Alabama Gov Wallace Signs Defiant School Law
Gov George Wallace signed a bill defying federal school integration guidelines in Alabama. The measure prohibits board signatories from complying with federal rules while authorizing state funds to reimburse districts for some lost federal funding. A commission was set up to administer the act and assist boards that cede authority to the state.
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Ala
Montgomery
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Alton Turner
Crenshaw County
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Labor Day weekend traffic tolls rise amid safety pleas
A three day Labor Day period this year may bring a record number of highway deaths with figures near 500 to 600. The National Safety Council urged drivers to avoid alcohol, while President Johnson urged responsible driving. Chicago motorists received tips from the Chicago Motor Club emphasizing rest, sobriety, regulations, and vehicle checks.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Borg-Warner Science Hall
Chicago
Borg-Warner
Aud
Johnson
Congress
Council
Chicago Motor Club
Draft movement grows as U Thant weighs term extension
U N diplomats focus on drafting U Thant for another term as secretary general. A note from U S Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg urged him to reconsider, signaling support for a limited second term. Thant has not commented and is reportedly on vacation. Diplomatic talks continue among Jordan, Nigeria, Uganda, Britain, France, and the Soviet bloc remains unsure.
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U Thant
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Thant
Goldberg
United States
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Jordan
Nigeria
Ma- 4
Uganda
Muhammad H. el-Farra
J. T. F. Tyalla
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Soviet Bloc
Kidnap Scene at Shopping Center Parking Lot
A suspect using a public safety device ordered two men from a car owned by Smith. He forced Smith to drive himself, Ferrari, and Rodriguez to the Benedict Motel in Linden. Rodriguez was sent to register as a guest while the others waited. The suspect threatened Rodriguez and then drove off with the two men toward New York along Rt. 1, about 20 miles northeast of Linden.
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Smith
Ferrari
Rodrguez
Benedict
Linden
Rodriguez
Rt. 1
New York
March Open Housing Plan Triggers Cicero Guard Deployment
Chicago civil leaders push a broad open housing plan as seven National Guard units from Chicago and one from Joliet are activated for Cicero amid a planned march. Cicero officials and town attorney Christy Berkos urged residents to stay home for safety, while Berkos warned Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members would be arrested on sight.
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Kerner
Joliet
Sincerly
Christy Berkos
Cicero
Berkos
16Th
25Th Street
Laramie
Berkes
Ku Klux Klan
Erika Himmler
Midwest
American Nazi Party
Frank Ditto
Oakland Committee
Cook County
National
Poverty Tracts Highlight Job Gap for Negroes and Teens
A labor official warns unemployment in poverty tracts, areas with low education and income, is 7.5 percent for the labor force, rising to 9.4 percent among Negroes there. Teen unemployment is 31 percent for males and 46 percent for females. An extra 250,000 jobs would be needed to reach white-area levels. Many men 25 to 55 in these tracts are not seeking work, often due to health, discouragement, or apathy.
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Ross
U.S
Russian spy Revin targeted Washington area for data
Expulsion surveillance reveals a network of signals dropped in rural spots around Washington. The Russian operative Revin used phone directory marks to cue info pickup and sought moon shot secrets and details on Defense Department scientists and USS missiles. He resided in Suburban Maryland with his wife and child after arriving as an exchange student in 1958.
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Revin
Informaton
FBI
College Park
Mad
Defense Department
USS
Silver Spring
United States
University of California
Berkeley
New York City
Howard McGrath Dies Former U.S. Attorney General
Howard McGrath 62 a Rhode Island native and Democrat who directed the 1948 Truman campaign and later served as U.S. attorney general and senator died of a heart attack. He chaired the DNC during Truman’s upset win and resigned as attorney general in 1952 after a dispute with a government investigator. Truman called him a trusted colleague and friend. Funeral services are planned in Providence with a wake at Monahan Funeral Home and a Mass at St Sebastian's Church followed by burial at St Francis Cemetery.
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R.I
U.S. Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Harry S. Truman
McGrath
Rhode Island
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Senate
Newbold Morris
Morris
Providence
Washington
Howard McGrath
William H. Vanderbilt
Joan H. Chafee
Chafee
U.S
U.S. Senate
Estelle
Ida McGrath
Davids
T.F. Monahan & Son
St. Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church
St. Francis Cemetery
Coral Gables Fire Forces Evacuation of 350
A Coral Gables blaze in the heart of the business district forced 350 people from the Southern Bell Telephone office. The fire spread from a former music store and a play house across a vacant and a parking lot toward the telephone building, damaging the music store, and sending windows from the heat. Five fire units battled for about two hours to bring the flames under control. The cause was undetermined.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Phone Company
Telephone Company
Dayton Braces After Rioting Fears Subside
Mayor Hall said the city did not call up the guard too soon as violence subsided after Mitchell's death news. Police and guardsmen stayed organized with only minor problems. Three Negro civil rights leaders were arrested for incitement to riot and released on recognizance. Major plants on the West Side ran normally with some absenteeism. thousands passed through the riot area without incident. State liquor stores and voluntary closures reopened as Monday Johnson visit plans solidified for a speech at the fairgrounds.
