Pollution alarm as population boom and waste flood skies
The piece warns of crises from population growth, food and water shortages, and environmental pollution. It cites polluted lakes and rivers, foul air, and a New York City resident facing heavy airborne contaminants, plus soil pollution from industrial and agricultural wastes. It urges decisive planning and intensive effort to avert a grim future.
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Petates
United
Lake Erie
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Potomac
Lindsay
New York
Harold L. Barrows
Agriculture Department
Research Service
Daily Times
West Point
Election Plan for Spending Seems Bleak
Washington AP reports a bleak outlook for congressional action on President Johnsons proposals to tighten campaign finance controls. The plan includes a 100 dollar income tax action for political donations and tax credit ideas, but most lawmakers expect little action this session. Speakers warn outside income reporting may also face stiff opposition from both parties.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Omar Burleson
Dtex
House Administration
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Thruston B. Morton
GOP
Magnuson
Invest Mnt
Birth Control Pill Sued Over Jaundice Claim
Mrs. Peepy Swain, 27, of Searcy, filed a $50,000 damage suit in U.S. District Court alleging obstructive jaundice from taking a birth control pill. Attorney Sid McMath says the case is the first in Arkansas involving Norlesen Norles tin from Parke Davis and Co.
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Little Rock
Peepy Swain
Searcy
U.S
Sid McMath
Arkansas
Parke, Davis and Co
Spain Seeks Market Link On NATO Ties Amid Divisions
Madrid reportedly seeks early talks with the European economic committee to join the six nation market and hopes for a NATO link after France withdraws from the integrated defense system. Spain faces resistance from Italy, Holland and Belgium, with the United States maintaining bases in Spain.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
Spain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Madrid
European Economic Committee
NATO
Atlantic Defense Organization
France
Brussels
Italy
Holland
Belgium
West Germany
Luxembourg
United States
Western Alliance
Weed and Habits Blend Like Weeds and Flowers
Mary Anita Lasater writes that weeds and flowers grow together as good and bad habits do. Weeds flourish with rain and heat, and the gardener must continually weed to protect the best. The piece blends gardening metaphors with self discipline and references Booker T. Washington on overcoming obstacles. It also includes brief Associated Press notes from Little Rock about soil conservation plans in eight west Arkansas counties and health and civic headlines from New York, mentioning a heart ventricle implant, a Brooklyn hospital, and Mayor Lindsay naming General Clay to lead an economic development effort.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Booker T. Washington
Louis F. Benson
Associated Press
Little Rock
State Office
The
Soil Conservation Service
Washington
Arkansas
Arkansas River Valley
Sebastian, Scott, Crawford
Logan Franklin
Pope, Johnson and Yell
Agriculture
Orville Ireeman
Release Not Cause of Slow Drainage in White River Basin
Army Engineers said releases from Build Shoals Norfolk and Greers Ferry dams into the White River do not cause the slow drainage in lowlands below Newport. Some farmers criticized the releases, but engineers reported only a minimal effect at current river stages.
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Little Rock
Buil Shoals
Norfolk
Greets Ferry
White River
Newport
Greek Officer Sentenced Over King Insult in Salonika
A Greek military court in Salonika sentenced Maj. Stephanos Zervas, 55, to three years in prison for insulting King Constantine before soldiers last July. He appealed the verdict amid a case noting the monarch's 25 years as king and the allegation of illiteracy as the insult.
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Salonika
Greece
Constantine
Stephanos Zervas
Beer Falls Into the Rain Gauge at UND
In Grand Forks, North Dakota, several inches of beer reportedly fall into the Red River Valley rain gauge from a student prank at the University of North Dakota. Officials traced the beer flood to pranksters pouring into the gauge.
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Grand Forks
N.d.ap
Red River Valley
University of North Dakota
Sophia Loren visits MOMA for rare career photographs
New York AP reports the Museum of Modern Art in New York welcomed Italian actress Sophia Loren and her husband Carlo Ponti. They toured an exhibition spotlighting her career, the museum’s first such show honoring a reigning film queen.
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New York
Museum of Modern Art
Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Wage-Price Guidelines Hit Trouble
Labor relations experts say wage price guidelines may be altered or discarded as the Johnson administration clings to a 3.2 percent wage rise while seeking a substitute stabilizing device. The Labor Management Advisory Committee meets June 3 to craft voluntary options with six leaders from industry labor and the public. AFL-CIO Chief Meany and United Steelworkers President Abel are identified as labor leaders pushing for restraint on prices and profits to prevent a price wage spiral.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Johnson
Labor Management Advisory Committee
Industry
Labor
Public
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
United Strelworkers
I. W. Abel
Meany
Abel
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Big Steel
White House
Labor Department
Arkansas anti-evolution law voided by court ruling
Chancery Court Judge Murray Reed voided Arkansas 1928 anti-evolution statute as unconstitutional, allowing teaching of Darwin's theory in public schools. Atty. Gen. Bruce Bennett said he will appeal to the state Supreme Court, with potential reach to the U.S. Supreme Court. Susan Epperson, a biology teacher, supports continuing the fight.
