Massive antiwar protest clashes with police in Manhattan
More than 1 000 demonstrators gathered near the Whitehall Center in Lower Manhattan demanding an end to the draft. Police arrested nearly one third, including Dr. Benjamin Spock and poet Allen Ginsberg, as chants and picketing continued for five hours.
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Spock Sits Down Before Arrest at Induction Center
Dr. Benjamin Spock a pacifist antiwar leader sits down prior to arrest at the White Hall induction center in Lower Manhattan New York. The protest was sponsored by The Stop the Draft Week Committee a coalition of about 50 antiwar civil rights groups as shown in AP Wirephoto.
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LeVander urges end to Twin Cities bus strike dalliance
Governor Harold LeVander demands immediate talks with Twin Cities Lines Inc. management and Transit Employes Division 1005 to break a 30 day deadlock over wages and conditions. He orders daily negotiations and weighs legislative action while noting Christmas traffic and bad weather raise public transit needs.
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Decline in Peace Corps Attributed to Cynicism
Los Angeles AP reports the Peace Corps faces a 30 percent drop in year applications, blamed on a cynical mood among youth due to the Vietnam War and U.S. rioting. Officials say programs remain intact and year-end totals may mirror 1966. some large schools have not yet felt the impact.
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Kennedy foresees primary debate on Vietnam cooling protests
AP report notes Edward M. Kennedy says McCarthy’s Massachusetts bid aims at spurring debate on war issues rather than a presidential run. He backs Johnson’s renomination but will not stand in for him in Massachusetts and urges ballot box discussion to curb violence from student protests.
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Northern Pacific asks to end Mainstreeter service
The Northern Pacific Railway sought ICC approval to discontinue the Mainstreeter passenger train between St. Paul Minnesota and Seattle Washington and Vacoma Washington. It cites a $988000 loss in the first eight months and projected annual losses around $2 million after railway post office cars were removed. The plan would end Train Nos. 1 and 2 from Fargo to the West Coast effective January 10, leaving only the North Coast Limited service between the Twin Cities and the West Coast.
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Four Twin Cities Youths Burn Draft Cards in Protest
Four Twin Cities youths burned what they claimed were draft registration or classification cards during a demonstration outside the Minneapolis Federal Building. About 50 protesters marched from the University of Minnesota to protest the Selective Service system. No arrests were reported.
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Public funds suggested for RR revenue losses
Moorhead city attorney James E. Garrity proposed using public funds to offset Great Northern Railway passenger train losses. The ICC hearing debated dropping trains 11 and 14 the Red River trains and rerouting No 28 from St Cloud to Fargo St Paul via Willmar.
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Anderson outlines Vietnam war effort beyond fighting
Ambassador Eugenie M. Anderson, in Saigon, says the United States is doing extensive nation building in Vietnam, including public health education refugee resettlement pacification and reconstruction. She notes reporting has been inadequate and calls the effort a revolution of great importance.
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Two More Die In Minnesota Crashes Raising Toll to 853
Two people died near Faribault and two others in Fergus Falls and near Mc Gregor, Minn., pushing the state road toll for the year to 853. Betty Jean Lau 24 and Kenneth Eleeson 34 of Faribault perished when their car left I 35 south of Faribault and overturned. Michael Wiese 17 of Fergus Falls died from injuries when the car his party rode in struck a tree. Alfred Standinger 86 of Mc Gregor died later in Aitkin hospital after being struck by a car on Mina 65 near Mc Gregor.
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Welfare chief targets jobs to lift welfare recipients
Mary Switzer head of the federal state welfare program says the aim is to move people off relief by finding them jobs. She notes Congress is likely to pass legislation to fund job training and day care for welfare families, stressing urgency and broad taxpayer concern.
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Seven GOP officers resign over park protest in Minnesota
Seven officers of the Koochiching County Republican Committee quit in protest of Governor LeVander endorsing Voyageurs National Park on the Kabetogama Peninsula. They accused LeVander and the state GOP of betraying grassroots principles and sought local hearings by the National Park Service. The county group later said the resignations would not be accepted to keep the local party united in opposing the park.
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Justice Office Drops Antitrust Suit Against NFO
The Justice Department says it will drop its antitrust suit against the National Farmers Organization in exchange for the NFO promising to give advance notice of future campaigns to keep farm produce off national markets. The suit, filed last October during the NFO milk withholding campaign, resulted in a temporary restraining order against bidding coercion of non NFO members in the drive for higher milk prices.
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Justice Department
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Cheer for Motorists and Not for Police
Patrick O'Leary, a Mankato State College student, and coed recruits handed out pennies to motorists and dumped them into expired meters before a holiday visit. He said the stunt was a friendly reception for visitors, while meter maids faced disruption.
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Patrick O'Leary
O'Leary
Mankato State College
Mankato
Supreme Court Strengthens Right to File NLRB Charges
The court ruled 8 to 0 that states may not disqualify laid off workers from unemployment benefits for filing charges with the National Labor Relations Board. Justice Black said Congress forbids coercion against reporting such practices. case centered on Minnie E. Nash of Miami, a United Steelworkers member who was laid off after a strike.
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Supreme Court
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Miami
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Nash
Unions May Hire Lawyers in Compensation Cases Ruling
The Supreme Court 8 to 1 decision holds unions may hire attorneys to represent members in compensation disputes, rejecting concerns of unauthorized practice of law by unions. Bing Devine resigns Mets presidency and returns to Cardinals as GM, Stan Musial shifts to VP. Armco raises cold rolled steel price by five dollars per ton following U S Steel and Bethlehem. IDS to buy Baker holdings in Minneapolis for over 52 million. Agriculture Dept advisory committee to discuss grazing fees on national forest lands December 12 to 14.
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Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Agriculture Departent
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