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Mitchell
St. Elizabeth ‘Hospital
Herbert i Starick
Johnson
White House
Fairgrounds
Viet Nam air rescue mission leads to missing pilots
A Skyraider and its pilot were reported missing after providing cover during a rescue attempt for a Starfighter pilot. Simultaneously, heavy U S bombing by B 52 jets struck Viet Cong targets 35 miles southeast of Saigon as 536 battles occurred in 24 hours. The 1st Infantry Division wrapped up a 10 day sweep named Operation Amarillo 28 miles north of Saigon, with 171 Viet Cong reported killed and 102 bodies recovered. Viet Cong mine attacks near Saigon killed 12 and wounded 10, while another blast near a voting office injured eight. LT. Gen. Thieu issued a death penalty for election sabotage. Navy commander Tran Van Phan was dismissed for failing to protect shipping lanes, replaced by Nguyen Van Anh. The junta’s shakeups are not expected to spark wider political upheaval.
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Guam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
National Constituent Assembly
Nguyen van Thieu
South Viet Nam
Tran van Phan
Nguyen van Anh
U.S
Phan
Lthe
Houyen Chanh Thi
Stepped-Up Attacks Signal Red Effort To Disrupt Viet Elections
In Saigon area a torrent of stepped-up terrorist attacks and a clandestine radio threat marked a concentrated Communist bid to disrupt the September 11 election. A government decree threatens life imprisonment for sabotaging the vote. The Viet Cong praised by a radio call them a divine sword while attacking a civilian bus, a village election office, and threatening voters. Campaigns languish as many await future contests and the assembly’s limited power.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lsted
Crash silences Blue Angels at Malton show amid strong wind
The Blue Angels aircraft team suffered a fatal crash near Malton International Airport as a Hercules rescue mock failed. Eyewitness Clarence Kemp described a wingtip strike with water and a breakwall near 6 p.m. The crash prompted a Navy-DOT inquiry led by Allan Fry. Lt Michael Van Ort had died in a Pensacola practice last December.
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Cmdr
Robert Aumack
I U.S. Navy
Malton International Airport
Blue Angels
U.S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Kemp
Allan Fry
Department of Transport
DOT
U.S. Navy
Blue Angel
Michael van Ort
Roup
Reuther criticizes auto price hikes for safety gear
Reuther urged the Senate to probe exact costs of safety equipment after claims of 1966 price gouging. He cited GM as leading price increases for 1967 models and noted safety items costing 56 dollars were offered as extras at 50 dollar price rises. He argued the industry could absorb safety costs without raising prices.
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Reuther
Ribicoff
Senate
General Motors
Man Arrested In Slaying Of Two Women
In Boston a 22 year old man was arrested Friday night in connection with the slaying of two widows, a mother and daughter, found beaten to death in their apartment. Victims Mrs Minne Sperling, 93, and Mrs Molly Jacobs, 72, lived quietly together. The attacker ransacked the home looking for money, with about $3,000 still in a bureau drawer. The suspect was arrested in a downtown bar and faces charges after questioning.
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Boston
John J. Donovan
Richard Ford
Suffolk County
Minne Sperling
Molly Jacobs
Haskell Kennedy
Amead
Pilots Eye Strike as Talks With Association Stalls
Hamp ton Roads longshoremen leader David Alston said the contract forbids crossing a legal picket line and hopes a strike can be avoided. The SIU won a National Labor Relations Board election to represent the pilot vessel crew and pressed for talks, while the pilot association claims NLRB overstepped. Attorneys discussed appeals and hoped to preserve the status quo until Circuit Court action next week.
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David Alston
Hampton Roads
Alston
SIU
National Labor Relations Board
Pilot Association
NLRB
IWPA
Shawe
iCharles B. Heyman
Heyman
Spencer
Norfolk
Newport News Daily Press
Canada rail walkout ends delay, many back at work
About 3000 Canadian National workers in Edmonton Alberta kept picket lines awaiting a call from the national union to return. In Moose Jaw 500 Ontario workers voted to end their strike while dissidence spread in Montreal and Winnipeg. Parliament passed a back to work bill with a guaranteed wage increase and negotiations continue with a mediator. Test trains moved along and passenger service began to resume across CN and CP lines.
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Canadian National
Edmonton
Alberta
Moosejaw
Saskatchewan
Montreal
Winnipeg
Lester B. Pearson
jCanada
H. D. Woods
McGill University
Industrial Relations Center
Pearson
John Nichol‘son
Carl Goldenberg
Goldenberg
Canadian Pacific
Canadian ‘National
Prince Edward Island
New Bruns Swick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Canadian National Yard
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