Church School Clause Delays Education Bill
The Senate defeated by 53 to 22 an amendment allowing legal challenges to the aid for religious schools in the $1.3 billion education bill. Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. argued the aid may violate the First Amendment. The House passed the bill earlier, and passage without changes seemed likely, potentially sending the measure to President Johnson by dusk.
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Washington
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
House
Ervin
Johnson
Campbell trims 2 dollars from New Mexico budget act
Gov. Jack M. Campbell signed the $162 million General Appropriations Act after minor changes and a one day delay. He struck a section raising state public service commissioners salaries to 11200 a year and cut a token $1 line item for teacher incentive programs. He also eliminated a $100000 New Mexico Tech computer purchase tie in and cut $120000 from Roswell school funding.
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Santa FE
Jack M. Campbell
Campbell
New Mexico Tech
Roswell
Strong Voting Rights Bill Approved by House Subcommittee
The House Judiciary subcommittee approved a strong voting rights bill by a wide bipartisan margin. Chair Emanuel Celler called it a tough but necessary measure aligning with the administration, aiming to ease Negro voters access nationwide and outlaw poll taxes in state and local elections.
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William C. Cramer
R-Fla
House
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Marchers Halted in Boagalusa Civil Rights Walk
A 500 person march led by James Farmer toward City Hall in Boagalusa Louisiana was halted when white attackers struck at the line. Police responded after a car hit a man and an officer gave oxygen to an injured marcher amid tense, violent scenes.
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Bogalusa
City Hall
Jesse H. Cutter
Selma
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Louisiana
Farmer
Asst
L.C. Terrell
Guadalupe Plane Search Discontinued
Sheriff W E Smith reports the Guadalupe mountain search is halted unless new evidence of a crash appears. Rancher Buddy Tulk reported a possible plane, with a red light, seen over the Guadalupes near the Johnny Pryde Ranch Thursday evening, followed by two explosions. A dawn reconnaissance found no fire signs and the search was canceled.
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Guadalupe Mountains
Hope
W. E. Smith
Buddy Tulk
Johnny Pryde
Sheriff Smith
Dick McCool
Roswell
Dale Hart
Artesia
Charlie
Navy Jets Battle MIGs In Massive Air Strike Off China
U S Navy Phantom jets protected by top cover engaged Communist MIG fighters 25 miles from Hainan Island in the largest air strike against North Vietnam to date. One Soviet built fighter may have been shot down. nationality undetermined but suspected North Vietnamese. No American losses announced.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Red China
Hainan
U.S
Viet Nam
da Nang
Hue
Gustav C. Hertz
Leesburg
U S
Tampa
Hanoi
Air Force
Johnson Health Bill Clears House in Lopsided Victory
President Johnson’s six billion health care Social Security bill passes the House by 313 to 115 as Democrats push a plan to fund via payroll taxes. Senate hearings hinge on Byrd timetable, with action not expected before after Easter recess.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
General Treasury
Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Regents Vote to Build Main Street Underpass
The New Mexico Military Institute board approves building a Main Street underpass connecting Pearson Auditorium area to the athletic fields pending city state and federal approvals. Cost estimated at 74000 dollars with funding possible from student fees or a bond issue.
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New Mexico Military Institute Board of Regents
Pearson Auditorium
Main Street
Frank Standhardt
Standhardt
Sam Agee
NMMI
Agee
Cadet Corps
Roswell
Bureau of Public Roads
Hamill Receives Two Years Probation in Narcotics Case
Gary W. Hamill 39, operator of Gary's Drive Inn Roswell, was placed on two years probation after pleading guilty to possessing and dispensing quarter grain morphine sulphate tablets without registration or tax. Hamill was among two arrested in a December 1963 Roswell dope operation. Ben Cathey 62 faces trial for conspiring to sell narcotics. Cathey, owner of Five Point Drugs, Roswell, pleaded not guilty.
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Albuquerque
Gary W. Hamill
Roswell
Hamill
Ben Cathey
Adams Drive
Cathey
Five Point
S. Main
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
John Kelley
New Mexico Road Toll So Far This Year
Road toll figures for New Mexico show current totals through this date, with a comparison to the same date last year. The data outlines year to date revenue and traffic levels, highlighting changes from the prior year.
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N. M
Roswell College Teachers Donate Salaries to Loan Fund
Three Roswell Community College faculty members Col Lusk Dr Smith and J D Shinkle have donated their salaries to create the Golden Age Loan Club a student loan fund. By June the fund will exceed $3 000 with aim to reach $10 000 through a local bank guarantee and operate by September. Loans based on need require one prior semester of study and instructors teach one class each during both terms.
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Jean Huff
Roswell Community College
Roswell College
Community College
Dale Traylor
E.L. Lusk
John Smith
J.D. Shinkle
Traylor
Lusk
Dr. Smith
Shinkle
Johnsons seek Viet Nam response to peace talks offer
AP dispatches report Washington officials view North Vietnam as the key to a decisive reply to President Johnson’s peace talks invitation while discounting a Chinese rejection as not binding. Civil rights demonstrators march peacefully in Camden Alabama. Berlin autobahn closes again amid tensions. Cardinal Meyer of Chicago dies after cancer surgery.
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Washington
Johnson
North
Viet Nam
China
North Viet Nam
Chicago
Albert Cardinal Meyer
United States
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