California Supreme Court strikes down Prop 14 housing bias
In Mulkey versus Reitman the California Supreme Court ruled Prop 14 unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. The decision held that state action against private discrimination violated equal protection as it allowed landlords to freely deny housing based on race or religion. Dissenting judges warned it defied the people's will.
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California
State Supreme Court
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert L. Snell
California Apartment Owners Association
Paul Peek
State Court
U.S
Marshall F. McComb
Thomas P. White
Mulkey Vs. Reitman
Orange County
Kim Novak Files for Divorce After Short Marriage
Hollywood report states film star Kim Novak seeks divorce from actor Richard Johnson after a little over a year of marriage. The action filed April 22 in Salinas California cites extreme cruelty and lists Aspen Colorado as the wedding place with separation Feb 5.
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Hollywood
UPI
Kim Novak
Richard Johnson
Monterey County
Calif
Marilyn Pauline Johnson
Marilyn Pauline Novak
Carmel
California
Salinas
Aspen
Colo
Johnson
Moll Flanders
Beaver Dam
Lawmakers Disagree On Revenue Projections
Lawmakers debate state revenue and year end funds. Barrett estimates 10 million left by June 30 1967, Terrell 9.2 million, with 878000 difference after considering session costs. Both view 1966-67 reversions as speculative and stress possible state tax and population effects.
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Barrett
Terrell
Senate
Sen
B. Mahlon Brown
Dclark
Senate Finance Committee
Clark County
Local Law Chief Bunker Defends Las Vegas Police
Las Vegas Police Chief Bunker rejects a reporter’s claims about crime solving gaps citing funding shortages for a crime lab and technology. He praises local methods as modern and criticizes the accuser as biased while noting national crime trends and high arrest clearance rates.
Hanleys Go Going For Broke on Strip
The NLRB ordered an election at the Thunderbird after delays over unfair labor practice charges. The union also filed petitions for elections at The Mint subsidiary and Casino Operations. If Hanley wins Thunderbird he may seek a Sahara election.
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NLRB
Thunderbird
Change Girls
Mint
Casino Operations, Inc
Sahara
Hanley
American Federation of Gaming & Casino
Nuclear dust detected over western Japan after Chinese test
In Tokyo UPI reports scientists detected radioactive dust over western Japan within 48 hours of China detonating its third nuclear device. In Saigon UPI says Premier Nguyen Cao Ky predicted his military government in South Viet Nam will stay in power for up to another year.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
China
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South
Viet Nam
Detroit Soap Factory Blast Injures Many Children
A massive explosion at a Wayne Soap Co facility shook a mile area in Detroit wounding at least 20 workers, 11 critically, and shattered windows at Morley Elementary School two blocks away. The blast damaged two elementary schools and leveled the soap plant into a ruin.
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Detroit
UPS
Morley
Ralph Sturmer
Sturmer
Wayne Soap Co
Wall Street Opens Higher in Broad Rally
Stocks climb with Sperry Rand up to 21 on heavy volume and SCM Corp advancing to 76 percent. Chrysler trims losses while GM rises, electronics rally then fades. airlines bid higher with Northwest and KLM up over 5 percent and Teledyne surging intraday before settling.
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Sperry Rand
SCM Corp
Chrysler
General Motors
G.M
Ford
Zenith
Admiral
Magnavox
LBM
Motorola
Collins Radio
Fairchild Camera
Northwest Advanced
KLM
Eastern
Delta
Pan American
Continental
National
American
Zerox
Polaroid
Dellas
Wrong Way Corrigan’s Wife Dies in California
Elizabeth M. Corrigan, 59, wife of famed trans Atlantic pilot Douglas Corrigan, died Monday night in St. Joseph’s Hospital Orange California. The cause of death was not determined and Corrigan now 68 years old.
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Santa Ana
Calif
UPI
Douglas
Corrigan
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Orange
Elizabeth M. Corrigan
New York City
Long Beach
Yanks Beat Back Commie Attack
A U S spokesman in Saigon blamed the Viet Cong for a machinegun street battle Tuesday that left five Vietnamese dead and 29 wounded, including eight Americans, during a bomb incident near a U S officers billet. Civilian bystanders were affected as troops and police faced Communist terrorism in Saigon.
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U.S
Saigon
Records Shattered by Bitter May Cold in Great Lakes
In St Joseph Michigan a severe May cold wave caused heavy crop losses across fruit and vegetable fields in the Great Lakes region with temperatures plunging and growers reporting multi million dollar damage to produce including crops in Michigan and nearby areas.
