Yorty Announces He Is in Governor Race
Former Los Angeles mayor Yorty, an attorney and Nebraska native, announces his candidacy for California governor as a Democrat. He pledges voters a primary choice and criticizes the Brown administration for fiscal laxity and delay. Yorty, who won the mayoralty in 1961 and a 1965 reelection, cites past political ups and downs and notes he may support a GOP rival if no other Democrat runs.
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Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Yorty
Lincoln
Neb
George Christopher
Brown
California
Nebraska
Norris Poulson
U.S
James Roosevalt
U.S. Senate
Johnson Asks War on Crime and Gov Reform
President Johnson urged a national crime battle, calling for gun sale controls, justice system speed, bail reform, and treating addicts as sick not criminals. He outlined a broad plan from street crime crackdowns to fighting organized racketeering, urging tougher penalties and improved local policing with federal funding. He warned against accrual accounting gambits to delay taxes and criticized California’s Brown administration and political machine influence.
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Johnson
Brown
Wyman
California
CDC
Atj
Sacramento
California Faces Rising Aid Burden Amid Aging Needing
California officials and scholars discussed the growing public assistance rolls as the state faces a record level of need. More than one million residents will receive aid next year, with over 600000 children and 300000 elderly, blind, or disabled. The talk highlighted family breakup as a key cause and urged broader social protection amid low unemployment and shifting demographics. The California Association for Health and Welfare elected new officers including Mrs. Robert Sibley as president.
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San Francisco
California
Charles I
Finance
Schottland
Grad Hale
Seuate School
Brandeis University
Wettham Manes
California Association of Ocean Schottland
Mer
Istfare
Sacramento State
United Slope
Champion
O.o
Robert Sibley
Berkeley
FCC Urges Telecoms to Cut Overseas Call Rates
The Federal Communications Commission urged telephone companies to voluntarily lower rates for overseas calls. In a letter, the FCC noted rates have stayed the same for 20 years while call volume has risen and costs have fallen.
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Washington
Federal Communications Has
FCC
Mystery Shell Blast Shocks Three States
A shell train blast near Corning Iowa and a gas leak forced evacuations as cars exploded. The Army depot shipment from Burlington Iowa, bound for a depot possibly Vietnam, left six days earlier. FBI agents joined the response while residents recalled a bright flash and tremors as fire crews battled wreckage.
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Isceng
John Hutchinson
Corning
Burlington
Watson
Robert Issaacson
Burling
Viet Nam
Transcon
Mary Lee Vints
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Betty Chapman
Dermetics
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Victoria
Mystery Shell Blast Rocks
SONY
Scott Radio Corp
Tong Resch
Alamilos Avi
Long Brack
B.V.D
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