President Johnson pushes civil rights bill for all white juries
President Johnson announced a new priority for 1966 Congress to pass a civil rights bill to prevent injustice to Negroes by all white juries. He urged federal agencies to pursue racial justice actively and asked the Civil Rights Commission to study race and education to aid local color blind schools. Legal and civil rights leaders and Rep. Emanuel Celler supported the plan, while Atty. Gen. Flowers called it an extreme but necessary step.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Civil Rights Commission
White House
Watts
Emanuel Celler
House
Judiciary Committee
New York
Democrat
Richmond Flowers
Alabama
Flowers
Americans Battle Reds Fourth Day on Vietnamese Front
In the Chu Pong area near the Cambodian border heavy fighting continued as US forces pressed over two days. Four American jets were shot down during a 35 minute raid near Hanoi, with two pilots rescued and one listed missing. Cavalrymen reported 13 Communists killed and one captured as the attack sought to isolate Hanoi from Haiphong.
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Saigon
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Monroe Civic Center May Host Ozan Marsh Concert
Monroe officials meet with Philip D Kaufman agent for the renowned pianist Ozan Marsh to discuss bringing the Boston Pops soloist to the city in a future event. Marsh yearly performs with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. Kaufman visited 509 4th St Harlingen Tex to contact local groups about the engagement.
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Monroe
New Civic Center
Ozan Marsh
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops Orchestra
Marsh
Philip D. Kaufman
4Th St
Harlingen
Tex
New Officer Joins Monroe Police Identification Unit
The Monroe police department appointed Miss Jean Calloway as secretary in the identification division on Tuesday, expanding staff and support for records and case work.
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Monroe
Jean Calloway
Rusk Attends Brazil Meet Of Ministers
Rio de Janeiro AP Rusk leads U S delegation as 18 Latin American foreign ministers open a special OAS conference to revamp hemisphere policy. Johnson stress Viet Nam war. Cuba and Venezuela absent. Talks aim to strengthen OAS and economic coordination for a charter revision next spring.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Humberto Castello Branco
Brazil
Dean Rusk
U.S
Johnson
Latin America
Rusk
Viet Nam
United States
South Viet Nam
Uruguay
Robert F. Kennedy
D.-N.y
Chile
Organization of American States
Cuba
Venezuela
OAS
Argentina
Americas
Alliance For Progress
Hemisphere
Restorative Humor at Chuckle Works Time
At closing time the office has a light mood as workers feel so good they could rush to the elevator, a small cheerful scene reflecting after work relief and upbeat energy.
Britain suffers power cuts as cold wave tightens grip
London AP reports Britain endures gas and electricity shortages amid a severe cold spell. Factories resume work as daytime temperatures hover near freezing and power supplies remain strained. Seventy Midland firms halt gas use as blackouts hit London and other cities. Opposition critics challenge Power Minister Fred Lee as Western Europe’s grid remains mostly stable.
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London
Britain
Eurrone
U.S
Associated Press
Europe
House of Commons
Conservative
Fred Lee
Man's 20 Year Search Ends near St Petersburg Florida
A 16 year old deep sea diver who lost memory after WWII found his family and past after two decades of wandering. Robert Sheridan, once believed to be Robert Sherman from Albany, traced his sister and brother via a phone book and reconnected with parents in Florida. He plans to live with them and run a diving company.
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John J. Sheridan
Albany N.Y
Craig, Cole
Gore
Robert Sher
Los Angeles
Albany
Florida
Marjorie Benvento
Fayetteville
N.Y
John Jr
St Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
Largo
Lillian Watkins
Indian Rocks Beach
St. Petersburg
Severe Ice Storm Rages Northeast
A wild winter storm moved into the Northeast with snow and high winds. Gale warnings along the Great Lakes. bitter cold and hard freeze warnings stretching from Minnesota to Kansas and Missouri. Ohio and New England report hazardous driving and structural damage from wind and lightning injuries.
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Plains
Lake Superior
Pennsylvania
New York
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Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Kansas
Missouri
International Falls
Minn
Houghton
Mich
Kincheloe Air Force Base
Sault Ste Marie
Marquette
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Iowa
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Nebraska
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Erie
Ontario
Wisconsin
Ohio
Attica
Tiffin
Frederick H. Arth
Canton
Louisville
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Utah
Idaho
New Mexco
Eisenhower Sits Up in Chair at Army Hospital
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 75, was allowed out of bed for the first time since his heart attacks at Ft Gordon. An Army Hospital briefing reported no further heart muscle damage, with Ike lifted to a chair and to be rechecked this afternoon.
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FT. Gordon
Cap
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wallace Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Fair And Colder Weather For Twin City Area
Forecast calls for fair skies today tonight and Thursday with a cold front moving in late this afternoon. Highs near 62 to 68, lows around 42 to 44, Tuesday’s high 82, and morning low around 41. North to northeast winds 8 to 18 mph with no precipitation reported at Selman Field.
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Twin City
FAA
Selman Field
California floods strand hundreds as storms linger
A punishing rainstorm drenches Southern California for a fourth day from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Floods and mudslides close roads, trapping residents in housing tracts while lines of traffic reroute around flooding near Newhall. No major evacuations reported yet. Rescue and weather officials warn the storm will continue into Thursday before another front approaches from the Alaska coast.
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San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Baja California
Alaskan
Woodland Mills
Eneino
Tarzana
Granada Hills
Sylmar
Newhall
Santa Barbara
Moon Crust Might Harbor Water and Diamonds
Nobel chemist Harold Urey told AP science writers that the moon may host water and diamonds in its crust. He suggested heat and pressure during origin could form diamonds near the surface, with water possibly beneath the moon's exterior.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Harold ©. Urey
Urey
Moon
Eveth
Urey Ae
Council For the Advancement of Science
United Nations Vote Closely Defers Red China Seat
The General Assembly again rejected seating Red China, but by a closer margin than before. 47 for 47 against with 20 abstentions. two-thirds rule still required, and U.S. and 10 allies forced reaffirmation of the 1961 ruling.
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U.N. Assembly
China
United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
Peking
United States
Assembly
Red China
Dahomey
Laos
Congo
Leopoldville
U.S
Charles W. Yost
Asia
Pekings
Viet Nam
World Forum
Three Are Saved By Coast Guard After Boat Sinks
A Coast Guard crew rescued three of four aboard the 104 foot charter boat Ocean Queen after it collided with the German freighter Lutjenburg near Charleston harbor. Captain Sam Vereen, 50, and crewmen William Elliott, 29, and Lenny Carter, 25, all of Little River, SC, survived. Missing is Ed Coffin, 44, of Ocean Drive Beach, SC, on his first trip with the vessel.
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Charleston, S.C
Coast Guard
Charleston Harbor
Lutjenburg
Sam Vereen
Ocean Queen
Charleston
Miami
Vereen
William A. Elliott
Lenny Hi. Carter
Little River
Ed Coffin
Ocean Drive Beach
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