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Bill Simmons
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Chancery Court
Murray Reed
Reed
Charles Darwin
Atty
Bruce Bennett
Spreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Susan Epperson
Little Rock Central High School
Epperson
Jon
University of Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
Japan Turns Question Toward Security Pact and Nuclear Policy
TOKYO AP A rising debate over Japan United States relations and China's atomic potential signals a shift in attitude toward nuclear arms. The government edges toward defense buildup while hinting at a nonproliferation path. the Socialist party pushes to scrap the treaty amid Viet Nam war concerns. Prime Minister Sato faces pressure to keep the treaty intact or risk unrest before 1970.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Red China
China
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Japanese Socialist Party
Eisaku Sato
Mrs. David Terry to Be Honored in Little Rock Dinner
Mrs. David D. Terry, who led the fight against school closings during the Little Rock integration crisis, will be honored at a June 14 dinner in Little Rock. The Arkansas Council on Human Relations sponsors the event. Terry, 83, organized the Women's Emergency Committee to Save Our Schools in 1958 and campaigned against Gov. Orval Faubus' closing law. Harry Ashmore of Santa Barbara will be the banquet speaker.
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Litt Rock
David D. Terry
Litle Rock
Arkansas Council On Human Relations
Terry
Women's Emergency Committee
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Harry Ashmore
Santa Barbara
Calif
The
Arkansas Gazette
Men Killed in Blast At Pine Bluff Arsenal
Pine Bluff Ark AP two men killed in Wednesday explosion at the Pine Bluff Arsenal identified as Garfield Yarbough 50 and Isaac Taggert 43 both of Pine Bluff. The blast occurred in a one story building where workers mix ingredients for colored smoke grenades used in signaling. A fire followed the blast causing extensive damage. the Army said the fire was quickly extinguished.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Garfield Yarbough
Isaac Taggert
Pine Bluff
Actor Saves Man From Being Hot
In Tucson on a Hombre location Paul Newman and director Martin Ritt faced danger when a camera dolly buckled sending Ritt off its platform. An electrician caught him and Newman diverted a 300 pound lamp that could have struck him. Ritt sustained a strained back while Newman received scratches and splinters.
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Tucson
Ariz
Paul Newman
Martin Ritt
Ritt
Newman
Thieves Target Rabies Suspect Cats at Lexington Shelter
James Bryan of the Lexington Animal Shelter says two cats suspected of rabies were stolen or released from a cage after a rock on the cage was broken. He warns two people bitten by the cats must undergo multiple rabies shots.
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Lexington
James Bryan
Lexington Animal Shelter
Bryan
Prince Philip Calls Free Press Essential in Fleet Street Foreword
Prince Philip said he sometimes finds newspapers exasperating yet democracy needs a free press. He argued Britain benefits from a wide range of papers and periodicals in a foreword to Fleet Street, a book about British newspapers.
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London
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth
Fleet Street
Humphrey to Speak at Shattuck School Commencement
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will deliver the commencement address at Shattuck School Faribault Minnesota on June 4. His son Douglas 18 will be among the 65 graduates in a formal school event marked by the presidential figure addressing the class.
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Faribault, Minn
API
Hubert H. Humphrey
Douglas
Humphrey
Shattuck School
Faribault
Minn
Greeks jail rail union members amid nationwide strike
In Athens authorities arrested railway workers union members after they defied a government mobilization order. The two day nationwide walkout halted freight and passenger rail service across Greece.
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Athens
Greece
Railway Workers’ Union
North Vietnamese Force Massed in Cambodian Mountains
Saigon reports up to 10,000 North Vietnamese regulars massed in the Chu Phong Mountains in Cambodia facing the Pleiku area as a possible drive into South Vietnam after the rainy season ends. Maj. Gen. Larsen cited six regiments but the Defense Department denied it. Key units include the 32nd and 5th Division veterans from Ta Drang Valley.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Chu Phong
Cambodia
South Viet Narm
Stanley R. Larsen
Washington
Larsen
U.S. Defense Department
Pleiku
Viet Nam
South Vietnm
Ta Drang
Johnson Seeks Unity Against Global Injustice
President Johnson, addressing over 300 African diplomats at a White House reception, denounced racial and political injustice in Rhodesia, South Africa, and Portuguese colonies. He outlined U S support for self determination and minority rule, signaling Africa policy coordination and a review of development programs led by Ed Kerry.
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Washington
Johnson
Africa
Rhodeia
South Africa
Portugal
White House
United States
Rhodesia
India
Philippines
Viet Nam
Pakistan
Elewhere
Ed Kerry
U.S
Ethiopia
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