Jury Finds Whitman's Brain Tumor Not Cause of Actions
A grand jury report states a non malignant brain tumor Whitman carried likely did not trigger his rampage. Doctors said the tumor could not affect his psychosis though it might worsen headaches. Whitman, an architecture student, killed his mother and wife and then fired on the university crowd, causing 13 deaths and 31 injuries.
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de Chenar
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
Dellanar
Dellana
Texas Department of Public Safety
University
Food price probe targets farm and dairy markets
A nationwide FTC inquiry probes farm price levels and middleman roles amid rising consumer costs. Local officials report milk price hikes and collusion concerns with dairy distributors under review by State Attorney General Lefkowitz.
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Freeman
Samuel J. Kearing Jr
Kearing
Bombers Strike Border Zone Amid Vietnam War Skirmishes
Across the neutral buffer zone two ICc field teams investigate complaints while U S units deploy 10 000 in the central highlands. In Saigon a South Vietnamese spokesman says 180 militiamen clash with 150 Viet Cong killing 20, and Korean marines rout 17 enemy boats near Tuy Hoa. The Carronade ships destroy 236 structures and air spotters tally 250 enemy KIA as U S casualties stay light.
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Central Highlands
Saigon
U.S
1St Cavalry
Tuy Hoa
1St Corps
South
Viet Nam
John Norton
Pleiku
Queen Mother Elizabeth 66 Honored With 41-Gun Salute
London reports the Queen Mother Elizabeth turning 66 as the King's Troop Royal Artillery fired a 41 gun salute in Hyde Park to mark the occasion.
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London
Elizabeth
King’s Troop
Royal Artillery
Hyde Park
Ormandy Conducts Beethoven at SPAC with large chorus
Eugene Ormandy led a Beethoven heavy program at SPAC starting with The Consecration of the House Overture and closing with Symphony Nos. 8 and 9. The Ninth featured soloists Martina Arroyo Lili Chookasian Justino Diaz John Alexander the Cornell Glee Club and Capitol Hill Choral Society totaling about 250 vocalists.
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Beethoven
Martina Arroyo
Lili Chookasian
Justino Diaz
John Alexander
Cornell University Glee Club
Capitol Hill Choral Society
Rockefeller
Ellington Wins Tennessee Governor Primary Amid GOP Endorsements
Ellington, backed by Louise G. Reece and Harry Carbaugh, leads in early returns from rural counties as voters in Knoxville Nashville Chattanooga and Memphis cast ballots. He seeks a second four year term after serving 1959 to 1963 with promises of experienced leadership while opponents Benson Hooker and Clement press tax and wage positions.
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East Tennessee
Louise G. Reece
Johnson City
Harry Carbaugh
Chattanooga
GOP
Baker
Knoxville
Nashville
Memphis
Ellington-Hooker
Ellington
Johnson
Robert A. Everett
Jerre Jordan
Halls
Tom Murray
Hooker
Bass
Clement
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Senate Debates Postponing Airline Strike Resolution
Senate fights over a plan to halt the strike for 30 days with Johnson to extend up to six months or a 180 day stop. Dirksen urges action, Mansfield backs postponement rejection, Javits and Morse criticize the president’s stance as unions and airlines face widespread disruption and billions in losses.
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Senate
Congress
Johnson
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Rockefeller Signs Final Bills Before Deadline
Governor Rockefeller vetoed 567 of 1,641 bills, 34.4 percent, as partisan disputes lengthened the 1966 session. He adjourned July 6 with 331 bills on his desk and later approved key measures expanding New York City school construction, funding port authority terminal work, tax exemptions for payphone receipts, and the Wilton State School. He rejected a jet-noise study bill, citing manpower limits and proposing a joint study across multiple agencies.
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GOP
Europe
New York City
Niagara Frontier Port Authority
Greater Buffalo International Airport
Wilton State School
Mount McGregor Brach
Rome
Wilton
Ronald Stafford
Essex County
Mental Hygiene, Health, Commerce
Office For Local Government
Kyushu Encephalitis Death Toll Reaches Fifty
Health officials in Kyushu report fifty deaths this year from encephalitis or sleeping sickness on Japan's southern main island.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Kyushu
Post Buys Part Of Tribune Paris Edition
The Washington Post buys 45 percent of the Herald Tribune Europe edition. The joint publication titled the International Edition of the New York Herald Tribune the Washington Post will launch in fall after legal formalities. John Hay Whitney and Katharine Graham announced the deal in New York.
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New York Herald Tribune
Washington Post
Herald Tribune
Europe
The
John Hay Whitney
Whitney Communications Corp
Katharine Graham
Washington Post Co
Whitney
Paris
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