Seven o'clock news / silent night
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This is the early evening edition of the news.
The news being presented is the early evening edition.

The recent fight in the House of Representatives was over the open housing section of the Civil Rights Bill.
The House of Representatives recently had a fight about the Civil Rights Bill's open housing section.

Brought traditional enemies together but it left the defenders of the measure without the votes of their strongest supporters.
While the civil rights fight brought enemies together, the defenders of the open housing measure lost support from their strongest supporters.

President Johnson originally proposed an outright ban covering discrimination by everyone for every type of housing but it had no chance from the start and everyone in Congress knew it.
President Johnson proposed everyone be banned from discriminating against every type of housing, but it never stood a chance and everyone in Congress was aware of it.

A compromise was painfully worked out in the House Judiciary Committee.
A painful compromise was made by the House Judiciary Committee.

In Los Angeles today comedian Lenny Bruce died of what was believed to be an overdoes of narcotics.
Comedian Lenny Bruce died in Los Angeles from a narcotics overdose.

Bruce was 42 years old.
Lenny Bruce was 42 years old when he died.

Dr. Martin Luther King says he does not intend to cancel plans for an open housing march Sunday into the Chicago suburb of Cicero.
Dr. Martin Luther King stated he would not cancel plans for an open housing march into Cicero, despite sheriff and police requests.

Cook County Sheriff Richard Ogleby asked King to call off the march and the police in Cicero said they would ask the National Guard to be called out if it is held.
Cook County Sheriff Richard Ogleby requested to Dr. Martin Luther King to cancel the march, and the police in Cicero threatened to call the National Guard if the march occurred.

King, now in Atlanta, Georgia, plans to return to Chicago Tuesday.
Dr. Martin Luther King was in Atlanta, Georgia and intended to return to Chicago on Tuesday.

In Chicago Richard Speck, accused murderer of nine student nurses, was brought before a grand jury today for indictment.
Accused murderer of nine student nurses, Richard Speck, was indicted in front of a grand jury in Chicago.

The nurses were found stabbed an strangled in their Chicago apartment.
The nurses were found murdered, stabbed and strangled, in their Chicago apartment.

In Washington the atmosphere was tense today as a special subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American activities continued its probe into anti-Viet nam war protests.
In Washington, a tense atmosphere was present as the House Committee on Un-American Activities subcommittee continued their investigation of anti-Vietnam war protests.

Demonstrators were forcibly evicted from the hearings when they began chanting anti-war slogans.
Demonstrators were forcefully removed from the hearings when they started protesting the war.

Former Vice-President Richard Nixon says that unless there is a substantial increase in the present war effort in Viet nam, the U.S. should look forward to five more years of war.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon believes a substantial increase in the war effort is necessary, otherwise the United States faces another five years of warfare.

In a speech before the Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in New York, Nixon also said opposition to the war in this country is the greatest single weapon working against the U.S.
During the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in New York, Richard Nixon stated that anti-war sentiments within the country are the greatest threat to the United States.

That's the 7 o'clock edition of the news, Goodnight.
The news segment has ended, and it's time to say goodnight.

Silent night
Silent night

Holy night
Holy night

All is calm
Everything is quiet

All is bright
Everything is lit up

Round yon virgin mother and child
Around the virgin mother and child

Holy infant so tender and mild
The baby is pure and gentle

Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in peace and tranquility.