Heiress DuPont Warren Found Dead in Michigan Home
Detroit API reports heiress to the DuPont fortune Mrs. DuPont Roosevelt Warren 49 was found dead in a locked bathroom at her Grosse Pointe Farms residence. Police say she hanged herself with a braided bathrobe belt from a shower rod after a maid reported she appeared unwell.
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Warren Wis
Benjamin M. Warren Jr
Fdr Jr
Eugene I. DuPont
Eugene DuPont
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co
Wilmington
Del
House Passes Aid Bill in Senate-Battle Looms
The House approved a 3.37 billion dollar foreign aid authorization by a 249 to 148 vote amid Democratic control and GOP attempts to trim the sum. The bill sets ceilings for the fiscal year starting July 1 and includes bans on aid to certain countries, plus a blank check for Southeast Asia war needs.
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Senate
Johnson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Appropriations Committee
Latin America
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
E. Ross Adair
R-Ind
Dominican Crisis Eases as U S Sees Path to Civil War End
Official American sources said the danger of a Communist takeover in the Dominican Republic has been greatly reduced and progress made toward a political solution. A peaceful march of about 1000 women to the American Embassy supported Maj. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera's junta. McGeorge Bundy returns to report to President Johnson as Cyrus Vance remains. U S troops may stay long as the Inter American peacekeeping force continues to work toward a broad based constitutional government.
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Johnson
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Bundy
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Cyrus R. Vance
Imbert and
Cammano
Francisco Cammano Deno
Gorce
Senate stalls vote on ethics bill in Albany
In Albany the Senate deferred action on reporting the ethics bill for at least 24 hours after Finance Committee chair Sen. Samuel Greenberg said the 27-member panel had discussed but not voted on the measure approved by the Assembly 110-36.
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Dbeooklyn
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Senate approves Boyd for undersecretary from commerce
The Senate confirmed Alan S. Boyd as undersecretary of commerce for transportation and Charles S. Murphy to replace Boyd on the Civil Aeronautics Board.
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Senate
Alan S. Boyd
Commerce
Transportation
Charles S. Murphy
Boyd
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate Closes Debate on Voting Rights Bill
Senate voted 70 to 30 to end five week debate on the voting rights measure and move toward passage possibly within 24 hours. The bill would outlaw discriminatory literacy tests and, if needed, put federal registrars in to sign up eligible Black voters, with House action pending. Senators Cannon Hickenlooper Miller switched against cloture while Bass Harris Kennedy Mondale and Tydings backed the leadership.
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Congress
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Ross Bass
D-Tenn
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D-Okla
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
Presbyterians Approve Preliminary Change to Faith Creed
In Columbus Ohio the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A approved a new 4200 word confession of faith via a General Assembly vote of 643 to 110, paving a two year constitutional process. The document merges seven classic confessions including Westminster, reflecting aims to clarify biblical authority. A second vote began the two year path toward final adoption after study by church bodies.
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United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
General Assembly
Clay KOs Liston In 1st Lewiston Maine
Cassius Clay knocked out Sonny Liston in one minute of the first round to become heavy champion. Referee Jersey Joe Walcott stopped the bout after Liston failed a 10 count as fans booed in Lewiston Maine. Clay immediately claimed he wanted Floyd Patterson and the arena buzzed with reaction.
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Sonny
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Sey Joe
Maine State Boxing Commission
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Chicago
Tommy Burns
Jem Roche
Dublin
Floyd Patterson
Liston
Lewiston
Maine
Rockefeller Discusses Death Penalty Textbooks and Wages
Gov. Rockefeller said views on abolishing capital punishment and on free textbooks for grades 7-12 are about evenly divided. He announced a plan to fund one third of mental health facility construction and signaled opposition to a higher state minimum wage without federal alignment.
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State Dept. of Education
Supreme Court
Senate approves day care aid measure in Senate vote
The Senate passed a Democratic day care aid bill by 39 to 17 despite GOP claims of no budget funds. Sen. Barrett estimated over 6.5 million yearly costs, while Sen. Greenberg said the current year cost would be 100 to 150 thousand. The measure goes to the Assembly.
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Albany
Senate
Elisha T. Barrett
Bay Shore
New York City
Samuel L. Greenberg
Brooklyn
Finance Committee
Plan for state aid to mental health facilities outlined
Porters proposed state participation in capital costs for mental health facilities, complementing a program where the state would cover half the operating costs. Facilities would offer outpatient care and short term hospital treatment, with more intensive care in larger state centers. Estimated capital construction cost running about 8 million dollars annually once fully underway.
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Porters
Ilion Youth Gets Life Sentence in Village Hall Slaying
Benedict V. DiPiazza, 20, son of a Frankfort police judge, received a life term for killing Noreen Jones, 17, at the Frankfort Village Hall after she sought protection from him. He goes to Elmira reception center and becomes parole eligible in 1991. The verdict may be appealed.
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Herkimer
Benedict V. DiPiazza
Elmira
DiPiazza
Noreen Jones
Mion
Frankfort
District Attorney’s Office
Benjamin DiPiazza
George R. Davis
Gemini 4 mission eyed for spacewalk by Edward White
U S astronaut Edward H White may perform a space walk next month during the Gemini 4 mission with James McDivitt starting June 3. The walk would last about ten minutes at 17 500 mph above Antigua as Russia pursues its own space rendezvous plan.
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U.S
Edward H. White
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White
James MacDivitt
Alexei Laonov
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United States
Atlantic Ocean
Antigua
Four-Plane raid on Gia Linh outpost stirs Viet Nam mystery
In Saigon and Da Nang reports differ over whether Viet Nam border raid attackers were enemy Migs or U S pilots. Five Vietnamese wounded. a bulldozer set on fire and one truck destroyed. Pentagon counts show U S combat deaths at 385 and wounded total at 2,176 as of May 17 with Marines among casualties in three Viet Nam operations.
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Viet Nam
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U. S
Gia Linh
William C. Westmoreland
da Nang
Pentagon
President seeks ban on highway eyesores and junkyards
President Johnson told a White House conference he will ask Congress to prohibit billboard and auto junkyard visibility from major highways with exceptions for commercial areas. He urged using highway funds for landscaping and scenic road development as part of a broader beautification push.
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Johnson
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