Johnson Receives Positive Civil Rights Act Year Report
President Johnson welcomed a year of Civil Rights Act progress with gains in voting, public accommodations, and desegregation of schools. The report urged a massive push to change prejudice, noting substantial voluntary compliance and court-ordered desegregation in major cities. It highlighted Selma conciliation efforts and the Community Relations Service role in the Alabama crisis.
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Johnson City, Tex
UPI
Johnson
Yme
North
Inca
Community
South
Selma
Ala
Johnson names three to staff and judges
President Johnson announced two new federal judges and a Negro Army major to his White House military staff. Theodore Tannenwald Jr. was named to the United States Court of Tax Appeals and William Benson Bryant to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Maj Hugh Robinson, a West Point graduate, will serve as Army representative on the staff. Bryant is from Alabama and a former Justice Department official.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
White House
Pross
Bill Movers
LBI
Texas
Washington
Moyers
New York
Theodore Tannenwald Jr
United States Court of Tax Appeals
William Benson Bryant
United States District Court For
District of Columbia
Maj Hugh Robinson
Nogaro
West Point
Army
James A. Cross
Bryant
Robinson
Army Engineer Corps
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
War Lands
Red Craft Takes Hot Return
Soviet cosmonaut Col Pavel Belyayev described a fiery manual landing of Voskhod-2 after the automatic system failed. He and space partner Alexei Leonov landed after 16 orbits, noting molten metal droplets on portholes due to intense heat and weightless operation difficulties.
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Moscow
UPI
Pavel Belyayev
Earth
Sovietsky Parrot
Ground Control
Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Rockefeller Sees Hope for GOP Ambition in 1966 and 1968
In a New York interview Nelson Rockefeller urges Republicans to recruit candidates at all levels, noting recent boos at the GOP convention and his own comeback mindset. He cites water pollution and unity behind a fusionist approach, arguing the United States must stand for freedom and reject appeasement.
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Harry Ferguson
New York
UPI
Nelson Rockefeller
New York City
Rockefeller
GOP
John V. Lindsay
City Hall
San Francisco
Co Palace
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Averell Harriman
Barry Goldwater
Republican Organization
Republican Party
Viet Nam
United States
Bamberg Sees Eight Anti Jewish Vandal Incidents
Neo Nazi vandals taunted Bamberg with swastikas and Death to Jews posters across an autobahn overpass. Police, seeking clues, offered 5000 dollars for information while interrogating dozens of suspects. Bamberg, population 73 000, hosts a small Jewish community of 71 members.
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Bamberg
Germany
UPI
Ramberg
Hitler
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Mendey
Clark County Electric
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Hoover
Ultra Color TV
Ene
General Electric
Ninericana Gzs
Clark County Electric Appliance
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L.V. School
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