Atheist Son Marries Teen During Court Wrangle
In Baltimore, William Murray aged 18 wed Susan Abramovitz 17 amid a courtroom clash involving Susan's parents and Mrs. Madalyn Murray O'Hair. The ceremony reportedly took place last Tuesday in Frederick, Maryland, while legal battles over custody and contempt lingered.
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William Murray
Susan Abramovitz
Otation
Susan
Maryland
Murrays
Illinois Key to Goldwater Delegates, Morton Says
Sen. Thurston Morton warned that Illinois may determine whether Barry Goldwater loses delegates in the Republican contest. AP survey shows Goldwater with about 694 on first ballot, needing 39 more to clinch, while Scranton backers stress the Negro vote could swing Illinois 2 1/2 electoral votes in November. Dirksen criticized Goldwater for opposing the civil rights bill.
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Washington
Thurston B. Morton
Illinois
Barry Goldwaters
Morton
San Francisco
Goldwater
Associated Press
Dirksen
Scranton
Republican National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Khrushchev Enters Sweden To Discuss Neutrality Visit
Soviet Premier Khrushchev sailed into Stockholm on a Baltic wind and spoke of friendship and neutral policy. He sought sincere talks with Swedish leaders to strengthen relations while security was tight amid threats to his life and demand for information on Russians.
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Stockhom
Sweden
Khrushchev
GOP Plan Proposes Higher Income Taxes for Aged Health Care
The Republican Platform Committee in San Francisco weighs raising income taxes to fund health care for the aged, arguing a progressive tax is fairer than Social Security levies. Melvin R. Laird cites concerns about regressive effects and notes support from Goldwater and Scranton for other funding paths. An economics professor proposed the idea, calling it new but still exploratory.
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Republica Platform Committee
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
San Francisco
Laird
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Platform Committee
Cated
Indonesian Guerrillas Win Big Clash Near Kuching Front
Indonesian guerrillas fought six hours near the Sarawak frontier about 30 miles west of Kuching. Five Gurkhas died and five were wounded as security forces drove the attackers back. Casualties for the guerrillas were not known.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Borneo
Arawak
Kuching
Aross
Two Vietnamese Battalions Face Heavy Losses Near Saigon
In the Plain of Reeds southwest of Saigon Vietnamese para troops suffer heavy casualties as they rout Viet Cong forces in swampy ground. Three American soldiers and 60 Vietnamese were killed in a Viet Cong human wave attack northwest of Saigon. Four wounded U.S. personnel feared captured as Viet Cong overran a Vietnamese special forces unit. U.S. advisers call the battle a government initiated victory. American helicopters evacuated wounded despite hostile fire.
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South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Plain of Reeds
Saigon
American Advisers
Southern Foes Plan Delay in Civil Rights Bill
The final stage of the civil rights bill faces a week’s delay in the House as Southern foes push back approval. Speaker McCormack has assured President Johnson the measure will reach the White House by July 4. Meanwhile the Senate debates a large backlog of legislation and House panels consider annual funding bills for Interior, Treasury, and Post Office.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Goldwater
Jonn W. McCormack
Johnson
White House
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Interior
Treasury
Post Office
House Rules Committee
Chaiman Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Senate Bill Sent to House for Prompt Action
The request is to be made today as soon as the Senate bill reaches the House. A bipartisan committee majority is expected to push a meeting by late June or early July. House action is required because the Senate replaced the House approved version with a bipartisan package. Both versions are largely similar. The Senate bill extends time for states and cities to handle complaints.
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House
No relief in sight forecast for the area this week
Weather outlook shows no relief through tomorrow and likely rest of the week. Temperatures yesterday reached nine on some thermometers and eight degrees on others.
Integrationists Plan Daylight Marches in St Augustine
In St Augustine Florida Negro integrationists prepared new daylight demonstrations while a state ban on night marches remains. Police escorted about 120 Black marchers and more than 100 White counterprotesters as both sides paraded past each other amid flags and taunts during a tense street encounter.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Pan Am Berlin Flights Blocked by Soviet Note
The Soviet government declared Pan American World Airways transatlantic flights to Berlin unlawful and said security could not be guaranteed. A note to the US Embassy in Moscow and a similar Tass report to the British Embassy outlined that under Germany there was no government agreement for the flights.
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Pan American World Airways
United States
Britain
Tass
Fast Germany
Night demonstrations toned down after Friday tense scene
A large group of Negro marchers passed within a few hundred feet of an even larger band of whites on Friday night, leading to Friday’s tense confrontation and a quieter Saturday night demonstration.
Inonu Talks Aim to Avert Greek Turkish Cyprus Crisis
Washington reports say Turkish Prime Minister Ismet Inonu arrived for key talks with President Johnson to defuse a potential Greek Turkish military clash over Cyprus. Greek Premier Papandreou on deck for further discussions, while diplomacy via the United Nations and NATO continues.
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Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Johnson
Cyprus
Atlantic Alliance
Williamsburg
Inonu
Turekey
George Papamireou
White House
Papandreou
George W. Ball
Athens
Ankara
United States
United Nations
Thieves Take $10000 in First Big World Fair Robbery
Two men bound and gagged two women clerks at the World’s Fair Travel and Transportation Pavilion in New York. They looted $10,000 from the Carriage House restaurant after forcing open a safe, then escaped in work clothes with a tool box.
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New York
Faw Travel and Transportation Pavilion
Helen Kavanagh
Monique Picot
Anger and danger kept apart by a single letter
A concise reflection notes how anger closely mirrors danger with one missing letter revealing the shift from emotion to risk. It hints at the fine line between strong feeling and real threat in daily life.
Kennedy Begins Recovery From Plane Crash Injuries
In Northampton Massachusetts senator Edward M Kennedy begins a long recuperation from three broken vertebrae in a Foster frame a lighter canvas support replacing a plaster cast. Doctors say he will likely miss six to eight months but should recover fully barring complications as Birch Bayh and his wife also recover from injuries. Kennedy cannot be moved for 10 to 12 days while doctors monitor his condition and assess need for surgery.
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Cooley Dicknson Hospital
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Birch Bayh
Dind
Kennedy
Henry Murphey
Army
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington
Thomas F. Corrden
Sai Kennedy
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