Battle Looms On Rights Act Battle Looms On Rights Act
Washington AP report on the 1966 Civil Rights Act with a housing provision and penalties for racial violence. House Judiciary Chair Emanuel Celler predicts a tight passage even as Southern opposition grows. Johnson sends the bill after delays from personal and court matters, raising concerns of a summer filibuster and a broader fight over desegregation. Senator Eastland vows to oppose, arguing the act targets the North and seeks forced integration.
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Washington
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Congress
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Senate
Judiciary Committee
North
South
Cows Wander Onto Ranch Damaging Yard In Snohomish
In Snohomish Washington a group of stray cows wandered onto a ranch, knocked over a fence, and damaged a yard. The homeowner Mrs Rosemarie Moo reported the incident to the sheriff for response.
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Snohomish
Wash
UPI
Rosemarie Moo
Hearings Set On Activities Of Senator Dodd
The Senate Ethics Committee will hold public hearings on Senator Dodd’s dealings with a West German business agent. Executive sessions will precede the hearings to decide which activities fall under committee jurisdiction. This marks the first such inquiry into a senator since McCarthy era actions. The panel did not address the dinner gifts or tax issues raised in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Dodde
Ask State Aid For Jet Ports
Northwestern staff writer James J. Metz reports the Wisconsin Governor’s Aviation Advisory Board urged 82 million from the general fund for jet airport aid, sending the plan to Governor Knowles after a tie vote. The panel also called for 2 million for North Central jet airport improvements and urged further study of revenues and a closer look at the Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission. The page notes the advisory group pressed for emergency jet service provisions. continuation appears on Page 14.
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James J. Metz
Northwestern
LA. Crosse
Governor's Aviation Advisory Board
General Fund
Wisconsin
Knowles
0. L Simenstad
Osceola
North Central Airlines
State Aeronautics Commission
Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission
Airport aid hurdles shadow Winnebago runway plan
County aviation leaders at the State Aeronautics Conference hear that a federal aid allocation for the Winnebago County runway expansion is delayed. FAA officials back in Washington review technical issues and a revised plan proposing a north south runway west of the current one, potentially converting the existing runway to a taxiway and removing a north flight clear zone near the control tower and terminal area.
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Dist. Atty
Gerald L. Engeldinger
Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Minneapolis
Winnebago County
State Aeronautics Commission
T. K. Jordan
Jordan
FFA
Easler
U S Buildup Reaches Nearly 250 000 Men In Vietnam
U S forces landed over 4000 fresh combat troops in Viet Nam boosting the buildup to nearly 250000. The 25th Tropic Lightning Division from Hawaii joined ashore at Vung Tau as ground fighting remained light. Despite six major operations, the Viet Cong largely avoided large engagements while U S planes continued attacks nationwide. Meanwhile a mine near the Mekong Delta killed three Vietnamese women and wounded seven others, with additional casualties from a military truck mine and separate mortar and grenade strikes around Saigon and Hau Nghia Province.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
Hawaii
Vung Tau
U.S
Mekong
I Hau Nghia
Sultan’s Parade Attack Leaves Three Mutineers Dead
Sultan Said Bin Taima escaped an assassination attempt in Salalah as mutineers fired during a parade. Loyal Dhofar forces killed three rebels and arrested 19 others while two Pakistani officers and one Arab corporal were wounded and evacuated by the RAF. Salalah lies in Dhofar Province on the Arabian Sea.
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Aden
Muscat
Oman
Arabian Peninsula
Miler
Sultan Said bin Taima
Salalah
Dhofar Province
Dhofar
Royal Air Force
West Bend Man Crushed to Death
West Bend Wis AP Glen Barber a 72 year old West Bend man was killed Thursday when crushed beneath his tractor and a baler he was unloading from a truck authorities said the tractor tipped backward on top of him assistant county coroner Matt L Gooden Jr identified the victim.
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West Bend. Wis
Glen Barber
West Bend
Washington County
Matt L. Gooden Jr
Ex Newsboy Heads Group of Publishers
NEW YORK AP J Howard Wood an 11 year old newspaper carrier boy and current Chicago Tribune publisher was named president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association at its 80th annual meeting. Wood who also leads the Tribune Co succeeds Gene Robb as ANPA president as 1 425 attend and membership tops 978 papers in the U S and Canada.
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New York
J. Howard Wood
Chicago Tribune
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
Wood
The
Tribune Co
Canton
Canton Daily Register
Canton Daily Ledger
Ledger
Mexican Red Plot Foiled Ties to University Strike
Mexican AG reports foreign and Mexican agitators planned to use the student strike to overthrow the government. Eight arrests include three Argentines and five Mexicans charged with conspiracy and illegal association. Pamphlets distributed urged disorder. one Argentine identified as Oscar Fernandez Bruno linked to the Revolutionary Worker’s Party. Francisco Galindo Ochoa denied Communist control of the university, noting 7,000 strikers.
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Mexico City
Attorney General
National University
Oscar Fernandez Bruno
Revolutionary Worker's Par
Francisco Galindo Ochoa
United States
Storms fade as heavy rains persist across South
The Associated Press reports continued heavy rain from Texas to the Southeast with severe storms tapering off. Violent thunderstorms brought rain hail and gusty winds across Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas and earlier hit Tampa. Tornadoes sighted near Oil City Louisiana Charleston Mississippi and Texarkana Arkansas. Oxford Mississippi recorded 2 mph wind gusts. Dallas faced ongoing flooding with at least seven drowned after a pre dawn cloudburst and hundreds displaced as four inches of rain drenched the city, the worst flooding since Trinity River levees were built.
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Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Mississipp
Arkansas
Tampa Fla
Oil City
Charleston
Miss
Texarkana
Ark
Oxford
Dallas
Trinity River
Mt Kelut eruption toll rises in East Java
Jakarta AP reports the Mt Kelut eruption has killed about 30 people with another 100 feared missing in a nearby village. Lava streams from the 5,678 foot peak threaten Blitar, whose communications are cut off as about 500,000 residents live nearby.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Mt Kelut
Java
Antara
Blitar
Yanks Fire Hit Six Dominicans in Dominican Republic
In Santo Domingo on Thursday US troops fired on anti-American demonstrators, wounding six. The clash occurred after leftist protests marking the revolution anniversary. Demonstrators, including members of the Dominican Popular Movement and the Castroite 14th of June movement, burned a US flag and hurled rocks near a bridge observation post.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Villa Duarte
Dominican Popular Movement
14Th
Jame Movement
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Hull
Quebec
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Daniel Emond
Lercher
UPI Telephote
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
Pleiku
AP Witephats
Newsboy
Canada
Teresa Confreta de Fernandez
Adolfo Otilio Malvagni Gilly
Argentina
Gildardo Islas Carranza
Ramon Vargas Salguero
Marta Elena Vargas Salguero
Sergio Garcia Estrada
Leocadio Franciso Zapata Marquis
Erat Oda
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