First Step Toward Nationalizing British Steel
The House of Commons approved a Labour bill to nationalize Britain's steel industry by a 328-247 vote on the second reading. The plan would bring 14 large firms that supply 90 percent of steel under state control, with final passage expected later this year amid Conservative opposition and possible delays.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
Harold Wilson
Anthony Barber
Barber
Seven Children Taken From Parents In Lebanon
Seven children aged 3 to 13 were placed in Mary Haven, Warren County home for dependent children after removal by the county child welfare agency and a juvenile court officer. An eighth child, 20 months, stays with his grandmother. Walter Wells and his wife, both in their 30s, face dependency neglect charges. The case notes illness and poverty, with six children sharing a double bed and one on a rollaway. the house is described as filthy and lacking refrigeration and water.
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Lebanon
Mary Haven
Warren County
Walter Wells
Wayne Breeze
Wells
Breeze
Crackdown on Mafia in Trapani Narrowly Expands
In Trapani Sicily five Sicilians were arrested on Mafia membership charges. Four others were ordered into supervised exile in other Italian regions. The government intensifies efforts to dismantle the western Sicily Mafia network, with suspects to be kept under police supervision outside Sicily due to evidentiary limits.
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Trapani, Sicily
Italy
Sicily
Trapani
Mafia
Thomas elected VP At Armco
J. S. Thomas, Director of General Purchasing, Armco Steel Corp., named Vice President Raw Materials and Purchasing. He will oversee all raw materials, purchasing and commercial relations activities as Armco groups material planning, coal and ore mines, and centralized purchases for materials and operating supplies. C. W. Beck named Assistant VP Raw Materials and Purchasing to support Thomas and continue as Director of Purchases. Thomas joined Armco in 1927 with a career from Middletown Works to Purchasing director in 1941 and General Purchasing chief in 1958. Beck joined Armco in 1926 rising to Director Purchases in 1958.
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J. S. Thomas
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
William Verity
Thomas
Verity
C. W. Beck
Beck
Middletown Works
Purchasing
Raweset Supply
Expanded search for Gen. Stilwell missing aircraft
San Francisco AP. The air sea search for Brig. Gen. Joseph W Stilwell Jr aboard a missing C47 expanded to 105000 square miles. The plane last heard from Sunday 500 miles from San Francisco en route to Hawaii. Pilot Hal Grimes said one engine failed and a coast guard escort found no trace. Search included coast guard cutters ships planes and Yorktown. A 700 mile by 100 mile area was checked and expanded.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Joseph W
Stilwell Jr
Stilwell
U.S. Army
Thailand
Pacific
Hawaii
Hal Grimes
Air Ferry International
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Grimes
Coast Guard
Yorktown
Market Slump Hits Yearly Low As Dow Dives
The market fell to its lowest level of the year with the Dow Jones down 16.32 to 852.83. Analysts cited tight money, weak pound, and Viet Nam War uncertainty while volume showed 1,089 declines, 165 advances, and 185 new 1966 lows.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Washington
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
Dtex
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Associated Press
Standard & Poor
New York Stock Exchange
Mississippi Baptists Urge July 31 Prayer On Prohibition
Baptist leaders in Mississippi urge 1,856 churches to mark July 31 as a day of prayer opposing repeal of prohibition. Most counties vote on repeal in August with Harrison and Washington already approving liquor sales.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Harrison
Washington
House Debates Civil Rights Bill Amid Delays by Southern Democrats
The House enters a second day of discussion on a civil rights bill with southern Democrats promising delays. The 21 day rule limits the time the Rules Committee may stall the measure. Proponents seek a final vote by week’s end amid numerous amendments and the housing and voting rights provisions.
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Washington
House
Ito
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Ohio Republicans vote against Civil Rights measure on floor
Rep Delbert L Latta of Bowling Green led 13 Ohio Republicans in opposing the House move to bypass the Rules Committee on the administration Civil Rights bill by a 200 to 180 vote. The measure, lacking committee hearings since June 30, covers housing jury selection and anti terror provisions. Only Democrat Wayne L Hays joined in voting yes. several Republicans abstained or were recorded as opposing.
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John Bell Williams
D‘miss
Williams
House
Barry Goldwater
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
Delbert L. Latta
Bowling Green
Ohio
Wayne L. Hays
Flushing
Ashley
Feighan
Kirwan
Love
Moeller
Secrest
Vanik
Gilligan
Sweeney
Latta
GOP
Ashbrook
Ayres
Betts
Bolton
Brown
Clancy
Devine
Harsha
McCulloch
Minshall
Mosher
Stanton
Frank T. Bow
Thieves Use Tow Truck Hoist to Lift Safe in Troy Heist
Police said burglars at an auto agency in Troy used a tow truck hoist to raise a one ton safe containing about 35000 dollars in cash and checks onto a getaway truck. They struck on Monday and escaped with the loot.
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Troy, Mich
Housing provision faces northern opposition amid committee clash
Controversy surrounds how the housing provision would operate as northern members oppose it. Judiciary Committee Chairman Emanuel Celler, D New York, warned against tampering saying without it you can't raze the slums or level the ghettos.
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Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
Celler
House
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