Fortas Chief Justice Hope Fades in Senate Fallout
Washington AP reports Abe Fortas faces slim chances for Senate confirmation as filibuster threats persist. Key supporters like Sen. Joseph Tydings warn attempts to end debate will fail, while Dirksen's shift against limiting debate further weakens Fortas.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Senate
Joseph Tydings
Fortas
Maryland
Tydings
Albert Jenner
Chicago
American Bar Association
ABA
Wiliam Gossett
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lawyers’ Committee On Supreme Court
Jenner
Earl Warren
Associated Press
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Luncheon Opens UF Drive Kickoff at First Presbyterian
The 1968 United Fund drive begins tomorrow with a noon luncheon at First Presbyterian Church. Division chairmen team captains and agency board members will attend. Handley cheerleaders will attend to add to the festivities.
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United Fund
First Presbyterian Church
Handley
Sheriff reports unusually high weekend arrest count in Frederick County
Sheriff Lacy Anderson tallies a weekend total of arrests by his deputies, noting the figure is unusually high. Most violations are misdemeanors including permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a vehicle trespassing and illegal possession of alcohol, with a few additional charges swelling the total.
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Frederick County
Lacy Anderson
Boeing 747 Debut Rolls Out at Everett Facility
Boeing prepares to unveil the 747, a giant jetliner costing about 20 million dollars each. It will carry 490 passengers, fly 6,000 miles nonstop at 625 mph, and will be showcased with 26 stewardesses representing buyer airlines.
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Everett
Wash
C. R. Smith
Puget Sound
Seattle
Boeing
Rusk to Hear New Israeli Plan in U N Talks
United Nations talks in New York feature Secretary of State Rusk meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban as both seek a new peace plan for the Middle East. Eban says Israel is exploring all paths to lasting peace and will outline ideas in a planned October speech.
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United Nations, Nly
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Deangee
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Abba Eban
Middle East
U Thant
General Assembly
Emilio Arenales
Guatemala
Eban
U.N. General Assembly
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London
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West Bank
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Jordan
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Gunnar Jarring
Sweden
Monem Rifa’i
Mahmoud Riad
Jerusalem
U.N. Security Council
Battleship New Jersey Brings Limited Hope to Vietnam War
The USS New Jersey, a 56 000 ton battleship, sails off Vietnam with 16 inch guns touted to target North Vietnamese sites though critics question its usefulness amid de escalation. Navy officials push the ship as a deterrent while recognizing few targets along the Panhandle and DMZ.
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Saigon
New Jersey
Korea
Vietnam
Naval Command
Pentagon
William F. ‘Bull
Halsey
North Vietnam
Subic Bay
Philippines
Johnson
Panhandle
Vinh
Dong Hoi
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
North
South Vietnam
Postwar Vietnam
Foreign Minister Tran Chanh Thanh proposed cultural and economic exchanges between North and South Vietnam after peace is restored. He tied unity to North Vietnam withdrawing regular troops and auxiliary forces from the South and urged talks on cessation of hostilities and demarcation along the 17th parallel.
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Saigon
Tran Chanh Thanh
North
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
South
Thanh
Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
New York Schools Back In Session After UFT Board Deal
After a 16 hour negotiation at Mayor Lindsay's residence, the AFL CIO United Federation of Teachers approved ending the three week strike that kept 1.1 million pupils from class. The plan adds six make up days and pays time and a half, with observers and police in Ocean Hill Brownsville to oversee the district.
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New York
Board of Education
John V. Lindsay
AFL Cio United Federation of Teachers
Lindsay
Brooklyn
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
UFT
Rhody McCoy
UFT Board of Education
Reservists Recalled after Douglas Stay Issued
The Army recalled seven reservists who were en route to Vietnam after learning Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas issued a temporary stay to their deployment.
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Ft, Lee, Va
Army
Vietnam
U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Reservists of 173rd Petroleum Unit Activated for Southeast Asia
The 173rd Petroleum Unit reservists were activated last May by presidential order and were en route to Southeast Asia. They had not left the continental United States when word arrived Saturday that Douglas, vacationing in a remote Washington state area, signed the stay order.
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173Rd Petroleum Unit
Southeast Asia
Continental United States
Douglas
Washington State
New Jersey Battleship Joins Vietnam Firefight
The New Jersey, United States first post Korean War battleship in action in the DMZ area shells North Vietnamese gun positions and bunkers seven miles north of Con Thien. On first mission 29 rounds were fired and a second mission destroyed an artillery position and three bunkers.
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Saigon
New Jersey
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Con Thien
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Coun
Gio Linh
Dong
Long Beach
Calif
J. Edward Snyder Jr
Grand Forks
N.C
Thuong Duc
Weather Warmth Persists Across Virginia
A large high pressure system over the Mississippi Valley keeps Virginia sunny and warm. Miscellaneous classifieds appear, including an Apple Pickers Wanted ad, a chicken fry special at Howard Johnsons, and a college subscription offer for The Star.
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Richmond
Mississippi Valley
Virginia
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