1965 Eventful Year in Civil Rights Effort
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr returns to Alabama to launch a campaign that saw marches from Selma to Montgomery, mass arrests, and King spending days in jail. Federal registrars expanded voting rights efforts across central Alabama boosting Black political power and signaling broader civil rights action beyond Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Alabama
James G. Clark
King
Congress
Macon
Bullock
Greene
Hale
Lowndes
Perry and
Wilcox
Dallas County
Clark
Chicago
Automation in Medicine: A 1975 Vision by Dr. Cutting
Dr. C C Cutting of the Permanente Medical Group predicts a 1975 shift to team based care with one physician in charge. He foresees automated testing and computer analysis, preventive emphasis, and broad funding from government or welfare programs. He warns of a medical care explosion due to knowledge and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
C.C. Cutting
Permanente Medical Group
Oakland
Cutting
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Weather Outlook Cloudy With Rain And Fog Near
The VU S Weather Bureau forecasts cloudy skies tonight with drizzle, fog likely, and a Thursday turn to continued cloudiness and high winds. Temperatures show a 31 degree high Tuesday at Collins Weather Station, possible 50 Thursday. night low 27 and 9 a.m. temperature 35.
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VU. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Electrical Power Abundant Locally
AEC searches for a site for a colossal proton accelerator reveal Grundy and Will Counties host one of the nation’s largest electric power concentrations. Joliet Chamber of Commerce officials note area generating capacity could support the project, with Dresden nuclear plant nearby and several coal plants along the Des Plaines River.
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Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Grundy
Will Counties
Joliet
AEC
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden
Romeoville
Des Plaines
Illinois Waterway
Kankakee
Illinois River
Baltz
Grundy County
Eugene Sorensen
Strike May Cause Ammo Shortage
Secretary of Labor Wirtz warned that a strike against the Olin Mathieson gunpowder plant in East Alton Illinois could threaten U S ammunition supplies for Vietnam. He urged a prompt settlement, noting the plant is the Pentagon noted sole producer of rifle machinegun and 20mm shell powder. The timing of any shortage depended on how long the strike continued.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Viet Nam
Wirtz
Afl-Cio
Olin Mathieson
East Alton
Ill
Pentagon
U.S
William E. Simkin
Johnson
White House
Simkin
Stanley R. Resor
Illinois
Army
Afl-Cio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Western Employes Trade Council
Humphrey Arrives in Manila for Marcos Inauguration
Vice President Hubert Humphrey lands in Manila for the Thursday inauguration of President Ferdinand Marcos. He invites Japan to aid in Viet Nam peace during a Tokyo stop, delivering a broad appeal to urge government action without awaiting a direct reply.
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Manila
Hubert H. Humphrey
Viet Nam
Humphrey
United States
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Sato
U.S
J. Owen Zurhellen Jr
Zurhellen
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Gasoline Rationed In Zambia
Zambia imposes a one gallon per week gasoline limit as ministers use smaller cars and diplomats bike to work. The fuel supply relies on Rhodesia, with Britain’s embargo and a pending US airlift to cover the shortfall. Tankers from Tanzania and Congo begin deliveries while roads turn to mud in the rainy season.
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Lusaka
Zambia
U. S
Robert Good
Rhodesia
Britain
United States
British Royal Air Force
Tanzania
Canadian Air Force
Congo
Mikami
Truce Talk Heard Today In Viet Area
U S airlifted about 4 000 jungle fighters to Pleiku as Washington and Saigon hint at a Tet truce. The air war continued in the South with B 52 strikes and Skyraider support while Viet Cong attacked several districts and bridges.
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Viet
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Washington
Hawaii
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Viet Nam
Solomon Islands
Guam
Quang Tri Province
Long An
Ticonderoga
Hancock
Enterprise
Quang Ngai
Minh Long
Quang Ngai City
Salvage Crews Cut Through Barges Blocking Waterway
Salvage crews worked to carve a path through sunken barges clogging the waterway from Chicago to New Orleans. The Army Corps of Engineers expected a usable channel late today, while barge owners warned it could take until Friday to finish.
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Lockport, Ill
Chicago
New Orleans
Army Corps of Engineers
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Herald
Sorensen
Secretary of Labor
Metropolitan Sanitary District of
Greater Chicago
Amintore Fanfani
U. N. General Assembly
Italy
Philippines
South Korea
China
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