South Side
Fresh air and open space amid mushrooming population
A speaker argues for national unity amid growing population, condemning disunity and discrimination. He rails against emotional labels such as Northerner and Southerner and calls for ending divisions based on identity and class.
Viet Nam air raids continue as ground fighting slackens
In Saigon the war mood shifts as U S air squadrons strike suspected Viet Cong sites though ground clashes are light. Pentagon reports 46 fighter bombers hit an anti missile site near Hanoi, another damaged. A4 Skyhawks hit Thanh Hoa power plant. crews report dense smoke hindering damage estimates while friendly fire incidents and light Viet Cong casualties are noted. General Taylor bids farewell in Saigon as Lodge prepares to arrive.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
Pentagon
U. S. Air Force
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Thanh Hoa
Chau Doc
Gardner Named to Kennedy Education Post Amid Ohio Politics
President Johnson announced another education appointment highlighting John Gardner's rise. The California native and former Marine, with a Stanford education and a long CAREER in teaching and policy, would lead efforts on education and health. Gardner has held Carnegie and U N roles and advised U S delegations, with ties to Stanford and UC. Celebrezze, Cleveland mayor, praised the immigrant story as emblematic of American opportunity.
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Johnson
Celebrezze
Gardner
Los Angeles
Stanford University
University of California
Marine Corps
Office of Strategic Services
Carnegie Corps
Kennedy
Medicare bill advances with retroactive benefits plan
The House approved the measure with 237 Democrats and 70 Republicans in support, while 48 Democrats and 64 Republicans voted against. Rep. Curtis criticized the compulsory hospitalization clause as unconstitutional, and Rep. Byrnes highlighted rising Social Security taxes. The basic plan covers 90 days of hospital care with costs, 100 home health visits, and nursing-home stays, projecting just under 6.5 billion dollars in the first year.
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House
Thomas B. Curtis
R- iMo
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Generals advocate force in Viet Nam crisis report
Veterans of the Korean and World War II eras discuss bombing targets and strategy in Viet Nam. Almond Hull and Clark push for conventional bombing of military sites while warning civilians first. They urge greater force, centralized command, and air power to prevail, noting the risks of a manpower-heavy approach.
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Viet Nam
Hull
Clark
U.S
Far East
Almond
Hail Phong
South Viet Nam
Orient
Ridgway
Korea
United Nations
Carmel
Calif
Pittsburgh
U.S. Tth
Italy
Austria
Charleston
D.C
Citadel, Military College of
South Carolina
Chicago
Washington, D.C
Pentagon
Geneva firm on resisting aggression and arms control
The speaker urges firm resolve to resist aggression until talks yield a solution at the conference table and insists on earnest arms control. He warns that nuclear stockpiles and spread threaten all nations and urges continued peace work despite danger. Tsarapkin counters that Atlantic nuclear plans threaten Soviet security and aid West German arm control.
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United States
Soviet Union
Foster
Atlantic
West Germany
Tsarapkin
Prisoners case links jail breaks to large thefts in Centre County
Waite named J Gary Davenport 24 of Gloversville New York as mastermind. Davenport Bechdal and George Loner are charged with burglary larceny and jail breach in Centre County after a large 2000 theft from the Lock Haven home for aged during a heavy rainstorm. Dist Atty Lugg filed related charges in Clinton County against Flick Toner and Wilson.
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Waite
J. Gary Davenport
Gloversville
N.Y
Davenport
Lock Haven
Bellefonte
Samuel A. Bechdal
Howard
Centre County
Bechdal
George Loner
Lemont
Clinton County
Dist
Allen W. Lugg
Russell Flick
Julian
Centre Country
Max Toner
Frederick Wilson
Heath gains leadership for Britain in Tory battle
The article describes Edward Heath becoming Conservative leader amid a party reshuffle, replacing Douglas-Home in foreign affairs discussions, and redefining the party away from tradition. It notes Heath's stance as a combative floor fighter against Harold Wilson's Labour government and outlines the shift to younger leadership with Maudling as shadow chancellor and potential reallocation of roles.
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Heath
Labor
Harold Wilson
Maudling
Douglas-Home
Maulding
Conservative
Wilson
Commons
Douglas Home
Harold MacMillan
House
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
France
Baby Lives After Fall From Fourth Floor Window
A one and a half month old girl Angela Kim Bates fell from a fourth floor window in New York when a screen gave way. A clothesline allegedly broke her fall, and she landed behind the West Street apartment building. She was taken to St Clare's hospital with internal injuries and possible skull fracture but was expected to live.
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New York
Angela Kim Bates
West Sist St
St. Clare’s Hospital
Housing subsidies shift to nonprofit landlords and big urban aid
The plan redirects federal rent subsidies to nonprofit landlords such as churches unions coops or limited dividend corporations with private landlords excluded. It also authorizes 2.9 billion for urban renewal 240000 more public housing units 955 million for dormitory loans and grants up to 1500 for home repairs 800 million for water sewer grants 235 million for parks 50 percent cost sharing grants and 150 million for elderly housing loans plus FHA down payment relief for servicemen and veterans and readjustment aid for displaced small businesses.
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Federal
National Mortgage Association
Five born quintuplets in Venezuela and Aberdeen family
Quints America reports two families with multiple births in a single year. In Venezuela, Mrs Ines Cuervo de Prieto and Efren Prieto welcomed five boys on Sept 6, later celebrated in a $30,000 home donated by the employer. In South Dakota, Mrs Andrew Fischer gave birth to four girls and a boy on Sept 14, now on a 3800 acre farm near Aberdeen. the father, a shipping clerk, later raises cattle.
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America
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Ines Marie Cuervo de Prieto
Efren
Andrew Fischer
Aberdeen
S.D
Quints
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