Humphrey Urges Urban Funds Aid for Cities
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey urged new federal support for cities at the U S Conference of Mayors, proposing a national development bank, revenue sharing, and redirected highway funds to urban needs. He outlined eight programs to address urban services and civil rights, stressing city funding as essential to basic services like lighting, safety, and sanitation.
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Philadelphia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Edmund
Muskie
Dmaine
Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
Minnesota Democrat
World Bank
Rio de Janeiro
Detroit
New York
Nixon
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
Congress
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Israelis Report Tiny Isle Could Spawn Next War
Tel Aviv reports a small Indian Ocean island Perim near Bab al Mandab could be used to block the Red Sea route to Aqaba sparking a wider conflict. Arab speedboat attack on an oil tanker raised fears of a renewed Middle East war.
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Tel Aviv
Middle East
Perim
Bab al Mandab
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Sharm el Sheikh
Israel
Aqaba
Egypt
Tiran Strait
Bab al Mandab Strait
Popular Front For E Liberation of Palestine
Jerusalem
Nonuplets in Australia Alive After Birth
Geraldine Brodrick gave birth to nine babies in Sydney, only four survived. The first girl born earlier in dawn was stable, while three other infants—two boys and a girl—were reported in guarded condition. The nine babies weighed one to two pounds each and were born naturally in 32 minutes under Dr Harvey Carey’s team at the University of New South Wales.
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Sydney
Australia
Geraldine Brodrick
Brodrick
Broderick
Leonard
Canberra
Harvey M. Carey
School of Obstetrics and
Animals Menaced by Lead Poisoning
AP reports a sick leopard nicknamed Mr Leopard and a dead twin at Staten Island Zoo signal human risk from air lead. Cats, lions, tigers and monkeys show elevated lead. experts blame gasoline fumes, paints and industry. Aimed to map animal human health links.
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New York
New York Medical College
Staten Island Zoo
New York City
Leonard
Ralph Strebel
Leopard
Bronx Zoo
Strebel
The
Medical College
Dennis F. Crafton
Crafton
Staten Island
David Spiro
Craston
Edward Garner
Canaries
Bronx
Central Park
Flushing
Prospect Park
Attorney to File Suit Over Reapportionment Plan
Alexandria Arthur Gravel Jr. says he will file suit within 10 days challenging both current and proposed Louisiana House and Senate reapportionment plans. He represents AFL CIO president Victor Bussie and argues plans violate one man one vote per US Constitution. The suit targets federal court in Baton Rouge or New Orleans seeking a constitutional plan. Gravel notes Gov. McKeithen has midweek to act. without action the plan becomes effective.
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Alexandria
Camille F. Gravel Jr
Louisiana House
Senate
Aflcio
Victor Bussie
Gravel
U.S. Supreme Court
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
John McKeithen
Evers Launches Mississippi Bid For Governorship
In Decatur Mississippi Charles Evers a first black candidate for governor launched his campaign calling for black voter registration and reform of Parchman Prison He urged nonviolence over militancy and pledged to end the trusty system while promising penitentiary funding and inmate case reviews as he campaigned before about 300 supporters.
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Decatur, Miss
Charles Evers
State
Evers
Newton County
America
Parchman
Fayette
War Funds Halt Defeat Expected
Washington AP reports months of effort to force U.S. withdrawal from Indochina by December 31 faces likely defeat in both House and Senate. Antiwar groups hoped to win in the Senate, but commitments were soft. Data show 53 senators oppose the deadline while 36 support. House votes expected to fall short of a 218 majority.
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U.S
Indochina
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Boston
Mike Mansfield
Boston College
South Vietnam
Mansfield
White House
Melvin R. Laird
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Laird
Humphrey
ABC
Congress
Associated Press
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
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