Rent Holding Law Backed By City Housing Panel
City Housing Rights Commission heard arguments on enforcing housing codes amid a housing shortage. Witnesses said nine owners were arrested since January for code abuse, while officials noted prior arrests were not always recorded. The discussion covered a new tenant selection plan and a first come, first served system, with Sharp saying enforcement is possible but could leave tenants without housing.
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Agran
Sharp
James Sharp
HRC
Wey Awepeee Sharp
Bishops Endorse Pope Paul and Birth Control Encyclical
U S Catholic bishops urged Catholics to follow Pope Paul VI's birth control encyclical, stressing the sacredness of Christian marriage and the duty to form consciences in its light. Archbishop Dearden said the statement was read and approved by nearly all bishops, while Archbishop Cody called the papal teaching a clear faith message about life and human dignity.
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Washington
U.S
Paul VI
Paul
John F. Dearden
Detroit
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
John Cardinal Cody
Chicago
Cody
Holy Father
Universal Church
United States
Ten-year-old boy found after 15 hours missing near Downey
Ricky Beecher, a 10 year old who had just moved from Brooklyn to Downey, rode a bike eight miles from home before becoming lost for fifteen hours. A security officer found him and alerted police. the boy said he had searched for a policeman but could not find one.
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Downey
Calif
Ricky Beecher
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
DVRPC Approves Sewers Expansion for Delaware Valley
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission approves a 92.7 million sewer system expansion and a 250000 alteration to Media plant. Middletown sewer project receives 168100 state grant with about 2.5 million local share. Media Authority seeks 175000 federal grant and 60670 state funds for plant upgrades. A separate 1.1 million commuter study for New Jersey is postponed for committee review. DRPA seeks 738000 federal support to extend the high speed line from Philadelphia to Lindenwold.
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Media
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Ridley Creek
Media Municipal (Sewer) Authority
New Jersey
Delaware River Port Authority
Philadelphia
Lindenwold
N.J
Port Authority
Syrians Form New Moderate Leftist Cabinet
In Damascus, President Ahmed Hassan el Bakr unveils a 26 member cabinet with himself as premier and commander of the armed forces. The move ousts Abdul Razzak el Naef after 13 days, reappoints 10 of Naef’s ministers, and names Gen. Hardan Takrili as deputy premier and defense minister as war effort taxes are cut following the 1967 war.
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Damascus
Syria
Traqi
Ahmed Hassan el Bakr
Abdul Razzak el Naef
Naef
Hardan Takrili
Bakr
Revolutionary Council
Israel
Elizabeth Taylor Walks After Partial Hysterectomy
Elizabeth Taylor was reported up and walking today in London, one day after a partial hysterectomy.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Judge Dismisses Anti-Vietnam Suit in Kansas Court
In Topeka, a U S district judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging U S military action in Vietnam. Judge George Templar ruled plaintiff Lawrence R Veigel a University of Kansas law professor lacked standing and the case posed a political question not subject to judicial action. The suit named President Johnson Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford as defendants.
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Kan
U.S
Vietnam
George Templar
Lawrence R. Veiglel
University of Kansas Law
United States
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Clark Clifford
Velvet
Congress
Delaware County roving registrars set for several towns
Roving registrars will be in East Lansdowne Ridley Township and Upper Darby from 2 to 5 pm Friday to register new voters for the general election November 5. They will sit at East Lansdowne Borough Hall Amosland Elementary School Amosland Road Ridley Township and Bazaar of Al Nations Upper Darby.
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Delaware County
East Lansdowne
Ridley Township
Upper Darby
East Lansdowne Borough
Amosland Elementary
Amosland Road
Bazaar of al Nations
Middle-Class Black Aims Amid Racial Tension and Hope
A Chicago area discussion explores how education housing and jobs shape acceptance for middle-class Black families. Teachers and leaders argue hate exists in all races but progress hinges on white attitude change and broader community leadership while younger voices push for immediate gains and pride.
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Lincoln School
Father Holder
Miss Palm
Racial balance dispute over Harrisburg district persists
A lengthy battle over desegregation in a Pennsylvania school district spanned federal and state actions from 1964 to the late 1960s. A federal HRC order forced integration, with court rulings aligning and then reversing authority. The district plans three community schools for grades five and six, while negotiations continue on junior high and elementary sections.
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U.S. Office of Education
Branche
Education Office
HEW
Commonwealth
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
HRC
State Supreme Court
Pen
Commission
Fire Bombs Hit Seattle and Michigan City Racial Disorders
At least three nights of unrest erupt in Seattle's Negro district with rock throwing and arson. Police report 66 arrests in Seattle amid isolated gunfire. In Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, fire bombs struck buildings and vehicles. a 24 year old was arrested in Kalamazoo after a fire bomb targeted a guitar factory wall.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
Mich
Auilding
Poverty Unit Funds Cut After Senate Controversy
Washington AP The antipoverty program to rehab Chicago street groups was cut off as federal dollars dried up amid a Senate probe into sex and drugs. The Office of Economic Opportunity rejected extending the remaining $927,090 project staff, threatening the fate of a separate $1 million grant. The hearings cited stored weapons and sex and narcotics parties at training centers linked to gang members of the Blackstone Rangers and Devil's Disciples. Three staff remained until Wednesday after the program halted in May.
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Washington
Chicago
Senate
Office of Economic Opportunity
Blackstone Rangers
The
Devil's Disciples
Weather Wrapup and Tide Tables for Today
Today's high reaches 88 with a low of 65 and 42.48 tide readings at tidewater terminal pier. Sunrise 5:59 a.m. and sunset 6:24 p.m. High Friday expected at 86 with scattered clouds and a 24 hour precipitation trace. Moon sets around 11:57 p.m. and 1:42 p.m. the next day.
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Chester
Tidewater Terminal
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