Protests and education plans stir local questions
Readers inquire about a morale booster plan involving topless dancers for Vietnam and if protests can stop it. The answer points to public pressure through the House Armed Services Committee and Rep L Mendel Rivers. Other questions cover a new high school timeline and a fire dept chaplain appointment. Also notes on coffee queries and Sgt Hunt's replacement.
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Vietnam
A.M.W. A
House Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D-Sc
Saigon
House
Washington, D. C
Enterprise
Woodrow Robbins
High Point
The
Coffee Brewing Centre
Wall St
New York
N. Y
Reviewing Assigned Risk Status and Boat Safety Advice
An article explains how to appeal assigned risk status for auto insurance, noting six week processing and potential non accident factors like credit or age. It also covers boat safety and pricing for small aluminum craft, and outlines driver training options for under and over 18 with local licensing guidance.
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Rogers Ins. Co
C. D. Sheppard
Changes Planned Senate Approves Brown Bag Bill
The North Carolina Senate tentatively approved a liquor brown bag bill allowing possession and transport of tax paid liquor up to one gallon in wet or dry counties. Senate committee amendments and possible Friday final reading were noted as members signaled potential further changes.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
House
Reprimands, pay docked for three pilots in Lang Vei raid
A U S Air Force court found three pilots at fault for the Lang Vei bombing in Vietnam. They were reprimanded and grounded while a fourth pilot was cleared. Navigation errors caused the strike that killed 105 Montagnards and wounded many. the pilots based in Thailand will face a flying evaluation board next week.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
7Th Air Force Board of
Lang Vei
South Vietnam
Board of Inquiry
Air Force
Thailand
Johnson favors shirtsleeve diplomacy at Western Hemisphere summit
President Johnson pursues informal, private talks with 10 summit colleagues in Uruguay and Brazil as formal sessions open. Rostow says these sessions avoid decisive outcomes but produce follow up notes. Key issues include sugar quotas for the Dominican Republic, coffee and textiles from Colombia, oil from Venezuela, screwworm aid for Mexico, and U.S. capital for Trinidad and Tobago.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Johnson
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Brazil
Fez Johnson
White House
U.S
Walt W. Rostow
Rostow
Washington
Dominican Republic
Colombia
United States
Venezuela
Mexico
Trinidad and Tobago
California executes Mitchell in first post four-year death
Aaron C. Mitchell, 37, Black suspect and Sacramento policeman killer, died in the gas chamber at San Quentin at 10 16 a.m. PST after accepting death by cyanide. Crowds opposed capital punishment gathered nearby and church bells tolled as legal moves to halt the execution failed.
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Claude Burgett
San Quentin
Calif
Aaron C. Mitchell
Sacramento
California
Jesus Christ
Mitchell
Samuel Callier
Faith Temple Church of Deliverance
Ronald Reagan
Episcopal
C. Kilmer Myers
Diocese of California
Grace
San Francisco
Workers Must Ratify Contract
Washington AP reports a three year contract ending a national trucking lockout with an estimated 50 cent hourly wage rise. About 450000 workers in 12000 firms must ratify. TEI President Gordon and Teamsters officials urged return to work as Chicago faced shortages and panic buying receded.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Trucking Employers Inc
M. M. Gordon
TEI
TBI
Johnson
Gordon
William E. Simkin
Walter Maggiolo
Gilbert Seldin
Chicago
Red Chinese musician escapes to seek asylum in U S
Washington AP reports a top Red China musician has escaped the country and received asylum in the United States, according to the State Department.
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Washington
Red China
United States
State Department
Auto Workers To Be Recalled After Shortage Shutdown
The nation’s auto industry maps recall plans for thousands of workers laid off due to parts shortages from trucking shutdowns. A tentative contract between the Teamsters Union and the trucking industry in Washington came too late to prevent further Ford layoffs. Ford planned to idle about 15,000 workers, while GM and Chrysler considered when 7,650 laid-off employees might return.
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Detroit
Teamsters Union
Washington
Ford Motor Co
Ford
General Motors Corp
Chrysler
Powell Wins Harlem Victory as Powell Faces Seating Fight
Adam Clayton Powell won a landslide 86 percent margin in Harlem with 27,900 votes to 4,091 for Lucille Pickett Williams and 427 for Ervin Yearling. The House faces whether to seat the 22 year veteran amid calls that his exclusion was racially motivated. Speaker McCormack said no decision until motions are filed when Powell returns.
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NEW York
House of Representatives
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Gulf Stream
Bimini Island
Lucille Pickett Williams
Adam
Powell
Williams
Ervin F. Yearling
House
Congress
L. Joseph Overton
Overton
18Th Congressional District
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
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