Johnson vows U.S. will not abdicate global responsibilities
President Johnson, touring Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico, affirmed that the United States will not abandon its global role in Vietnam and elsewhere. He traveled with his family after a Georgia ceremony unveiling a massive C-5A cargo plane, stressing renewed military strength and duty.
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Senate Plans Rights Showdown
The Senate will vote for a fourth time on ending a seven week debate on a rights bill. Majority Leader Mansfield said the go for broke vote on cloture is likely and that nearly all senators will be present for Monday’s anticipated action.
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Senate Clash on Civil Rights Open Housing Bill
The vote on cloture stood 59 to 35 as six Democratic senators were not recorded. Senators Ervin and Dirksen weighed in with strong positions while a civil rights bloc sought four more votes to reach a two thirds majority. The compromise would take full housing coverage by Jan 1 1970 affecting about 70 percent of units, with a late change exempting some single family owner-occupied homes funded by FHA or VA guarantees.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
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Temptation Turns Away After Reaching Sixty
After passing sixty, temptation supposedly becomes scarce as the speaker jokes that it starts avoiding you rather than vice versa. The line plays on aging humor and self-deprecating wit.
Police Computer Network Link Proposed for Middletown
Middletown residents without East End sewer access receive court warning to connect. Soviet Union expands world influence while United States remains tied to South Vietnam.
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Auto Workers threaten AFL-CIO split over reforms
United Auto Workers threaten to disaffiliate from AFL-CIO unless a December special convention is held to discuss internal democratic reform modernization and revitalization. Walter Reuther and three officers sign a telegram to George Meany urging a meeting amid UAW lobbying and ongoing negotiations in aerospace.
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New York
Max Greenberg
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American Federation of Teachers
Commission urges integrated press coverage of civil disorders
The President's advisory Commission on Civil Disorders urges media to embrace integration in reporting and staffing. It criticizes white perspective and calls for fair, courageous journalism while noting some coverage misrepresented violence and failed to address causes of unrest. The panel cites analysis of riot footage and articles.
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President's Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Commission
Remedial programs prescribed in riot study
A presidential commission report on civil disorders calls for swift multibillion-dollar remedies in housing education welfare and job training to avert further riots. It urges a higher federal minimum wage broader investment tax credits a guaranteed income system and city based reforms while warning that inaction could lead to urban apartheid and greater disorder.
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National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
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