Open Housing Rights Measure Clears Obstacle in House
The House voted 200 to 180 to lay a floor path for an open housing provision within a broad civil rights bill. Debate centered on the housing measure favored by the administration, seen as limiting discrimination but opposed by many in the North. Critics question the scope and impact while supporters push for quick action as Congress weighs five civil rights bills.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Charles M. Mathias Jr
Nicholas Katzenbach
San Angelo Teen Crowned Miss Texas at Fort Worth
Susan Kay Logan a 19 year old San Angelo resident and Texas Tech theater major won Miss Texas after beating 60 other beauties at the Fort Worth pageant. She entered as Miss Lubbock and previously resisted by her father who worried about her studies. Logan, 5 9 and 135 pounds, had 36 23 37 measurements and claimed the swimsuit title.
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Fort Worth
Susan Kay Logan
San Angelo
John D. Logan
Susan
Logan
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Texas
Congress Moves Toward End of 18 Day Airline Strike
Congress acts on a back to work measure and mediation panel to settle the dispute between the machinists union and five airlines. Senate leaders expect quick action, while labor officials warn that White House talks are not enough to halt the strike and seek a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Machinists
Jennings Randolph
Dw.va
Mansfield
Johnson
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
White House
Morse
Labor Department
James J. Reynolds
34 Are Killed in Bus Crash in Limburg Germany
A bus carrying Belgian school children home from a trip plunged from a bridge on the Autobahn between Frankfurt and Cologne. Thirty four people died including 10 to 17 year old students and four adults. All 10 survivors were badly hurt. The bus from Brussels fell 30 feet onto a road below. a German army officer also died in the scene.
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Germany
Limburg
Frankfurt
Cologne
Stilwell Missing On Plane Over Pacific Search Under Way
Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Stilwell Jr. was aboard a missing DC3 en route from San Francisco to Honolulu. His mother confirmed he was copiloting the flight with Hal Grimes, who piloted the plane. A large search 500 miles west of San Francisco involved Yorktown, destroyers, Coast Guard cutters and planes as crews hunted for the missing aircraft and any wreckage. Stilwell, 54, was to gain instrument rating and had left Fort Bragg July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Stilwell Jr
Joe Stilwell
San Francisco
Hawaii
Joseph H. Stilwell Jr
Army
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Honolulu
Joseph W. Stilwell
Carmel
Presidio of
Stilwell
Hal Grimes
Grimes
Coast Guard
Yorktown
Navy
Air Force
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Bidders Seek Atlas F Missile Bases Near Roswell
Four bids on obsolete Atlas F sites near Roswell New Mexico were approved by the Defense Logistics Services Center with Justice Department clearance awaited. Seven bids were opened last week on nine bases ranging 7527 to 21111 dollars per base. three bids were rejected as too small and will be reoffered August 10. Bidders listed include Albert Pratt Coronado Wrecking and Salvage Co Valley Scrap Metal Co Simmons Machinery Co Robert Kinney and Associates The Hod Co and Richard Harder Construction Co.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Roswell
N. M
Defense Logistics Services Center
Justice Department
Department
DLSC
Albert Pratt
Milwaukee
Coronado Wrecking and Salvage Co
Albuquerque
Valley Scrap Metal Co
Glendale
Ariz
Simmons Machinery Co
Dallas
Robert Kinney and Associates
Las Vegas
the Hod Co
Moses Lake
Wash
Richard Harder Construction Co
St. Louis
Two Held On Narcotic Counts Here
Local officers and the state police narcotics division arrested Jake Chavez and Ernie Montoya on unlawful possession of narcotics after a month long investigation. Chavez faces federal charges and both suspects posted $2,500 bonds and were to be arraigned before Judge L. O. Thompson Jr.
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State Police Narcotic Division
James Sidillo
Bob Young
Jake Chavez
S. Poplar
Ernie Montoya
S. Holland
L. O. Thompson Jr
Chavez
Mine Blast Traps Seven. Mine Reopens Hopes Open
Mount Hope West Virginia AP reports a deadly underground gas explosion at the Silux mine of New River Coal that killed seven miners. Hugh Garrett 50 described the blast and two miners remained hospitalized in Oak Hill Hospital. An investigation with United Mine Workers company federal and state representatives began with a hearing planned after the rescue effort.
