Court Tests Michigan County Reapportionment Law
The Michigan Court of Appeals schedules July 1 hearings for five counties Sanilac Muskegon Allegan Ottawa and Huron over a 1968 one man one vote remap challenge to a Romney approved law shielding plans from court review The court weighs whether a state legislature may preserve a constitutionally flawed reapportionment and faces election deadline pressure with July 2 filing looming.
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UPI
State Court of Appeals
George Romney
U.S. Supreme Court
Sanilac
Muskegon
Allegan
Ottawa
Huron
U. S
Police Cancel Hunt For Polka Dot Dress Girl
Los Angeles police ended an all points bulletin for the mystery girl reportedly seen after Senator Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel. Authorities said the polka dot dress figure was imagined by a Kennedy worker, while another witness testified seeing a girl near Sirhan B. Sirhan before the gunplay. Sirhan’s lawyer reportedly received threats on his life.
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Sandy Serrano
Kennedy
Altadena
Calif
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Miss Serrano
Senator Kennedy
John Powers
Detective Bureau
Sirhan
Vicent Thomas di Pietro
Russell E. Parsons
Tax Increase Awaits Signing
President Johnson delays signing a 10 percent personal income tax hike approved by Congress after an 18 month process. The bill, retroactive to April 1 and set to July 1, 1969, also cuts $6 billion in spending, extends excise taxes, and aims to raise about $15.6 billion in federal revenue.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
Congress
White House
Senate
Mitchell Is Bound Over for Murder Charge
Michael Mitchell, 20, charged with first degree murder in the January killing of Donald Tenn ey, was bound over to the July term of circuit court after arraignment in Scottville Justice Court. He was ordered held without bond and remanded to Mason County jail.
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Michael Mitchell
Scottville
Mitchell
Mason County
Donald Tenney
Miss Michigan Pageant Chooses Talent Co-Winners
Pamela Anne Eldred Miss Detroit and Linda VerSluis Miss Grandville shared the talent honors for ballet and opera as Miss St. Clair Shores Cheryl Kinsora walked away from the swimsuit prize. The 1968 Miss Michigan Pageant finals promised a broader program with Bernie Wayne as judge and parade marshal.
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Muskiiuun
UPI
Pamela Anne Eldred
Kinsora
Michigan
Atlantic City
Nal
Bernie Wayne
Wayne
Marshall
Weather and Korea clash dominate regional report
The forecast calls for a cool night with mid-50s low and a warm, cloudy Sunday with thundershowers possible in the late day. Monday remains partly cloudy and warm with a chance of showers while in Korea, South Korean troops killed six North Koreans in a four hour clash along the western DMZ.
U S denies NKorea sunk American ship claim
U S and South Korea dismissed reports that North Korea sank an allied spy ship off its west coast. BBC cited a Pyongyang Radio broadcast claiming the sinking, but U S and State Department spokesmen said no such incident occurred and no survivors were indicated. The Pueblo incident remains unresolved with U S demanding crew release.
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UPS
U.S
North Korea
London
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Washington
Defense Department
Pyongyang
Voice
U.S. State Department
Panmunjom
Pueblo
U.S. Navy
Wonsan
United States
Change Site For Impact 7 Seminar
The Impact 7 seminar on Motivation for Achievement for business industry school and government will be held Tuesday June 25 and Wednesday June 26 at Stearns Motor Inn in Ludington not at the Hotel Epworth as originally planned. Registration accepted up to opening date. Call Ludington 8433674 Cadillac 7754953 or Big Rapids 7969632.
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Stearns Motor Inn
Ludington
Hotel Epworth
Cadillac
Big Rapids
Fourth of July Parade Entries Sought by Ludington Jaycees
Ludington Jaycees urge all entrants to register for the Fourth of July parade. Cash prizes will be awarded. Floats not handmade will be ineligible. Local groups and merchants are encouraged to participate. Parade co chairs Douglas Anderson and Dan Kuhn announce a 1 30 p m start on July 4 along the previous route.
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Ludington Jaycees
Daily News
Parade
Jaycees
Douglas Anderson
Dan Kuhn
Five Vessels Continue Hunt For Scorpion
NORFOLK Va The number of ships in the hunt for the Scorpion has been reduced to five Two ships were released by the Navy Friday from the search for the missing nuclear submarine The Scorpion was reported missing one month ago today with 99 crew members aboard The destroyer D H Fox was pulled off the search and sent to its home port in Norfolk via Bermuda
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UPS
Navy
D.H. Fox
Azores
Norfolk
Bermuda
Paris Conference Brings Cold War Chill to Talks
At Paris, both sides dismissed progress hopes from U S officials. North Vietnam’s Nguyen Thanh Le accused the United States of bad faith and cited air raids as proof. U S chief negotiator Harriman said there was no progress and teased potential tea-break talks as a route to secret discussions.
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UPD
U.S
North Vietnam
Thanh le
Panhandle
Johnson
Washington
Kitty Fisk
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Foreign Ministry
Eviction Nearing Resurrection City Deadline
Washington UPS report describes Poor People's Campaign protesters in doorways to the Agriculture Department as Resurrection City faces a Sunday deadline for evacuation. Demonstrators vow to stay, with arrests Friday and Thursday and strong political condemnation from Thurmond and Byrd. Interior hints a 50 50 chance the permit will not be extended and residents may remain until after 8 p m Sunday.
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UPS
Agriculture Department
Resurrection City
Capitol Hill
Lincoln Memorial
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Interior Department
Interior
Ralph D. Abernathy
Five Firemen Trapped By Firestorm Near Castaic
Five firemen were trapped by a raging firestorm on a dry mountain slope north of Castaic while battling one of two fires burning in the area. They suffered first-degree burns and smoke inhalation, with Captain Phillip Goodell in critical condition at a Los Angeles hospital. Firefighters endured 90 degree heat and 35 mph gusts as officials warned early control was unlikely and backfires near a new freeway offered some protection to Castaic. The blazes had scorched about 27 500 acres.
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Lenz Road
Mason County
Douglas Walker
Rochester
Newhall
Calif
Castaic
Los Angeles
Phillip Goodell
Lake Hughes
Alvin L. Moore
Gary D. Hyer
Donald Perkins
William J. Henley
Atlantic voyage ends as Coast Guard seizes six-foot boat
Hugo Vihlen, 36, after an 85 day 4150 mile crossing in a six foot craft, is intercepted 25 miles off Florida and taken aboard a Coast Guard cutter. He wept with his wife and son nearby as officials confiscate the vessel. Vihlen voiced disappointment to the crowd at Fort Lauderdale while recalling moments of danger including grounding near Cuba.
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Fla
UPI
Coast Guard
Gulfstream
Florida
Vihlen
Atlantic Ocean
Delta Airlines
Fort Lauderdale
South Carolina
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