LBJ Signs Auto and Highway Safety Bills
President Johnson signed two safety measures into law to improve vehicle standards and state programs. The auto bill grants the commerce secretary authority to set 1968 model car, bus and truck standards and use-car rules within two years. The highway bill funds state safety programs, driver education, vehicle inspection and traffic controls, with potential loss of federal aid for noncompliant states. Ralph Nader welcomed the action, calling the final bill stronger than expected.
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Washington
Johnson
Ralph Nader
Secretary of Commerce
Nader
Senate
House Conference Committee
Conference
House
Department of Commerce
Department of Transportation
Mao Reportedly Stricken by Throat Cancer
A Hong Kong paper quoted from Communist China as reporting Mao Zedong has throat cancer and has lost part of his voice. The New Life Evening Post said Mao improved slightly but cannot deliver lengthy speeches and refused doctors' orders to quit smoking. The report could not be confirmed locally.
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Hong Kong
Mao Tze-tung
Communist China
New Life Evening Post
Mao
Safety Bill Requirements Are Listed
The article notes the auto safety law requires the secretary of commerce to set safety standards for 1968 model cars by January 31, 1967. It expects government purchases to follow most or all 26 standards adopted by the GSA for 1968 models, with 17 taking effect for 1967 models and 9 for 1968 models. The standards are becoming common equipment on 1967 cars, though not required for public purchase before 1968. The first item details anchorages for lap belts.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
General Services Administration
Congress Plans Speedy Action On Anti-Inflation Proposals
Congress moves to fast track President Johnsons anti inflation plan. Hearings set by House Ways and Means on suspending 16 month 7 percent business tax credit and favorable depreciation rules. Senate leaders pledge early review as Johnson cites tax relief spending restraint amid Viet Nam and NATO notes.
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Congress
Washington
Johnson
House Ways and Means Committee
Capitol Hill
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
U.S
Red China
Viet Nam
Leak Plugged for Gemini 11 Flight Delay
Technicians used a syringe to seal a pinhole leak in Gemini 11 fuel system on the Titan 2 rocket at Cape Kennedy. NASA rescheduled the launch of astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F Gordon Jr for 9 25 a m Saturday 97 minutes after the Atlas Agena target rocket is set to lift off at 7 48 a m. Astronaut Alan Shepard woke the crew two hours after the leak was found at 2 15 a m delaying three day rendezvous and space walk.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan B. Shepard
Fliers Hit Guerrilla Band Near Saigon
U S fliers bombed and strafed a Viet Cong infiltrating band near Saigon as police sources say about 30 crossed the canal into the 4th Precinct area. In another battle near the South China Sea coast Vietnamese infantry claim 150 Viet Cong killed with U S Air Force saying up to 50 more dead.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Constituent Assembly
South China Sea
Westmoreland Says War Tide Has Turned
Gen. William C. Westmoreland said the tide in Viet Nam has turned in favor of the allies and that the U S is beginning to win. He cited increased allied military commitments during a three day visit to South Korea.
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Westmoreland
Seoul
South Korea
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Carmichael Waives Preliminary Hearing in Atlanta Riot
Stokely Carmichael of the SNCC waived a preliminary hearing on inciting a riot in Atlanta. Bound over to Fulton County grand jury. Bond set at 10 000, reduced from arrest bail. Mayor Allen ordered action against rioters as city officials and prosecutors review case details. Additional SNCC members had been arrested earlier.
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Atlanta, Ga
Stokely Carmichael
Chiirman
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Atlanta
Fulton County
Grand Jury
Carmichael
Howard Moore Jr
Recorder’s Court
T. C. Little
SNCC
Supt
Clinton Chafin
Ivan Allen Jr
Herbert Jenkins
Henry Bowden
Lewis Slaton
Bowden
Jenkins
State of Georgia
Pentagon says RMK-BRJ misled on Vietnam rebuild costs
The Pentagon acknowledges misleading civil ian contractors in the Vietnam war build program by inflating awards and under estimating costs. RMK-BRJ faced a $2 million shortfall to finish authorized projects after a $780 million award proved $200 million low.
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Bob Horton Washington
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Defense
Rmk-Brj
U.S
Raymond International Inc
New York
Morrison- Knudsen
Boise, Idaho
Brown and Root
Houston
Tex
J.A
Butcher Knife Examined in UNC Coed Stabbing Case
The State Bureau of Investigation analyzes a kitchen knife found in Maryland to verify if it was used in the 1965 murder of Suellen Evans at UNC. A Bethesda student reported the knife with blood stains and hairs found in a car trunk near the Coker Arboretum. The SBI aims to finish analysis early next week.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
State Bureau of Investigation
Maryland
University of North Carolina
Coker Arboretum
Suellen Evans
Mooresville
Blake
Black
SBI
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Atlantic City
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Ohio
Barabara Harris
South Carolina
Nancy Naylor
New Hampshire
Charlene Dallas
California
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Commerce
John T. Connor
Charles L. Schultze
Mike Mansfield
Russell B. Long
Dla
Finance Committee
Sider Johnson
United States
Charles de Gaulle
Ameria
Vietam
North
Oir
Haiphong
Panhandle
Air Force
Dong Hoi
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