Johnson Campaigning in 1968 Faces Flexible Schedule
President Johnson acts like a 1964 campaigner but avoids advance publicity. Large crowds require prior notice, yet he keeps plans flexible to avoid criticism of flip flopping. He has appeared in Los Angeles and Baltimore, withholding official trip announcements until near departure.
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Frank Cormier
San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Philadelphia
Texas
Washington
White House
Los Angeles
Baltimore
So Called New Yorker Myths and Uruguayan Crisis
HAL BOYLE argues the typical New Yorker is a myth, noting real residents live modestly and dream of leaving the city, while out-of-towners overstate its glamor. The piece shifts to Uruguayan politics as President Gestido seeks to purge a rebel Colorado faction amid a government crisis. It also notes Helsinki AP correspondent Anne Marie Snellman receiving the Commander's Cross of the Order of Stella Solldgriteta.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Wall Street
City Hall
Hudson River
O. Henry
Baghdad
Westchester County
Long Island
New Yorker
Greenwich Village
Vermont
Montevideo
Oscar Gestido
Colorado Party
Uruguay
Jorge Batlle Ibanez
Luis Hierro Cambardella
Julio LaCarte Muro
Commerce and Industry
Batlle Ibanez
Gestido
Batlle Anez
Treasury
Carlos Vegh Garzon
Helsinki
Finland
Anne-Marie Snellman
The
Associated Press
Align
Stella Solldgriteta
Tug of War Over Funeral for Actress
In New Orleans, the funeral for Jayne Mansfield unfolds amid family争 and private plans. Estranged husband Matt Cimber rushes to arrange it while Mickey Hargitay, the second husband, visits their children injured in the wreck. Mansfield, 34, died after a highway collision near New Orleans, with her mother and stepfather, and others linked to her life arriving to discuss arrangements.
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Ben Thomas
New Orleans
Jayne Mansfield
Matt Cimber
Mickey Hargitay
Miss Mansfield
Hargitay
Harry L. Peers
Dallas
Tex
Nicholas Chetta
Orleans Parish
Miss Manse Zelre
Hollywood
Ross Christena
New York
Christena
Wayne
Mickey
Miss Mansfeld
Wdsus TV
Gas Sevens
Blox
Miss
Bilox
Navy Mobile Construction Bet Station
Gulf
President's Kin Joins Navy Reserve
Rodney White, nephew of President Johnson, joins the Navy Reserve for six years. At 19, he is the son of the late Col. and Mrs. Willard White. his mother is Josefa Johnson, President Johnson's sister. He will serve two years on active duty after a year of training at the Austin Naval Reserve Training Center.
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Austin, Tex
Rodney White
Johnson
Navy Reserve
White
Willard White
Austin Naval Reserve Training Center
Josefa Johnson
Navy
Redistrict Compromise Offers Delay in House Vote
Washington AP conferees approved a congressional redistricting plan delaying full compliance with the Supreme Court one man one vote ruling. The bill lets states keep current districts until after the 1970 census unless new figures emerge, likely keeping large variances until after the 1972 elections. Kennedy called it unconstitutional. Conyers, Kennedy and others pledged continued push for prompt action. Earlier House action allowed up to 30 percent population variation for 1968 and 1970 elections.
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Washington
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
John Conyers Jr
DeMich
Kennedy
Conyers
Recipients Suffer in Welfare Fuss
In New York a young couple on welfare tell of eviction and hunger while 80 percent of welfare case workers join a dispute by performing only mandated tasks. City centers limit access to those willing to work under new rules, with emergency services in doubt as rent unpaid and landlord pressure mounts. Social Service Employees Union demonstrators protest outside.
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Jean Heller
New York
Department of Welfare
Case
Gee
Nore Mal
Wellare Department
Social Service Employes Union
Michael McKala
Egypt Bars U S British Ships Amid Canal Tensions
Cairo reports that Egypt has barred United States, United Kingdom, and West German vessels from all ports. Equally, ships en route to Egypt are to divert to Genoa, Singapore, or Western European ports to reload. Al Ahram adds missions and UN offices in the Suez Canal Zone must close until Israel redeploys troops nearby.
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Cairo
Rewa
al Gumhuriya
Genoa
Singapore
al Ah
Ram
Egypt
U.N
Suez Canal Zone
Israel
Canal Zone
Johnson’s Uneasy June Returns to Public Peppiness
AP News Analyst James Marlow surveys June as a vague month with no clear gains or defeats in the Vietnam War, Middle East tensions, and U.S. diplomacy. Johnson stays cool under heat, rebukes Israel, keeps channels open with Moscow, and greets King Hussein while signaling renewed confidence after a year of restraint.
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James Marlow
Washington
Johnson
Middle East
Israel
Erether
Soviet Union
United States
China
Moscow
Hussein
Jordan
White House
United Nations
Husesein
U.N
Israe
Berkeley Students Quiet After Draft Protest Era Ends
At UC Berkeley the Sproul Hall area, once a hub of civil rights and antiwar action, shows a lull as a 1964-65 protest culture fades. With Kerr ousted and Heyns enforcing order, the campus shifted to quarters and stricter exams. Students focus on grades to avoid the draft, leaving little time for demonstrations.
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Harold V. Streeter
Berkeley
Calif
Jadwig Fountain
Sproul Hall Plaza
University of California
Young Socialist Alliance
Trotsky
Tling
Sproul Hall
Clark Kerr
University Regents
Kerr
Roger Heyns
University
Vietnam
Home After 10 Month Solo Voyage
BIRKENHEAD England AP Malcolm Reid returns home after a ten month solo voyage spanning two months in a 25 foot sloop from Singapore via the Cape of Good Hope. He recalls swimming in the Atlantic near the vessel when three whales surfaced just 60 feet away. He notes no timetable like Sir Francis Chichester’s circumnavigation.
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Birkenhead
England
Malcolm Reid
Singapore
Cape of Good Hope
Reid
Sir Francis Chichester
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