House Panel Rejects Air Seizure and Orders Return to Work
The House Commerce Committee defeated a seizure proposal and moved to back-to-work legislation for 35,000 striking airline mechanics, with debate over whether to enforce a 30 day return to service and up to 150 additional days under presidential action. The strike has crippled several major carriers and caused broad economic disruption.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
House
John D. Dingell
Dmich
Senate
Congress
Johnson
Dingell
Civil Aeronautics Board
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United Air
Rockefeller campaigns in upstate with Rotarians in Saratoga
Governor Rockefeller spoke to about 250 Rotarians in Glens Falls and toured Saratoga and Warren Counties amid showers. He voiced support for a lower voting age, claimed he is underdog yet gaining in the race, and defended Medicaid and state spending while denying knowledge of a GOP poll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Rockefeller
Lake George
Saratoga
Warren
Glens Falls
Frank D. O'Connor
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Republican Party
SCLC Presses Johnson on Open Housing Vote
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference urged President Johnson to reverse the 1966 open housing vote, calling the House action a racist concession to real estate interests. King, ill with a virus, spoke by telephone at the closing convention and reaffirmed nonviolent direct action as a path to freedom. The group also urged deescalation of the Vietnam War and highlighted civil rights progress from Montgomery Birmingham and Selma.
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Jackson, Miss
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Johnson
Viet Nam
SCLC
Southeast Asia
Washington
King
Montgomery
Ala
Congress
Birmingham
Selma
Roosevelt Romance Revealed in Hidden Love Affair
UPI reports a longtime inner-circle member disclosed Franklin D. Roosevelt had an attachment to his wife's former social secretary Lucy Page Mercer. The romance allegedly threatened his marriage during 1913 to 1918 while Roosevelt was Navy assistant secretary, with Eleanor Roosevelt opposing divorce.
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New York
UPI
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Pri.ent
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh N. C. News and Observer
Daniels
Roosevelt
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Lucy Page Mercer
Maryland
Winthrop Rutherfurd
Racial Tensions Rise in Brooklyn After Shootings
In East Flatbush a white mob attacked a Negro home after a white mare rush. Two white youths were hit by gunfire as two Negro men defended their home. Police plan increased patrols and guard duties while leaders urge calm efforts to curb violence.
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New York
Threadward Watson
Cabinet Sees Economic Gains Described as Spectacular
In a White House briefing, Gardiner Ackley and cabinet members called the economic gains over the last two and a half years spectacularly larger than the prior decade. They cited gains in national output, industrial production, investment, income, employment, and farm income, while noting food prices rose about 39 percent.
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Johnson
White House
Ackley
W. Willard Wirtz
U S Planes Bomb Viet Power Plants
U S forces struck North Viet Nam targets including power plants and petroleum storage areas as Navy and Air Force crews pursued raids after a Navy F8 Crusader was shot down east of Jaiphong. Ground action near Da Nang involved the 1st Battalion of the 5th Maine Regiment as U S and South Vietnamese forces pressed operations in Quang Tin Province.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Navy
Air Force
North Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. 5Th Maine Regiment
Coast Guard
Point Welcome
da Nang
Cua Viet River
Mekong Delta
Truon Thanh
Vinh
Thanh Hoi
Hon Gay
Unong Bi
Phu Tho
Yen Bai
Red River Delta
Panhandle
Quang Tin Province
5Th Marine Regiment
Lunar Orbiter Still On Path To Moon
A midcourse burn by the Lunar Orbiter placed the 850 pound craft on track toward the moon after launch from Cape Kennedy. The Canopus star sensor underperformed, so engineers set the moon as the reference to refine trajectory for eventual low lunar orbit and photo taking on a mission aimed before 1970.
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Pasadena
Calif
Flying Photo Laboratory
Scien
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
James S. Martin Jr
Doops City Sells Beach Parcel for 700
Rochester city officials admitted they accidentally sold 1100 feet of Lake Ontario Durand Eastman Park Beach to real estate investor William Carnahan for 700. Carnahan offered to lease the beach back to the county. the county closed the beach over legal concerns while the city pursues purchase or condemnation as options.
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Rochester
UPI
Lake Ontario
William Carnahan
Durand Eastman Park Beach
Ceedings
Carnahan
Monroe
Gordon Howe
Gemini 11 Mission Set for Sept 9 Launch From Cape Kennedy
The AP reports NASA scheduled Gemini 11 for Sept 9 with Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr. and Lt. Cmdr. Richard Gordon Jr. launching from Cape Kennedy at 10 25 a m EDT for a three day orbit. The mission aims a quick rendezvous with an Agena target, then a 55 minute space walk to link the vehicles with a 100 foot cord.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
United States
Conrad
Gordon
Lefkowitz Moves To Halt Milk Price War In Court
New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz seeks a temporary injunction to stop alleged milk price fixing amid a claimed price surge of 2 to 5 cents per quart. He filed suit in State Supreme Court against the Milk Handlers and Processors Association to permanently enjoin 16 distributors. A telegram from independent milkman Solomon reported threats of violence tied to efforts against a middleman, with Solomon detailing a pistol threat.
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New York
Atty
Louis Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
State ‘Supreme Court
Milk Handlers and Processors Association, Inc
AL Solomon
Spring Valley
Solomon
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Rules Committee
Secretary of Labor
Afl-Clo International Association of Machinists
Rocky
By Bob Fusco
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Dr. King
SLC Board of Directors
Dr. King Ti
Franklin
Eleanor
Brooklyn
Gardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Viet
Jaiphong
Tists
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
the County
East Bronx
Irving R. Wisek
Hridge
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