Senate Overrides Protests In Ordering Voting Right Bill
The Senate voted 67 to 13 to order Judiciary Committee head James Eastland to clear Johnson's Negro voting bill within three weeks, with 57 co sponsors. Southern senators denounced the measure as un American while some cross party members backed fast action and floor consideration by April 9.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Russell B. Long
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J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
John G. Tower
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Russians may have two ships in space say German institute
The West German Institute for Satellite and Space Research said two man Voskhod-2 and possible second ship signals were detected. Director Heinz Kaminski warned it is early to confirm two spaceships in orbit and they could sink at any time. Hundreds of Cairo University students protested at embassies over Bonn Israel ties and Bourguiba opposed regional retaliation plans, clashing with riot police.
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Germany
UPI
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Heinz Maminski
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Cairo
UAR
Ethiopian ambassador recalled over deteriorating Somalia ties
Addis Ababa announced the Ethiopian ambassador to Mogadishu has been recalled for talks amid deteriorating relations with Somalia. A government release cited repeated violations of the Khartoum Agreement and disregard of obligations by the Somali government as the cause.
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UPI
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Ethiopia
Somalia
Khartoum
Wilson Promises Steel Nationalization Plans Soon
Prime Minister Harold Wilson said in the House of Commons that a white paper on steel will be published soon outlining the main provisions of a forthcoming bill to re nationalize most of Britain's iron and steel industry. The remark aimed to quell rumors that the government might delay the move amid potential defeat on the bill.
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UPS
Harold Wilson
Wilson
House of Commons
Britain
VFW Chief Back Johnsons Vietnam Policy
National commander John A. Jenkins of the Veterans of Foreign Wars declared the group fully supports President Johnsons strong actions against North Vietnam and dismissed calls for negotiation as fainthearted. A separate report notes Johnsons 1.3 billion school aid bill gaining support from a key rules committee member ahead of debate in the House.
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UPI
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John A. Jenkins
Birmingham
Ala
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Johnson
Viet Nam
Washington
UPS
Rules Committee
House
Lays Blame For Parade Violence In Boston
Mayor John F. Collins blamed irresponsible elements for violence during the St Patrick's Day parade in South Boston. An 18 year old was shot. A priest hit with an ice cream cone. A drunk man forced to his knees and a beer bottle clubbing a Negro lawyer. Police kept 600 officers busy amid 250 000 spectators. The CIC and NAACP float drew applause despite clashes.
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UPI
John F. Collins
War Trial Bid Loses Support in Bonn Parliament
Bonn reports that a plan to extend Nazi war crimes prosecutions indefinitely is losing ground in the parliamentary legal committee. A compromise proposal to extend the statute of limitations by four years is gaining traction, with Bavaria's CDU proposing to start the 20 year limit from May 8 1949 rather than 1945.
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UPS
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Nation's Weather by UPI 24 Hour Table
A 24 hour national weather summary prepared by the U S Weather Bureau San Francisco lists temperatures and precipitation ending at 4 a m PST. The report provides statewide readings and notable variations across regions.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Weather extremes report coldest and hottest readings
The coldest temperature reported to the U S Weather Bureau Thursday morning excluding Alaska and Hawaii was 19 below zero at Cut Bank Montana The warmest reading was 90 at Ocala Florida and McAllen Texas Both readings indicate wide temperature swings across the nation.
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New York
Their Many Firsts Their Many Firsts
Moscow reports the Soviet space program achieved many firsts from 1957 to 1964. It lists Sputnik I and II, Lunik series, the first Moon visit, and the first humans in space including Gagarin and Tereshkova, with multi crew Voskhod missions.
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Laika
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Valentina Tereshkova
Senate panel delays aid split while scheduling hearings
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed deciding whether to separate military and economic aid into distinct bills. It agreed to hold hearings on military aid with Secretary McNamara as first witness, while continuing testimony on the $1.17 billion economic measure and reviewing the overall $3.4 billion package. Comptroller General Campbell is to speak in a closed session Friday.
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UPI
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Johnson
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
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Fulbright
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Fullbright
Robert S. McNamara
Joseph Campbell
South Viet bombs kill 30 children near Da Nang cave
A Viet Cong linked schoolmaster led children into a cave used as a Viet Cong post near Man Quang seven miles from Da Nang. Bomb concussion collapsed the cave killing 20 to 30 children. planners claim U.S. planes took part, which officials deny. A probe into press access at Da Nang base follows.
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South Viet Nam
UPS
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U.S
Sampan
Man Quang
Saigon
Ben Fordney
Red Space Hero Leonov Nearly Flopped in Early Flight Test
Alexei Leonov, then a 30 year old designer engineer, nearly failed a centrifuge test that could have ended his astronaut career. He caught a cold the day before and regained fitness after a second attempt, earning approval to fly. He had childhood parental resistance and later earned the Order of the Red Star and two medals before his space duties.
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Leonov
Tass
Alexei
Air Force
Order of the Red Star
Cosmonauts’ Communist Party Organization
Legislature debates future in Nevada amid many bills
In Carson City and Reno reports, the Senate defeats a continuity of government bill. Other actions include pay raises for county officials, a push for a five man fish and game commission, a bond for Sparks city hall, and a joint study on Lake Tahoe. Bishop Dwyer calls for a strong civil rights bill.
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UPI
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Roger Teglia
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Nevada Assembly
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Robert Dwyer
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Alabama
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