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St, Joseph, Mich
Upi
Great Lakes
Great Plains
North Atlantic States
Middle West
East
Kentucky
West Virginia
Florida
Michigan
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Ohio
Chicago
Lexington
Walnut Hills
Oneonta
N. Y
Lansing
Flint
Detroit
Sault Ste. Marie
Upper Peninsula
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Elkins
Huntington
Charleston
W. Va
Mom Guilty Of Killing Four Kids
Charlene Hargis, wife of former Kansas congressman Denver D. Hargis, found guilty of manslaughter in Maryland for killing her four children aged two to 12 as they slept in Laurel. Prosecutor urged application of insanity law despite defense.
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UPI
Kansas
Maryland
Charlene Hargis
Denver D. Hargis
D-Kan
Laurel
Arthur A. Marshall Jr
Marshall
Federal judge bans strikes to restore rail jobs nationwide
A federal judge granted a permanent injunction prohibiting firemen strikes to restore about 20 000 railway jobs cut by a 1963 arbitration award. In Washington the Johnson administration reviewed the Vietnam war with Ambassador Lodge, calling talks very profitable.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sevigny Faces Question Over Relation With Alleged Spy
Former Associate Defense Minister Pierre Sevigny acknowledged a sexual relationship with Gerda Munsinger, the German beauty queen linked to espionage, while denying she was his mistress financially. In Moscow, tremors rocked Tashkent causing further damage with authorities not releasing final casualty figures from the latest quake.
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Ottawa
UPI
Pierre Sevigny
Gerda Munsinger
Munich
Moscow
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Mixed Reactions After Calif Supreme Court Ruling on Prop 14
Los Angeles reports a broad range of reactions to the state Supreme Court ruling that Prop 14 is unconstitutional. Republicans and Democrats weighed in on enforcement, federal urban renewal funds, and the potential for further court action as leaders call the decision a landmark step toward equal housing rights.
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Los Angeles
UPI
State Supreme Court
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Braden
State Board of Education
Washington
Selvin
U. S. Supreme Court
Bakersfield
Lloyd Hand
California Real Estate Association
Dirksen Breaks Hip After Walter Reed Fall
Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen, 70, fractured his right hip in a 3:30 a.m. fall at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The fracture was set in a one hour operation. He faces two to three weeks in hospital and several more weeks of crutch use.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dirksen
Walter Reed
Australian leaders denounce Vietnam war stance in Parliament
Canberra API opposition leaders accused the government of gambling on rising U.S. trade by sending Australian troops to Vietnam. Arthur Calwell, Labor Party leader, called the war wicked senseless and lunatic during a debate in the House of Representatives.
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Canberra
API
U.S
Viet Nam
Arthur Calwell
Labor Party
House of Representatives
Nevada Receives $19.6 Million In Interior Funding
Senate Appropriations Committee approved an Interior bill allotting 19.6 million dollars to Nevada for conservation recreation and Indian welfare programs. The largest item 4.5 million supports Indian welfare with 2.7 million for the Indian Bureau 1.5 million for the Indian Health Service and 257 800 in grants. Other allocations include 4.2 million for the Bureau of Land Management 3.3 million for Forest Service Nevada Lake Mead centered Park Service activities totaling 2.6 million and 2.1 million for the Geological Survey.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nevada
Bible
Tureau
Indian Health Service
Bureau of Land Management
Forest Service
National Park Service
Lake Mead
Geological Survey
Astronauts Practice Countdown For May Launch
Cape Kennedy report states Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan rehearsed a two hour capsule drill in spacesuits. The Gemini 9 crew completed the countdown with the mock liftoff on schedule as they approach a May 17 launch date.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Israel and Jordan Trade Fire on Negev Frontier
Israeli and Jordanian troops exchanged machine gun and mortar fire for three hours yesterday across the eastern Negev frontier. It follows the April 29 border incident when an Israeli force crossed into Jordan and destroyed four houses.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Negev
China Justifies Nuclear Tests Amid US USSR Pressure
Premier Chou En-lai said Beijing must conduct limited nuclear tests to defend against what he called nuclear blackmail by the United States and Soviet Union. He asserted China would not be first to use atomic weapons, and noted a proposed no-first-use pledge was rejected by Washington. Western scientists expected fallout to reach the Pacific in days for U S and Japan to collect data.
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Tokyo
UPI
Chou En-lai
Peking
United States
Soviet Union
Chi Na
China
Chou
Red China
Pacific
U.S
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