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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
10
The California Senate approved a broad bill to ban cigarette advertising across newspapers magazines television radio and billboards. The measure, championed by Senator Anthony Beilensen, faces a possible path to law with favorable support but remains unfinalized.
Nixon administration calls for a broad expansion of the Voting Rights Act to outlaw literacy tests and residency requirements for presidential elections and to empower federal voting examiners nationwide. Atty. Gen. Mitchell says voting rights are a national concern and cites 800000 Negroes added to rolls in four years while outlining enforcement powers. DES MOINES AP Gov Ray praises highway penalties on four truck firms for oversized load permit violations as officials question the commission’s reversal. Weather: Party cloudy with showers possible through Friday, highs near 83, lows around 70s.
At the Paris peace talks the Viet Cong and North Vietnam denounced Nixon's Vietnam policy as deceitful and a dead end aimed at preserving Saigon and replacing U.S. troops with South Vietnamese forces. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese negotiators criticized de Americanization and warned of continued fighting. U.S. Lodge rejected the demands as insincere, delaying progress toward a settlement.
Indian Affairs Minister Jean Chretien laid a long range plan before Parliament to remove all legal discrimination in Canada, grant 237,490 registered Indians the same services as other Canadians, and abolish the reservation system. Indian leaders received the proposal cautiously during the Ottawa hearing.
The Federal Trade Commission won a 3-2 vote to start hearings next Tuesday on a new cigarette advertising warning. Surgeon General William S. Stewart leads anti smoking witnesses in proposing a trade rule to force clear health warnings in all media. The act expires Monday, after the 1965 Cigarette Labeling Act.
Muscatine Community school district board of education rejected two bids for a proposed Madison elementary addition as too costly under the 2½ mill schoolhouse levy funds and proceeds from campus sales. Bid totals ranged from 467,505 to 494,000 with architects estimating 495,000. high bid levels prompted the rejection.
Reports clash over President Nixon nominating Dr. John H. Knowles to lead health policy as AMA opposition and Dirksen pressure mount. Finch says the name was sent to the White House while White House cautions media on predictions about the nomination.
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