Inspection Approval Is Urged
Representatives from 14 statewide organizations plus two county agencies and former leaders urged the General Assembly to approve a motor vehicle inspection bill at a public hearing called by the House Highway Safety Committee. Opposing letter came from a Greenville resident. bill supporters cited safety and accident reductions.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Greenville
House Highway Safety Committee
Senate Highway Safety and Judiciary Committees
North Carolina Traffic Safety Council
State Legislative Council
State Pta
North
Tom Watkins
North Carolina Motor Club
North Carolina
House Committee
GM Profits Set Record For Period
Detroit based GM reports the largest first quarter profit by any firm and a new quarterly high. Ford follows with 208.8 million in record first quarter earnings while Chrysler and American Motors also post results. GM employment averages 737,963 with payrolls near 1.3 billion.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
U.S
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
American Motors
Smaal Ae
Donner
Catdia
Came
United States
Marines Land as 100 More Marines Arrive in Dominican Republic
U S Marines land to protect Americans amid fierce fighting in Santo Domingo. About 400 Leathernecks arrive by helicopter and 100 from a naval force, with evacuations continuing. U S officials say the mission is to protect nationals and not take sides while the OAS holds an emergency session.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
U.S
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Caribbean
Washington
Johnson
Council of the Organization of American States
OAS
Trujillo
W. Tapley Bennett
Juan Bosch
Donald Reid Cabral
Australia to send infantry battalion to South Vietnam
Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies announced in Canberra that Australia will provide an infantry battalion of up to 800 army troops for combat duty with U S and South Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam. Defense Minister declined to state departure timing or deployment location.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert Menzies
House of of Representatives
South Viet Nam
Robert
Defense
Shane Partridge
U.S
Jim Ryan Retires as SFMA Executive and News of Succession
Jim Ryan retires as executive vice president of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association after a long career since 1912 and will serve as executive consulting director for life. Robert A. Spelman, 45, will take over as SFMA president on June 1, moving from Washington where he led the Office Furniture Manufacturers Institute.
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James T. Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Ryan
SFMA
Robert A. Spelman
Office Furniture Manufacturers Institute
Washington
Life
South
New York
Lever Bros
Wood Office Furniture Institute
The
South Vietnamese push to trap Viet Cong in delta
In Kien Hoa Province a force of over 1 000 South Vietnamese troops launched a sea and air assault to crush a key Viet Cong unit. Government claims say 86 guerrillas killed and 34 captured in the opening phase. U S helicopter pilots reported about 60 Viet Cong trying to swim the estuary and machine-gunned them. American deaths total 353 since 1961 with two more killed in another delta engagement.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
South China Sea
Kien Hoa
U.S
Viet Nam
Thanh Phu
Vacationing Professor Aids Blind in Baja California
Stanford surgeon Dr. Frank C. Winter spent six visits in a Baja California village performing cataract operations for a 9 year old blind in one eye and a cornea transplant later funded by locals. He joined Oscar Optical Co. in Palo Alto and noted general practitioners there lacked eye surgery training.
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Stanford
Calif
Frank C. Winter
Baja California
Mexico
Marlin
Stanford Medical School
Winter
United States
Baja
Aye Bank
Palo Alto
Dr. Winter
Satellite Beacon Explorer-C Aims Global Earth Study
A 132 pound Beacon Explorer-C satellite was launched from Wallops Island at 9 17 a m atop a 72 foot rocket. It reached a good orbit about 90 minutes after liftoff with telemetry normal and power steady. Tracking stations in Johannesburg and Woomera reported data as the craft completes a near two hour orbit.
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Wallops Island
Space Research Center
Earth
Astronauts Plan To Open Airlock On Next Gemini Flight
Project Gemini crews said they may open their helmets and vent air in space but will not exit the craft. McDivitt White long with Borman Lovell spoke at a news conference ahead of GT4. The four day mission aims for 63 orbits launching from Cape Kennedy and landing near Grand Turk Island in 98 hours.
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Vern Haugland
James A. Lovell Jr
Gemini
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
Integration Target Date Set for Public School Desegregation
The federal government set fall 1967 as the target date for desegregation of all grades in public schools to qualify for federal aid. Guidelines require a substantial good faith start in 1965-66 with desegregation of at least four grades and faculty integration, with exceptions possible in special cases. Francis Keppel announced the official guidelines amid many requests for guidance.
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Washington
Office of Education
Commissioner of Education
Francis Keppel
Economist And Wife Found Dead In North Carolina Home
Dr Virgil Jordan 73 and his wife 74 were found dead in separate bedrooms of their two story brick residence in Southern Pines North Carolina A nurse found the bodies The coroner said Jordan was shot in the mouth and a pistol lay on his chest Mrs Jordan fully clothed with a plastic bag over her head A note in Mrs Jordan handwriting was found beside Jordan s bed Pending investigation no ruling yet Coroner Carpenter noted Dr Jordan held MD and PhD and was chairman of the Industrial Advisory Committee See ECONOMIST Page 2A
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Southern Pines
N. C
Virgil Jordan
W. K. Carpenter
Jordan
Major Northwest Quake Causes Widespread Damage
A powerful quake at 8 29 a m rattled the Pacific Northwest from Coos Bay to Idaho, killing at least two and injuring many. Seattle reported brick facades collapsing while bridges and power lines were damaged across cities. Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric facilities were affected as lawmakers evacuated Olympia and the legislature halted amid the tremor. The epicenter and magnitude placed the event on a Richter scale above 7, with widespread structural damage and ongoing postquake normalizing efforts.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington
Daniel J. Evans
Capital
Capital Complex
House
Senate
Tacoma
Pacific Avenue
Tacoma Narrows
Ing Gertie
Puget Sound
Spokane Street
J. D Braman
Coos Bay
Oregon Coast
British Columbia
Idaho
Fleming Faces Possible Extradition In California Warrant
James Allen Fleming 32 and his wife appear at arraignment in Chandler Oklahoma on a California warrant accusing him of escaping from a penitentiary two years ago. Fleming had changed his name, married, and worked as an automobile salesman in Chandler.
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James Allen Fleming
Chandler
Okla
California
Fleming
Exposed fugitive Jim Fleming trapped by loyalty in Chandler
Jim Fleming, escapee from Folsom State Prison, has become the center of a local effort to keep him from returning to California. Friends and a surprised wife resist California's bid for his return, while Fleming pleads for leniency and a chance at life in Oklahoma.
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Chandler
Okla
Jim Fleming
California
Fleming
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Folsom State
L. P. Fleming
Lee Anne
Orr
West Virginia
Folsom
Nevada
Idaho
Canada
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Jim Miller
Chandler Dents
Rawing
Auovieming
George Totten
Curtis Walker
Henry Bellmon
To Bee
Bellmon
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Jim Ryan
Spelman
Rera
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