Forceful push for tougher gun controls faces NRA pushback
Washington and state capitals grapple with expanding campaigns for stricter gun laws after high profile killings. President Johnson orders a top priority drive to pass administration legislation banning mail order long gun sales while NRA mobilizes 900,000 members to lobby Congress. McCarthy calls for federal registration and tougher state laws, and a Battle Creek priest urges disarmament with little public response. The Senate backs a broader Tydings bill for universal registration and firearm permits, challenging Johnson’s lighter proposal.
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Senate
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Tydings
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Court rules 1866 civil rights law bans bias in housing
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 2 decision, holds that the 1866 civil rights law bars racial discrimination in sale or rental of property, private or public, with Justice Stewart stating Congress meant what it said. Dissent by Justices Harlan and White. The case involved Joseph Lee Jones and his wife Barbara Jo, barred from buying a home near St. Louis.
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Supreme Court
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Potter Stewart
John M. Harlan
Brran BR. White
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Joseph Lee Jones
Barbara Jo
Paddock Woods
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Caution Birds Detour at Shelby County Airport Runway
Work crews detour around a horned lark nest on the Shelby County Airport runway near Memphis, as a white flag marks the stake area. Officials say the pair and three squabs will be allowed to grow and depart before operations resume. The incident intervenes with earthmover activity on the new rut way.
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Rockefeller backed by Shafer could affect Nixon race
Pennsylvania Gov Raymond Shafer endorsed Nelson Rockefeller for the GOP nomination at Tulsa saying 45 to 50 of Pennsylvania’s 64 Republican delegates could back Rockefeller. Rockefeller warned that more endorsements from favorite sons might release delegates to Nixon, who leads in Newsweek’s delegate tally. Democrats see McCarthy stepping up and Moyers predicting Humphrey will contrast Johnson policies.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Richard M. Nixon
Shafer
Tulsa
Okla
Rockefeller
Nixon
John Mitchell
Newsweek
Magaine
California
Ronald Reagan
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
White House
Bill J. Moyers
Humphrey
Johnson
Idaho
McCarthy
GOP
Reagan
Helicopters shot down near Vietnam DMZ report
U S military says aircraft suspected to be enemy helicopters were fired on over the DMZ area during the weekend with a daylight reconnaissance to assess damage. Vietnamese sources claim air artillery and Navy jets downed several choppers south of the DMZ near the coast. the report notes possible transport or reconnaissance missions and mentions prior downings near Hanoi and Saigon clashes including a Green Beret action in Gia Dinh.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Dmz
Ben Hai River
South Vietnam
Navy
Green Beret
Reverend Lytle Relocates to Kansas City Church
Rev Lytle, after 18 years serving Jefferson City as pastor of First Methodist, will move to Kansas City joining Bing Ridge United Methodist Church. He expresses fond memories of Jefferson City and looks forward to serving a growing congregation of about 2,400 with an average age of 30 to 35. He will be replaced by Dr Val B Strader on August 1. The forecast notes partly cloudy skies and warmer temps with a low near 60 and highs in the mid 80s.
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Russ Lytle
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Kansas City
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Blue Ridge
Val B. Strader
Kirkwood Methodist Church
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Lytle
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