Negroes line up for voter tests in Selma and Camden
In Selma and Camden Alabama, about 60 Negroes queued at Dallas County Court House and 25 at Camden to take voter tests as the 17th week of a regional drive begins. Leaders urge continued registration of qualified Negroes ahead of upcoming elections.
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Selma
Ala
Camden
Wilcox County
Ei. Si
Alabama
Dallas County
al Wall
The
Wile
Montgomery
County Voters League
F.D. Reese
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Washington
Congress
Morganton
N.C
Farm bill shifts costs to consumers in food price rise
The Johnson administration proposed a farm bill to cut federal farm spending by over 200 million dollars a year. Consumers would face higher prices for bread, flour, baked goods, and rice by about 300 million dollars annually. The plan changes wheat subsidies, rice supports, and cropland reduction to fund farm income gains.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
Congress
Farm bill would cost over three billion yearly
The proposed farm measure includes a two year extension of feed grains and a four year wool stabilization program, a modified rice support plan, cropland retirement with rental payments, and authority for acreage transfers. It omits cotton and emergency food reserve plans pending agreement. Wheat would be supported at about parity $2.50 for domestic use.
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Johnson
Losses Embarrass Officials in North Vietnamese Sky
U S officials faced embarrassment after the Air Force lost two F105s to Communist MIGs in the first air combat since Korea. The incident near Hanoi involved six MIGs and raised questions of air superiority as Pentagon statements emphasized damage to bridges used by North Vietnamese forces.
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Washington
U. S
Hanoi
McConnell
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Defense Department
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Laos
Highway gulls prompt shell sweep plan on Outer Banks
On Hatteras Island sea gulls drop scallops on North Carolina 12 causing flats for tourists. The Highway Department spends 3000 dollars monthly to sweep shells and painted gulls mark the road to deter further drops. A test near Avon shows limited shells, with one landing on a painted gull.
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Avon
N. C
Hatteras Island
N.C. 12
Hatteras
North Carolina
Highway Department
Ceee Ace
Sree Soeepe Waeasanton Sige
Sixty six U S Planes Hit Targets In North Viet Nam
Sixty six U S Navy and Air Force planes attacked targets in North Viet Nam. The raid from the carrier Coral Sea hit the Vinh Linh early warning radar installation with 25 tons of bombs. A second flight blew up a train and left equipment in flames along Routes 7 and 8.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Air Force P
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Navy
Coral Sea
Vinh Linh
17Th Parallel
Skyhawk
U.S. Air Force
Supreme Court Rules Colgate Palmolive Deceptive Ads
The Supreme Court upheld a Federal Trade Commission order against Colgate Palmolive for TV commercials using a mock sandpaper test for Palmolive shave cream. Chief Justice Warren led the decision, with Justice Harlan partly dissenting. The ruling supported broad FTC power to curb similar future deceptive practices.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Earl Warren
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Warren
Federal Trade Commission
Colgate
Commission
Harlan
Stewart
Two Men Seized On Spy Charge
FBI agents arrested Army Sgt. Robert Lee Johnson and co conspirator Ourjoumov on charges of selling U S defense secrets to the Soviet Union. Johnson, a Pentagon courier from Alexandria Virginia, vanished Oct. to Nov. last year after taking money and a new car and is accused of delivering site photos to the USSR via Mintkenbaugh. Johnson was court martialed for AWOL and is claimed to have spied while stationed in Berlin in 1953 and at a Nike missile site in California between 1957 and 1958.
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Washington
FBI
Pentagon
U.S
Soviet Union
Army
Robert Lee Johnson
Alexandria
Ourjoumov
United States
Ourjomov
Paris
Johnson
Berlin
Mintkenbaugh
Mint
California
Richmond
Reno
Armed Forces
Cancers Savage Cell Is Challenge To Us All
In seven minutes readers learn how cancer will affect 12 Americans with four deaths six new diagnoses and two five year survivors. The piece argues delays in seeking care harm outcomes and urges prompt diagnosis by specialists and top treatment centers.
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Savage
Pat McGrady
United States
Johnson May Plan Viet Nam Speech at Unknown Time
White House said President Johnson may address the general Viet Nam situation with details to come. He discussed the issue with Secretary Rusk, Secretary McNamara, and McGeorge Bundy after a 17 nation nonaligned message.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
George E. Reedy
Reedy
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorg
Supreme Court extends Sixth Amendment right to state trials
Justice Hugo L. Black delivered a unanimous decision extending the defendants right to confront witnesses against him to state criminal trials. He ruled the Sixth Amendment right is fundamental and made obligatory on the states by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Russia and China Sparingly Involved in Vietnam War
AP dispatch from Malcolm W. Browne reports Saigon officials believe Soviet and Chinese Communists have limited participation in the Vietnam War. North Vietnamese MIGs scored a notable success against U S Air Force F105s, while weather and tactics have kept engagements small and local.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Air Force
U.S
Iaid
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Brown
N. Viet Nam
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American Cancer Society
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