Federal registrars sign up hundreds in deep South
Federal voting registrars reported high turnout with hundreds of Negroes joining registers in Selma and surrounding counties in Alabama. In Dallas County about 300 were estimated registered, with 120 still in line at midday as heat prompted fans. Registrars also worked in Marengo and Hale, while light turnout occurred in Lowndes. Additional postings noted activity in Greenwood Mississippi Canton Mississippi and Plaquemines Parish Louisiana amid Johnson’s voting rights law push.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Deep South
Alabama
Jim Clark
Clark
Dallas County
Bayne Smith
Smith
Marengo
Hale
Lowndes
Ft. Deposit
Hayneville
Greenwood
Mississippi Delta
Canton
Mississippi
Louisiana
South
Johnson
Civil Service
Commission
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Dallas
Americus
Sumter County
East Feliciana
East Carroll
Plaquemines
Leander H. Perez Sr
Fred Shuttlesworth
Birmingham
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Dublin
Housing Bill Passage Promises Dignified Home for Nation
President Johnson hailed the housing bill as landmark and said it will provide for a national program of public housing, urban renewal, veterans mortgage insurance and college housing. The package includes 188000000 for 60000 new units, 29 billion for urban renewal, 12 billion for loans, and 15 billion for FHA. Senate debate on a cabinet level Housing and Urban Development department opened as final action looms.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Cuban Seaman Admits High Seas Massacre
A Cuban seaman confessed to fatally shooting captain Rogelio Diaz and first mate Adrick Hinds during a voyage aboard the 175 foot Seven Seas. He described arguing with the officers over Cuba, then using a .38 pistol to kill Diaz and Hinds as the ship neared drydock in Tampa. The Coast Guard found four other crewmembers shot in their bunks.
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Coast Guard
Immigration Service
Miami Airport
Elvin Burgwaise
Ger Davison
Ramirez
Davison
Engin R Com
Key West
Interrogaton
Miami
Tampa
Rogelio Diaz
Adrick Hinds Ramirez
Cuba
Ybor City
Diaz
Hinds Ramirez
Burywise
Jose Abad
Franco Solomon
Antonio Fornier
Seven Seas
Sinatra Crewman Dies Trying to Save Mate
Coast Guard continues search for Goldfarb after he and James Grimes of Ireland were left behind when two coffee shop waitresses tried to row them back to Sinatra’s yacht from Martha’s Vineyard. Grimes could not swim and Goldfarb gave him the only life preserver as the dinghy sank.
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Sinatra
Coast Guard
Waugh
Goldfarb
New England
Miss Farrow
James O. Grimes
Ireland
Cheryl K. Navin
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Margaret Whittemore
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Grimes
Fair Board approves budget cuts ad fund and agency changes
The board split over agency choices with Jack Petit and Bob Baskin backing the Tom Wilson Agency for a new 100000 account to lure tourists. Melvin and Kelly Reber receive 142000 and 113000 respectively for ads and magazines with 40000 in reserve for contingencies. Darwin Lamb opposed cutting 100000 from recreation funds, causing a push to include it in the bond issue. James Ryan shifted position after noting potential impact on reserves.
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Agence
Jack Petiit
Bob Baskin
Tom Wilson
Melvin
Kelly-Reber
Darwin Lamb
General Recreation Fund
Lamb
James Ryan
Ryan
Greek crisis grows as king mulls unifier coalition
In Athens King Constantine weighs a nonpolitical coalition to break a 26 day stalemate. Premier-designate Stefanopoulos failed to form a government after Center Union withdrew support, while Papandreou’s leverage limits backing. Demonstrators threaten the king and Queen Mother Frederika amid mounting anger.
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Athens
UPI
Constantine
Stephan Stefanopoulos
Center Union Party
Stefanopoulos
George Papandreou
Papandreou
U S Files More Poll Tax Suits
The Justice Department filed final poll tax suits under the Voting Rights Law against Alabama Texas and Virginia seeking to abolish the $1.50 taxes as discriminatory. The actions target states with long histories of disenfranchising Black voters and follow rapid federal voter registration steps in nine Deep South counties.
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Washington
UPS
Justice Department
Alabama
Texas
Virginia
Johnson
U. S
Mont
Gomery
Ala
Austin
Tex
Richmond
Mississippi
Viet Cong Leader May Visit Britain For Peace Talks
Prof. Nguyen Van Hieu, Viet Cong foreign affairs spokesman, may visit Britain to present the group’s peace case. Invited by Bertrand Russell’s peace foundation, he would be the first high ranking Vietnamese Communist guest in the West since the Vietnam war escalated. Two other VC central committee members, Dinh Ba Thi and Ham Van Chuong, would accompany him to make their case to the British people.
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UPI
Britain
Nguyen van Hieu
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
Earl Bertrand Russell
Peace Foundation
West
The
Viet Cong Party Organization
Dinh Ba Thi
Helsinki
Ham van Chuong
Johnson Briefs House on Viet Nam Unity Declared
President Johnson briefed House members on the Viet Nam war in a White House session with no dissension reported. Speaker John W. McCormack said the meeting showed greater U.S. unity than before Pearl Harbor, with leadership cited as a factor. Rep. Gerald R. Ford attended but did not join the Q and A. Senate leaders echoed efforts toward honorable negotiations.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Viet Nam
Mansfield
House
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
McCormick
Ford
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Dirksen Aims For Second Try On Reapportionment Amendment
Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen said he plans a second try version of a state legislative reapportionment constitutional amendment for Senate introduction. He would not reveal changes from the failed prior proposal but vowed a vote this session.
