Hughes emerges as Johnson’s key trouble shooter in 1960s New Jersey
In Glassboro New Jersey Governor Joseph Hughes, a Catholic Democrat allied with President Johnson, has become a national figure as Johnson’s leading trouble shooter. He chairs equal rights efforts for the 1968 Democratic Convention, probes riot tolls on Newark and Plainfield, and helps combat fraud in Vietnamese elections while balancing urban education and civil rights amid speculation of future cabinet roles. He dismisses any run for office after his second term.
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Richard
Joho
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Robert B Meyner
Meyner
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Morven
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Garden State
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Plainfield
Congress
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Boyle's Trivia Boutique Opens in New York
Hal Boyle catalogs a collage of curiosities and quips from 1960s culture. The column riffs on breakfast eggs myths, Cuban refugee flows, insurance oddities, taxation time, Nepal demons, and classic proverbs, concluding with Fred Allen on conferences.
Teams Now Required For Successful Shoot Em Up
Hollywood writers note the film industry favors two star pairings to boost box office. Stars like Wayne, Martin, Mitchum, Stewart and Douglas form rising ensembles in Westerns and roadshow adventures. success remains uncertain if the film fails despite star power.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Gary Cooper
James Stewart
Dean Martin
Brackettville
Tex
Ang Yul Bryo
Robert Mitchum
Mitchem
Joh Wayne
el Dorado
Kirk Douglas
Richard Widmark
Mitch
William Holden
Wayne
Martin
Henry Fonda
Pevith Wayne
Widmark
Mitchum
Burt Lancaster
OK Corral
Kibbutz Becomes Film Set for Fiddler on the Roof Story
War battered Kibbutz Kisbuts Hagoshrim near the Syrian border hosts film production for Tuviah and His Seven Daughters. Israeli producer Menahem Golan hires locals as Ukranian peasants, builds a Czars era village, and adds actors from Germany and Israel. The $400,000 project stars Shumel Rodenski and Tikvah Mor amid war, with some scenes shot in Switzerland and Tel Aviv.
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Isre Sl
Menahem Golan
Sabras
Chovah
Tikvah Mor
Peter van Eyck
Herbert Hoffman
Tuviah
Sholem Aleichem
Switzerland
Tel Aviv
Menahem
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Israel
Teen homeroom officers elected at Cedar Bayou
Cedar Bayou Junior School named homeroom officers for grades six seven and eight. Sixth grade picks include 6.2 president Jimmy Cherry and 6.3 president Joe Whitted with steering roles, while seventh graders elect Betty Lemmon and Kenneth Holden as presidents. Eighth graders list officers such as Charles Brach and Paul Wier. French class gains pen pals. homemaking students sew bloomer suits for a show.
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Ann Herbert
Cedar Bayou
Jimmy Cherry
Lane Martin
Pamela Couch
Kathy Smith
Joe Whitted
Alan Hudgins
David Hamilton
Katherine Powsall
Blair Tolleson
Sheryl Ptacek
Mark Andrews
Mary
Margerite Lindsey
Robert Leonard
Aivil
Chad HY
Jody Bowler
Annette Greer
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Betty Lemmon
Susan Artless
Lisa Pope
Amy Morgan
Dan Allbright
Kenneth Holton
Terri McBride
Mona Taylor
Marcia Huadson
Troy Sanders
Johnella Partin
Karen Osem
Lois Renee Graves
Donna Sue Franklin
Jeffrey Lee Ridge
Jack Dean
Jack Huffer
John Hickman
Renee Chitty
Billy Gene
Fran
Stephen McLen‘don
Connie Knowles
William Mar Lin
Patsy Tav
Charles Brach
Lynn Fulp
Jimmy Warren
Floyd Kings
Paul Wier
Johnny Fannell
Terry
Samuel Amy Drew Wismar
David Ramey
Doug Johnson
Jimmy Detro
Jerry Raney
Donald Smith
Susan Casing
Bobby Littlefield
Melinda Jenkins
Lorine Douglas
Bonjour
Aishth
Donations Cause Furor In Disaster Hit Aberfan Wales
A year after the Aberfan disaster the fund for families and survivors remains contentious. Merthyr Town Council holds the money, pays interest, and faces demands for equitable payouts to survivors and relatives. Victims’ families seek accountability while plans for a memorial and village improvements unfold amid ongoing grief and legal actions.
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Granville J. Watts
Associated Press
Aberfan
Wales
Merthyr Town
Michael Maybanks
Fred, Gray
Gray
Merthyr Corp
Gerald Davis
Disaster Fund
Jean Gough
Harry Short
Syearold
Martine
Edmund Davies
National Coal Board
Hippie-Hunting Squad Proposed by Ribicoff
Sen. Abraham Ribicoff proposed a federal agency to aid parents and local police in locating hippies and missing youths. He urged a computerized Justice Department records system and a skilled investigative unit with data exchange to act after 72 hours if criminal suspicion exists.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
Justice Department
Connecticut
Senate
Ribicoff
Millon
Dallas Meeting Set to Determine Regional Natural Gas Price
An April 15 hearing will set a wellhead price for natural gas across five states. The Federal Power Commission heard arguments from Pan American and major producers about data adequacy while Howell Purdue’s regional price plan faced scrutiny. The Dallas session covers North and East Texas, 56 eastern counties, southern Oklahoma, all of Arkansas and parts of Alabama and Louisiana.
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Federal Power Commission
Howell Purdue
1Fran American Petroleum Corp
Pan American
R. H. Emerson
Tulsa
Purdue
FPC
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Alabama
Louisiana
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