Supreme Court bans state laws against interracial marriage
The Supreme Court struck down state prohibitions on interracial marriages and upheld a contempt conviction against the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The term's end saw major rulings affecting libel standards, with rulings on Walker and Wallace Butts. Chief Justice Warren honored retiring Justice Tom C. Clark.
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Weather and Civil Rights News From June 13 1967
The forecast shows showers and thundershowers from the Gulf region into the Southern Plains and Plateaus with fair skies elsewhere, warmer from the Dakotas to the Upper Lakes, and cooler in the Southern Plateau. In other items Justice Hugo Black marks 30 years on the bench as the Loving case overturns Virginia antimiscegenation laws, and King and civil rights leaders face contempt rulings in Birmingham. The edition is published by Orange County Publications in Middletown New York.
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Indian envoy held as Soviet U S spy in Beijing
Communist China strips K Baghunath second secretary at India's Peking embassy of diplomatic immunity and holds him for trial on spying charges. Beijing Radio says he photographed Chinese military sites and served American and Russian interests. A protest note was delivered to New Delhi. The case strains Sino Indian ties.
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K. Baghunath
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U.S. studies oil supply amid Arab halt threat
Western experts met secretly to plan substitution if Arab nations halt oil shipments to the United States and Britain. Washington seeks a plan before shortages from the Arab ban become critical as Arab states close pipelines over Middle East war aid claims. The House Commerce Committee approved a Senate bill to postpone a nationwide railroad strike to January 1, 1969 with an 18 to 14 vote.
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Ammonia Leak Forces Evacuation At Oscar Mayer Plant
An ammonia line broke at the Oscar Mayer Packing Co. plant in Davenport Iowa sending poisonous fumes through the building. Hundreds fled with more than 20 hospitalized and workers jumping to escape. Firemen rescued those on the roof as the 1,600 employee plant was evacuated with no deaths reported.
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Iowa
Oscar Mayer Packing Co
Poverty worker warns of possible revolt in Southwest
Alex Mercure of Albuquerque says Mexican-Americans in the Southwest face near starvation and warns of a potential armed revolt spreading across northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, and parts of Texas. He cites a 5 million population at risk and ties it to poverty programs.
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Saudi envoy compares Arabs to American Indians at UN
Ambassador Jamil Barcody of Saudi Arabia told the UN Security Council that Arabs are like Indians, living in refugee camps on seven cents daily, and argued that if Indians wanted Manhattan back they should repay the original $24 with interest.
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