Commerce official rebuts White House on textile bill
Asst. Commerce Secretary Kenneth W. Davis Jr criticizes top White House aides for their handling of Rep. Wilbur Mills’ textile import limits proposal. He argues the bill is in the national interest and vital to the American economy. Negotiations continue among State, Commerce, and White House teams amid talks with Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Asst
Commerce
Kenneth W. Davis Jr
White House
Nixon
Davis
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Washington
Gerald L. Warren
Maurice Stans
House Ways and Neans Committee
Mills
Commerce’ Department
Rogers
Secretatary of
Tokyo
U.S
Asia
Aichi
Eisaku Sato
State Department
Foreign Office
U.S. Congress
Stans
House
Ways and Means
United States
Japan
Price Increases Spread Across May Goods and Services
May price rises touched food by three tenths of a percent housing by five tenths clothing by six tenths and transportation by eight tenths with recreation up five tenths for consumer services the smallest monthly gain since November yet still the year’s largest category. Popkin notes year over year service costs up about 4.5 percent driven by a 41.1 percent jump in mortgage interest and about 10 percent rises in transportation maintenance costs and taxes and insurance excluding income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popkin
Benjamin Franklin
White House
Winton
Brount
Postal Service
Postmaster Power Battle and Postal Reform Debate
Lawmakers clashed over patronage in postmaster appointments as Rep. Saylor criticized Blount and defended reform aimed at ending congressional control. The bill seeks a new U.S. Postal Service to set rates and negotiate wages, while facing opposition over cost, regional pay differences, and potential deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brasco
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
House
U.S. Postal Service
Blount
U.S
Benjamin Franklin
Angkor fall in Cambodian defense amid war surge
Hundreds of Vietnamese civilians flee Siem Reap as Angkor's ruins face enemy occupation and anti aircraft positions are built surrounding temples. Cambodia declares Angkor an open city to spare the monuments while battles hit Kompong Thom and Kompong Chhoang as Thieu vows stronger forces and pacification efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siem Reap
Angkor
Cambodia
Mekong River
Kompong Thom
Phnom Penh
Kompong Chhoang
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
ATMEG
South Vietnam
Thien
23Rd Infantry
Cambo
Dia
Fish Hook
Britain votes yield unexpected Tory gains and Labour losses
Heath signals readiness to form government as Conservatives widen lead while Labour suffers a 36 seat net loss. Powell’s immigration stance draws support for the Conservatives, with Heath and Wilson increasing margins in key districts. Brown defeated in Belper after 25 years in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voleys
Heath
Labor
Brown
Wilson
Belper
D. G. Stewart-Smith
Powell
West Indies
Lord Byers
Liberal Party
Wolverhampton
Bexley
Huyton
Liverpool
Barbara Castle
John Diamond
Treasury
Republicans weigh Byrd nomination amid Virginia GOP chatter
In a Roanoke meeting GOP leaders including Dr. Kenneth L. Haggerty and Darrell Bransletter discussed a possible Republican bid for Byrd’s Senate seat. Del. Ray L. Garland hinted at a Friday announcement, while state officials urged Byrd to bow out and trigger a convention of independents. Local legislators and party chairmen attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Kenneth L. Haggerty
Arlington
Darrell Bransletter
Roanoke
del. Ray. L. Garland
Warren B. French Jr
Holton
Del
George P. Shafran
Haggerty
Broyhill
Shafran
Themen
China
U.S
Ameri
Thee
Bernie Brown
Wayne Lustig
Ualties
Weldon Tuck
H. D. Dawbarn
Waynesboro
Elect
Id Thornton
Roanoke County
Viet Garland
Holton outlines aims for competent, broad Virginia reform
Governor Holton pledges an administration centered on competence and professionalism while avoiding patronage. He plans new appointments from across the nation to improve state government and insists minority inclusion. He backs ratification of a revised state constitution and forms a Citizens’ Committee led by A. E. Dick Howard and James C. Wheat Jr. to advance the effort. The Governor’s Management Study targets completion by June 26 with final recommendations by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holton
