Legislatures Target Highway Safety Across States
State legislatures nationwide push safety belt requirements front seat bans on drag racing and stricter patrols as highway deaths rise. Measures include front seat belts for 1966 onward models in Oklahoma New York and Iowa rules plus new penalties for unsafe vehicles and drag racing. A wide spread effort seeks to curb crashes with inspections licenses and enhanced enforcement.
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Chicago
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Montana
North Dakota
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Iowa
Ohio
Nebraska
Maryland
Drive-in fishing ponds planned in Georgia cities
Georgia Game and Fish Dept announces plans to build drive-in fishing ponds in Georgia's largest cities. The program aims to provide easy access with parking so people can fish from cars in urban areas.
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Atlanta
UPIT
Georgia Game and Fish Department
Georgia
Johnson Seeks Texas Visit After Gemini 1 Return
President Johnson hails the safe return of Maj. McDivitt and Maj. White aboard the USS Wasp in a radio exchange. He invites them to visit Texas at the ranch by Friday or Saturday while arranging contact through his military aide. The dialogue notes laughter over a past misunderstanding about a windshield incident.
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James MacDivitt
President Johnson
Gemini
Wasp
Edward White II
U.S
Atlantic
Johnson City
Washington
Johnson
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Associated Press
Maj. McDivitt
MecDivitt
Maj. White
Jim
White
Texas
McDivitt
Demon
Jets Hit Vinh Depot as Air War Intensifies
SAIGON AP Thirty three American jets struck the Vinh supply depot in North Viet Nam causing heavy damage despite intense anti aircraft fire. The raid followed a Monday strike and the planes returned safely. Navy pilots claimed partial destruction of the Co Dinh power plant and several anti aircraft positions. In the ground war, US Marines reported five Viet Cong killed and two wounded in Da Nang Chu Lai areas with one prisoner and 28 detainees.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Vinh
North Viet Nam
Co Dinh
Thanh Hoa
Ron
Hanoi
Lan van
da Nang
Chu Lai
Area Farms Hit By Hail Storm
Special report from Winnsboro describes a hailstorm three miles south of Jigger in Franklin Parish. Mrs. Warren Sanders reports extensive damage to cotton and corn on the Sanders farm and Jack Smith’s adjoining farm, with ruined gardens but little harm to small soybeans. Rain and hail also observed at Gilbert and Bayou Macon.
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Winnsboro
Jigger
Franklin Parish
Warren Sanders
Sanders
Jack Smith
Gilbert
Bayou Macon
Here
Study finds older men quit sex for energy concerns
San Francisco report from UC Medical Center shows men aged 55 to 80 stop sexual activity about half the time to preserve energy rather than medical illness. The 101 patients were surveyed on motives for ceasing activity.
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San Francisco
UPI
University of California Medical Center
Soviets Launch Luna 6 Second Moon Landing Attempt
The Soviet Union sent an automatic space craft toward the Moon in what appears to be its second soft landing attempt this month. Luna 6 follows Luna 5 which crashed on May 12, and comes a day after Gemini 4 returned safely, aiming to undercut American space milestones.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
United States
Tito Pays Visit To East Germany
President Tito of Yugoslavia arrived in East Berlin for a state visit with Walter Ulbricht marking a shift in cold relations between East Germany and Yugoslavia. He flew from Prague where he had stayed as a guest of the Czechoslovak government for six days.
Texas D A To Try Estes Again On Same Charges
Estes, the promoter convicted of fleecing loan firms, will be retried on state charges after the Supreme Court voided his 1962 conviction due to televised proceedings. A D A A R Archer Jr said Estes could face the same or a similar charge. Federal sentence stands at 15 years. Estes is at Leavenworth. The ruby case unaffected. Estes ruling limits televised trials to this case.
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Dallas
Atty
A. R. Archer Jr
Monahans
Tex
Estes
Supreme Court
el Paso
Leavenworth
Kaw
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Brown
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