Fortas confirmation hangs on Senate vote amid controversy
The Senate debates Fortas as Justice nomination faces strong opposition and a potential filibuster. An AP survey shows 46 would back floor confirmation, 26 oppose, 23 undecided, with Byrd warning that supporting Fortas signals approval of an alleged leftist shift in the Warren court. A two thirds vote would be needed to end a filibuster.
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Fortas
Griffin
Goodwin
Clifford
Defense
Sehate Appropriations
Associated Press
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Tate
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
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Hope Lions hear on blind aid program in Arkansas
Paul McClellan set the meeting where Miss Ann Brown of the Arkansas Library Commission spoke on state and federal support for blind rehabilitation. Tullis, blind himself and based in El Dorado, travels the district aiding the blind to become self sufficient, with new tape and recording equipment demonstrated. Rehabilitation numbers rose from 100 to 161 to 196 over three years. Guests included Tom Berry, Ronnie Seymour, John Moore, Royce Lusk, Pat McHenry, and Mrs. Jim Tullis.
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Hope Lions Club
Arkansas Rehabilitation Service For
Tullis
el Dorado
Ann Brown
Arkansas Library Commission
Brown
LSU
Vice
Tom Berry
Hope
Ronnie Seymour
John Moore
Royce Lusk
Texarkana
Pat McHenry
Fort Worth
Jim Tullis
Andy Andres
Hollis Moses
Nuclear treaty debate tests Senate winds in 1960s
Senator Albert Gore Jr urges quick action on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty as Dean Rusk presses the administration plea. The measure aims to bar signatories from giving weapons or know how to nonnuclear states, with 80 nations already on board though a two thirds Senate vote is required for final approval. Gore stresses U S and Russia share mutual interest and warns against misreading Soviet adherence as disarmament.
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Associated
Weiter
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Senate
Albert Gore
de Tenn
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Johnson
Crath
Europe
Mike Mansfiald
Secretar
Dean Rusk
U.S
Soviet Union
Gore
United States
Russia
Weather records fragment for 2h period
Fragmentary OCR notes show temperature readings with highs around 84 and lows near 54. It also mentions hours ending at 7 and references a card filing through the day, but the context is unclear and several words are garbled.
Chandler Not Likely to Join Wallace
A. B. Hap py Chandler, 70, Kentucky governor and former U.S. Senator, is unlikely to run for vice president with George C. Wallace as doubts over his civil rights record grow. Chandler skipped a Washington trip as Wallace canceled a news conference amid illness. Three Wallace aides visited Versailles, Kentucky, for discussions with Chandler on unspecified topics.
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SY Ramsey
Associated Press
Frankfort
A. B
Chandler
George C. Wallace
Kentucky
U.S
Washington
Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Aldes
Versailles
Pacifist Couple Seized After Phoenix Sails from Japan
In Nagasaki, American pacifist Der Reynolds and his Japanese wife Akie were taken into custody after the 30 ton yacht Phoenix sailed out of Japanese waters toward Shanghai. Akie Reynolds faces illegal departure charges for lacking a passport while Der Reynolds is said to have aided her. Officials say the Phoenix departed Nagasaki on Labor Day bound for Shanghai.
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Maritime Safety Agency
Der
Earle Reynolds
Phoenix
China
Akie
Reynolds
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Safety Agency
Communist Ching
Shanghai
No Plan to Counterattack McCarthy In 1968 Run
McCarthy says he cannot back Humphrey or Nixon and will campaign for antiwar senators and House candidates. Humphrey shows no plan to oppose McCarthy's efforts, while aides say the vice president will work with Democrats who join him. The party remains open to diverse antiwar voices as campaigns unfold.
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Mikcrone Fan Ton
Vic
Tena
Eugene J. McCarthy
Johnson
McCarthy
Chicago
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
House
Senate
Democratic Party
Tornado Hits Ida Michigan Damages Farm Structures
A tornado struck Ida Michigan with no warning damaging a storage shed a barn roof and a silo. Civil Service Director James Gilmore was injured by a dog during damage inspection at the Vans Wasshenova farm. Mauritania has the fewest cars in the free world with 1690 registered on Jan 1 1988.
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Ida
Monro County Civil Service
James Gilmore
Alfred Vans Wasshenova
Lower
Michigan
Mauritania
Motors
Africa
Free World
Counterthrust Suggested in Bolivia
President Rene Barrientos ordered the state school system shut for the last two months of the school year to counter a 25,000 strong teachers strike. In a nationwide radio address he warned the walkout could lead to anarchistic and subversive activity and said teachers who joined would be dismissed. The government will seek new teachers for the next academic year to prevent street disturbances he cited as planned by certain sectors of Bolivian society.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Rene Barrientos
Barrientos
Giraffe Taken Into Custody
In Philadelphia police captured a giraffe that escaped from an open trailer near a petting zoo attraction for children. Officers Knoebel and Marinelli corralled the animal, guiding it to a nearby park lot where it surrendered quietly.
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Philadelphia
Willieth Knoebel
Revert Marinelli
Arkansas Education Budget Seeks $10 Million Yearly
A two year proposal from the state Board of Education calls for $10 million annually in state funds for the next two years plus $241,609 from federal sources. The plan raises salaries and aid across operations, with increases in teacher pay, textbook and transportation aid, and retirement contributions. The budget will go to Gov. Rockefeller for review as budget hearings begin next month. A gospel meeting at the Church of Christ in McNab features Harley Sisson as evangelist and John H. Cannon Sr. as song director, September 16 to 22.
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Little Rock
State Board ‘of Education
Education Department
State Administration Department
Winthrop Rockefeller
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Church of Christ At
Mc-Nab
Harley Sisson
John H. Cannon Sr
University housing clash sparks student unrest over room reuse
A university faced turmoil as tenants in Te n is Street Residence Hall resisted vacating rooms assigned for last week while contracts had been made with other students months earlier. Some returnees complained the housing was unsuitable as most campus arrivals began Sunday and Monday. University officials cited maximum student loan provisions up to 450 dollars, amid embittered responses from affected project students and continuing disputes over room allocation. Obituaries note Maggie McCulloch, 89, and Miss Ota Reese, 86, both with Nashville ties, with service details provided.
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Project
Tenois Street
Va .Desser
Muskie Holds Private Meeting With Fulbright in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas Senator Edmund S Muskie met privately with Senator J W Fulbright a fierce Vietnam war critic. The meeting followed a dinner with Arkansas Democratic leaders with no public statement issued. A separate protest described $800 to $1 000 student loan aid and campus damage at the University lounges and presidents lounge windows and portraits damaged.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Edmund S. Muskie
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Muskie
Fulbright
Maine
Dinf Unnion
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