Backers Cautious With Gun Control Measure
Washington opinion splits over new gun control bill after the Texas massacre. Sen Thomas Dodd seeks full Senate Judiciary action, while Sen Everett Dirksen calls for a compromise. Discussion includes possible firearm registration and interstate shipment limits, yet Whitman tower attack cited as counterpoint to strict measures. Continued on Page 8, Col. 2.
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Washington
Senate
Texas
Johnson
Thomas H. Dodd
Dconn
Dodd
Everett M Dirksen
Judiciary Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Morton
Charles J. Whitman
University of Texas
Austin
Chicagoans Start Probe Of Skirmish
Chicago authorities launched investigations by the Human Relations Commission police the mayor’s office and Puerto Rican groups into street clashes on Division Street. A Puerto Rican man was killed by police nine others arrested and a youth was paralyzed by a spinal bullet amid renewed tensions in the Puerto Rican community. Mayor Daley met with a six member Puerto Rican delegation and pledged decisive action while calls were made to remove officers and discipline any found guilty of misconduct.
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Chicago
Division Street
Claudio Flores
Chicago Human Relations Commission
Flores
Human Relations Council
Auto Mishap Fatal to Youth in Marinette County
The death of 18 year old Leonard Stogin in Marinette County raises Wisconsin 1966 highway toll to 568, up from 346 a year earlier. Stogin, from rural Coleman, was struck after stepping from behind a car into the path of another near his home, and died early today in a Menominee hospital.
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Associated Press
Marinette County
Wisconsin
Leonard Stogin
Coleman
Stogin
Menominee, Mich
Connally cuts tour to study killings in Texas
Gov John B Connally cancelled the Latin American tour to address the Charles Whitman massacre in Texas. He met law enforcement officials to coordinate the response and burial plans for Whitman and his mother, who was the first victim. The bodies were to be flown to Lake Worth Florida for burial. Connally had flown back from Rio de Janeiro Tuesday night.
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Austin
Tex
John B. Connally
Texas
Charles Joseph Whitman
Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Connally
Rio de Janeiro
Helicopters Ferry Units To War Zone
Helicopters ferried heavy U S troop reinforcements into South Viet Nam near Cambodia as three days of fighting built into a major battle. B52s bombed suspected positions and a base camp near the frontier while U S forces grew to 10 000 or more, as Haiphong depot and Hanoi area strikes continued. Navy pilots reported heavy antiaircraft fire at Haiphong amid the air war against North Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Cavalry
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Hanoi
Navy
Inland Steel Hikes Prices Sparks White House Review
Inland Steel Co of Chicago boosted prices for strip and sheet metal by 2 to 3 dollars a ton on Tuesday. White House officials, led by Gardner Ackley, summoned a strategy session after the move, which appeared to catch the administration by surprise.
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Washington
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
White House
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Inland
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Explosion in Omaha Not Tied to Racial Violence
An early morning explosion wrecked two Omaha filling stations in a largely Negro area. Authorities ruled out racial violence, attributing the blast to natural gas, with five people injured by flying glass. Rumors of white attackers and a car fleeing the scene were unsubstantiated.
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Omaha
Associated Press
Neb
Polite
Chicago
Providence
Perth Amboy
N.J
Atlanta
Frank Morrison
AV. Sorensen
Sorensen
Northwest Side
Southwest Side
Williams Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary
Former Governor G Mennen Williams won the Michigan Democratic U S Senate primary, defeating Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh as the main campaign issue centered on Vietnam policy. Williams, 55, carried strong union support and led from early after visiting all 83 counties. Griffin, unopposed in Republican primary, viewed Williams from Griffin's camp as November opponent.
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Associated Press
G. Mennen Williams
Johnson
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Michigan
U.S
Don Samuelson
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
James B. Pearson
William H. Avery
Kansas
Williams
Sen
Robert Griffin
Nigerian rebels report Ironsi executed in Ibadan
Nigerian sources claim Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi and Lt. Col. Adekunle Fajuyi were killed by rebels in Ibadan amid a coup turmoil. Reports could not be independently confirmed and censorship was in force as violence escalated.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Ibadan
Ger
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Adekunle Fajuyi
Ironsi
Fajuyi
Ybanan
Man Held In Danville Kidnap Case
Danville Illinois police report a 12 year old girl Betty Farrell abducted while playing with friends. A man is in custody for questioning after Betty was found unharmed two miles from home near Grape Creek. FBI and state police assisted in the search.
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Danville
Ill
Betty Farrell
Grape Creek
St. Elizbeth’s Hospital
Farrell
Betty
Dixie Lee
Marilyn Ames
Nora Pridemore
Nora
Raymond Farrell
Winneis
Indiana
FBI
Hutnik Trial Begins With Picking Jury
Assemblyman Wills Hutnik goes on trial in Ladysmith on a charge of taking a $50 bribe. A diverse jury pool is being formed in a small court as Judge Arold Murphy plans to seat twelve jurors this week. Hutnik, indicted in Madison in June, is accused of accepting the check from Anthony Wise to influence highway legislation.
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Ladysmith
Wills J. Hutnik
Hutnik
Arold Murphy
Marinette
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Pigeon Control Pushes Traps Across San Francisco
Animal controllers set traps citywide to reduce an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 pigeons. RG Plate of Willits California offers a 1,300 acre ranch as a home for the birds, but they must be captured and transported first.
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San Francisco
UPI
RG. Plate
Willits
Calif
Senate chiefs near accord on measure to end airline strike
Washington AP reports a compromise plan to force 27 day airline machinists back to work was moving forward as Senate leaders huddle on a bill. Morse said a 60 day back to work order with possible presidential action could extend the process and block the strike for up to six months. Disagreement centers on whether the President must affirm a finding of no progress before a new board is appointed.
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Washington
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Johnson
Morse
Machinists
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Montana Democrat
Senate Labor Committee
Open Housing Law Comes Up in House
In a split Congress, the House considers a civil rights bill open housing provision with an amendment to exempt most individually owned homes. Supporters seek broad exemptions while opponents push for tougher rules, as votes loom on final passage expected Thursday. The panel also moves to a jury-discrimination ban and a state-court delay requirement for AG suit.
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Washington
Congress
House
House Judiciary Committee
William C Cram
Fla
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D-Miss
Gov. Connally
Ing. Ackley
Joseph L. Block
New York
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