Bush Urges Action Against Lawbreaking Amid Protests
Rep. George Bush denounces lax enforcement by the Justice Department and warns another Pentagon protest could spark a backlash. He criticizes clergy silence amid alleged filth and drugs and urges distinctions between civil rights and lawlessness. He cites inflation and a $33 billion next year deficit as fiscal challenges.
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Houston
George Bush
R-Tex
Justice Department
Pentagon
Bush
American Leukemia Society
Washington
Martin Luther King
Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Texas
Temptation Note Sparks Parking Fine in Longview
A patrol officer found a note on a car in a no parking zone claiming a job deadline and a religious plea. The officer responded with a ticket, joking that ignoring it would cost him his job, and adding a biblical line about temptation.
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Longview
UPI
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Church Converts Rooms to Dormitories for 75 Foreign Students
Charlotte First Presbyterian Church converts Sunday school rooms into dormitories housing 75 international students with no relatives to visit over the holidays. The church is part of 13 churches in the South and East forming International Houses and has turned away more students who learned about the program through their embassies. During their stay in Charlotte the visitors will be hosted by several churches and civic groups through New Year's Day.
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Charlotte
N.C
First Presbyterian Church
Pvt John J Wooden Legs Sets Company Test Marks
In a physical proficiency test at FT Lewis for Company E of the 3rd Brigade 4th Infantry Battalion a Cheyenne trainee from Lame Deer Montana Pvt John J Wooden Legs posted the highest score in the company and ran the fastest mile among 200 Army trainees.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
John J. Wooden Legs
Lame Deer
Mont
Senate panel stalls anticrime riot and gun control bills
Senate Judiciary Committee faces a deep split over three major measures in the 90th Congress. Liberals and moderates back grants for police training, but conservatives oppose key provisions. Wiretap waivers and interstate gun sales bans divide the panel, with no compromise in sight as the new session approaches.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Congress
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
House
Eastland
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Paratrooper Honored After Vietnam Letter Inspires City
Fort Worth lawmakers hailed Pfc. David Haas for writing last August from Vietnam asking residents to pray for his 503rd Infantry unit. City officials invited him to City Hall and adopted the company as honorary citizens, honoring the servicemen in Vietnam.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Vietnam
David Haas
503Rd Infantry
DeWitt McKinley
Independence rise reshapes 1968 campaigns
Washington AP reports a growing share of U S voters identify as independents, about 36 million adults, shifting away from Democrat or Republican labels. Campaigns target ticket splitters, often educated professionals, with deeper issue-focused messaging. Gallup data show independents rising from 20 percent in 1940 to 31 percent in the latest survey, while Democrats hold a plurality.
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Washington
George H. Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Desegregation Moves Likely to Strengthen Federal Policy
HEW official Peter Libassi says new desegregation policies will make civil rights enforcement more orderly and certain. The change allows federal funds to be cut during a school year for noncompliance if districts are warned by March 1 and offered a hearing by September 1, a move Southern lawmakers opposed.
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Washington
Peter Libassi
Office For Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Libassi
HEW
John W. Gardner
Richard B. Russell
D- Ga
Gardner
Horse Sense Test Puzzle From An Old Worksheet
A mixed, OCR style set of questions and matching section. It includes five multiple choice items about phrases, terms for catching, hobby tools, measuring units, and medicines, plus a matching exercise listing farm animals and sounds with quirky encoded answer lines.
Arab Refugee Assist Sought by Percy Visit
Senator Charles Percy arrived in Tel Aviv from Tehran on a study mission and urged the Soviet Union to help solve the Arab refugee problem. He planned talks with Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and other officials and a tour of an Arab refugee camp.
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Tel Aviv
Charles Percy
Alll
Soviet Union
Percy
Tehran
Middle East
Levi Eshkol
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