World Council of Churches condemns US Vietnam policy
The Fourth Assembly approved a resolution urging a ceasefire and end to bombing. It calls on both sides to seek peace at Paris talks and appeals to strengthen United Nations authority. The report also urges high development aid and postwar planning for Vietnam and Nigeria.
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Uppsala
Sweden
World Council of Churches
U.S
Vietnam
Assembly of the Council
Robert McAfee Brown
Stanford Universty
Council
Brown
Eugene Carson Blake
Paris
United States
Southeast Asia
United Nations
Committee On Interchurch Aid, Refugees and World Service
Coordi
United Nations Relief and Works Agency For Palestine Refugees
Gun Control Bill Faces Blizzard of Amendments
The House backed a Johnson administration bill banning mail order rifle and ammunition sales and sales to residents of nonadjacent states. More than 100 amendments threaten delays and range from minor exemptions to mandatory gun ownership licensing. Some propose prison terms for felons with guns, drawing opposition over constitutional concerns.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Police Use Tear Gas to Enforce Akron Curfew
Akron Ohio police used tear gas to disperse groups of youths enforcing an overnight curfew in a Negro area city authorities reported 123 arrests most of them Negroes Two young men were cut by glass after clashes at the Afro American Liberation Front storefront club on Wooster Avenue National Guardsmen assisted with 450 on duty amid persistent rain and warnings that armed troops would fire if orders to stop were disobeyed
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Akron
Ohio
National Guardsmen
New
Afro-American Liberation Front
Wooster Avenue
Somfé
Sylvester del Corso
Gev
James A. Rhodes
Two Allied Leaders Begin Thieu Vietnam Talks in Hawaii
With President Johnson beside him, President Nguyen Van Thieu joins two days of talks on the Vietnam war at Hickam Field in Honolulu Hawaii. AP Wirephoto shows Thieu arriving to address a crowd after the journey to the peace talks.
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Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Paris
Hickham
Air Force Base
Honolulu
Hawaii
Fugitive Tucker Captured By Winchester Police
Winchester police report the escapee William Jim Tucker, 28, from Lancaster County D C, who fled a May 6 jail stint for assault and battery with intent to kill in South Carolina, was apprehended last night. Chief F M Funk notes Tucker has not signed extradition waiver. Two decades ago 55 cities exceeded one million population. now 120 do.
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Winchester
Lancaster County
D.C
F.M. Funk
William Jim Tucker
South Carolina
Tucker
Funk
15 Year Old Girl Reads 50 000 Words a Minute
Maria Teresa Calderon, 15, from Manila, Philippines, reportedly reads at 50 000 words per minute with near perfect comprehension in Northwestern University rapid-reading tests. She completed a four page article in 3.5 seconds, averaging over 53 600 wpm, as part of a five week course. Her teacher calls her exceptional. she plans to study the encyclopedia. She has been in the United States nine months and will resume high school as a junior at St Clare Academy in Sinsinawa Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Maria Teresa Calderon
Maria
Manila
Philippines
Florence Schale
Northwestern University
Schale
Jose D. Calderon
Quezon City
United States
The
Philippines Petroleum Association
Manila Stock Exchange
Betty
Philippines Women’s College
Nueva Vizcaya
Calderon
St. Clare Academy
Sinsinawa, Ws
Whitacre Family and Local Social Notices Highlight July Events
Mrs. Anna Whitacre attends W-M-U Conference at Eagle Erie and WMS Prayer retreat at Vaughn Summit Point. Hebron Baptist Church picnic and Whitacre reunion set for Ebenezer Park in July. Local residents visit, travel, and hospital patients listed with well wishes.
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Hebron Baptist Church
Ebenezer Park
James Morrison
Vonita
Georgia Morrison
Winchester
Kenneth Whitacre
Delpert Whitacre
Glender Dicks
Pennsylvania
Gary Dick
B. L. Larrick
Edith Marple
Helen Abrel
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Chevrolet
R& H, Ltd
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Pase
Rts Te
Gore
Ethel‘v. Wolford
Whitacre
Maud Kern
Lena Pugh
Fannie Ryan
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Oxon Hill
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U.K
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