California panel blasts Watts report as superficial and biased
The California Advisory Committee to the U S Commission on Civil Rights called the Watts riot report a bitter disappointment and said it is elementary, superficial and unoriginal. It faulted May or Yorty and Chief Parker for negligence and accused the McCone Commission of whitewashing Parker and LAPD.
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California
Watts
Los Angeles
Governor’s Commission
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Samuel W. Yorty
William H. Parker
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Commission
Yorty
Parker
McCone
Woman Bus Driver Saves 21 Children
Roseville California AP report says Mildred Peters, a 36 year old bus driver, calmly steered a burning school bus over an overpass on Interstate 80 and guided 21 pupils to safety after a fuel tank ruptured and diesel fuel ignited.
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Roseville
Calif
Mildred Peters
Peters
No Contest On Date Brings Neillsville Hatfield Cooperation
Neillsville Rotary and Black River Sportsmen’s Club resolved a clash of Jan 30 and Feb 13 ice fishing contests on Lake Arbutus Hatfield by maintaining their own dates. Neillsville will run Jan 30 12 to 3:30 pm funds support a warming house at Schuster Park. Black River Club keeps Feb 13 funds aid youth programs.
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la Crosse Tribune
Hatfield
Wis
Black River
Wisconsin
Lake Arbutus
Neillsville
Neillsville Rotary Club
Black River Club
Black River Sportsmen’s Club
Richard Tibbett
Schuster Park
Alabama Democrats drop white supremacy motto from emblem
The Alabama Democratic Executive Committee voted to replace the white supremacy motto with a new emblem showing a crowing rooster and the word Democrats. The move, driven by fears of losing black votes, came after a secret ballot was approved and a voice vote on the final decision. Governors and party leaders weighed potential GOP gains in a changing state political scene.
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Rex Thomas
Birmingham
Ala
Democratic Party
Alabama
State
Democratic Executive Committee
National Party
Montgomery
States Rights Committee
Wallace
Labor Party Faces Test In Hull Election
Britain faces a pivotal Hull North contest as Labor fights to hold a one seat House of Commons margin. Kevin McNamara seeks victory amid national polling dips and a strong Independent Radical challenger. The result could force a new general election or sustain a fragile government.
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Labor Party
Hull
Lawrence Malkin
England
Britain
Labor
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Kevin McNamara
Hull University
McNamara
Richard Gott
Wilson
U.S
Viet Nam
Edward Heath
Hull North
Mexico's President Ends Central American Tour
President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz returns to Mexico City after a two week tour visiting Panama Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua. Thousands including officials and diplomats greet him on arrival from Panama.
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Mexico City
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Panama
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
LBJ And Wheeler Assess Air War On North Viet Nam
Gen Earle G Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs warns a permanent bombing halt in North Vietnam would jeopardize pursuit of a negotiated peace. He supports the current pause as leverage but disapproves any lasting cessation, a view noted during Senate committee testimony last week.
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Yorty
Viet Nam
Los Angeles
LBJ and
Wheeler
N. Viet Nam
Lewis Hawkins Washington
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
North
Senate Committee
Pentagon
Arthur Sylvester
James Gavin
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Appropriations
President Johnson vows peace drive amid Hanoi hostility
President Johnson pledges to persist in Vietnam peace efforts after a month of pause, while noting continued hostility from Hanoi. He cites UN pursuit of a cease fire and assures no abandonment of peace aims, despite pressure from 76 Democratic House members.
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Lewis Hawkins Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Democratic House
United Nations
Stamp to Honor Albert Einstein
The Princeton Post Office announced a first day issue stamp for March 14 honoring Albert Einstein. Einstein, Nobel Prize winner in physics and author of relativity, died in Princeton in 1955 and was a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. The eight cent stamp is part of the prominent American series.
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Princeton
N.J
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Institute For Advanced Study
Lunar Truce Nears End as U S Forces Brace
The Tet cease fire nears its end as U S forces fear renewed combat. 7 000 additional American troops arrived in Vietnam last week while Hanoi urged stronger strikes. Viet Cong violations are tallied at 66, including a bombing near Tan Son Nhut Airport. A 25 pound bomb killed a U S sergeant and a Vietnamese woman. two soldiers and several civilians were injured. One injured American, Sp4 Ralph Myers of Shreveport now San Antonio, recounts waking amid debris.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S. Signal Corps
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Ralph Myers
Shreveport
San Antonio
Tex
Myers
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South Viet Nam
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