Judge Delays Decision in Selma Voting Rights Hearing
U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr postponed ruling after a five day hearing on the Selma to Montgomery march and police response. Maj John Cloud testified troopers used tear gas with no clear orders while civil rights lawyers prepare rebuttal witnesses for the possible injunction against the march.
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Rex Thomas H Feneral
Htt
Weber
Selma
Montgomery
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Ie Johnson
Maj
John Cloud
Cloud
Pyron
Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr
Gromyko In London For Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko arrived in London for four days of discussions. Britain backs a cease fire in Viet Nam followed by peace talks under President Johnson's terms, urging North Viet Nam to halt aid to the Viet Cong. Officials expect possible UN supervision at the North South Viet Nam border.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
Andrei A. Gromyko
Viet Nam
Johnson
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Ed — Asay Ag
South
United Nations
Surgeon allegedly amputated wrong body part in Charlotte suit
Mrs. Long files a $100000 claim in Mecklenburg County Court accusing Dr. L. McLeod of Norwood of carving her tonsils instead of her foot at Stanly County Memorial Hospital in Albemarle. She says Dr. D B Fox later operated on the foot. seeks $50,000 punitive and $50,000 actual damages.
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Fox
Resumption Of March Planned By Alabama Clergy
In Selma Alabama AP a church rally of about 300 heard a call to resume marches to keep the civil rights issue before the public The plan includes a march following a twilight memorial for a slain Boston minister Rev James J Reed.
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Philobamous
Selma
Ala
Senewe
Johnson
Bevel
Alabama
Montgomery
Boston
James J. Reed
Reeb
Arabs Protests Erupt Over West Germany Tunisian Relations
The Arab world erupted in protests today with chants praising President Nasser and denouncing Tunisian leader Bourguiba for criticism of Arab reprisals. Lebanese riot police guarded West German and Tunisian embassies as demonstrators moved toward embassies downtown Beirut. In Jerusalem factions split over a Knesset proposal to open full relations with the West, with Liberal supporters backing the plan and Herut and others opposing or abstaining.
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Beirut
Gamal Ali- Steins
Habib Bourguiba
Nasser
West Germany
Jerusalem
Ebete
Knesset
Israiel
Liberal
Herut
Mapam
Acduth Avodah Labor Party
Daylight Time and Biennial Assembly Bills Advance
In Raleigh the House Judiciary Committee approved a daylight saving time bill for summer months and backed a proposal to shift North Carolina to annual General Assembly sessions with an 80 day term. Also advancing were insurance measures requiring $10 000 single injury and $20 000 multiple injury coverage.
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Raleigh
Carolina
House
Jude Jary
Commi Ceusadeun Fea
Oe Ee
Henry Hill
Catawba
General Assembly
Bility Insurance
North Carolina
House Insurance Committee
U S Considers More Forces for South Vietnam
Washington reports policy makers weigh increasing American troops to bolster security and support for programs in South Vietnam. Gen Johnson indicates logistics units may be sent and a U S Army division could be deployed, with Maxwell D Taylor to confer in four weeks.
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Washington
U. S
South Vietnm
Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House
Johnson
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Viet Nam
United States
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Southeast Asia
Defense Dept Questions 75,000 Viet Cong Casualty Claim
The Defense Department said only part of General Johnson's estimate of 75,000 Communist deaths in South Vietnam was from verified reports. About 20,500 enemy dead are supported by actual counts for 1964 and 1965 while earlier figures rely on unauthenticated statistics from Vietnamese sources.
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Freds. Hoffman
Washington
Defense Department
Harold K. Johnson
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
U.S
Johnson
Penta
Johnson Seeks rapid action on voting rights bill
President Johnson urged quick congressional action to ensure equal voting rights for all. In a joint address he called for a simple uniform standard and urged lawmakers to work nights and weekends to pass the bill, citing Selma violence as a turning point.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Selma
Ala
Lexington
Concord
Appomattox
North
Mittee
House
Senate
Justice Department
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
Georgia
South Carolina
Alaska
Free Assembly
Ball warns U S not to retreat from world duties
Secretary of State Ball told a conference of non governmental organizations that the United States would err by retreating from global responsibilities. He argued the prewar European system cannot be rebuilt due to the Iron Curtain and the narrowing of the ocean, stressing shared economic and military interdependence and Western Europe's defense relying on American power.
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Ball
United States
France
Charles
de Gaulle
Europe
Ameri
Uni
Steel workers begin contract talks with U S Steel
Joint meeting opens as Steelworkers union expected to present demand package to U S Steel Corp the industry leader. Negotiations loom with a May strike deadline while other mills watch progress and plans unfold across major cities. Protests tied to the Feb 9 election are advancing through field hearings in Philadelphia Boston Buffalo Chicago Houston and San Francisco.
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International
Tell‘ers
Philadelphia
Boston
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Houston
San Francisco
David J. Meurer I. W. Abel
Wi Antrim
Tellers
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Pony
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Willis
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Shelby
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H. L. Schwartz
NIE
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Steel Junion
U.S. Steel Corp
Indus
Eae
Jones & Laughlin
National
Armsco
Estes
Sean Stepson
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