Draft standards under fire as Hershey backs broader induction
The article notes Lt. Gen. Hershey opposing changes to the draft law while favoring lower standards to widen eligibility. He discusses possible drafting of deferment recipients after age 26 and rejects substantial lowering of the age limit, arguing military service benefits young men. Local combat updates report Vietnamese and American actions in Tuy Hoa with casualties and reinforcements.
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le Duc Thong
Tuy Hoa
Saigon
Washington
UPI
Lewis B. Hershey
Congress
Selective Service
Defense Department
Hershey
House
Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S. C
Hoover and FBI Wiretapping Spark Justice Dept Battle
A West Wing clash centers on FBI eavesdropping and wiretapping authority. Officials debate whether actions in Las Vegas and the Black suite case were within legal bounds and implications for Baker and Levinson prosecutions. The Justice Department stresses broad investigative power and keeps officials from commenting.
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Bobby) Baker
Black
Las Vegas
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
FBI
Justice Department
Marshall
Department of Justice
Bobby Baker
Baker
Edward Levinson
Hundley
Katzenbach
Tryig
Contractors on Fed Land Tax Liable in Nevada
Nevada officials debate ad valorem taxation on federal property used by contractors. Dickerson cites Taylor Grazing Act and Forest Service properties as exempt, but Atomic Energy Commission not covered. He warns liens do not attach. taxes remain a debt. Attorney general endorses constitutionality, citing a Supreme Court precedent.
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U.S
Dickerson
Nevada
U.S. Forest Service
Bureau of Reclamation
Atomic Energy Commission
State of
State General Fund
Thugs Torch Tropics Nightclub Blaze Destroys Tropics
A dawn fire at the Tropics nightclub and restaurant in Las Vegas destroyed the building and stock after assailants beat a cab driver and forced the door. Firefighters withdrew as the roof failed. hydrants were misconnected and far away. Investigators questioned Spiers and the Silvaggio brothers amid mentions of new management and prior license denials.
Greyhound Ends Six Week Western Strike
Greyhound bus operations in the western states resumed after a six week strike. Amalgamated Transit Union members voted 3014 to 1115 to accept a settlement proposed by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Buses to roll at midnight and full schedules to return within 24 hours.
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San Francisco
UPI
Greyhound
Amalgamated Transit Union
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Nixon predicts GOP gains in election
National briefs report Nixon asserting Ronald Reagan will gain a minimum of 500000 Democratic votes in the upcoming general election during his Los Angeles Coliseum address. Separate dispatches note a Seattle United Airlines stewardess found dead with a roommate injured, riot police withdrawing in Pompano Beach after two days of unrest, Communist leaders praising a Catholic priesthood applicant, and the Lutheran Church in America weighing ordaining women.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Los Angeles Coliseum
Seattle
UPS
Queen Anne Hill
Lonnie Trumbull
Lisa Wick
King County Hospital
Joyce Bowe
United Air Lines
Seamen Strike Talks Raise Hopes for Settlement
London representatives of the striking seamen union and ship owners met for three hours amid rising optimism that the 39 day walkout crippling Britain may end. They agreed to reconvene today as pressure mounts for a settlement.
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London
UPS
Britain
New York Cancels Dinner Honoring King Faisal Over Jewish Remarks
Mayor John V Lindsay scrapped an official reception and dinner for King Faisal amid his controversial remark that Jews are our enemy. Governor Rockefeller also cancelled his courtesy call, signaling a cooling of New York's welcome during Faisal's seven day visit. The move echoes a 1957 incident with Faisal's predecessor and drew bipartisan reactions from U.S. officials.
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New York
UPI
John V Lindsay
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Brotherhood of Man
Robert F. Wagner
King Saud
U. S. Capitol
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Lowa
Taxi Ordinance Battle Sets Court for LV
Union Cab Company seeks an injunction against the county cab ordinance in District Court with Judge John Sexton hearing the motion this morning. The case challenges constitutional validity and argues the ordinance conflicts with Nevada statutes granting PSC regulatory power over cabs. About 30 cab owners and drivers attended the county courthouse for the hearing as part of three actions targeting the ordinance.
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Union Cab Company
John Sexton
Union Cab
David Abbatangelo
Nevada
Public Service Commission
Cab Company
Cab Drivers Association
Teamsters Local 881
Cab Association
Sheriff's Office
Sexton
Teamsters
Public Service
PSC
Checker
Yellow Cab
Still No Chance To Settle Viet War by Talking
The State Department says no acceptable basis for peace talks with North Vietnam has been found. Spokesman McCloskey notes Hanoi's position remains unchanged. White House sources confirm Johnson met with a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives, denying plans to escalate the war.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Viet Nam
Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Hanoi
White House
Johnson
House
North
Graham's Still Shootin' For Million Attendance
London based Billy Graham crusade nears one million goal with nine days left as 17 237 attendees have joined the London event. Crowds routinely reach 24 500 at Earl's Court Arena while Wembley Stadium hosts a final rally. Closed circuit broadcasts link Manchester Leeds Leicester Sheffield Newcastle upon Tyne and soon Glasgow Edinburgh Southampton Norwich and Birmingham.
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London
UPI
Billy Graham
Don
Earl’s Court
Wembley Stadium
Manchester
Leeds
Leicester
Sheffield
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Southampton
Norwich
Birmingham
Troops seize pagoda in Saigon crackdown
Government troops stormed Vien Hoa Dao pagoda command post in Saigon taking control and confiscating knives tear gas grenades radio gear and dynamite sized firecrackers. Buddhist leader Thich Tam Chau condemned the action demanding troop withdrawal and prisoner release. Over 100 youths were rounded up, many likely to be drafted into the army, including a Kamikaze squad member suspected in a plainclothes officer’s killing.
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UPS
Vien Hoa Dao
Thich Tam Chau
Buddhist Institute
Tam Chau
Nguyen Cao Ky
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