Virginia education row colors Robertson challenge in Va race
In Arlington and surrounding counties on a two day campaign swing Senator A Willis Robertson faced sharp critique from State Senator William B Spong Jr who accused Robertson of neglecting Virginia education for opposing key education and defense bills Spong warned the state faces uneven facilities and teacher shortages as he campaigns for the Democratic nomination Boothe defends Vietnam policy noting U S credibility and two way approach combat and negotiations Alexandria area papers back Boothe in Byrd primary bid highlighting regional press support totaling 34000 circulation
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Willis Robertson
D-Va
Virginia
William B. Speng Jr
Portsmouth
Spong
Northern
Alexandria
Fairfax
Robertson
Armistead L. Boothe
United States
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Byrd
Alexandria Journal
Alexandria Journal-Standard
Arlington Journal
Fairfax Journal-Standard
Man Sniffing Bedbugs Considered for War Use
Aberdeen Maryland AP Army displays live bedbugs as insect personnel detectors in an accordion device intended to scent humans. Col Robert W McEvoy notes early development with costs around 208 dollars and wind direction as a challenge for battlefield use.
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Aberdeen
U.S
Viet Nam
Robert W. McEvoy
Army
First
Ore
McEvoy
Balloon Fiji still beset by problems in long flight
Tracy Barnes, a 27 year old former Chester South Carolina paratrooper, continues to face difficulties in his attempt for coast to coast balloon records. After a valve failure forced an emergency gondola bailout over San Diego, his craft crashed on a rocky pinnacle near Jacumba. He spent weeks in hospital, then drifted into Mexico and landed near Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona. Winds delaying eastward progress.
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Ariz. Wy
Tracy Barnes
Barnes
Chester
S. C
San Diego
Calif
Jacumba
Mexico
Organ Pipe W National Monument
Arizona
Postwar gains of Communists in Italy checked by vote
In Italy local elections across 168 municipalities and three provinces, Christian Democrats and center-left allies won control of Rome City Council with 41 of 80 seats, while Communists dropped in Rome but gained ground in the North. Fascists and Monarchists lost up to half their support. The Democratic Socialists emerged as major winners, narrowing gaps with the Socialists ahead of a 1968 national vote.
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Italy
Christian Democrats
Foggia
Democratic Socialists
Giuseppe Saragat
Aldo Moro
Socialist Party
Red
Florence
Genoa
Pisa
Forli
Council
Christian Democrat
Mississippi marchers face sparse crowds on route
Grenada reports show large segments of the 97 mile trek to Jackson drawing few spectators. Floyd McKissick says the march must do more than pass through desolate country. Some locals insult or ignore the march while others watch from the fringes as flags fly and reactions mix.
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Grenada
Miss
Mississippi
Floyd McKissick
U.S. 51
James H. Meredith
Cotton
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Sen
J James Q. Eastland
D-Miss
Washington
Martin Luter King
King
Steps Toward Integration at Methodist Conference
NORFOLK AP Two major steps toward integration were approved at the Virginia Methodist Conference. Voted 640 to 134 to fold Negro central conferences into white regional conferences, and 531 to 274 to admit Negro members with full rights and duties. Leaders said reforms could lead to Negro ministers serving white churches and possibly Negro bishops assigned to white areas in the future.
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Norfolk
Virginia Methodist
Muskegon Veteran Leader Dismisses Eight Troops at 63rd Convention
Muskegon commander John Stoppels, aged 91, solemnly dismissed the eight troops as Michigan's United Spanish War Veterans closed their 1966 convention. The gathering marked the veterans 63rd annual meeting in Muskegon, Michigan.
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John Stoppels
Muskegon
Michigan
United Spanish War Veterans
Stoppels
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