Johnsons at White House and fashion notes at a glance
President Johnson expressed fondness for children and prayed for Luci Nugent's June baby as visiting dignitaries and Miss U.S.A. 1986 Maria Remenyi met the president. Mrs Kennedy attended a White House reception in a pink dress, while Mrs Johnson wore blue. A LSU professor urged study of selenium in cigarette paper as a potential lung cancer factor.
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Johnson
Ciremen
White House
Luci
Pat Nugent
Len. Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Maria Remenyi
U.S.A
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachussets
Lyndon Johnson
Mrs. Kennedy
Benson named new national public relations director
Reed A Benson son of Ezra Taft Benson was named national public relations director of the John Kirch Society at 37 he succeeds John H Rousselot who resigns to return to private practice Rousselot noted he might challenge Rep Richard Hanna in Orange County next year Mrs George Roney resigns from a Detroit private club to protest its anti Negro policy and Dr Robert L Green of Michigan State University says the club bars Negro members and guests above the second floor
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Reed A. Benson
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
John Kirch Society
George Roney
Detroit
Women’s City Club of
Michigan
Robert L. Green
Michigan States University
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Communists damage U S platoon in Vietnam and Cuba aid Venezuela
Communist battalion attacked a U S platoon of 48 in central Vietnam as reinforcements moved into the highlands and heavy fighting raged near Con Thien. U S casualties rose to about 11 000 dead and 1 319 wounded or missing. Cuba said it aided a guerrilla landing in Venezuela near Caracas. McNamara said no troop commitment yet and considered naval strikes or new missiles while seeking a limited war policy in Vietnam and possible US Soviet missile talks.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Westlands
U.S
Highlands
Battefield
Con ‘Thien
Demilitarized
Vietnam
Central Highlands
Havana
Cuba
Venezuela
Caracas
Washington
Defense
Robert
McNamara
Pentagon
Soviet Union
China
House Group Alters LBJ Draft Plan
The House Armed Services Committee approved a draft bill with constraints on Johnson reforms, narrowing deferments and proposing a national lottery for induction. It passed 35 to 1, with Rep Floyd Hicks dissenting, while Senate action would keep President Johnson's discretionary powers largely intact.
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Washington
House Armed Services Commeltee
Johnson
Algo
Floyd Hicks
D-Wash
Senate
House
Congress
Limit on TV Commercials Proposed in Report
Washington's Television Coe Review Board urged limits on interruptions in prime time two per 40 minutes or four per 60 minutes and four per 30 minutes at other times. News weather sports and special events would be excluded from limits.
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Washington
Coe
National Association of Broadcaster
Win
Independent 1967 May 1 edition note and masthead
Newspaper masthead and listing details indicate Independent newspaper daily publication schedule with Friday May 1 1967 date, volume 33, number 10. It mentions Salteday and Sunday delivery notes, and several names likely staff or departments, along with business and theater references.
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Arta Heetsy
Salteday
Church Moderators Named At General Assembly In Portland
The Rev Dr Eugene Smathers was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A at the 179th general assembly in Portland Oregon. He 59, succeeds Rev Dr Ganse Little as head of the 3 3 million member denomination. Also named was Rev Dr William M H Hudnut Jr of Rochester New York. In Pittsburgh the American Baptist Convention tapped Rev L Dowald McBain of Phoenix to lead 1 3 million Northern Baptists, succeeding Carl W Tiller of Washington. Apollo program manager Maj Gen John G Shinkle at Kennedy Space Center submitted his resignation for personal reasons.
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Eugene Smathers
Tennessee
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Portland
Ore
Smathers
Ganse Little
Pasadena
William MH. Hudnut Jr
Roches
Ter
N.Y
Kentucky
Calvary Church
Big Lick
Tenn
American Baptist Convention Meeting
Pittsburgh
L. Dowald McBain
Phoenix
Ariz
McBain
Carl W. Tiller
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center
John G. Shinkle
Shinkle
UCLA sprinter Norman Jackson case dismissed in Los Angeles
A kidnapping charge against UCLA track star Norman Jackson was dismissed in Los Angeles after the alleged victim, Sondra Miron, 22, said she would not testify. Miron’s roommate Joan Johnston reported that Jackson dragged Miron from their West Los Angeles apartment.
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UCLA
Norman Jackson
Los Angeles
Sondra Miron
Jackson
Gyo Ucla Sprint Records
Miss Miron
Joan Johnston
West Los Ageles
Cassius Clay jailed briefly on traffic charge in Miami
Former heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay spent about an hour in the Dade County jail on a traffic charge after being stopped driving his 1967 Cadillac with a chauffeur. He posted a $75 bond for failing to have a valid license and not appearing in court, after officer Robert E. Elliott recognized him.
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Cassius Clay
Dade County
Fla
Clay
Miami Street
Cot
Robert E. Elliott
Simmons
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Combined News Services
Louisiana State University
Philip W. West
ISU
Institute For the Environmental Sciences
Teresa O’connor
Sue Lazar
Patricia Benders
Army Student Nurses Program
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Ind
Pat
World Today
National
Stockholm
U.S. Trade Center
Cong Thien
Leatherneck
Syracuse
General Electric Co
Chicago
Utah
Doh T. Pyne
Raber Schwartz
Balmawr
Hubert L. Wills
Detronf
Ford Major Co
Henry Ford II
Federal Highway Safety Agency
New York
Easter
Westimn
Wie Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Department
Department
Veterans Life Insurance
South ST
Shakey's Pizza
Ust
McBain Smathers
Devis
War Malemman
Wed
Thurs
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
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