Columbia May Lose Bid For All America Award
The Columbia Council on Human Relations may oppose Columbia’s bid for an All-America City award citing the absence of Negroes in policy making posts. A biracial committee will consider the matter as city officials note some Negroes hold key posts despite no black council members.
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Columbia
Columbia Council On Human Relations
R. F Dozier
City Hall
Dozier
New Northminister Presbyterian Church
National League of Municipalities
Look Magazine
Citizens Central City Committee
Richland County
Philadelphia
Chilean Army Mutiny Sparks Fears of Coup
General officer Augusto Viaux led a mutiny amid complaints over pay and equipment and claimed 85 percent of the army supported him. The government said superior authorities moved to suppress the mutiny while Viaux sought safety guarantees to meet President Eduardo Frei Montalva. The crisis follows long-standing Chilean military rigidity and raises fears of a possible takeover.
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Viaux
Army High Command
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Christian Democratic
Chile
Autopsy debate over Kopechne death and exhumation
Witnesses discuss whether an autopsy can prove drowning in the Mary Jo Kopechne case. Drs. Flanagan and Spitz testify that external examination may miss internal injuries, while exhumation remains contested by Kopechnes’ lawyer.
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Fiiemuth
Joseph Flanagan
Spitz
Donald R. Mills
Ridings
Dukes County
Mass
Kopechne
Joseph F
Philadelphia
Dinis
Miss Kopechne
Larksville
Pennsylvania
Joseph
Mary Jo Kopechne
Beat Generation Pioneer Kerouac Dies in Florida
Jack Kerouac, famed beat movement founder, died at 47 in St. Petersburg Florida after a hospitalization for a massive gastric hemorrhage. His wife Stella spoke of heavy drinking and loneliness while noting his life on the road and acclaimed works like On the Road and The Dharma Bums.
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ST Petersburg
Fla
Jack Kerouac
St. Anthony's Hospital
Stella
United Fund Drive Kick Off Amid Revolt Details
A brief description notes the United Fund Drive kickoff amid uprisings in Peru and Bolivia where U.S. firms were nationalized. The rebellion started in two units of the 2nd Division in Santiago Tacna and Tungay regiments, with other units soon joining.
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United Fund
Peru
Bolivia
U.S
Gov
2Nd Division
Santiago
Tacna
U.S. Plans 20 Passenger Space Liners by 1970s
Government and industry spokesmen outlined a joint study for a next big aerospace project the 20 passenger space liners. The plan aims to shuttle between Earth and large orbital satellites by the end of the 1970s with costs exceeding 10 billion dollars over a decade. One concept described is a fixed wing giant about 290 feet tall on the launch pad and weighing 3 to 4 million pounds.
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Anaheim
Calif
Earth
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Walter R. Hedrick Jr
Air Force Space Research
Air Force
Civilian Space Agency
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Brominski
Pioneer
Kerouac
Tungay
Lucius Eubanks
Industrial I
Eubanks
Bill Charlton
Ronald Wood
Bill Stallworth
Frank Williams
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Task Team
Dale D. Myers
North American
Rockwell
NASA
Insaf
Eckerd’s Drug Store
Mitchell Shopping Center
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