McCarthy Campaign Plans Summer Push to woo Delegates
McCarthy supporters plan a nationwide summer campaign to persuade delegates to back Eugene J. McCarthy over Humphrey at the Democratic convention. About 200 staffers meet in Chicago to map strategy and highlight grass roots strength and recent wins such as Paul O'Dwyer's endorsements.
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Paul O'Dwyer
Robert F. Kennedy
Oklahoma
Scientists Lead Rally Against Federal Science Funding Cuts
Dr. Linus C. Pauling urged an emergency meeting of about 400 scientists at the Waldorf Astoria to oppose a $6 billion cut in federal spending on basic research. He warned that reduced funding would harm U.S. science for years and reduce future medical advances as experts stressed the danger of slowing new talent and youth-driven discovery.
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Linus C. Pauling
United States
Pauling
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Waldorf
H. Bentley Glass
State University of New York
Stoney Brook
Glass
Rusk Heads to NATO Meeting in Iceland Over Berlin Tensions
Secretary of State Dean Rusk flies from Washington to Keflavik for a NATO spring ministerial with possible West German talks. He will seek Berlin crisis discussions with Willy Brandt and other allies, aiming to back a balanced force reduction and ease long term tensions.
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France
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Soviet Union
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Railways To Free Supplies Amid Seaway Strike
Canada’s railroads prepared thousands of freight cars to move cargo from ships stranded by a day-old Seaway strike. The St Lawrence Seaway Authority and its union backers hold firm on wage demands with no talks planned. About 60 to 70 ships idled in the Great Lakes and seven trapped between Cornwall Ontario and Montreal. vessels face losses up to 2000 dollars daily. National and CPR say cars available to haul cargo but outline no concrete plan yet.
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St. Lawrence River
Grandmother Abducts Boy Believed Heir to Hunt Family
A Newhall boy identified by his mother as an heir to the Hunt Food family was reportedly taken from his home by his grandmother and was en route to Oklahoma. Officials initially misidentified the child as Randy David Hunt II, a grandson of Dallas magnate H. L. Hunt, based on information from the mother Patsy Richter.
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Calif
UPI
Esther Chastain
Mounds
Okla
Sheriff's Office
Hunt Food
H. L. Hunt
Warren's Quitting To Be 1968 Issue
Washington rumors rise that Chief Justice Earl Warren plans retirement before October. President Johnson faces options for a successor with Abe Fortas favored by many, while Republicans Griffin Thomond and Tower oppose a lame duck nomination before Johnson leaves office. Other names include Brennan Kuchel Thornberry and Pat Brown.
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Warren
Johnson
White House
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Strom Thomond
South Carolina
John Tower
Texas
UPI
Congress
Senate
Hugo L. Black
Abe Fortas
William J. Brennan
Thomas Kuchel
R.calif
Homer Thornberry
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Johnson Advisers Review Paris Talks in White House Meeting
President Johnson and top foreign policy advisers were briefed by W Averell Harriman on Paris Vietnam talks during a one hour White House breakfast session. Secretary Rusk discussed NATO plans for mid year ministers in Iceland before departing.
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UPI
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Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
NAACP Reports Gains in Civil Rights Drive of 1967
The NAACP released a 93 page annual report noting progress in promoting equality in 1967 amid white racism and Negro extremism. Membership declined slightly from 441,169 in 1966 to 427,434 in 1967 while income rose to 2.63 million. Programs included voter registration drives legal defense desegregation efforts and anti violence actions.
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UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Atlantic City
Hechler Calls for Closure of Ressurection City
Representative Hechler of West Virginia urged an early, peaceful clearing of Ressurection City. He backed legislation to end occupants permits and supported a bill by Rep. Gray to move residents out, warning the area could flare if ignored. Senator Byrd labeled Ressurection City a slum and cess pool, eroding support even among backers.
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UPI
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D-W.va
Ressurection City
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Bonus Army
Hechler
West Virginia
Congress
Robert C. Byrd
Resurrection City
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