European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 07, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes House defeats motion cleared for c g Seniouse wednesday n the Bill opposed gov on the ground its were too persons 21 or older. Rifles an shotguns Are not affected. By a vote of 317 to 60, the House beat Back a motion by rep Emanuel Celler d-n.y.,the Bill s House manager to Send the measure to a House Senate conference committee for negotiations on differences be tween the Senate s Bill and the House version of the Bill approved earlier. The House thus cleared the Way for approval of a Resolution accepting the Senate version and sending it to the White House. Celler objected to the Meas ure As a cruel hoax because of its sections seeking to upset recent supreme court rulings by broadening the admissibility of confessions in trials and of Eye witness testimony. So controversial were those sections that a presidential veto was a possibility despite the gun control Section and the Section providing $400 million in Federal Aid to local police departments to improve methods of fighting crime. Also making the Bill subject to a possible veto was the Sec Tion authorizing court approved wiretapping in major crime cases far beyond what presi Dent Johnson sought from con Gress. Celler said the Bill was a product of fear and was bursting at the seams with unconstitutional provisions that boded ill for individual rights privacy and due process of Law. Candidates ined to support by George weeks Washington up sen. If Kennedy had Bee specific in his endorse of us. Commitments Jael than any of the other 5 candidates for the presi in general All the major dates have been in sub live agreement and havea More pro israeli than position. Urges jets Lon saturday in his television Ite with sen. Eugene j. My Kennedy said we have commitment to Israel and if Cally urged the Johnson stration to Send 50 super phantom Jet fighters to Johnson administration Wiful of the reaction it would be in Jordan and other moderate Arab states the Ted states supports and and i not to spark a further arms i has been reluctant Toj the requested phantom jets i Israel he United states however recently begun a massive Airlift of military hardware to Jordan . Officials according Ito up said the arms were part of an agreement made last March taken from suspect this is the a los Angeles police say was taken trom the aspect i the a Cnney. Robert Washington s Evans gop Keynoter oven Portland Ore. Up gov Dan Evans of Washington has been selected to keynote the Republican National convention in August. Sen. Everett Dirksen s appointment As chair Man of the platform committee also was confirmed. Ray Bliss gop National chair Man announced the appoint ments following a meeting of the arrangements committee of the Republican National committee the names had been submitted by Bliss , of Illinois who will oversee writing of the party plat form is the Republican Senate Leader gov. Nelson Rockefeller of new York criticized the failure of the committee to give Shafer of Pennsylvania an equal role with Dirksen in writing the platform. Rep Gerald Ford of Michigan was named permanent Conven Tion chairman and sen. Odwar Brooke of Massachusetts the Only negro in the Senate temporary convention Man. Mrs. Consuelo Baily National committee woman Iron Vermont was n a m e d per manent , 42, is the Seeona Northwest governor in a Row keynote the Republican Conven Lon. Sen. Mark Hatfield of Dregon was Keynoter in 1964. Rockefeller told a news con Terence the failure to name Shaf a was a serious 26 Republican governors present 65 per cent of the people in the nation Rockefeler had unanimously recommended Shaler s appointment. Instead gov. John h. Chafe of Rhode Island was Given the title of Deputy gop chairmen adopted a Resolution urging the National committee to keep the convention open on the presidential and vice presidential nomination until the delegates assembled in Miami. Chair campaigns suspended by shooting Wasington a the burst of gunfire that eventually killed Robert f. Kenned drove the 1988 presidential sweepstakes into a state of chaotic uncertainty. Before Kennedy died presiden tial opponents promptly impose Dan indefinite moratorium on Campaign . Eugene j. Mccarthy whom Kennedy Defeated in tues Day s South Dakota and califor Nia primaries said he would con Fer in Washington with Ken Nedy s aides and with president Johnson and vice president Hubert h. Humphrey before taking on other political activities of any appearances Humphrey who was not entered in any of the primaries also cancelled political appear ances. So did the two announced Republican candidates former vice president Richard m. Nixon and gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of new moratorium comes at a critical time in the Campaign just As Kennedy and Mccarthy prepared to turn from the bit Terly contested presidential Pri Maries to do Battle with Humphrey in states that pick Dele Gates in victories tuesday in the California and South Dakota Pri Maries Kennedy has 274i/ 2 vote sin an associated press tabulation of National convention Delegate already selected. Humphrey has 308l/2 and Mccarthy 234& in Theap tabulation. Since March 16, when he began his quest for the office once held by his assassinated brother Johnf Kennedy the new York sen Ator had Defeated Mccarthy i Indiana and Nebraska primaries before losing the Oregon key states of new York and Illinois Are among those Yetto select their delegates. Hours after Kennedy was wounded twas not Clear what effect the for crying out loud1. Anna Iii. Up a funny thing happened to policeman Ray mond Smithey on his Way Home from work. A canister of Mace on his Belt brushed against a car door handle filling the Auto with the disabling chemical. Yvo f4j a jew a. Shooting would have on these states conventions or on the democratic National convention scheduled to begin aug. 26 in has been concentrating his efforts on winning Over already selected but uncommitted delegates in big states like Michigan and Pennsylvania. He appeared earlier this week Tobe making headway but this be Hind the scenes Maneule Ringwould be stalled indefinitely de pending on Kennedy s condition. Lbs signs Bill to hike . Share in Aid Bank Washington up pres ident Johnson has signed int Law a Bill authorizing an increase in the . & a r c of the inter american develop ment Bank Bill was considered a fairly routine measure. It Ful fills a . Commitment to pro vide a 42 per cent fixed share of the Bank s capital. Or Oso Rines shot dead in diner ,1i� Ain Bui Washington up Marine officers were fatally snot wednesday and a third office Rand a woman companion were wounded at a diner in Theroun Georgetown Section of washing a the Marine corps identified the dead men As 2nd George King jr., 21, of Orlando fla., and Thaddeus Lesnick 23, of Fishtail Mont. Police said murder charges were filed against Benjamin Murdock 20, los Angeles and Gordon Alexander 27, and Cor Nelius Frazier jr., 23, both of san Jose Calif. Homicide capt. Arthu Weber said the three told filers they came Here to join in the poor people s Campaign Bui had not made any contacts at resurrection City police said four marines based at the Quantico va., base son iof Washington were at the a night diner with four Lomeii a 1an argument broke out with the. Three suspects All negroes police said a flurry of followed
