Johnson Gun Bill Clears First House Test
President Johnsons proposal to ban interstate rifle and shotgun sales clears an initial House hurdle with voice support to consider the bill. Debate signals upcoming amendments including mandatory penalties for firearm use in felonies, and opposition to licensing and registration measures.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Richard McCarthy
D-N.y
Celler
Rules Committee
McCarthy
Hijacked Jet Freed From Cuba
A Miami crew aboard a four engine jet freed from Cuba after a hijack that began over Texas. Stewardess Kathleen Dickinson acted as interpreter as the hijacker, described as nervous, demanded return to Cuba while threatening with a pistol and a hand grenade. FBI met the crew on arrival at Jose Marti Airport.
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Oliver
Kathleen Dickinson
Miss Dickinson
Fidel
Cuba
Miami
FBI
Northwest Orient Airlines
U.S
Gulficials
Havana
Jose Marti
Northwest
New Orleans
Texas
Houston
Prague Faces Pressure as Five Nations Demand Czechoslovak Negotiations
The five Warsaw Pact nations led by the Soviet Union and including Poland East Germany Hungary and Bulgaria sent a letter pressuring Czechoslovakia to meet individually with each state for talks amid ongoing reforms. Prague has not replied to a joint summit demand though says it will meet chiefs of the allies separately.
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Warsaw
Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bill to Rename Colleges Bill Killed in Committee Vote
Draft bill would let state colleges call themselves universities if they run three accredited professional schools. Supporters argued payoffs in faculty recruitment and prestige, while opponents warned it could erode UC prestige. Committee rejected the bill after testimony and a voice vote.
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Dumke
Lee Meyers
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
Jay Michael
University of California
Michael
Harvard College
Meyer
Barnes
Long Beach
Jack Scharde
San Diego
Joseph M. Kenrick
New York Home Blaze Kills 11 Victims in Queens House
AP reports a fatal fire in the St. Albans area of Queens killed nine children and two adults. Firefighters brought the blaze under control about a half hour after starting.
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New York
St. Albans
Queens
MPs Arrest 9 GIs chained to clergy in church service
Military police arrested nine AWOL GIs chained to ministers during a “liberation” service at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Marin City near San Francisco. The detainees included five soldiers two sailors and an Air Force sergeant. They were taken to a stockade after the padlocks on the chains were cut.
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Marin City
UPS
Presbyterian Church “Liberation” Service
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
Stockade
John Robinson
Westport
Conn
Robinson
Joseph Sontag
Oakland
United Church of Christ
James Symons
Howard Presbyterian Church
Haight Ashbury
Fortas under fire in LBJ fairness ruling debate
The article reports on tensions over court decisions on fair housing voting rights and defendants rights as Fortas faces criticism from Ervin over outside activities. It notes a June 1967 NYT magazine quotation and Fortas denying improper conduct while citing historic examples of justices aiding presidents and outside engagements.
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The
New York Times
Fortas
Hot Springs
Business Council
John Jay
George Washington
Felix Frankfurter
James F. Byrnes
Owen J. Roberts
Robert H. Jackson
Surplus funds eyed to boost California higher education
Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh said there may be 115 million dollars or more in surplus state money that Reagan could use to increase UC and state college budgets. He criticized Reagan’s claim of no extra education funds and urged a tougher gun control bill following Kennedy's assassination.
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Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
University of California
Shoemaker
D-Lompoc
House
Unruh
California
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Congress
Bob Moretti
North Hollywood
Department of Finance
UC Regents
Reagan Departs Friday on Southern Mission
Gov. Ronald Reagan heads a multi state trip into the South to urge Republicans to stay loyal to the party and impress southern delegates with electability. The itinerary includes Amarillo Little Rock Charlottesville Baltimore Cincinnati Birmingham and Sacramento with fundraisers and rallies through Sunday.
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Southern
Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
South
Texas
Arkansas
Virginia
Maryland
Alabama
George Wallace
American Independent Party
Miami Beach
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D-Calif
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