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Mount Hope
W.va
Hugh Garrett
Silux
New River Co
Oak Hill Hospital
West Virginia
United Mine Workers, Company
Toll on New Mexico Roads This Year Reaches 237
The report shows N M road tolls total 237 so far this year, compared with 246 at the same date last year, indicating a slight decline in fatalities. Authorities urge continued caution and note seasonal travel patterns may affect numbers.
Viet Cong Attacks Fringe Saigon. Jet Downed
Guerrillas hit outposts near Saigon as Viet Cong fire brought down a U S Air Force F100 jet 20 miles from Saigon. Pilot ejected and rescued. A Marine transport plane crash in Da Nang killed seven of 30 aboard. An Albuquerque homicide occurred when a vehicle rammed by three men killed one and injured three.
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Associated Press
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
DA Nang
da Nang Air Base
Albuquerque
Gilbert Zamora
Jose H. Ortega
Las Cruces
Seventheday Heat Record Lodges Over Roswell
Roswell endures a seventh straight day near 100 degrees with an average of 101 over six days. The U S Weather Bureau at Municipal Airport notes a slight easing Sunday with trace rainfall in parts. Other desert cities report higher highs Palm Springs 118 Phoenix 112, while In Salah’s 1931 heat wave showed 45 days at 118. Rainfalls across New Mexico ranged from trace to .54 inches in Grants and Silver City.
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Roswell
U. S. Weather Bureau
Palm Springs
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Salah
Sahara Desert
Bitter Lakes
Holloman Afb
Zuni
Tucumcari
Grants
Clayton
Silver City
Gemini 10 Astronauts Return Home To Families
Navy Cmdr. John W. Young and Air Force Maj. Michael Collins arrived at Ellington Air Force Base after a four hour delay returning from Cape Kennedy. A Houston homecoming drew several fellow astronauts as officials wrap up details of the three day space mission.
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Houston
Tex
Navy
John W. Young
Air Force
Michael Collins
America
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Ellington Air Force Base
Florida
Huntsville
Ala
FPC to Rule on Three Gas Delivery Applications
The Federal Power Commission will rule Tuesday on competing gas delivery proposals from Gulf Pacific Pipeline Co Southwestern Pipeline Co and El Paso Natural Gas Co for Southern California gas supply. The initial decision backs Gulf Pacific with 865 million cubic feet daily to two utilities while denying Western Pipeline and El Paso plans to expand capacity by 590 million cubic feet daily to Pacific Lighting Gas affiliates.
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FPC
Washington
Federal Power Commission
California
Alvin A. Kurtz
Gulf Pacific Pipeline Co
Houston
Tex
Southern California Electric
Southern California Edison Co
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Kurtz
Transwestern Pipeline Co
el Paso Natural Gas Co
el Paso
Southern California
Pacific Lighting Gas Supply Corp
Ambassador Reischauer Resigns as Japan Envoy
President Johnson announced the resignation of Edwin O. Reischauer as U S ambassador to Japan and named U Alexis Johnson to succeed him. Reischauer has led the post for over five years and will return to Harvard University faculty. Johnson is the State Department’s deputy undersecretary and a senior Far Eastern affairs specialist.
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Washington
Johnson
Edwin O. Reischauer
U.S
Japan
U. Alexis Johnson
Reischauer
Harvard University
State Department
Mexico Officials Shelve Plan for Port of Entry
Sunland Park project partners react to Mexican decision shelving the port plan for the near term. State Sen. I M Smalley notes optimism on a 1968 Olympic Games opening, while Mexican officials plan to open multiple ports of entry as finances remain unclear.
Two Sisters Drown in Pecos River
Two Pueblo sisters Maria Lucero fifteen and Bertha Lucero eighteen drowned while swimming in a twenty five foot deep Pecos River area. State Police said the accident occurred Sunday near Villaneuva about forty miles southwest of Las Vegas New Mexico.
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Villaneuva
Pueblo
Colo
Pecos
Maria Lucero
Bertha Lucero
Las Vegas
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Columbia Broadcasting System
Ho Chi Minh
CBS
Bill D. Moyers
Midwest
Moyers
Hanoi
Pentagon
Viet Nam
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Harriman
Meeting of the Minds
WRC
Roman C. Pucinski
Dill
Chicago
U.S. Army
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
Pucinski
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Idstein
Brussels
General Stilwell
Mexico
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