Two Negroes May Win Seats in State Senate
In Sacramento two Black lawmakers from Los Angeles and Berkeley, Augustus Hawkins' brother and W Byron Rumford, seek California Senate seats after reapportionment. Dymally and Rumford, both Democrats, race to become the state's first Black senators, with Dymally leading in the Watts district and Rumford in a predominantly white, mixed district.
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Los Angeles
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Albany
San Francisco
Bay
Executive
Trinidad
Lincoln University
Jefferson
Los Angeles State
Jesse M. Unruh
Dinglewood
Higher Specialist Fee Rouses Storm Over Veterans Role
Kentucky lawmakers face a Medicaid fee row as a 25 percent raise for medical specialists sparks lawsuits and protests. Officials warn the plan may widen gaps between specialists and general practitioners while Federation of doctors weighs in. Senate defense questions on basic training duration in Vietnam era prompt discussion of how eight to eighteen weeks prepares recruits for combat. General Freeman and Gen Johnson defend the training timeline, while Stennis and Teague push for clarity on costs and access. Affected areas include Jefferson County Louisville and the broader state program funded largely by federal Medicare money.
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Kentucky
Russell Teague
Kentucky Health
Swim to Freedom Berlin youths flee east by river swim
Three East German youths escaped to West Berlin by swimming the Havel River, police reported. The incident highlights ongoing border defection attempts and police vigilance along the river route.
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West Berlin
Havel River
Lamprey Control Claims Lakes Cleared of Threat
Donald McKernan of the U S Bureau of Commercial Fisheries reports the sea lamprey has been eliminated in the Great Lakes. He notes trout populations have surged, rising tenfold in recent years, signaling a major recovery for food fish in the region.
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Donald McKernan
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
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