McCormack Defends Viet Nam Stand Against Withdrawal
House Speaker John W. McCormack pressed against withdrawal from Viet Nam after a White House meeting with President Johnson. He warned that retreat would hurt allies, ease enemy negotiations, and insisted the United States would use minimal force to defend freedom and leadership amid the Southeast Asian crisis.
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Washington
UPI
House
John W. McCormack
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
White House
McCormack
Southeast Asia
White House East Room
Labor Press Association
Gallup
U.S
South Viet Nam
L. Mendes Rivers
D-S.c
House Armed Services Committee
South
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Dean Rusk
Salary Law Hit From Both Sides
Carson City Nevada bill to curb local school district spending drew opposition from Sen. Floyd Lamb and the State Education Association. The measure would cap teacher share at 65 percent, limit per pupil cost growth to nine percent over three years, and require state budget director approval to transfer funds.
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Carson City
UPI
Floyd Lamb
D-Lincoln
State Education Association
Carl Dodge
R Churchill
Lamb
Association
James Butler
Association Legislative Committee
Milan Tresnit
Senate Finance Committee
B. Mahlon Brown
D-Clark
Wilson McGowan
R-Pershing
Candidate pledges state lottery to fund health care in Nevada
Democrat lieutenant governor candidate Dr. Robert B. Mortensen said backers are circulating petitions for a constitutional amendment to create a state controlled lottery. Profits would fund prepaid medical care with surplus to health and education programs, and a single board would license physicians chiropractors and osteopaths.
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Robert B. Mortensen
Mortensen
United Press International
Gaming Control Agencies
Reno
United States
Nevada
Buddhists and Civil War in Da Nang Tense Congress Scene
In Da Nang a pagoda scene, Ky urged government action for stability as about 400 militant students with anti government banners tried to march on the congress hall. Riot police intervened. Marines seized an ammunition dump near the Da Nang River after rebels threatened to blow it up. Loyalist forces had earlier crushed the rebel center, with 350 anti government troops captured.
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da Nang
da Nang River
Site Strike Threat Eases at Reynolds Contracts
The Teamsters resistance to travel pay cuts mirrors last summer while talks with Reynolds extend beyond expiry in March. Plumbers Local 525 and Electrical Workers Local 357 continue discussions with federal mediators watching closely as REECO contracts near midnight June 31. A new Labor Management Government panel seeks to avert strikes at the test site with all parties represented and Operating Engineers Local 12 keeping crews on site pending settlement.
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Teamsters
Reynolds
Selection of Jury In Denning's Trial
Thirty six potential jurors were questioned as the trial of Phillippe Denning opened in Lyon County District Court. Prosecution and defense used three peremptory challenges each with one remaining. jurors expected to be seated next morning. Denning is charged with attempted murder of Nevada Supreme Court Justice Frank McNamee, who was found unconscious after head injuries at Zephyr Cove February 16. McNamee's seat on the high court bench was filled by Judge David Zenoff. Denning was arrested in St Louis after McNamee's car and belongings were stolen in northern Missouri.
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David Zenoff
Las Vegas
Denning
St. Louis
McNamee
Missouri
Tragic downtown accident claims young boy
A boy died after a downtown incident near Central Telephone Co. The mother Mrs. Daudine Pewitt was sedated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and sent home. Donald, the deceased, leaves a younger brother and sister ages three and five. Roxson was shaken by the crash. A sheriff spokesman will take days off during investigation. A coroner's inquest was requested.
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Central Telephone Company
Daudine Pewitt
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Donald
Roxson
Sheriff's Department
Defoliation Question Heard After Industrial Emissions
An emergency County Air Pollution Control Board meeting discussed defoliation in Henderson's Townsite district near Titanium Metals. No source conclusions were reached though an operator reportedly fell asleep allowing sulfuric acid release and chlorine emissions on two occasions. Leaves fell from about 5 percent of trees in two incidents near the plant.
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Henderson
County Air Pollution Control Board
Eugene Francee
Titanium Metals
Whittlesea Again in Nevada Lieutenant Governor Fight
Victor F Whittlesea longtime Blue Cab Co owner toys with another Democratic bid for lieutenant governor after last night’s report. He previously ran in 1950 losing to Cliff Jones by 3500 and Harvey Dickerson by 200 votes. Cab drivers protest the state and Clark County cab control ordinance.
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Las Vegas
Reno
Victor F. Whittlesea
SUN
Whittlesea
Blue Cab Co
Cliff Jones
Harvey Dickerson
Dickerson
Nevada
Clark County
NSW City Manager Accused of Scheme Over Water Rates
A city manager faces accusations of scheming a water rate hike approved without council input. A public hearing is set for June 27 as Lynch proposes a $1.50 rise on the $5 monthly flat rate for the first 33,000 gallons. The last North Las Vegas water rate boost was 1957. nearby cities have raised rates repeatedly.
