Confusion in peace ranks over Middle East split
A rift emerged in the peace movement as Communists and leftists backed Arabs while moderates backed Israel. Leaders like Aptheker and Griswold criticized Israel and urged restraint, while SANE delayed Washington protests to let the Middle East situation clear up.
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Mideast
Herbert Aptheker
Communist Party
U.S.A
National Committee For A Sane
Washington
SANE
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Vietnam
Atlanta
Cleveland
Johnson
Michael Myerson
Tri-Continental Information Center
Deirdre Griswold
Wall Street
Miss Griswold
Aptheker
Middle East
Southeast Asia
U.S
Chicago
Students For A Democratic Society
Paul Booth
Far East
Booth
William F. Pepper
National Conference For New Politics
Donald F. Keys
United States
American Jewish Congress
Richard Cohen
Johnson Reviews Mideast War Effort as Jordan Opens Cease-Fire Talks
President Johnson met with congressional leaders as Jordan moved to negotiate a cease-fire under UN resolution. U S diplomats pressed for Arab acceptance of the UN plan while Egypt severed ties, signaling waning U S leverage and ongoing evacuation challenges in the volatile region.
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Washington
Johnson
Jordan
United Nations
U.S
U.N
Amman
Egypt
United States
Middle East
Strategic heights captured overlooking Gulf of Aqaba
Reports from the Middle East war zone say Israeli forces reached the east bank of the Suez Canal with possible advances toward Kantara or Port Said. Israel announced victory across a wide arc from the Jordan River to the Suez, claiming control of strategic Sharm el Sheikh heights and threatening Port Said.
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Middle East War Zone
East Bank
Suez Canal
Kantara
Port Said
Israel
Egypt
West Bank
Jordan River
Sharm el Sheikh
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jordan
Old Jerusalem
U.N. Security Council
Elath
Sinai Peninsula
Cairo
U N Security Council asked to set cease-fire hour
The Soviet Union urged the UN Security Council to declare a 3 p.m. CDT cease-fire deadline today urging Israel and Arab states to stop firing. Fedorenko accused Israel of aggression and planned to press a formal ruling of violations. Jordan accepted the UN offer. other parties had not. Cairo Radio said Arab states would fight on despite the resolution.
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Tel Aviv
Egypt
Rumana
Suez Canal
Port Said
Jordan
Amman
Israel
Arab Joint Command
Syria
U.N. Security Council
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Nations
N.y.ap
Soviet Union
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Middle East
U.N
Fedorenko
Council
Cairo Radio
U Thant
Cairo
Washington
United States
Weather Outlook with showers and thunder possible
A tonight cloudier period with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm and a low near 70. Thursday shows increasing clouds with a chance of showers or thunder showers and a high in the 80s. Weather details map on page 11.
Congressman Proposes Baseball Style U S Israel Trade
Rep Wayne L Hays proposes a trade deal with Israel offering 400 F111 airplanes in exchange for a pictured one eyed general Gen Moshe Dayan Israel's defense minister as he spoke in the House on Tuesday.
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Washington
Wayne L. Hays
Israel
Ohio Democrat
House
Moshe Dayan
U S Forces Report Vietnam Fighting Slower This Year
The U S Command says fighting in Vietnam has slowed to a yearly low with scattered ground skirmishes and few air strikes. A Navy Crusader jet was downed by ground fire in North Vietnam but the pilot was rescued in 18 minutes. The same day American planes raided Hanoi rail lines and 88 missions were flown.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Middle East
Hanoi
Red China
U.S. Command
Tax broadening faces physician and lawyer backlash
Springfield reports mounting pressure against Gov. Kerner's sales tax broadening plan. Opponents from medicine and law lobby seek to trim the budget, risking $400 per pupil school aid while Republicans consider a penny increase and cuts to nonessential programs.
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Otto Kerner
Senate
GOP
Kerner
House
Illinois Bar Association
Page
William E. Pollack
Ray Page
John P. Touhy
Pollack
Illinois
Ethics bills pass Senate milestone for Arrington victory
A flood of ethics legislation cleared the Senate signaling a milestone for Senate Majority Leader W Russell Arrington R Evanston. Six bills would create ethics commissions regulate officials and lobbyists with disclosure and penalties including public and private sector restrictions. The package arose from bribery allegations and awaits House action.
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John Zakarian Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Senate
House
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Arrington
Commission On Ethics
Commission
Illinois Senate votes to create state ombudsman
The Illinois Senate approved a bill 31 to 12 to establish a people’s commissioner who would investigate citizen complaints against government agencies. The ombudsman would be appointed by the governor, elected by both houses, paid 39000 dollars annually, and limited to three six year terms. He may initiate studies on state employee conduct and receive complaints.
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Arrington
Board of Ethics
James P. Loukas
Chicago
Legislative Conflict of Interest Commission
Illinois
John Zakarian
Lindsay Schaub
Ingfield
Senate
Sweden
Sen
W. Russell Arrington
House
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