Short Skirt Dilemma Stares From Public In Britain
In Britain the public debates whether skirts four to six inches above the knee are acceptable. Readers respond with mixed views from factory overseers to everyday shoppers. A restaurant refused entry to 17 year old Pat Gadd over her skirt, while her boyfriend urged it be even shorter.
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London
Britain
Yorkshire
Kathleen Yorke
Kathleen
Daily Sketch
John Wright
Orpington
Kent
H. G. Jenner
Blythe
Northumberland
J. M. Hampstead
Ray Skinner
Skipton
D. Trevelyan
Liskeard
Cornwall
Amersham
Pat Gadd
Margaret Fox
Pat
Ray Pearce
Weather outlook with cooler weekend forecast
Cloudy skies and light showers expected tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Saturday remains mostly cloudy and cool with highs in the upper 50s. Long range forecast shows below normal temperatures with highs under 60 and lows near 40. Showers likely late Sunday and Monday. Yesterday’s high reached 58 and overnight low 32. Today’s 11 am temperature was 59.
Buddhists Call Off Protests in Saigon Support Elections
Buddhist leaders in Saigon reaffirmed backing for the military government plan to stage elections in three to five months and cancelled further demonstrations. They warned supporters to return to the streets if promises are broken, while discussions on Ky's resignation or caretaker leadership were left undecided. In the North, Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi demanded immediate government change.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Buddhist Institute
Latin Summit Talks Open Chilean-Style U S Plans
President Johnson considers a Latin American summit as Argentine President Illia signals a high level meeting to energize the Alliance for Progress. Johnson’s Mexico visit includes a ceremonial statue dedication and a massive Los Pinos reception amid a two million crowd.
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Arturo Illia
Alliance For Progress
U.S
South America
Mexico
Lincoln
Johnson
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Los Pinos
Mexican White House
Diaz Ordaz
Indonesian Mob Sacks Red Chinese Embassy in Jakarta
More than 2,000 Indonesian Chinese attacked the Red Chinese Embassy in Jakarta after a rally calling for Indonesia to sever relations with Beijing. Troops offered little resistance as a truck smashed the gate and rioters damaged the building while embassy staff sheltered indoors.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Peking
GOP Ready To Quiz McNamara War Aims
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara faces more congressional questions about bomb shortages and readiness policies after spending over 80 hours before committees this year. Republican House Leader Ford vows continued scrutiny despite McNamara’s denials.
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McNamara
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Johnson
Republican House
Scrambled Time Starts Sunday For Last Time
Part of Ohio begins Daylight Saving Time on Sunday April 24 affecting about 240 communities in the northeast and east regions. Clocks move forward one hour at midnight Saturday April 23 in areas east of Vermilion to Washington County with a statewide shift required by federal law in 1967.
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Ohio
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Vermilion
Lorain County
Washington County
Marietta
Ohio River
Chesapeake
Lawrence County
Barnesville
Belmont County
Iraq's Aref To Receive State Funeral
Iraqi government lifts curfew for nine hours after President Abdel Salam Aref dies in a helicopter crash. Aref will receive a state funeral on Saturday. His body was flown to Baghdad from Basra after the crash near a sandstorm Wednesday night.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Abdel Salam Aref
Baghdad
Aref
Persian Gulf
Basra
Shrider Blames Professionals for Disrupting Poverty Conference
In Washington the antipoverty conference ended abruptly after hecklers described as professional demonstrators disrupted a speech by Sargent Shriver. Allen Moore of Youth In Action led chants while Barbara Taylor and Bayard Rustin condemned the outbursts as planned and not spontaneous.
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Washington (Ap
Sargent Shriver
Allen Moore
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
N.Y
Shriver
Barbara Taylor
Washington
Southeast House
Bayard Rustin
Citizens’ Organization
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Amar Eneens
Columbus, Ohio
Iraq
Office of Economic Opportunity
Rustin
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