Clergymen Rally in Capital for Civil Rights Bill
Clergy from 41 states and the District of Columbia gathered in Washington for a silent procession and personal appeals to senators to speed passage of the civil rights bill. The event, led by Very Rev Francis B Sayre, included prayers, a briefing, and a march to the Capitol as Senate debates continued.
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Capitol Hill
Senate
Francis B. Sayre
Episcopal Washington Cathedral
Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Capitol
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Commission On Religion and Race
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Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Thomas H. Kuchel
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Humphrey
Steve Horn
Kuchel
Supreme Court
Supreme Court School
Attacks on Cuba Hinted by exile leaders in Miami
Miami refugees hint possible exile raids on Communist Cuba around May 19 and May 20 the Cuban independence anniversary. Manuel Ray leader of one action group promises to be fighting on Cuban soil before May 20. Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo another guerrilla leader may join in action on May 19. Ray reportedly left Puerto Rico recently while in hiding.
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Cuba
Manuel Ray
Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo
Jose Marti
Gutierrez Menoyo
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Havana
Ray
San Juan
Puerto Rico
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Rockefeller surge in California seen after Oregon upset
The Harris Survey reports Nelson Rockefeller’s Oregon primary upset boosts his standing in California polls. Rockefeller's gains stem from business and professional executives seeking a moderate GOP alternative to Goldwater. In Oregon, his strongest support came from suburbs, with a statewide 33 percent share and suburb 37 percent.
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Louis Harris
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Oregon
Nelson
Rockefeller
California
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nelson Rockefeller
GOP
Johnson seeks $125 million for Viet Nam aid
President Johnson asked Congress for an extra 125 million dollars to bolster military and civil operations in South Viet Nam. He cited intensified Viet Cong terrorism and a new government under Prime Minister Khanh as reasons, detailing 70 million for economic and 55 million for military needs along with air, ammunition, medical, and water and irrigation supplies.
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Governors See Wide Open GOP Nomination Fight
San Francisco AP. GOP governors say the race for the presidential nomination remains wide open after Gov. Nelson Rockefeller won Oregon. Key comments come as the California June primary looms, with Goldwater still leading in delegates but far from assured. Idaho’s Smylie and Maine’s Reed weigh in on California’s pivotal role and Rockefeller’s rising stock.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
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Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
John Anderson
Kansas
National Governors’ Conference
U.S
Henry‘Cabot Lodge
Goldwater
Anderson
Oresigon
Richard M. Nixon
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Ifornia
Hig
John H. Reed
Maine
Reed
Rockfeller
John H. Chafee
Rhodes Island
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Rocklefeller
Democratic Platform Proposed Raleigh Platform Comes Up For Debate
The North Carolina Democratic platform calls for raising the state minimum wage to one dollar an hour and equal pay for women in state jobs. It urges support for an adequate road bond financed within the existing tax structure to boost transportation and commerce. The document also opposes tax increases while noting low state and local tax levels and strong public services.
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Highway Commission
Bejy
North Carolina
Fighting lull reported in Muong Phanh area
An AP dispatch from Vientiane reports a lull in fighting near Muong Phanh on the Plaine des Jarres edge. Laos pilots say the Muong Phanh airstrip was shelled and some ground fighting occurred Sunday as the Communist drive against Premier Souvanna Phouma's neutralist army drew concern in Washington.
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Ansoine
Vientiane
Laos
Muong Phanh
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Washington
12 year old runs loose at World’s Fair for 41 days
Dominick Tucci, 12, wandered the New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow for 11 days and 41 days total, living on coins from fountains and meals from fair vendors. He climbed fences to enter, slept in pavilions, and says he felt mostly safe among the crowds and police, while his worried parents searched from Port Washington.
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Benito
Lillian
New York
Tucci
Dominick
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Bowus
Naomi
Fairgrounds
Long Island
Benito Tucci
Flushing Meadow
Queens
Port Washington
Curbs On Senators Proposed
The Washington Star reports a secret Baker case summary urging sweeping bans on senators from associating with anyone doing government business and requiring disclosure of financial holdings plus Senate committee interrogation. The 81 page memo by Lenox McLendon questions contempt or conflict charges while calling for strengthened honesty standards and public accountability.
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Washington Star
Bobby Baker
Senate
Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Lenox P. McLendon
the Star
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Congress
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Justice Department
America's No 1 Killer What You Can Do About It
Editor team up to show practical steps to fend off heart attack or stroke. The article lists risk factors such as high blood pressure cholesterol overweight poor diet insufficient exercise diabetes and smoking. It emphasizes action to reduce risks and notes atherosclerosis as the common cause. The piece aims to motivate readers to control one or all risk factors for longer life.
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Van
McFaden Radcliffe
Cohen
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