Alabama Governor Wallace Undergoes Cancer Surgery
Gov Latleen Wallace of Alabama, the nation s only woman governor, underwent a two hour 44 minute operation in Houston to remove a malignant tumor from the colon region. Doctors said complete recovery possible and she faces two to three weeks in hospital then a return to Houston for X ray therapy to destroy any remaining microscopic cancer cells. Her husband former Gov George Wallace remained by her side and officials expect her to travel back to Montgomery later for further care.
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Rexs Thomas
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Tumor Institute
Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
R. Lee Clark
Clark
June Wiley Police of Measurements in Miss Universe Banter
In Miami Beach AP report June Wiley acts as a backstage statistician and detector for Miss Universe contestants. She checks swimsuit fits to ensure no body alteration and enforces size decisions for CBS telecast. Contestants like Miss France and Miss Scotland pose challenges as rules limit alterations. Miss Italy pushes for a size 10 but receives a 14.
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Miami Beach
Fla
June Wiley
June
Nature
France
Scotland
Miss Wiley
Lena McGarvie
Glasegow
CBS
Italy
Synod Finds Trouble Is Money at Lutheran Convention
At the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod biennial, leaders fretted over weak fund drive response. 1.7 million member church prayed in the New York Hilton as they urged more financial support after a 1967 capital drive raised only 5.25 million. The session featured clergy voicing concern and calling for stronger action to avert a financial crisis.
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George W. Cornell
New York
Lutheran Churche Missouri Synod
Arnold G. Ahiman
Denver
New York Hilton
Negro community notice and education grants in Arkansas and California
The piece notes Claude Tyus of Washington Arkansas receiving a summer study grant to the University of Arizona and a stay with General Precision Libyascope Group in Glendale California to study Computer Technology. It lists Tyus schooling at Lincoln High and Philander Smith College and a Bish op College IBM data processing certificate and current job in Dallas. It also summarizes community news, travel, a TWU athletic injuries workshop in Denton, and a church fund drive challenged by perceived opposition with a minister quoted.
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Claude &. Tyus
Naomi A. Tyus
Lee A. Tyus
Washington, Ark
University of Arizona
Tucson
General Preccision Libyascope Group
Glenedale
Calif
Los Angeles
Tyus
Lincoln High
Philander Smith College
Little Rock
Ark
IBM
Bishop College
Dallas
Texas
TWU
Denton
Texas Woman’s University
U.S
Jack Cramer
Texas Interescholastic League
Minnie Bell McKillion
Hazel St
Hope
McKillion
Yerger High School
Tex
Students Aid Delinquents Through Pacific Program
At Preston School of Industry in California university volunteers from the University of the Pacific visit weekly to mentor wards. Led by Byron, a Northwestern sociologist, the program pairs students with delinquent youths to foster rehabilitation through dialogue, projects, and occasional dances.
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William C. Harrison
Stockton
Calif
Preston School of Industry
Tommy
Julie
University of the Pacific
Alabama
California
William F. Buron
California Youth Authority
Ione
Byron
Division of Social Work
Northwestern University
Pacific
Nathan Leopold
United States
Northwestern
Preston
O.H. Close School
Mrs Kennedy Tours Italy on a Private Vacation
Mrs John F Kennedy arrives in Italy for a week long Italian vacation staying in a luxurious villa near Lugano Italy. She flew into Rome from Ireland where she had been enjoying a quiet break arriving without her children.
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Lugca
Italy
John F. Kennedy
Party Act Signatures Verified for 1968 ballot
LITTLE ROCK AP Secretary of State Kelly Bryant announced that the Citizens Committee to Preserve Voter Rights gathered 55,049 qualified signatures on 3,015 petitions for the 1967 Party Affiliation Act. The group needed 33,812 valid signatures and submitted 3,627 petitions with 70,397 signatures. Committee chairman Col Tim Shea said the petitions show voters want a direct voice in voting rights.
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Little Rock
Kelly Bryant
Bryant
Citizens Committee To
Tim Shea
Faubus Buys Lost Valley State Park Land In Arkansas
Fors bought 86 acres for 6400 dollars three months after leaving office to protect Lost Valley attractions. The land near Newton County includes the passway waterfall cliffs and a large cave. Faubus said he might fence the valley to keep visitors away if the state does not purchase it and would explain the delay.
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Little Rock
Fors Met
Orval Faubus
Lost Valley State Park
Faubus
State Publicity and Parks Commission
Newton County
The
Arkansas Gazette
Publicity and Parks Commission
Commission
Ernest Valachovic
Edwin N. Barron Jr
Lost Valley
Procrastio Nated
Valachovic
Buffalo River National Park
Valachovyi
L. C. Dial
Brinkley
Winning at Bridge Part Score Play Varies by Oswald
East faced a doubtful opening bid and the hand could be reached at one no trump or two hearts. South erred by not saving a trick with diamonds, allowing East and West to lever in trumps and take six tricks in the play.
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East
West
South
Bidding Question on Three Spades and Slam Inquiry
The article discusses a bridge bidding scenario where South holds AQ54 and is invited to three spades after West North East South sequence. It asks what to do if partner supports in no trump and raises the slam question. It also reports on Indonesia arrests top Communist leaders including Sudisman, with trial context for the 1965 coup attempt.
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Indonesia
Reds
Jakarta
Sudisman
Taxing vice and deductions in gambling cases
A 1967 American Bar Association feature explains how income tax applies to ill gotten gains. Courts treat wages and gambling profits as taxable, while illegal expenses like bribes are generally not deductible. Fines are not deductible to maintain punishment deterrence.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Congress
United States Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
Unions pledge to strike at Ottenheimer firm
In Little Rock more than 25 Arkansas unions pledged support for a strike by Ottenheimer Bros Mfg Co employees scheduled for Monday. A protest march was planned for Friday against Chancellor Reed who banned picketing at the plant. The group denounced the Associated Industries of Arkansas for backing Reed.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Ottenheimer Bros. ,Mfg. Co
Murray O. Reed
Ottenheimer
Associated Industries of Arkansas
Reed
Patriotic Dance Planned by Contestant at Miss Arkansas
Patritotic talent plan by Carole Diane Chowning Miss Magnolia at the Miss Arkansas Pageant in Hot Springs. She aims to express love of country through dance amid Vietnam and draft card controversy. Also, Athens reports Greece’s military regime retires UN ambassador Alexios Liatis and four other key envoys amid loyalty concerns after the April 21 coup.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Carole Diane Chowning
Magnolia
United States
Vietnam
Athens
United Nations
Alexios Liatis
Love-in at Overton Park Draws Mixed Crowd in Memphis
AP reports at a Memphis love-in the crowd averaged 17 with hippies and skeptical straights present. A Ku Klux Klan member distributed literature while denying affiliation, saying the Klan is the pure American organization. A psych rock band performed as an African beat filled the pavilion.
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Memphis, Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Flower Children
Overton Park
Auto Workers Pushing Demands in Ford Bargaining
The United Auto Workers began negotiations with Ford Motor Co as the 1967 bargaining round opened. UAW President Walter Reuther urged profit sharing and equity sharing similar to bonuses for executives and stockholders. GM officials avoided committing on profit sharing. both sides warned against strikes as Sept. 6 contract expirations approach. The union seeks a major wage increase, guaranteed annual income, Canadian wage parity, and a subcontracting unit to protect UAW jobs.
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Gene Schroeder
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter Reusther
General Motors
Reuther
Louis Seaton
American Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Seaton
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