Tobacco Industry Denounces FTC Cancer Warning Rule
Washington AP June 25 the tobacco industry denounces the FTC rule requiring a cancer warning on cigarette labels and ads as unlawful unwise and unfair Bowmen Gray of R J Reynolds testifies that the industry will oppose in court if needed He says Congress should decide and notes potential state and local conflicts with federal rules Dixon hopes for voluntary compliance but court review is expected
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FTC
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Bowmen Gray
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
House Commerce Committee
Gray
Commission
Congress
Paul Rand Dixon
Compromise Senate Okay Plan To Halve Excise Taxes
Senate leaders accept a Finance Committee plan to halve excise taxes on jewelry furs cosmetics and luggage with handbags. The move aims to raise revenue while shifting taxes to manufacturers, as House and Senate debate action before the fiscal year ends. President Johnson pushes to keep a 10 percent retail excise while compromise discussions continue.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Mike Mansfield
Senate House
Mansfield
Johnson
Treasury
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dmino
Stocks Show New Gains on Active Trading
New York June 23 The stock market rose early as industrials and rails led gains while trading was the week’s most active. American Telephone gained over 2 points on its split stock following a 11 14 rise, Chrysler advanced, General Motors slipped a point, and cigarettes and building materials drifted lower. The Associated Press average for 60 stocks noon was up 310.6, with industrials up 42, rails up 8, utilities up 6. the Dow Jones average rose 1.07 to 828.08.
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New York
American ‘Telephone
Chrysler
General Motors
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Texas Gulf
Kar+vette
Lukens Steel
DuPont
Air Reducstion
American Airlines
IBM
Polaroid
American Stock Exchange
U. S
Boy with limbs lost dies after train accident
A year-old boy who lost both arms and legs under a moving freight train died in Los Angeles. Firemen and ambulance attendants initially thought him dead at the scene, then revived him briefly. he later died at Los Angeles County General Hospital after six and a half hours of surgery.
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Los Angeles
Walter Felder
Los Angeles County General Hospital & Fireman
Fair Warmth Affects Southern Minors This Week
A slow warming trend continues through Friday with fair skies for southern regions. Tonight lows dip to the low to mid 60s, with Friday’s high around 1791. Weather details and map appear on page 22.
Sweden says foreigner admitted plans against Khrushchev
A 45 year old unnamed foreigner arrested in Stockholm admitted planning certain actions linked to Khrushchev visit. Police said attempts to recruit collaborators failed and the man, hospitalized for low mood, is believed to be a Hungarian refugee or Baltic exile. About 20,000 refugees from communism live in Sweden.
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Stockholm
Khrushchev
Aake Magnusson
Denmark
Baltic States
Soviet Union
Sweiden
Marines To Join Runt For Civil Rights
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged federal action to accelerate integration during a speech at a conference in St. Augustine. The message called for a larger federal role in the civil rights movement as church and community leaders pressed for change.
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Ther King
St. Augustine
Andy
Mrg
Elana Evans
New York
Fla
Martin Sue
200 Marines Join Search for Mississippi Missing Workers
President Johnson ordered 200 Marines to assist the search for three civil rights workers missing in Mississippi. Marines would operate from a Meridian base, with eight helicopters joining FBI agents and state officials near Philadelphia. White House press secretary George E. Reedy stressed the probe as a complete survey while noting later that Marines were from unidentified bases and helicopters come from a Naval air station in Meridian. The president also spoke by phone with FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, Burke Marshall, Mississippi officials, and families of the missing youths as officers coordinated the effort.
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Johnson
Mississippi
George E. Reedy
White House
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Meridian
Reedy
Defense Department
Naval Air Station
FBE
Hita
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Burke Marshall
Justice Department
New York City
Paul B. Johnson
Missississippi
Hoffa Trial Prosecution Gets Blow
Chicago June 25 AP The government case against James T Hoffa loses momentum as Judge Richard B Austin indicates no crime proven and may direct acquittals on two counts. After six and a half weeks and more than 20000 documents, the judge says there is no misrepresentation by any defendant and that diversions of money do not prove a fraud scheme.
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Chicago
James Ti
Hoffa
Richard B. Austin
District Court
Lany
Scranton Attacks Goldwater From Outside GOP Context
In Cleveland Scranton denounced Goldwater as outside the conservative context of the party. He spoke after arriving from Miami and continued his drive to rally delegates, addressing Florida delegates and a broadcasters’ meeting in Miami, with no pledge of support secured.
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Goldwater
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Wiliam W. Scranton
U. S
Barry Goldwater
Cleveland Hopkins
Miami
Florida
Ing
Florida Association of Broadcasters
Old Glory Seat Cover Draws Charge
Waukegan reports Trooper Gerald W. Shields observed a car parked at the Lake Forest Oasis on the Illinois Tollway using the U S flag as a seat cover. Howard C. Porter of Waukegan was cited for desecration and improper use of the flag, with a July 1 court date set and release on bond.
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Waukegan
Gerald W. Shields
United States
Lake Forest
Oasis
Illinois Tollhway- Shields
Howard C. Porter
Smith
Shields
Illinois
Memorial service honors JFK and Medgar Evers in DC
In Washington 2600 civil rights workers honored John F Kennedy and Medgar Evers at gravesites and joined a silent march on the Justice Department. NAACP delegates urged stronger federal action over three missing Mississippi workers as they prepared to train others this summer.
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Washington
Medgar W. Evers
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
National App Fome Advancement of Colored People
Chicago
Arlington National Cemetery
William Clark
Illinois
Ken
Lawsnedy
Stephen Gill Spottswood
Justice Department
Stree's
NAACP
Robert F. Kennedy
Mississippi
Mississippi search widens for missing civil rights workers
Federal and state officers renewed their daybreak search for three missing civil rights workers in east central Mississippi. The trio Michael Schwerner Andy Goodman and James Chaney last seen Sunday night after Chaney paid a speeding fine. The burned station wagon was found in a swamp near a remote road. Allen Dulles met Governor Johnson and said he would report back to the White House on law enforcement views.
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Mississippi
Highway Patrol
Art Richardson
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Grady Gilmore
Sterson
FBI
Allen Dulles
White House
Jackson
Paul B. Johnson
Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Jobson
Gov. Johnson
Michael Schwerner
Andy Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Meridian
Chaney
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