Lynda Johnson recalls engagement tale at White House
Lynda Bird Johnson writes in McCalls about crawling into her parents’ bed to tell her mother and father of her engagement to Marine Captain Charles S. Robb. She recounts inching to her mother’s hand after learning the news in the White House third floor solarium and waking President and Mrs. Johnson.
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Johnson
Charles S. Robb
Lynda
McCail
Robb
White House
Luci
Milwaukee Open Housing Marchers Clash With Police
In Milwaukee a 43rd night of open housing protests ended violently as marchers clashed with police after refusing to disperse. At least 25 people, including two officers, were injured and nine adults plus one juvenile were arrested amid riot gear clashes on the North Side.
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UPI
County Emergency Hospital
James E. Groppi
Negro Area
Farm Funds Conferees Endorse Record 4.95 Billion Bill
Senate and House negotiators reach a record 4.95 billion farm appropriations bill slightly below the president's request. The accord stands 244 million less than the Senate version and 182 million above the House, with talks continuing over reimbursing the Commodity Credit Corporation fund for price support payments.
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UPI
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House
Johnson
Commodity Credit Corporation
FBI Informers May Testify in Mississippi Civil Rights Slayings Trial
Justice Department lawyers plan to present paid FBI informants whose testimony is central to the case against 18 defendants including Ku Klux Klan leader Sam Bowers and sheriff Cecil Price. The 1964 murders of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney near Philadelphia, Mississippi, sparked national outcry as investigators traced the conspiracy to the White Knights Klan. The trio were detained, then killed after a pursuit by three cars, with Price among those driving them to their deaths.
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Supreme Court refuses review on school integration ruling
Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion warned the High Court's denial ends all appeals on mandatory integration, exhausting remedies in six southern states. Florida and Texas officials noted limited impact, while Georgia Governor Maddox called the decision regrettable as Alabama and Louisiana districts pressed for compliance and more federal funds. The notice ends with a classified ad urging readers to check the classifieds for car values.
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Two Held in Rich Girl Hippie Slayings in NYC
Police in New York seek two more suspects in the murders of Linda Fitzpatrick 18 and Leroy Hutchinson 21 in the East Village basement. Three men were in custody. two charged with homicide and one with rape and robbery tied to the case. Donald Ramsey and Thomas Dennis are among the homicide suspects, Ramsey wearing a Yoruba religious cap at arraignment. Fred Wright, 31, was jailed for raping and robbing a 12-year-old hippie hours before the killings.
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Thomas Dennis
Linda Fitzpatrick
Leroy
Groovy) Hutchinson
Fred Wright
Hutchinson
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East Village
Ramsey
Wright
Dennis
C130 Plane Crashes In Viet Nam Killing 23
A U S C130 transport crashed into a cloud shrouded mountain along South Vietnam's northern coast on Sunday, killing all 23 aboard. The plane had departed Hue for Da Nang in turbulent weather. wreckage was found later, authorities said. Names of victims not released.
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Upi
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U.S
Hue
da Nang
Slaves' Son Is 113 Credits Good Women and Whisky
Andy Williams marks his 113th birthday at Menlo Park near San Francisco. He says he was born to slave parents in Mississippi before the Fort Sumter guns. Williams has survived three wives and 21 of his 26 children, now living with his youngest daughter, 65, Mrs Annie Smith of Menlo Park. He previously lived in Brookhaven, Mississippi, before moving west.
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Mississippi
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San Francisco
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Brookhaven
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