Commission urges massive action to end urban racial disorder
The presidential panel warns of two unequal societies if white racism continues and urges immediate funding for 2 million jobs and 6 million housing units plus welfare reform. It calls for higher taxes if needed and condemns police tactics that escalate violence while supporting more Black officers and better slum education.
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Presidential Commission
America
Commission On Civil Disorders
Johnson panel lists 12 grievances from Negroes
The antiriot Commission in Washington outlines twelve grievances across three intensity levels tied to last summer’s ghetto violence. The items span police practices unemployment housing education recreation political structure justice administration and federal municipal welfare and credit programs.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Antiriot Commission
Senators Fight On Civil Rights Cloture Bid
The Senate again rejected a bid to end debate on a civil rights bill by 59 to limit and 35 against, three times in two weeks. A Saturday session followed, with Democrat Mike Mansfield gaining unanimous consent for a Sunday meeting and filing a new cloture petition signed by Mansfield, Everett Dirksen, and 16 others.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Chaparral Stars At Tucson Rodeo Day Performances
The 43rd Tucson Rodeo opened with 8 100 paid attendees on opening day and a packed arena. Chaparral Day featured stars from the TV show with acts like the Flying Cimarrons and Alameda Sheriff’s Posse enhancing the program. Louie Espinosa won bareback with 74 points, while Sonny Worrell led the calf race, as the show kept excitement high.
Communist Parley Split Over Scope Of Moscow Summit
The Soviet backed world Communist Party meeting fractured over whether the fall summit should address the Sino-Soviet ideological split. Romania had walked out and Britain’s Jack Woddis noted two main camps. one urging a single imperialist aggression item and the other pushing broader internal questions and binding guidelines.
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UPI
World Communist Party
Russia
Romania
Jack Woddis
Moscow
Subcommittee Approves Central Arizona Project Bill
The House reclamation subcommittee approved a $1.4 billion package of Colorado River water projects including the Central Arizona Project CAP with a 17 to 5 vote. The measure authorizes CAP construction at 779 million plus up to 100 million for distribution systems and 398 million for five Colorado water projects. It guarantees California priority to the first 4.4 million acre feet of river water and omits two Grand Canyon dam plans. Johnson said the bill should win Interior Committee approval and satisfy California interests.
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Washington
UPI
House Reclamation Subcommittee
Central Arizona
Subcommittee
Harold T. Johnson
D-Calif
Full Interior Committee
State
Colorado
California
Colorado River
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Johnson
Tucson Rodeo Weekend Schedule Event Highlights
Tomorrow features a 8:00 p.m. square dance at Mansfeld Junior High School and free western movies from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon at Fox Tucson Theater. An annual gun show runs 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Sports Center with many events including a 1:20 p.m. Arizona Day at the Rodeo and 2:00 p.m. Grand entry. Sunday offers America Day at the rodeo at 1:30 p.m. and special entertainment by the Old Guard Ceremonial Fife and Drum Corps at 2:00 p.m.
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Mansfeld Junior High School
1300 E. 6Th St
Tucson Community Square Dance Council
Fox Tucson
West Congress St
Tucson
W. Congress
Arizona
Old Guard
Mom and son share unusual leap year birthdays
Connie Utley celebrated her fifth birthday by giving birth to an 8 pound 2% ounce boy in Salt Lake City. Her husband Russell D. Utley, a postal clerk, was born on Leap Year Day 1948. Like his mother, the boy will not have a true fifth birthday until 1988.
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Salt Lake City
Connie Utley
Utley
Russell D. Utley
Young Russell
Khe Sanh Air Battle and Blockade Interdictions Reported
U S forces claim five Communist supply ships destroyed and one captured in a major naval action described as the war’s most important naval battle. Ground fighting at Khe Sanh repulsed a North Vietnamese assault while South Vietnamese Rangers and paratroops won decisive hits near Saigon and Tan Son Nhut. Navy and Coast Guard crews sank trawlers off Nha Trang and captured or destroyed guerrilla boats on rivers near the DMZ. Jets bombed Hanoi transport hubs and Ha Dong barracks as weather outlooks predict mild showers and temperatures holding steady.
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UPS
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Tan Thoi Hiep
Cua Viet River
Vietnam
25Th Infantry Division
Rainy Start to March In Tucson
A brief Tucson weather note says the new month began with a light shower of about a hundredth inch of rain. Forecasters expect variable cloudiness with no definite end date for unsettled skies and a 30 percent rain chance for tomorrow.
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Tucson
Dow Jones Closing Averages Dip Slightly
New York AP reports Dow Jones closing averages with 30 Industrials at 840.44, down 0.06. 20 Rails at 217.46, down 1.23. 15 Utilities at 128.36, up 0.52, with volume at 8,610,000.
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New York
Copper Strike Talks Preparing to Resume Across Nation
Negotiations in the nationwide copper strike are expected to restart late next week. Joseph P. Molony of the nonferrous strike coordinating committee says talks could begin in New York City with no preconditions, aided by mediation services. The NLRB has filed a good faith bargaining complaint against 26 striking unions, while 10 unions continue negotiating with Kennecott Copper Corp.
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Joseph P. Molony
Denver
Molony
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington, D.C
Nlrb Board
Francis Sperandeo
NLRB
Kennecott Copper Corp
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