7 Oclock News silent Night Lyrics by Simon and Garfunkel

7 Oclock News silent Night Lyrics

    This is the early evening edition of the news.
    The recent fight in the house of representatives was over the open housing
    Section of the civil rights bill.
    Brought traditional enemies together but it left the defenders of the
    Measure without the votes of 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.
    A compromise was painfully worked out in the house judiciary committee.
    In los angeles today comedian lenny bruce died of what was believed to be an
    Overdoes of narcotics.
    Bruce was 42 years old.
    Dr. martin luther king says he does not intend to cancel plans for an open
    Housing march sunday into the chicago suburb of cicero.
    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.
    King, now in atlanta, georgia, plans to return to chicago tuesday.
    In chicago richard speck, accused murderer of nine student nurses, was brought
    Before a grand jury today for indictment.
    The nurses were found stabbed an 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.
    Demonstrators were forcibly evicted from the hearings when they began chanting
    Anti-war slogans.
    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.
    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.
    That's the 7 o'clock edition of the news,
    Goodnight.

    Silent night
    Holy night
    All is calm
    All is bright
    Round yon virgin mother and child
    Holy infant so tender and mild
    Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.

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