Federal auto safety plan may require new devices
The Wall Street Journal cites a Washington report that the federal government plans to require more than a dozen new safety features within three to six years. Proposed items include a built in speed limiter around 80 mph a gearshift replacement with buttons or dials and a unitized seat that wraps around the occupant to improve restraint in a crash.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
Federal
Washington
Secretaries Have Had It End Of Session Plea
Iowa lawmakers extended a 164 day session as House secretaries delivered a resolution to adjourn by noon June 30. The note cited rising temperatures and stress with humor about hairdos wardrobes vacations and golf matches while urging an early close.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Reindeer for giveaway from California man
Fritz Burns plans to give away 100 white reindeer after using them in Christmas parades. Rep. Ed Reinecke says there is no space in a national park for the herd. Burns will supply the animals to any zoo or park that covers transportation costs from Los Angeles.
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van Nuys
Calif
Fritz Burns
Ed Reinecke
National Park
Burns
Los Angeles
Alabama basketball star Guy Turner dies after pool dive
Alabama guard Guy Turner died early today at 21 after a diving accident at a Harrisburg Illinois native who starred for Alabama the past two seasons. Turner was injured diving from a nine foot ledge into four feet of water at an apartment complex pool in Tuscaloosa. He averaged 14.6 points as a sophomore and 16.6 as a junior before his senior season in 1967-68.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Guy Turner
Turner
Harrisburg
Ill
Georgia convict told to retry bid for new trial
The Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court decision denying Charlie Mobley Jr. a writ of habeas corpus. Mobley, a Black man, was convicted of murder in Burke County Georgia on May 12 1965 and sentenced to death on June 4 1965. The court retained jurisdiction in the case.
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New Orleans
Georgia
5Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlie Mobley Jr
Hobo Travels Long Way Across Country Discovered in Missouri
A car hopped a freight train and crossed much of the nation before being found in West Plains Missouri by workers. Mrs J E Hard now seeks a permanent home for the grey and white hobo after he was fed and bathed.
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West Plains
Pacific Coast
California
J. E. Hard
Dayan look in Congress with eye patches puzzles lawmakers
A postal wave shows congressmen receiving Moshe Dayan style black eye patches from Santa Ana California. Enclosed cards labeled Win in Vietnam suggest adopting Dayan’s brisk tactics, though the sender remains unidentified.
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Washington
Moshe Dayan
Congress
Santa Ana
Calif
Vietnam
United States
Dayan
Two Red Leaders Skip UN Session
In the United Nations debate on the Arab Israeli war France declared that no peace in the Middle East would be possible while the Vietnam war continues. Maurie Couve de Murville urged a negotiated settlement and warned of danger to world peace. The note contrasted with De Gaulle’s earlier stance and stressed Israel’s right to live. Johnson and Kosygin weigh a possible summit as Rusk and Gromyko discuss options.
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N.Y
France
Vietnam
Middle East
Maurie Couve de Murville
General Assembly
United States
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Israel
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
Waldorf Tower
Gromyko
Kosygin
Moscow
Johnson
Washington
Britain
Jerusalem
George Brown
Old Jerusalem
Jordan
Abba Eban
Debt Ceiling Up By $22 Billion Boost Passed in House
The House approved a $22 billion increase in the national debt ceiling from $336 billion to $358 billion by a 217-196 vote. The measure pivots on preventing a Treasury shortfall, while Senate action awaited after other business.
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Edmond Lebreton Warington
House
Treasury
Congress
Thomasville Fire Crews Report Quiet Week With One Car Fire
Firemen responded to a car fire at Smith Ave and 8 Broad St caused by a carburetor leak. The blaze was extinguished quickly and no injuries were reported.
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Thomasville
Smith Ave
Broad St
Lewis Davis
Car Plant Strike Idles 2700 Workers At Chevrolet Plant
In Atlanta a sudden strike at a Chevrolet assembly plant left about 2,700 auto workers idle. A GM official said the shift was expected to report later. The dispute centered on nights crews seeking more ventilation. roughly a dozen pickets appeared briefly and were withdrawn.
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Atlanta,ga
Chevrolet
General Motors
Long Hot Summer Forecast for Thomasville Area
Summer arrived in Thomasville after a brief thundershower. Highs in the upper 90s are expected with frequent afternoon showers and heavy rainfall in some areas. The weatherman warns this could be a long hot summer.
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Thomasville
U.S. Weather Bureau
Tallahassee
U S Drops Heavy Strikes on North Vietnam Rail and Mills
U S planes pounded North Vietnam rail yards from the DMZ to Hanoi area and attacked the Thai Nguyen iron and steel works for the eighth time. In the cen tral lowlands two battles left 148 Communist troops dead and 6 Americans killed with 22 wounded and 4 missing. Air and naval missions totaled 138 as pilots pressed a campaign to cripple Hanoi’s rail network.
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George Esper
Saigon
U. S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Thai Nguyen
Meeting Slated By Tobacco Growers For 1967 Market
A meeting of all area tobacco growers will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday July 5 at the Thomas County Farm Bureau office to determine the opening date for the 1967 tobacco market. Farm Bureau president J L White said Agriculture Commissioner Phil Campbell is relying on growers’ judgment to set the date.
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Thomas County Farm Bureau
J. L. White
Farm Bureau
Phil Campbell
Investigation Demanded by Crime Commission on JFK Probe
The Metropolitan Crime Commission of New Orleans urged a special Louisiana inquiry into District Attorney Jim Garrison's Kennedy assassination investigation. It cited NBC statements as base for fear of false testimony and urged Atty. Gen. Jack Gremillion to form a select committee to pursue any crimes against the people.
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New Orleans
Metropolitan Crime Commisssion of
Dist
Atty
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
National Broadcasting Co
Louisiana
Jack Gremillion
Garrison
Gremillion
NBC
Nashville
Tenn
The
Tennessean
Dist. Atty
St. Tammany Parish
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Abortion Policy Reversal by AMA Sparks Policy Shift
The American Medical Association reversed its long held stance and approved guidelines supporting abortion under medical justification. The policy allows abortion when continued pregnancy harms the mother, results from rape or incest, or when the infant would have severe disability.
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AMA
Colorado
Nort
Carolina
California
Alaska shaken by seven earthquakes in Fairbanks
Fairbanks Alaska residents cleaned up after seven tremors struck the inland city. The quakes, the strongest in three decades, caused minor damage and did not match the devastation of the 1964 Anchorage event. No injuries or major structural damage were reported.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska City
Anchorage
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