Senate crime curbs pass amid veto talk and court alarms
The Senate approved a bill by 724 to 0? vote amid opposition from President Johnson and House Judiciary Chair Emanuel Celler. Provisions include police wiretaps, two year grants for crime fighting, and tighter federal firearms controls, with House deliberation pending. Paris news notes Pompidou invites labor and business leaders to resolve a strike wave as De Gaulle weighs a national address.
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Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Supreme Court
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Paris
Georges Pompido
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
General Confederation of Workers
Pompidou
French Confederation of Democratic Workers
Christian Fouchet
National Students Union
French Reds Struggle Over Modest Strike Goals
In Boulogne-Billancourt workers rally under red flags as the CGT presses moderation in a nationwide strike. Georges Seguy orders no adventures while Renault workers debate deep political aims versus bread and butter demands.
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Georges Pompidou
Paris
Renault Auto
Boulogne-Billancourt
Communist Party
France
CGT
General Confederation of Workers
Georges Seguy
Bombing Issue May Be Bottleneck In Talks
AP reports the United States and North Vietnam face a potential showdown in Paris over halting bombing of North Vietnam. Both sides press for concessions as talks risk breakdown. Johnson said Hanoi demands continued aggression in the South while the U.S. vows not to be defeated on the battlefield. Clark Clifford framed the issue from the U.S. view.
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Renault
Sorbonne Sociology
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Saiegon
South Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Hanoi
South
Clark M. Clifford
Massive B52 Raids Hit North Vietnamese Near Borders
SAIGON AP reports waves of B52 bombers hit North Vietnamese troops crossing from Laos into central South Vietnam. In 10 missions, at least 3 B52s dropped nearly 1,000 tons of explosives near the Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam junctions. Marines reported about 203 NVA killed with 23 Marines dead and 86 wounded two days near Con Thien.
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America
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South Vietnam
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Cambodia
Central Highlands
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
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Paris
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Khe Sanh
Kontum
3Rd Marine Division
Poor Campaign Averts Mass Arrests on Capitol Hill
The Poor People's Campaign had 18 arrests for singing and kneeling outside a House office building. They were released without bond to a campaign official. The movement seeks hearings on repealing a welfare law limiting dependent children. Secretary Freeman announced a food stamp expansion to 256 counties by July 1.
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Poor People’s Campaign
Capitol Hill
Ualannead
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Jackson
Lincoln Memorial
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
Mills
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Abernathy
Rain Lashes Southwest Ohio With Record May Total
The forecast calls for more rain in Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley through Saturday with 60s lows and 70s highs. Rain since Wednesday midnight totals 5.15 inches, most of it last night, matching a 1959 record for wetness. May rainfall hits 9.56 inches, the wettest month on record here.
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Miami Valley
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