Virginia
Citizens’ Committee
A. E. ‘Dick Howard
University of Virginia Law School
James C. Wheat Jr
Richmond
Voting rights act debate centers on constitutional challenge
Representative Emanuel Celler of New York championed the Voting Rights Act package despite a conviction that a 15 year old provision is unconstitutional. In Wednesday's debate he reiterated misgivings yet urged passage to continue the act. Republican Richard H. Poff warned the Supreme Court faces a thorny dilemma depending on whether it sustains or rejects the provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Celler
T N.Y
Celler
Richard H. Poff
R-Va
Congress
Supreme Court
Supreme Court urged to reinstate Charlotte desegregation order
Civil rights lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a May 27 desegregation plan for Charlotte Mecklenburg that added about 13 000 elementary students to bused schools and to overturn the Fourth Circuit rule of reasonableness. The appeal warned the ruling could slow urban desegregation and urged a prompt decision if possible before summer recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Charlotte
N.C
U.S. Circuit Court
Richmond
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Circuit Court
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
James B. McMillan
4Th Circuit
Schoors
Mel Millan
Muust
McMillan
John Finger
Rhode Island College
Chars lade-Mecklenburg School
Sysem
Caliolina
Brown
Brown May Foundser
Benjamin
Harack
Senate Debates Cambodia Policy Amid Staffing and Funding Stalemate
Senate efforts to end delaying tactics on Cambodia policy faltered as a Domjinick amendment to raise the surplus military equipment limit failed 43 to 3. The Cooper Church amendment loomed, with Mansfield proposing night sessions to move money bills and debt ceiling actions by June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Cambodia
Senate
Peter Domjinick
R-Cole
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Dominick
Nixon
Cooper-Church
Mansfield
Smoking studies prompt debate on cancer links
The report notes no smoking machine or large animal model yet proves human cancer risks. It cites American Cancer Society beagle dog experiments, while the Tobacco Institute disputes direct parallels. It adds twin studies showing no clear higher heart disease death rate among smokers, and lists various implicated factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Tobacco Institute
Council
Night of violence as city endures curfew clashes
A gang of over ten youths attacked a delivery driver, stealing his truck, which was later found abandoned. In a Wednesday citywide flare, about 60 people were arrested for curfew violations. most released after dawn. The Brownsville PhNPay market faced raids by Agriculture agents who seized 3,000 pounds of meat, amid claims of spoiled goods and price gouging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adusk
Ph-N-Pay
Brownsville
State Department of Agriculture
People's Coalition
Fathers Day gifts span big and small luxuries across stores
Consumers sought practical and humorous Father’s Day presents from Hammacher Schlemmer Abere shavers and a Rexas sized receiver to Macy’s new men’s wig dept while others bought paint rollers. Retailers report mixed results with Abercrombie Fitch Hochschild Kohn citing slower sales though Times chain notes up to 15 percent gains in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Seattle
Laren
New York
Hammacher
Aberecrumble & Fitch
Father
Manhattan
Edith de Pasquale
The
Bronx
Macy’s
Abercrombie & Fitch
Hochschild Kohn
Baltimore
Titbe
Dallas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joh P. Sayior
R-Pa
DAR
Henry 4. Kissinger
Peter Wln- Wagan
Paul W. McCracken
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Hamburger
Field
Mass
International
Business Machines Corp
Bacon
Ipenny
Tom
Tam
Kichi Aichi
Wilam_P. Rogers
Kiichi Miyazawa
International Trade Industry
South
Claude Pepper
Bob
Frank J. Brasco
Dn.y
New York City
Ami
Military Regional Command Post
North Vietnam
Laos
Thieu
Britain
James C. ‘Turk
Radford
J.W. Dant
America
Thanks, Mr. Bourbon Lover
Tdistillers CO
Louisville, Kertucky
Telenis
High Court
Carolina
Smithfield
DIAL
Tunstall Road
Colonial
Ballou Park Center
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!