No-Deal Stand Could Cost LBJ On Civil Rights
Washington AP reports a no compromise stance on the House civil rights bill tests President Johnson's ability to push controversial legislation through Congress. Senate leaders Humphrey and Manifold urge firmness, while Dirksen signals possible compromises toward voluntary desegregation or mandatory federal action if needed. Southern senators hold strategy sessions as the filibuster continues.
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Johnson
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Humphrey
Dirksen
Richard B. Russell
Fifteen Astronauts Finish First Gemini Training
Washington AP Fifteen of the 29 astronauts have completed general training for Project Gemini and the first manned flight of the two man spacecraft is planned for late this year NASA said Tuesday. Dr George E Mueller said detailed planning for the first Gemini unmanned mission is done and planning for flights No 2 and No 3 is well along. Mueller told a House sub committee that before the first manned orbital Apollo flight Gemini will have accumulated 860 hours of manned flight including three long duration missions and six rendezvous exercises.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E. Mueller
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House
Subcommittee On
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Gemini
Iraqi government sets aside 5 million for anti Israel measures
Beirut Lebanon April 2024 AP The Iraqi government has earmarked five million dollars to pay its share of the anti Israel measures agreed at the Cairo meeting of Arab chiefs of state.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Explosion damages Negro church in Amble r Lower Gwynedd
An explosion ripped the front of the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Lower Gwynedd Township near Amble r. The blast caused about 10 000 in damage and appeared to be set off outside the building. Police suspect dynamite. Choir members had left 15 minutes earlier. the blast was felt up to three miles away.
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Ambler
Lower Gwynned
John Smart
Philadelphia
Silas B. Holmes
Labor Aide Would Ban Cape Rail Spur Use
United States labor officials push to bar Florida East Coast Railway from using a new Cape Kennedy spur amid a monthslong wage strike by 11 unions. Construction at the base halted after picket lines and prior talks failed, with Ball resisting arbitration and wage demands. The strike, tied to a 10.28 cent hourly raise, has included rail-sabotage incidents investigated as dynamite attacks. The government plans to appoint missile sites commission members to Florida to review the dispute.
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Fla
James J. Reynolds
Florida East Coast Railway
Cape Kennedy
Ed Ball
Miami-Jacksonville
Ball
G. E. Leighty
St. Louis
Reynolds
Bank Holdup Money Found Near Wray Colorado
Under sheriff Harold Williams stumbled onto more than $10,000 in cash Tuesday, likely part of a $22,964 bank robbery at Enders Nebraska. Moldy bills were found in sagebrush 18 miles north of Wray, traced through questioning of two men convicted in the case. A second cache of about $10,000 was found by a road crew shortly after the robbery on April 14, 1962.
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Wray
Colo
Harold Williams
Enders
Neb
Colorado
Ohio Farmers Support Asked
Horace D. Godfrey, administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, urged Ohio farmers to join federal commodity programs to help rural poverty. Speaking at the Ohio State ASCS conference, he noted nearly half of the nation's poor live in rural areas and said programs are vital for rural survival.
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Columbus
Ohio
Horace D. Godfrey
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Ohio State
ASCS
Godfrey
Johnson to appoint St. Louis woman to Civil Rights post
President Johnson is expected to name Frankie M Freeman a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Freeman, 47, is associate general counsel for the St. Louis Housing and Land Clearance Authorities since 1986 and serves as an official of the National Council of Negro Women.
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Johnson
St. Louis
Frankie M. Freeman
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Washington Post
Freeman
National Council of Negro Women
Airliner flips over on landing at Beirut Airport
A Jordanian airliner with 26 passengers aboard flipped onto its nose during landing at Beirut Airport but no injuries were reported among passengers or crew.
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