Prospects Dim for Johnson Campaign Donation Plan
Washington AP reports prospects dim for congressional action on President Johnsons proposals to tighten campaign contribution and spending controls. The 100 tax deduction for political donations drew bipartisan support but most lawmakers expect no action this election year. House hearings may occur but no drive for passage.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Omar Burleson
Dtex
House Administration
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Thruston B. Morton, Rey
GOP
Magnuson
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Policy Committee
About 270 Attend Phi Beta Kappa Fete at KU
About 270 people are expected for Phi Beta Kappa ceremonies and a luncheon at Kansas University on Monday June 6. Seventy seniors and 11 juniors will be initiated during the EU commencement period with parents and friends invited for the first time. Natalie Calderwood will preside at noon in the Union Forum Room, and Alden Bell will moderate a panel on the meaning of a liberal education featuring Gary Walker Margaret Frailey and Gary Gregg.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Kansas University
Raymond Nichols
Nichols
Natalie Calderwood
Union
Alden Bell
KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Gary Walker
Wichita
Margaret Frailey
Ottawa
Gary Gregg
Coldwater
War games at Ft Campbell mirror Viet Nam training
At Ft Campbell Kentucky paratroopers conduct five day jungle maneuvers in six villages with Viet Cong and pro American centers. Soldiers face deadly serious drills while wives and children observe and join in village life amid a black market and makeshift wells and festive scenes.
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FT. Campbell, Ky
Ft. Campbell
Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
William C. Westmoreland
Bachelors Stage French Festival Opens in Esparros
Nearly a thousand unmarried women head to Esparros in the Pyrenees for a bachelors festival organized by the local mayor and priest. Gendarmes deploy 100 officers and 10 radio trucks with a helicopter to manage crowds. Visitors receive numbered corsages and match with bachelors by number at a day of open air mass a wine reception and dancing until dawn.
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Esparros
France
Pyrenees
Inmate Dies in Federal Prison Under Investigation
James Bass a 39 year old inmate from St Louis died of stab wounds at Leavenworth prison. He was serving a three year narcotics sentence and died in the prison hospital after being found near the hospital and cell house. No weapon was found and several inmates were questioned by authorities.
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Leavenworth
Kan
James Bass
St. Louis
Bass
Burial Set for Soldier From Vietnam in Georgia
The body of Pfc. Jimmy L. Williams is to be buried with full military honors in Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia, after his mother rejected Wetumpka Alabama’s city cemetery plots. Funeral in Montgomery Sunday. burial either Monday or Tuesday. DOJ and NAACP probe possible segregation concerns. The Wetumpka cemetery has space only in fringe areas used for emergencies with most plots sold.
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Ala
South Viet Nam
Jimmy L. Williams
Montgomery
National Cemetery
Andersonville
Army
Williams
Johnny L. Williams
Washington
Justice Department
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Demp Thrash
Turncoat Adams says he acted alone on Hanoi broadcasts
Clarence Adams a 37 year old Memphis Negro testified at a news conference in Hong Kong that he taped two Hanoi Radio broadcasts urging American Black soldiers in Vietnam to seek equality at home. He said he went to the Viet Nam Liberation Front office in Peking on his own and returned to see his family.
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Hong Kong
Clarence Adams
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Memphis
Liberation Front
Peking
Adams
United States
Toyko Rose
Japan
Congress
Warning signs of phony checks in New York tips
John J Janssen warns tellers and the public to spot fake checks by the way the signer holds the check. Look for passing the check between fingers rather than tip contact and avoid touching with finger tips. Ask for a thumbprint with water soluble ink to verify. If suspicious, expect the suspect to flee quickly.
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New York
John J. Janssen
Burns Detective Agency
Gelber Directs New York Playwright Tests Directing
Playwright Jack Gelber works as a stage director for the first time with an experimental piece at New Theater Workshop. He chose The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker and traveled to London for extended talks with Wesker on production ideas.
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New York
Jack Gelber
New Theater Workshop
Gelber
Arnold Wesker
London
Wesker
Eisenhower Truman to attend Kansas State University events
Former President Dwight Eisenhower will receive an honorary doctor of laws at Kansas State University on June 5. Harry Truman is tentatively set to attend a Washburn University luncheon where Mrs. Georgia Neese Gray will receive an honorary degree. Milton Eisenhower also plans to attend. Gov. Hatfield will address Ottawa University.
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Eisenhower
Kansas State University
Truman
Washburn University
Topeka
Georgia Neese Gray
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Ottawa University
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas State
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Bhutan May Seek U.N. Seat After India Talks
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, bordered by India and Tibet, may pursue United Nations membership. The idea emerged during talks in New Delhi between King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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New Delhi
Bhutan
India
Tibet
United Nations
Jigme Dorji Wangchuk
Indira Gandhi
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