Action Line answers reader questions on skywriting and Civil Rights Act details
Readers seek help on a skywriting welcome for Navy wives and get cost quotes from three aerial advertisers. The column then outlines the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passage with dates, votes, and key provisions, and notes Ramparts magazine bankruptcy with ongoing refund questions.
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Navy
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Action Line
W. E. Noble
Aero Advertising Co
Noble
Ken Wright
Stints Air Service, Inc
John Hufft
Aerial Sign Towing Co
Nixon warns of appropriate U S response to Viet Nam attacks
President Nixon declared the United States will not tolerate continued Communist attacks in South Vietnam and warned of an appropriate U S response if pressure persists He noted a new trust with Allied governments from his Europe trip and spoke on West Berlin harassment and potential North Vietnam bombing as a possible option
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United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Europe
Vietnam
White House
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Reagan Rejects Tax Reform Package
California governor Ronald Reagan rebuffed withholding and most major recommendations of the blue ribbon tax reform panel. He pledged a new proposal in about three weeks while declaring the plan fails to solve California's complex revenue distribution problems.
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Reagan
Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
Blue Ribbon Advisory Commission On Tax Reform
Tax Reform Commission
Flournoy
Com
HEW Reviews Long Beach Schools for De Facto Segregation
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare will request information from the Long Beach Unified School District as part of a four California district preliminary review into de facto racial segregation. Other districts under review include Fresno, Pittsburg, and San Bernardino with possible desegregation plans and potential loss of federal aid under the Civil Rights Act.
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Washington, D.C
Long Beach Unified
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Long Beach
California
HEW
Robert Finch
Congress
Fresno
Pittsburg
San Bernardino
Bakersfield
Merced
Pomona
Vallejo
Duarte
Monrovia
Sequoia
Department
Pasadena
Justice Department
Apollo 9 makes first deep space shakedown with crew aboard
Space Center Houston reports astronauts Schweickart MeecDivitt and Scott push Apollo 9 into a 313 mile high orbit for the craft's initial manned checkouts. The test centers on the lunar lander as the crew evaluates performance in space.
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James A. MeecDivitt
David R. Scott
Sirhan Sirhan testifies on motives in Kennedy shooting case
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan testified he would have killed Robert Kennedy Lyndon Johnson and Arthur Goldberg if given the chance citing hostility to their stance on the Arab Israeli conflict. He described long time hatred toward Jews and Zionists and recalled notebook notes reading Kennedy must die and related provocations as he faced the Los Angeles jury.
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Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
U.N
Arthur Goldberg
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Grant Cooper
Israel
Vietnamese Premier narrowly escapes Viet Cong attack
Saigon police foiled an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Tran Van Huong as he left his office. Guards protected him after gunfire and explosions were reported during the incident in the capital.
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Tran van Huong
Nerve gas supply cited as world threat in headlines
A page note reports a claim that U S nerve gas stockpiles could wipe out the world thirty times amid a future feature. Another line previews a local business detail stating the blacksmith brothers see steady work despite few wagons or buggies.
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