Senate Debates Historic Health Care Bill in 1960s Push
The Senate opens debate on a health care bill for 19 million Americans aged 65 or older, financing via Social Security tax hikes. It aims for end of week passage with as many as 80 votes, expanding retirement and disability benefits and adding hospital, nursing home, outpatient, home health, and doctors services. The measure also strengthens Kerr-Mills and expands child health programs, with changes to widows age 60 and students under 22, widening coverage for older persons.
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Battle Looms In House Over Voting Measure
Washington AP reports a fierce interparty fight in the House as it considers a voting rights bill linked to President Johnson’s agenda. A final vote by Friday is hoped, with debate over poll taxes and enforcement provisions tied to the 15th Amendment.
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Selma
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Alabama
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Virginia
Japan ruling party clings to majority after upper house win
Election returns show Eisaku Sato's Liberal Democratic Party retaining 140 seats in the 252 member upper house, a majority despite four-seat loss. Socialists gain, Sakon Gakkai up seven, while Communists win three and others hold. Voting totaled about 40 million voters.
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Japan
Eisaku Sato
Liberal Democratic Party
Diet
U.S
Viet Nam
Sakongakkai
Viet Cong
Communists
Social Democrats
Communist Party
Sanzo Nozaka
North Viet Nam missile sites nearing completion
State Department spokesman said two missile sites in North Viet Nam are virtually complete while two others have reached advanced stage. In Oxfordshire a Royal Air Force transport plane carrying 43 people crashed in a field with no survivors found.
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Mexican mother survives 70 percent burns after home fire
Ramona Franco de Portola, burned over 70 percent of her body, waited in a hot mud hut for two months before five doctors from Liga International flew to northern Mexico to rescue her. She now lies at White Memorial Hospital with a 50 50 chance of survival.
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Ramona Franco de Portola
White Memorial Hospital
Robert Lawson
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Lawson
Tesapaca
Sonora
Liga International
de Portola
Humberto
Rubirosa Death Linked to Fatigue After Car Crash
Police speculate fatigue may have caused Porfirio Rubirosa’s fatal crash in Paris. The 56 year old ex diplomat and former husband of Doris Duke died after his Ferrari hit a parked car and a tree in the Bois de Boulogne. He was returning from an all night party and had celebrated polo victory earlier.
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Rubirosa
Elie de Rothschild
Jimmy
George V
Rubiro
Weather forecast hints at thunder showers over next three days
The Weather Bureau predicts thunder showers late tonight tomorrow and Thursday. The three day outlook calls for mild temperatures with lows around 65 and highs near 83. Yesterday’s high reached 87 and today’s low was 63 with a trace of rain Sunday night.
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Harvard Physicist Survives Hydrogen Blast At Cambridge Lab
A hydrogen blast at the Cambridge electron accelerator injures seven colleagues, three critically. Dr. Joseph Szymanski, in charge of the bubble chamber, escaped after shutting off the feed. Victims include MIT staff Arthur Reid and Frank Feinberg alongside Harvard and MIT researchers.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Twinsburg
Ohio
Athur C. Reid
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frank Feinberg
Providence
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Monrovia
Calif
Donald Golaskie
Somerville
Szymanski
Atomic Energy Commission
Unskilled motorists blamed for rise in July Fourth deaths
The three day Fourth of July weekend raised the national traffic toll to 542 with final figures expected higher. States reporting fatalities included California Missouri New York Ohio and Texas. Leaders urged immediate driver improvement programs as safety officials noted fatigue speed and misjudgments amid heavy travel.
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Howard Pyle
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National Safety Council
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Safety Council
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Missouri
New York
Ohio
Texas
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Alaska
District of Columbia
Kills 2 Then Shot To Death In Pittsburgh
A young man armed with a repeating rifle killed a police officer and the girlfriend’s father, wounded two officers, and was shot to death at dawn after a five hour manhunt. Leroy Francis Scott, about 24, identified as the shooter, died en route to a hospital. Patrolman James Hintemeyer recalled seeing him raise the rifle despite an earlier gunshot wound.
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Pittsburgh
Leroy Francis Scott
James Hintemeyer
Fatal gunfight claims former pro and two officers
The earlier exchange with Scott left Coleman McDonough a former pro football player and Aaron Godfrey dead. Officers Leo Mincin age 37 and Joseph Laffey age 32 were wounded when dispatched to the Godfrey home, a two story frame house in Hazelwood.
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Coleman McDonough
Aaron Godfrey
McDonough
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Joseph Laffey
Godfrey
Hazelwood
Chuckle Living Patience Quips From Fishermen
A lighthearted remark notes men display more patience while fishing than at home, humorously framing domestic life and hobby patience as mirror images of temperament.
United States Australian Vietnamese Join Joint Vietnam War Operation
More than 1,000 American troops join Vietnamese and Australian units for a second combined operation against the Viet Cong in Pleiku and Ba Gia regions. No enemy contact reported. casualties include 2 Americans missing and 26 Vietnamese mountain troops missing, with 4 Vietnamese killed. Air bombardment and helicopter insertions preceded attacks.
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Pleiku
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Royal Australian Regiment
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Quang Ngai
Luci Johnson Rebaptism Sparks Vatican Interest
The Rev. James Montgomery says Luci Johnson requested a rebaptism to ensure she meets Catholic rules. Vatican sources question if the rite was conditional and warn it could undermine ecumenism. Bishop Pike denounces the rebaptism as a direct slap at the Episcopal Church.
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Luci Johnson
James A. Pike
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Luci
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the Times
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Secretariat For Christian Unity
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Holy Office
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Episcopal Church
Ohio highway deaths soar over Fourth of July weekend
Ohio safety officials tallied 36 traffic fatalities across the long weekend, higher than predicted. California led state totals for the period, with nine drownings and 47 total accidental deaths including a four‑lives weekend crash into a pond near Newark.
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