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Dirksen
Senate group clears Fortas and Marshall for top posts
The Senate Judiciary Committee, in a brief closed session, unanimously approved Abe Fortas for the Supreme Court and Thurgood Marshall for U.S. solicitor general. Fortas is a longtime adviser to President Johnson. Marshall is a current circuit judge and former NAACP official.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Johnson
High Court
Fortas
Marshall
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mail Medicare SignUp Cards to 65 and Over
Social Security Administration will mail 14 million sign up cards for the voluntary medical insurance for those on Social Security aged 65 plus. Receivers decide enrollment. non enrollment incurs higher future premiums and a three year deadline. The voluntary plan costs 3 dollars monthly with 3 dollars government match per member. Hospital insurance remains free for all over 65. Programs start July 1 1966.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Administration
Rare Theater Collections Destroyed in UT Library Fire
A blaze on the 20th floor of the University of Texas sky scraper library ravaged irreplaceable theater holdings. Dr. Frederick Hunter, curator, said manuscripts and books from Houdini and P. T. Barnum were lost as flames spread to the 19th floor amid heavy downtown smoke.
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Harry Houdini
P. T. Barnum
Beatniks Targeted as Draftees Threaten Card Burners
Lawmakers moved to jail beatniks who destroy draft cards amid a $1.7 billion defense construction bill. Rep Sikes said the economy knife was sheathed due to rising fighting in Southeast Asia. Rivers defended cracking down on draft card burnings and beatnik protesters who denounced U S policy in Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
House
Viet Nam
Senate
Robert L. F. Sikes
Dfla
Appropriations Committee
Southeast Asia
L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
U.S
William G. Bray
R-Ind
America Demands Russia Pay Up at U.N. Deadlock
UPI reports the United States denies dropping insistence that Russia clear U.N. arrears. Ambassador Goldberg says position to be explained when the U.N. committee of 33 meets on August 16 as it seeks a solution before the General Assembly session.
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United Nations
UPI
United States
Russia
U.N
U.S
Arthur J Goldberg
Committee of 33
Goldberg
World Organization
General Assembly
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Committee
Centaur Moonshot Rehearsal Delayed To Today
An Atlas Centaur rocket safety mechanism fault halted yesterday’s rehearsal off Cape Kennedy. Engineers traced the issue to a mechanical safety unit and aimed to retry the launch today as part of Centaur’s $552 million development program.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Centaur
House committee kicks off minimum wage bill expansion
Washington UPI reports the House Education and Labor Committee began work on a bill to raise the federal minimum hourly wage from 1.25 to 1.75 and extend wage-hour protections to 7.2 million more workers. Committee members signaled rising chances for passage.
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Washington
UPI
House Education and Labor Committee
House panel may probe Viet Nam press censorship policy
Rep. John E. Moss of California said a House subcommittee is studying the U S policy on military news in the Viet Nam combat zone. He noted the issue may head to congressional hearings as concern grows over voluntary censorship of U S correspondents.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
House Subcommittee
John E. Moss
D-Calif
House
Freedom of Information Group
NSF Orders Mohole Review Over Rising Project Costs
Washington based National Science Foundation directs a full review of Project Mohole after cost estimates climb from 50 million to 76 million dollars. The six mile deep earth crust probe faces financial and logistical scrutiny amid escalating expenses.
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Washington
UPI
The
National Science Foundation
Air Force Halts Titan Site Modifications After Searcy Accident
The Air Force temporarily suspends modification of Titan missile sites pending investigation of the Searcy Arkansas incident. Of 54 underground silos, 21 had been modified, involving air conditioning plumbing and other facilities not the missiles themselves.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
Searcy
Ark
Udall Warns Birth Rate Threatens Resources
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall warned the world’s key problems could become isolatable unless the birth rate slows. He said the current population is on a headlong collision course with resources.
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Washington
UPI
Stewart Udall
Philippines U S Sign Pact Expands Jurisdiction Over Crimes
Manila and Washington sign an agreement granting the Philippines broader jurisdiction in crimes by U S service members. The pact takes effect immediately, aiming to ease tensions and tighten military cooperation.
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Manila
API
United States
Philippines
U. S
Soviet Central Committee to hold Plenary on reforms
The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party will meet in Plenary session next month to decide on far-reaching industrial reforms, according to well-informed Soviet sources. In Geneva the United States denounced the Soviet Union for using the 17-nation disarmament conference as a Viet Nam propaganda platform.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Communist Party
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
OAS Mediators Press for Provisional Government Effort
Mediators from the Organization of American States urged the junta and rebel factions to accept terms for a provisional government in a renewed push. Ellsworth Bunker said it would be highly desirable to act within the next few days as weeks of talks failed to end the 34 month crisis.
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Santa Domingo
UPS
Organization of American States
OAS
Ellsworth Bunker
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