Wilderness Act Near Passage Aims to Protect Vast Wilderness System
Congress moves toward passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964 to preserve over 9 million acres of National Forest lands with potential additions of 5 million acres, mainly in western states. The measure would shield areas from roads and motorized use while allowing limited commercial activities and future land acquisitions with appropriations.
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Washington
Congress
Frank Church
Didaho
Senate
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White House
Johnson
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Montana
California
Idaho
New Mexico
Oregon
Arizona
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Nevada
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New Hampshire
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
John P. Saylor
R-Pa
Secretary of Agriculture
Unexpected Strip Disrupts California Beauty Contest
James Crocker, president of the International Beauty Congress, oversees an unscheduled striptease at a Long Beach welcome ceremony for IBC contestants drawing 2 000 spectators including Mayor Edwin Wade. A woman identified as Diane Lewis, 22, described as a Sunset Strip stripper, performed then was escorted off stage amid chaos and publicity backlash.
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Long Beach
Calif
Times- Post
James Crocker
International Beauty Congress
IBC
Lafayette Hotel
Edwin Wade
John McKinnon
Marvin Cloyd
Crocker
Mur
Crooker
Kleig
Congress
Diane Lewis
Sunset Strip
Miss Lewis
Thant Dubious of U.N.'s Role
Premier Nguyen Khanh declared a state of emergency in South Viet Nam and ordered general mobilization as the Tonkin Gulf crisis deepened. Military courts gain power to impose summary death sentences on terrorists and saboteurs with no appeal, while U.S. advisers noted no invasion was imminent.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Tonkin Gulf
William McMullen
Long Island
N.Y
Laos
South China Sea
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
Democratic Republic of
North
Viet Nam
Khanh
Hin
Shawnee Race Up In Air As 2000 Vote Error Found
In Shawnee County a 2000 vote discrepancy may flip the race for the Republican nomination for judge of the Court of Topeka. If corrected Robrahn would defeat Parks by about 525 votes after officials complete the canvass including in state absentee ballots.
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Topeka
Shawnee
Reece H. Robrahn
Court of
Parks
Robrahn
Explosion at Propane Plant Triggers Evacuation Near Lancaster
An explosion at the Impact Container Corp propane plant in suburban Lancaster prompted a one mile evacuation. No injuries were reported though danger of further blasts remained as about 30 fire companies and state police secured the area.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Lancaster
Erie County Sheriff’s Department
Impact Container Corp
Border tensions rise as North Viet Nam faces Saigon forces
The article notes no evidence of Chinese help to North Viet Nam in the Maddox Turner Joy attacks while a North Vietnamese infantry regiment confronts Saigon's reinforced 1st Division at the Ben Hai River border. It reports China’s ominous stance and satellite states claiming air incursions, plus Ha Noi Radio naming Lt Everett Alvarez Jr. as captured and McNamara stating two U.S. planes were shot down.
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Turner Joy
North Viet Nam
Saigon
Ben Hai River
China
South Viet Nam
U.S
Peking
North Korea
Hanoi
J.G. Everett Alvarez Jr
Constellation
McNamara
Marines Pistol Champs at National Matches in Ohio
Marine Staff Sgt. Richard C. Van Cott of Quantico Virginia won the 45 caliber slow fire pistol event at Camp Perry with a 196.06 total. Sgt. Francis A. Higginson, also from Quantico, placed second with 196.04.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
Richard C. van Cott
Quantico
Francis A. Higginson
Kansas Governor John Anderson Heads to Minnesota Holiday
Governor John Anderson and family depart Topeka for a two week fishing trip near Fergus Falls Minnesota with his in laws Dr and Mrs W M Auchard of Lawrence. He plans to cut the trip Aug 11 to fly to Washington and Aug 12 to Hershey Pennsylvania for Republican governors meetings with Sen Barry Goldwater before returning to Minnesota.
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Kansas
John Anderson
Topeka
Minnesota
Andersons
Anderson
W.M. Auchard
Lawrence
Fergus Falls
Minn
Minneapolis
Washington
Hershey
Barry Goldwater
Space Agency Contracts Flow Largest to Downey Firm
The Manned Spacecraft Center reports Downey California based North American Aircraft Corp holds $913,291,338 of active Apollo and related contracts, making Downey the top region. California leads with $1,287,229,209 in active contracts while Missouri follows with $637,089,203. total active contracts exceed $2.5 billion.
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Houston
Moonshine Bust Hits 93 Year Old in Bakersfield
Federal and state officers raided the home of 93 year old Otis Sledge in Kern County to end a three month probe. Police found 15 gallons of moonshine corn whisky and 250 empty bottles. Sledge jailed on charges of selling and possessing illegal whisky.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Kern County
Otis Sledge
Sledge
Duane Brown Wins One-Handed Talent Night Duet
Duane Brown a Hutchinson pianist with a left arm below the elbow shared top honors at Fort Hays State College High Plains Music camp for a second year, this time in a piano duet with Bill Zinke of Abilene. The feel of the judges praised his skill and prepared left hand parts. Brown plans to enroll at Wichita University to major in music.
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LeRoy Esau
Hutchinson High School
Brown
Hutchinson
E.R. Brown
Wichita University
Cattle Injured In Midland Curve Truck Crash
Several cattle were injured and a semi-trailer demolished in a two truck crash about 4 am today on the Midland curve three miles north of Lawrence on U S 24. Neither driver seriously injured. The cattle were not destroyed and were moved to Kansas City by another truck. Driver Ben Irish 45 of Cozad Neb drove the cattle truck eastbound while Frank M Newman 38 of McLouth drove the other truck southbound and failed to stop at a stop sign. Irish sustained a sprained ankle and a bruised elbow.
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Midland
Lawrence
U.S. 24
Kansas City
Highway Patrol
Dale Heiserman
Ben Irish
Cozad
Neb
Heiserman
Frank M. Newman
McLouth
Ruby Trial Denied in Oswald Assassination Case
Dallas judge Joe B. Brown refused a new trial for Jack Ruby who was sentenced to death for killing Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruby’s lawyers will carry the appeal to Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal appeals court unless a constitutional issue is raised.
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Germany
Hans Walter Zech-Nentwich
Ernst Thiele
Zech-Nenniwich
Dallas
Joe B. Brown
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Ruby
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas
Barnacles Survive Fresh Water On Some Hulls
Sea captains sometimes pilot ships into fresh water to kill barnacles clinging to hulls. Some shells of certain species remain stuck to the hull even after the animal is dead.
U.S. Said No Backing for Formosa Reports on China Moves
Hong Kong based U S military intelligence said reports from Nationalist sources about 100 Soviet MIG fighters heading to Hanoi lack substantiation. They found no basis for claims of large troop shifts or sweeping redeployments near the North Vietnamese border, noting only limited border activity and heightened air traffic between Yunnan and Hanoi.
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Red China
Hanoi
U.S
Taipei
China
Viet Nam
Chi
Yunnan
North
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