Senate approves civil rights bill to 73 27 vote
The Senate passed the civil rights measure 73 to 27 after 83 days of debate and sends it to the House for action Monday. The bill aims to ban discrimination in public accommodations and employment and expands federal enforcement powers under the attorney general.
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Johnson campaigns in California to win votes
President Johnson visits the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles on a three day California trip aiming to galvanize support for the Democratic ticket. He cites past pledges and appeals to voters in Orange County and Los Angeles as crucial to November victory.
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U.S
Plucky Teen-Age Farm Boy Loses Arm
Cary Smith a 16 year old farmer on a Prattsburgh Adirondack region farm lost his right arm in a tractor hay baler. He drove two miles for help to Davenport Hospital near Bath where he was in fair condition. The arm was severed near the shoulder and not recovered. Smith a Naples Central School student is the only son of Mr and Mrs Jay Smith.
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96 MPH Winds Hit Omaha On Top Of Floods
A severe spring storm system battered the midwest with 96 mile per hour winds in Omaha and funnel clouds across Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan and Ohio. A tornado struck Madison Nebraska destroying a barn and downing a power pole.
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UN Extends Cyprus Peace Force Stay Three Months
The Security Council unanimously extended the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus for another three months until Sept 26. An 11 member body adopted a five nation resolution at 11 03 a m EDT. Bolivia Brazil Ivory Coast Morocco and Norway sponsored the measure, with Czechoslovakia and Nationalist China voicing support beforehand.
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Oil Paintings On Exhibit by Red Skelton in Las Vegas
Red Skelton opens his 40th year in show business with a secret straight act and a 50 work oil painting exhibit at a Las Vegas hotel mid tour. The collection spans portraits of animals and clowns, elongated caricatures, and still lifes created mainly in the past year.
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Penn Station Reserve 14 Granite Eagles For Eisenhower Memorial
Souvenir hunters target Pennsylvania Station’s 14 granite eagles, five feet tall and nearly three tons each. The Pennsylvania Railroad will keep the birds for a proposed Battery Park colonnade honoring former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with other public requests to be considered if the plan falls through.
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Cuba says U S plane shot down on bombing trip
Havana reports a pirate plane that dropped bombs on a sugar mill near Cabaiguan was shot down by Cuban forces. One crew member died and two were injured. The communique claims the aircraft took off from American territory and was downed over Las Villas Province after Cuban pursuit and anti aircraft fire. Orland Bosch questioned the plane’s details.
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Military Aid On Way To Thailand Aboard Five Ships
Five U S navy ships head to Bangkok carrying trucks M113 armored carriers tanks signal equipment and ammunition to bolster U S stockpiles in Thailand amid Laos tensions The move aims to enhance American ability to respond to Communist aggression in Southeast Asia and coincides with troop transfer rumors from Hawaii and broader regional warnings.
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Kennedy taken to hospital after fatal plane crash
Senator Edward M. Kennedy aged 32 fractured multiple vertebrae and ribs in a private plane crash that killed pilot Edwin T. Zimny 48 and aide Edward Moss 41 in an apparent fog mishap near Barnes Airport Westfield. Birch Bayh and wife injured but in good condition. Kennedy to endure hospitalization with fair condition reported later. The crash occurred after 11 pm in an apple orchard with witnesses describing wreckage in a hillside. The accident shocked the Massachusetts Democratic Convention and delayed events as Kennedy’s family and colleagues rushed to the hospital.
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Europe
Crash Kills Many Aboard Chinese Airliner Near Formosa
An airliner carrying 48 passengers and 5 crew members, including 20 Americans and 33 others, crashed near Shenkang in central Formosa after departing Taichung. Early reports suggested no survivors, with American sources confirming eight service members and four dependents among the Americans aboard. Some accounts mentioned a Malaysian group linked to a film festival, with varying theories on whether the craft exploded in the air or on impact.
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