Senate Cloture Trial On Civil Rights Bill Stalls
Senate rejects third bid to end debate on a civil rights bill 59 to limit debate to 35 opposing, four votes short of the required two thirds. Leaders plan another cloture vote early next week after a Saturday session. Dirksen and liberals dispute changes to the bill including an open housing provision and exemptions for owner occupied FHA and VA financed homes.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Sem Inlaw
Len B. Jordan
Idaho
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Howard H. Baker
R Tenn
Baker
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Walter F. Mondale
D Minn
Philip A. Hart
Mtch
Brooke
Hart
Mondale
Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration
Hart, Brooke, Mondale
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Romney To Back Party's Choice
Washington AP George Romney says he will not endorse Rockefeller or any specific rival for the Republican nomination. After quitting the race he plans to back whatever candidate governors and other party leaders agree on, and to work with Republican governors Congress members and leaders nationwide.
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Washington
Michigan
George Romney
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Tme Romney
Ail
Romney
Congress
New Defense Chief Clifford Sworn In At White House
President Johnson welcomes Clark M. Clifford as secretary of defense in a White House East Room ceremony. Warren administers oath as Clifford becomes Pentagon kingpin overseeing 3.4 million military personnel and about $76 billion budget while speculation swirls on a possible caretaker tenure ahead of the November election.
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Washington
Johnson
Clark M. Clifford
Secretary of Defense
Earl Warren
Clifford
White House East Room
Congress
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
Monroe hunter braves weather to chase birds despite storm
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes a Monroe area bird hunter who won’t quit for rain snow or sleet. Major Floyd Van of the Monroe Police Department and colleagues “Pop” Goddard and ’Doodle’ Alford joined the hunt on Wednesday. They did not bag any birds, proving weather won’t stop a steadfast hunter.
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Monroe
Floyd van
Pop” Goddard
Violence erupts as Rome students clash with police
Rioting students in Central Rome attacked police with paving stones after occupying campus buildings for weeks. Hundreds injured including at least 150 officers, over 100 rioters detained as buses and taxis halted and shops shuttered. Demonstrations spurred by demands for greater university control and reforms.
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Rome
Piazza di Spagna
Schools of Architecture
Giovanni d D’avack
Red China
Mao Tse Tung
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
School of Architecture
Lycee Chateaubriand
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
No Trace Found Of Missing B52
A UPI report from Corpus Christi says an Air Force search plane returned to base before dawn without locating the missing B52 bomber and its eight crew. A green light sighted by a fishing boat sparked hope of survivors, triggering a large Gulf search by two Coast Guard cutters and multiple aircraft, with crews from Corpus Christi Mobile New Orleans and Elizabeth City aiding. The eight crew members include Maj Frank Savarria, Ist Lt William Causey and others from several states. The aircraft vanished during a simulated bombing mission near Carswell AFB Fort Worth and carried no weapons.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
UPI
Air Force
Texas
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Gulf
Mobile
Ala
Elizabeth City
N.C
Frank M. Saivarria
Mt. Vermnon
N.Y
William T .Causey
Houston
Charles W. Roberts
Alamogordo
N.M
Michael L. Carroll
Brownwood
John T Pantilla
Verrien Springs
Mich
Kermit C. Casey
Little Rock
Ark. Ma
Philip F. Strike
Mansfield
Ohio
Thomas D. Childs
Muncie
Ind
House Rejects Thieu Request For Powers
SAIGON Aug 9 The House of Representatives voted 85 to 10 to deny President Nguyen Van Thieu the one year grant to issue decrees on economic and financial affairs amid the Communist offensive. Eight abstained as the Senate prepared to discuss the measure. Several representatives warned that such powers could lead to dictatorship while urging constitutional limits.
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Saigon
House For Representatives
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Senate
le Quang Dien
Nguyen van Nheiu
U.S
Weather forecast for today and Saturday in Louisiana Delta region
Generally fair weather continues today with high near 50 and tonight’s low mid 30s. Saturday should be partly cloudy and warmer with highs around mid 50s and low around 30s. Sunshine exceeds 80 percent today, drops below 30 percent Saturday. Winds variable 6 to 16 mph today, easing tonight. Precipitation not expected through Saturday.
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Louisiana
Fifteen Arrested In Gambling Raids Across Three States
FBI crackdown nets 15 men in Louisiana New York and Ohio on charges of conspiring to violate interstate gambling statutes by wagering on horse races and other events. Operations centered in Buffalo with ties to New Orleans and Cleveland. Bond set at 2500 each for New Orleans arrests. searches yielded gambling devices and details of a layoff oper ation via pay phones.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
New York
Ohio
Robert Rightmyer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Buffalo
N.Y
Cleveland
U.S
Fritz Windhorst
Joseph Victor Vizzi
Richard Raymond
Aaron Goldstein
Oscar H. Schwartz
Hyman H. Goldbert
Henry A. Abrams
Ralph Fain
Sam L. Firsten
Joseph Cohen
Vizzi
Raymond
Niagara Falls
Summary of Civil Disorders Commission Report
Washington AP reports on the President's Commission on Civil Disorders brief. It cites race relations as the core issue and white racism as the cause, with immediate action urged across jobs, housing, welfare overhaul, and long term programs for slum life. Police criticism targets weaponized tactics and calls for more Negro policemen and policing reform. Conspiracy findings say riots lacked a centralized plan. Education recommendations urge better slum schools, desegregation, early education, college aid, and adult programs.
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Washington
President's Commission On Civil Disorders
America
Detroit
Newark
Reds Drive Back At Barbed Wire Defense
In Khe Sanh Vietnam AP reports more than 500 North Vietnamese troops attacked the combat base before dawn. They breached the outer ring at the barbed wire but were driven back with at least 70 enemy dead as Tha Road infantrymen repelled the assault.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Tha Road
Battle near Khe Sanh and coast trawlers thwarted
Reports from Khe Sanh describe a heavy dawn assault by Communist forces on the Marine base as B52s flew in direct support and Marines and Rangers repelled probes. Across the coast, U S naval and Coast Guard units destroyed three 100 ton trawlers and halted further incursions while recovering rifles from wreckage.
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U.S. Air Force
U.S. Marine
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U.S
David Lownds
Plantation
Fla
South Vietnamese
U.S. Navy
Coast Guard
Nha Tee
Louisiana Considers 400 Million Road Plan Over Five Years
Baton Rouge officials and a governor named committee study a 400 million five year plan to build primary and secondary roads with pay as you go or bond funding. A toll road is not included though a turnpike from Shreveport to New Orleans is mentioned as a separate concept. The plan seeks new revenue, possibly a higher gasoline tax, to begin the first year.
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Baton Rouge
A. C. Clemons
Jennings
John McKeithen
Louisiana
State Board of Highways
Highway Department
Shreveport
New Orleans
Monroe-Ruston
Alexandria
Highway Board
Legislative Committee
McKeithen
Man earns right to call woman precious after fortune spent
A humorous observation notes that after a man spends a fortune on a woman he has earned the privilege to call her precious, reflecting a tongue in cheek view of courtship and value.
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Dudley Geigerman Jr
Victor Joubert
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Anthony Glorioso
Frank V. Timphony
Vincent Timphony
Owen A. Neff
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Cutor
Justice Department
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REDS
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Camden
Delilah
Rey Blackmore
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