Convention Adopts New Bill of Rights in New York
A New York constitutional convention debated and approved changes to the Bill of Rights, including trial by jury for felonies and some misdemeanors, proposed gambling removals and exceptions, and job-fitness hearings for public officials. The session tackled upstate city court congestion and the balance of rights with government duties.
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New York City
Bill of Rights Committee
Upstate
Dcsign
State
Tery
Rockefeller
Bartlett
Richard J. Bartlett
Glens Falls
Charles Henderson
R-Hornell
Bernard Burton
U.S. Supreme Court
Burton
Plot To Purge Nasser Reported
Reports from the Arab-Israeli crisis conference indicate King Hussein of Jordan suggested a possible negotiated settlement with Israel while Nasser urged unity among Arab nations. Algerian President Boumediene backed armed reclaiming of occupied territory, opposing negotiations. Nasser arrived at the summit amid rumors of a purge of Cairo officers to quell dissent.
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Hussein
Jordan
Israel
Nasser
Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Khartoum
Cairo
Plan To Withdraw From Yemen Set
Sudan premier Mohamed Ahmed Mahgoub announced that Egypt and Saudi Arabia agreed to form a three power committee to supervise Egyptian troop withdrawal from Yemen. The move could end the five year civil war with Egypt backing the Republican regime against Royalist rebels backed by Saudi forces. Egypt was believed to have about 40 000 troops in Yemen at one time, reduced after the June Middle East war.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Mohamed Ahmed Mahgoub
Seypt
Middle East
Johnson Receives Tito Peace Plan From Yugoslav Leader
President Johnson met with Marko Niķezić in Washington after Tito sent a peace plan to end Middle East conflict. The White House released no comment on the proposal or the session with Niķezić.
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Washington
Johnson
Tito
Middle East
Marko Nikezic
Belgrade
White House
George Christian
Nikezle
Regents Propose College Aid Plan With Family Contribution
Regents unveil a plan for state aid based on a student family contribution and cost tables. Democrats defend the approach arguing the Legislature would define a system of free higher education while Judge Bergan notes most backers do not seek an income or ability test. Aid would flow only to students enrolled in New York colleges.
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Francis Bergan
New York State
$800 Stolen From Latham Store By Three Youths
Police describe three young Black males in bright shirts who fled the store after a cash drawer theft. A witness followed them to a green two door car, olive in color, with square tail lights, then they disappeared. Officers and state police organized roadblocks but no suspects were found by nightfall.
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Miss Dinan
Employes
Colonie
James W. Flater
John Couch
Earl Davidson
Flater
John Ryan
Lawrence Cramer
Eugene McMorris
Paul Uhl
Richard Small
Ronald Krosky
Britain seeks talks with Red China over Peking incident
Foreign Secretary Brown sent a message to Chen Yi urging talks to normalize relations after the Peking clash. British diplomats fear danger to Britons in Red China as anti British protests flared. CTK gives a harsher view of Hopson’s humiliation and forced apology amid demonstrator fury. Riots in Hong Kong followed, police in clashes with Communists, with one man killed and others wounded during bomb and arson incidents. Lam Bun, anti Communist broadcaster, died after a car attack by terrorists.
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Terness
George Brown
Britain
Chen Yi
Red China
Brown
Peking
Yomiuri
Hopson
Peking Legation
Hong Kong
London
Lam Bun
Lam Kwong Hoi
Milwaukee Police Sweep Against Negroes Sparks City Tension
Police moved to break up gatherings by young African Americans in Milwaukee after open housing marches drew large white crowds. About 30 arrests were reported with no gunfire or tear gas. Police disrupted a TV crew’s lights outside the fire-damaged NAACP Youth Council HQ as chants of Black Power rose from a police van. The mayor had banned demonstrations for 30 days following the clashes.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Maier
Milwaukee Youth Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom House
South Side
Aiken disputes 22 American observers in Vietnam poll
Senator George D. Aiken denounces the White House observer mission monitoring South Vietnam’s Sept 2 elections. He calls it a long shot to bolster Johnson and questions who will write the report. Premier Ky asked for observers, but Aiken says the move is nonsense and humiliating to Vietnamese voters.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
Senate Republicans
Nam
White House
Johnson
Tran van Huong
Saigon
Aiken
Senate
Nguyen Cao Ky
Case House
Aiken Sai
Vietnam
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