Coal and Atom Battle Sharply Intensifies Over Future Power
Washington reports a rising clash between coal and nuclear power as the Tennessee Valley Authority selects a GE built 2.2 million kilowatt nuclear plant in Alabama. Rep. Melvin Price urges joint use of both fuels to meet surging American electric demand.
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N.Y. Times
AP Wire Services
Washington
Coal
Atom
Tennessee Valley Authority
General Electric Co
Alabama
National Coal Association
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Atom Up To?”’ Price Is A Key Member of the Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Illinois
Price
Atomic Energy Commission
Court bars retroactive use of rules in murder case
The Supreme Court barred retroactive application of new confession rules in a Camden 1958 murder case, upholding a first degree murder conviction for two New Jersey men while limiting use of Escobedo and confession protections to post date trials. Justice Brennan also upheld blood alcohol testing as constitutional with narrow limits, in a 5-4 decision sworn by the court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
High Court
New Jersey
Camden
Hugh O. Black
William O. Douglas
Sylvester Johnson
Stanley Cassidy
Warren
Escobedo
William J. Brennan
Hugo L. Black
Abe Fortas
Brennan
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Leflore
Miss
Ky Tightens Hue Control As Buddhist Leader Fasts
Premier Ky fortified Hue and sealed the hospital room of Thich Tri Quang who leads the northern Buddhist revolt as his 13 day fast continues. Ky’s regime scheduled Sept 11 elections and a 108 seat assembly to draft a new constitution while Thieu signed a decree setting the voting date. American forces, including the 101st Airborne, fought near Tuy Hoa as the conflict escalated.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen van Thieu
Assembly
Junta
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Tuy Hoa
Ethics Hearing Barred Papers In Dodd Case
The Senate Ethics Committee opened closed hearings on misconduct charges against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. More than 4,000 papers removed from Dodd's office were barred as evidence. Chairman Sen. John Stennis said copies were stigmatized and not usable. Dodd noted the hearings were his request and attended the room.
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Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
John Stennis
D - Miss
Dodd
Sen. Dodd
Stennis
Dad
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Court To Hear Bond Appeal On Seating Controversy
The Supreme Court agreed to hear pacifist Julian Bond, SNCC official from Atlanta, over his denial of a Georgia House seat for supporting a critical Viet Nam policy. The ruling follows a federal court upholding the seat denial 2 to 1.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Julian Bond
U.S
Georgia
House of Representatives
Bond
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
House
Atlanta
Viet Nam
Simon Raps Revenue Plan In Illinois Tax Proposal
Sen. Paul Simon opposes the Illinois revenue amendment set for November. He argues the plan would bind state government with restrictions that will be hard to live with in the future. He says the income tax concept is outdated and a flat rate up to 3 percent could be imposed by the legislature.
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Springfield
Paul Simon
Troy
Illinois
Simon
China rejects US test ban linkage proposal
Beijing denounces a mutual no first strike pledge as a fraud and vows to boycott disarmament talks. The US offered the link at a Warsaw meeting on May 25 after China tested its third nuclear device on May 9, arguing adherence to the 1963 test ban treaty.
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Tokyo
Red China
U.S
Peking People’s Daily
China
United States
Viet Nam
Chinese Communist Party
Warsaw
Poland
Peking
France
De Gaulle Starts 11 Day Soviet Visit for Security Talks
President Charles de Gaulle arrived in Moscow for an 11 day tour that will take him to Novosibirsk Leningrad Kiev and Stalingrad. Soviet leader Nikolai Podgorny stressed the importance of talks and a shared approach to international affairs. De Gaulle said the trip would deepen ties and allow concerted actions on political issues.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Novosibirsk
Leningrad
Kiev
Stalingrad
Nikolai V. Podgorny
France
de Gaulle
Herrin Monsignor DeGasperi Dies at 72 in Herrin
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Robert DeGasperi longtime pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Herrin died at 2 a.m. in Herrin Hospital after a heart ailment. Born in 1893 in Trento Italy he served in Austria’s army in World War I and came to the United States in 1923. He led Herrin parish from 1932 until retirement in 1960 and oversaw a 41 day 1964 Catholic audience with the Pope. A solemn requiem mass is planned Friday at the church with Bishop Zuroweste presiding.|
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Robert DeGasperi
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Our Lady of Mt. Carmen Church
W. Cherry St
Msgr
DeGasperi
Europe
Trento
Italy
Joseph and
Bellarmina DeGasperi
Father Luchi
Hazelton
United States
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
East St. Louis
America
St. Andrews
Murphysboro
Ava
St. Francis
Carbondale
Stonefort
Metropolis
Vienna
St. Joseph’s
Equality
Albert R. Zuroweste
Belleville
Johnson
Louis DeGasperi
John DeGasperi
St. Louis
Jean Merlo
Madeline Burgston
Willoughby
Ohio
St. Carlos Cemetery
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Msgr. DeGasperi
St. Mary’s
Monsignor
Paul Powell
Springfield
Lena Giringhelli
Coscritti de la Seva
Herrin Coscritti
Monsignor DeGasperi Dies. Herrin Loses Civic Spiritual Leader
Monsignor Robert DeGasperi, longtime rector of the Herrin parish and civic figure, died in Herrin Hospital. He directed Catholic schooling, oversaw church construction, and supported local politicians while guiding 700 families for 28 years. He remained in Herrin after retirement.
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Herrin
Fred A. Henderson
Robert DeGasperi
Msgr
DeGasperi
First Of Series What’s Problem In Viet Nam
Tom Tiede surveys the Vietnam question noting distance and difference between nations and peoples. He argues the central problem is not strategy but whether the Vietnamese will trust and befriend outsiders who promise a better life amid decades of war and foreign intrusion.
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Irvin Will
Gerald Miriani
Donald Lenzini
Bernard P. Mongan
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Knights of Columbus
Tom Tiede
Newspaper Enterprise
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