Offensive Rolls On In Laos
North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces push westward in east central Laos. Muong Soui and nearby defenses retreat toward Long Cheng as airstrips face troop movement limits. About 20 000 enemy troops threaten the Vientiane Luang Prabang highway intersection. Vang Pao contemplates reinforcement but airstrike constraints complicate action.
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Vientiane
Laos
Vang Pao
Long Cheng
Muong Soui
Plain of Jars
Vientiane-Luang Prabang
Supreme Court upholds pay TV authority nationwide
The Supreme Court 7-1 refuses theater owners appeal, upholding FCC power to license over-the-air pay TV. The ruling endorses FCC rules shaping pay TV, distinguishing it from cable, and finds no discrimination or free speech violation in the agency’s licensing authority.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
U.S
District of Columbia
National Association of Theater Owners
Abolished Poll Tax Affects Federal Elections
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution ended the poll tax in federal elections. It became law on January 23, 1964, as South Dakota joined as the 38th state to approve it.
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South Dakota
Humphrey heckled off stage at UMass lecture
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was jeered as about 250 demonstrators interrupted his foreign policy talk at the University of Massachusetts. He left after 15 minutes saying he could not deliver his speech and urged free discussion on university soil.
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Amherst
Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
University of Massachusetts
Chicago
Citadel of Ideas
Lord Jeffrey Inn
Governors' Meet On Busing Ends In Absence Of Quorum
A Southern Governors Conference session on school busing adjourned after 30 minutes with only six of nineteen governors present. Governor Lester Maddox of Georgia attended along with Mississippi’s Williams and Texas’ Preston Smith, while Mitchell Young urged sweeping anti busing and pro neighborhood school stances. No action was taken due to lack of a quorum.
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Washington
Southern Governors Conference
Mississippi
John Bell Williams
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Lester
Williams
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Govs. Williams, Rockefeller
Robert Scott
North Carolina
Robert ‘McNair
South Carolina
Preston Smith
Texas
Young
Supreme Court
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon
HEW
Robert H. Finch
James B. Allen
Rockefeller
Maddox
Colorado
John Love
National Governors Conference
Quints Born in New York At Columbia Presbyterian
Five infants born six weeks premature to Margaret Kienast of Far Hills New Jersey at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Arsene Eglis said the quints three girls and two boys arrived within ten minutes from 10:08 to 10:18 p.m. All five are doing as well as could be expected. The Kienasts have two older children and both had fertility treatment.
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New York
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New Jersey
Arsene Eglis
Margaret Kienast
Far Hills
N.J
Temple site rebuilt with Dome of the Rock mosque
The ancient Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B C. On the temple area now stands the Dome of the Rock mosque also called the Mosque of Omar reflecting a historic transformation.
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Solomon
Nebuchadnezzar
Omar
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MMA Central
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Sears, Roebuck and CO
S. Wrenn St
High Point
N.C
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