Johnson Advisory Group weighs guidelines on prosperity
President Johnson charters a 21 member labor management advisory panel to review wage price guidelines and keep prosperity steady amid rising prices. The group meets in Washington for two days, amid calls for revisions to grant workers larger profit shares and concerns over wage and price pressures.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Gardner Ackley
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Ackley
Business
Labor
Wallace Victory Sparks Controversy as Wife Wins Nomination
In Birmingham Alabama with 3,087 of 3,654 boxes reporting Mrs Lurleen Wallace won the Democratic nomination defeating rival candidates including Flowers Elliott Gilchrist and Patterson. Governor Wallace calls it a triumph for conservative government while foes including Martin Luther King Jr condemn it as a protest vote.
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Birmingham
Todavy
George Wallace
Doh Patterson
Lurleen Wallace
Wallace
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Flowers
Carl Eliott
Bob Gilchrist
Charles Woods
Patterson
James E. Folsom
AW Todds
Sherman Powell
Elt. Gore
George
Chuckle Reflects on Paying as We Go Delays
A playful take on modern finance notes the irony of paying as we go while trying to catch up from past payments. The quip suggests a humorous view of budgeting and consumer habits.
Katzebach Leads Senate Civil Rights Hearings On 1966 Act
Atty Gen Nicholas Katzenbach opens House Judiciary subcommittee hearings on Johnsons 1966 Civil Rights Act. The package tightens fair housing rules, adds federal penalties for racial violence, bans recruitment of jurors by race, and gives federal power to combat school segregation. He argues commerce power covers housing and cites 14th Amendment equal protection as basis for reform. The bill aims to protect rights in travel voting education housing and employment with penalties up to life imprisonment for death resulting from interference.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
House Judiciary
Congress
Katzenbach
B52s Strike Main Cong Supply Area in Viet Nam Push
American B52 bombers pounded the southern Ho Chi Minh trail region 65 miles northwest of Saigon as monsoon rains neared. Australia began reinforcing Viet Nam with 400 troops and 300 vehicles, part of a 4,5060 man buildup through June to replace earlier forces. U S forces said 29 Viet Cong were killed in two actions while air strikes faced weather and limited naval operations offshore.
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Satgon
South Viet Nam Cap
South
Viet Nam
Australia
Sydney
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Navy
McKeithen Receives Formal Report On State Budget
Baton Rouge AP The Legislative Budget Committee delivered its formal report to Governor John McKeithen outlining a proposed state operating budget around 1.7 billion dollars with about 322 million in federal aid. The current fiscal year budget stands at 1.04 billion. Chair Sen Jamar Adcock said the report would be public after presentation. Rep Lantz Womack noted questions about Medicare hospital federal aid could range from four to sixty one million dollars.
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McKeithen
Lantz Womack
Franklin
Womack
Dr. Newton Grant Joins 25th Neville High Reunion in Monroe
Dr. Newton Grant now with Chrysler at the Michaud Plant in New Orleans attended Neville High School’s 25th anniversary reunion in Monroe Tuesday night. He also teaches math in LSU New Orleans night classes and works on a rocket to the moon project. He graduated from Neville in 1941 with honors and later earned a doctorate from Columbia University.
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Newton Grant
Chrysler Corporation
Michaud
New Orleans
Monroe
Neville High School
Grant
Louisiana State University of New Orleans
Nevile High
Northeast State College
Columbia University
New York
Redistricting Plan Nears Formal Reveal In South Carolina
Aycock and House Speaker Delony plan a practical redistricting proposal for Governor McKethen to present to the Senate Redistricting Committee. They expect surprises but with details kept under wraps until final drafting, court approval still needed. The plan aims for swift legislative action early in the session.
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Vail Delony
McKetthen
Senate
House
Car Makers See Late April Sales Rise Amid Hearings
Car makers and dealers report overall April sales improving after an early April dip blamed on Senate hearings. GM Ford Chrysler and AMC cumulative first-20-day totals lagged last year but final 10 days yielded a record pace, with 321,143 cars sold versus 302,831 a year earlier. AMC cited ongoing declines not tied to the hearings.
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Gerald Rocord
Reich
Johnson
General Motors Corp
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Chisester Corp
American Motors Corp
Ford
American Motors
AMC
Contract Signed for Faster Trains Between New York and Washington
The Pennsylvania Railroad and the Commerce Department signed a two year demonstration contract for hourly high speed rail between New York and Washington with a target under three hours. The plan includes self propelled electric cars surpassing 100 mph and half hourly service to Philadelphia and Baltimore starting October 1967. The program is part of a $90 million national high speed rail effort with $9.6 million from the Commerce Department and substantial railroad investment in track and signal upgrades. Secretary John T. Connor and Stuart T. Saunders announced the move.
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Washington
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Commerce Department
Secretary of Commerce
John T. Connor
Stuart T. Saunders
Philadelphia
Budd Co
Congress
Connor
Mild Weather Outlook for Monroe Area
The Monroe area may see showers with partly cloudy skies through Thursday. Highs reach 76 to 82 degrees, with tonight's low 64 to 68 and Tuesday's high 76. The morning low was 60 degrees, signaling mild conditions ahead.
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Monroe
Primary Election Winners In Six States At Flance
The Associated Press reports results from six states. Alabama Mrs Lurleen Wallace led a Democratic gubernatorial race while civil rights groups backed a Black House candidate and Black sheriffs won races. Florida Haydon Burns and Robert King High top the Democratic gubernatorial primary and face a runoff. Alabama Senator John Sparkman won renomination. Indiana Richard Roudebush won the Republican nomination for Congress in the 10th District. New Mexico Gene Lusk won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination over John Burroughs. Ohio James Rhodes swept the Republican renomination with Senator Frazier Reams Jr also winning the Democratic nod. Robert Taft Jr. defeated William F Flax in the GOP primary. Oklahoma Raymond Gary tops the Democratic gubernatorial field and will meet Preston Moore in the May 24 runoff. Dewey Bartlett and Slappy Camp appear headed for a Republican runoff.
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James Doclaritin
Coernor
Alabama
Congress
Barry Goldwater
Wyoming
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Texas
James Ferguson
Wallace
Richmond Flowers
Lurleen Wallace
George Wallace
Florida
Haydon Burns
Miami
Robert King High
Indiana
Richard L. Roudebush
Ralph Harvey
New Mexico
Gene Lusk
Carlsbad
John Burroughs
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Frazier Reams Jr
Robert Taft Jr
John Birch Society
William F. Flax
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Preston Moore
American Legion
Dewey Bartlett
John N
Pentagon blasts Gruening over Viet Nam equipment claim
The Defense Department defends American troop gear in Vietnam and accuses Sen. Gruening of making unfounded charges. It says about 4.6 billion dollars of obsolete equipment is disposed of annually to keep the 122 billion dollar inventory current. Gruening criticized surplus disposal as fraud and deception, while subcommittee staff noted wastage and spare parts shortages affecting combat readiness.
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Washington
Defense Department
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Gruening
South Viet Nam
Grueening
Department of Defense
Southeast Asia
Proera
Joseph Lippman
Subcommittee
U.S
Lippman
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