Supreme Court Rules New York Dismissal Laws Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, struck down New York laws that allowed dismissal of state teachers for Communist party membership and for uttering treasonable or seditious words in public schools. Justice Brennan led the majority, saying the provisions were vague and improperly intruded on belief expression while allowing limited government interest to be narrowly pursued.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Communist Party
High Court
Brennan
U.S
Reeds
Ho Extends Conditional Invitation For Talks
President Ho Chi Minh invited President Johnson to Hanoi for peace talks only after American troops withdraw and bombing ends, according to Rabbi Abraham Feinberg. Feinberg said Ho’s terms require Johnson to come without military personnel or weapons. The White House said no direct communication had been received.
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London
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Johnson
Hanoi
Abraham Feinberg
Toronto
President Johnson
Indochina
Washington
White House
American Guests Taken As Hostages In Nicaragua Conflict
Rebels holed up in the Gran Hotel hold 20 American guests as troops surround the building after rioting. Twelve killed, 30+ wounded in clashes between tank units and demonstrators. Embassy says hostages are tourists and businessmen, all safe. President Guerrero reported elsewhere as violence spreads.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Gran Hotel
Tel
Johnson asks Congress to boost Social Security 15 to 59 percent
President Johnson urged Congress to raise Social Security benefits by 15 percent for most and 59 percent in the lowest bracket, guaranteeing at least 70 dollars a month for individuals and 150 dollars for couples. He also proposed higher taxable earnings after 1969 and revised tax rates for workers and employers. The plan would lift the annual earnings base to 7800 next year and 10800 by 1974, with gradual benefit escalators tied to earnings.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Johnson proposes Social Security increases and tax hikes
President Johnson calls for raising minimum Social Security benefits to at least 100 dollars a month for individuals with 25 years of coverage and 150 dollars for couples, plus 2.5 million beneficiaries gain higher minimums. He also seeks to boost disabled Medicare coverage and restrict age discrimination while urging states to raise welfare cash payments and adopt work incentives.
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Johnson
Gardner proposes NC Republican coordinating committee
Rep James Gardner proposes a statewide GOP coordinating committee to draft a 1968 platform. The panel would include business leaders farmers educators and professionals to study state issues and develop policy on education finance taxation economics agriculture and natural resources.
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Rob Wood
Associated Press
Raleigh
James Gardner
R-N.c
North Carolina
Republican Coordinating Committee
Gardner
GOP
Cedar Falls drives deep into Viet Cong stronghold
Operation Cedar Falls enters its third week with 25 000 to 30 000 U S and South Vietnamese troops striking the iron triangle 20 to 30 miles north of Saigon. Officials report 1219 enemy killed or captured and a record 3560 tons of VC rice seized. Lt Gen Jonathan C Seaman says the logistics complex is largely destroyed and U S forces plan to withdraw from the 60 square mile area.
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Saigon
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
U.S
Ilan
Jonathan C. Seaman
Seaman
Majority favors federal health plan similar to Medicare
Harris survey shows 37 percent of American families have members needing regular medical care and 7 million face financial barriers. The anxious group skews older and low income, while most families report the breadwinner is the chronically ill. See MAJORITY on Page 2A.
Kennedy sources dispute first chapter of Johnson violence portrayal
A Kennedy family source says the book The Death of a President dropped its first chapter for depicting Lyndon B. Johnson as a violent man who enjoyed hunting and pressuring others to kill. The claim follows William Manchester’s charge that Robert F. Kennedy sought to edit the work for political reasons.
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New York
Kennedy
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
William Manchester
Robert F. Kennedy
Manchester
Texas
LBJ
Hamburg court allows Stern serialization of The Death of a President
A Hamburg civil court ruled Stern may continue to publish the unabridged serial of William Manchester's The Death of a President about the Kennedy assassination. Look magazine had sued to block the刊 release arguing an unauthorized version existed. the case followed disputes over changes Kennedy family demanded in New York.
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Hamburg
Germany
Stern
William Manchester
Look Magazine
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
New York
Look
Manchester
Inside Red China over Mao’s Power Struggles and Hai Jui
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan traces the 1959 Hai Jui essay and the later Hai Jui’s Dismissal play as symbols of the struggle that weakened Mao Tse tung. It links Peng Teh huai’s purge, Liu Shao chi’s opposition, and the 1958 leap forward to party dynamics in Beijing.
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William L. Ryan
Mao Tsetung
China
C.Y. Cheng
University of Michigan Department of Chinese Studies
Tual
Hai Jui
Peng Teh-huai
Mao
Peng
Liu Shao-chi
Peking
Liu
Red Guards Wall
Cheng
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Stalin
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Earl Warren
Hugo L. Black
William C. Douglas
Abe Fortas
Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Fernando Aguero
Anastasio Samoza
Conservative Party
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Aguero
Lorenzo Guerrero
Leon
State of the Union
Republican Committee
By Robert Tuckman
The
Harris Survey
Medicare
By Louis Harris
Great Society
Viet
Nam
Harris
Ilies
Ness
Magazine
Red
Wu Han
Peng Chen
Mao Tse-Tung
Lin Piaq
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