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Kelly
Lynch
Las Vegas
Nevada
Nevada Vets Tax Break Amid Special Session Debate
The Nevada legislature advances eight bills in the third week of a special session. A tax rise on gamblers is delayed amid Senate opposition while Assembly support remains uncertain. Other measures include licensing relaxations for doctors, a one cent rural gas tax option, and funding to hire highway patrol staff and expand state prison facilities.
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Assembly
Senate
Kinsley
Legislative Commission
Nevada
State Medical Board
Clark
Washoe
Reno
Las Vegas
Elko
Winnemucca
Austin
Beatty
Henderson
Tensions Rise As Cuban Shooting Alleged By Cuba
Cuban officials claim gunfire from the Guantanamo base killed a sentry and hit a blockhouse. The United States investigates the incident as Cuba threatens to halt the regular airlift of refugees to Miami amid disrupted flights and reduced schedules.
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Miami
API
United States
Cuba
U.S
Guantanamo
Minai
State Department
Ing
Havana
Freedom
Varadero
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuban Armed Forces Ministry
Poll Watchers From Watts
SNCCs black panther wing announced Watts and Chicago observers will attend southern elections. Stokely Carmichael said integration misses the point and the aim is power social economic and political.
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Atlanta
UPI
Black Panther
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Watts
Chicago
Deep South
Jim Clark
Selma
Ala
Stokely Carmichael
SNCCN
Senate approves money pool to fund Johnson budget
The Senate backed a $4.2 billion plan to fund the Johnson budget by selling shares in a pool of government loans. The measure had passed the House 206 to 190 amid GOP charges of gimmickry and fiscal parlor tricks, led by Sen. John J. Williams with Sen. Frank Lausche.
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Washington
Bus Strike Shuts 11 Western States Nine Days
About 5 000 Greyhound drivers and station employees walk out in California Oregon Washington Idaho Nevada Utah Arizona and parts of Montana Wyoming New Mexico and Texas over a pension dispute. A federal mediator says rapid talks with the union could yield a quick contract once the pension issue is settled.
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Washington
UPI
Greyhound
Amalgamated Transit Union
California
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Texas
Five Die in Uganda Anti-Government Riots
In Uganda police used clubs and tear gas to quell protests by followers of a tribal leader known as King Freddie. Five natives were killed and many injured as unrest escalated in Buganda near Makindye and Lubiri where the kabaka palace sits and barricades blocked roads around local chiefs.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Central African Republic
King Freddie
Milton Obote
Buganda
Makindye
Lubiri
U S and Poland Expel Attaches After Harassment
The United States and Poland mutually expelled three military attaches each after a surge of harassment by Polish Secret police agents. The State Department condemned violations of diplomatic immunity by Polish authorities at the Warsaw Embassy over the past two months.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Poland
State Department
U.S
Warsaw
Auto Sales Speed Up in Detroit Area
Ford Motor Co. Ford Division posted a record 62,150 cars sold in the second 10 days of May at a 6 906 daily rate. Chrysler Corp and American Motors also reported strong gains for the period, helping reverse an early May slump in the auto industry.
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Detroit
UPS
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
Sterilization or Jail Case Writ Issued
A 22 year old mother of two chose jail over sterilization as probation. A habeas corpus writ was issued by Superior Judge C Douglas Smith at the request of her court appointed attorney Louis Renga. Mrs Nancy Hernandez was freed from county jail after about four hours with a hearing set for May 31.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPT
C. Douglas Smith
Louis Renga
Nancy Hernandez
Kearney
Johnson vows another bid on right to work repeal
President Johnson announced he would try again to secure congressional approval of federal repeal of Section 14-B Taft-Hartley law provisions. He spoke to about 400 editors of labor union publications and urged action to nullify state right-to-work laws and union shop bans.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Court hearing erupts in threats amid gangland slaying case
In San Francisco a court arraignment for five men in the Don Wilson slaying devolved into shouting after a threat to the defendant Richard Rock. Judge McCarthy disqualified himself. Norman Elkington took over the arraignments and scheduled pleas for June 3. Rock and four co‑defendants face conspiracy charges linked to the Wilson killing amid broader union welfare fund probes and a related slaying.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Don Wilson
San Francisco Painters Union
Francis McCarthy
Mr. Rabinowitz
Richard Rock
Rock
McCarty
Norman Elkington
Wilson
Painters Union
Lloyd Green
Hayward
Stuve Youngren
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