Automakers pledge safety but oppose design rules
Washington reports that Ford vice president John S. Bugas led the big four carmakers in backing parts of the administration safety proposals aimed at better state and local programs highway improvements and accident data collection. They warned that Johnson admin plans to regulate vehicle design could disrupt the industry and hurt the economy.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
John S. Bugas
Ford Motor Co
Senate Commerce Committee
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Ford
Bugas
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Detroit
Ralph Nader
Joseph Kelner
American Trial Lawyers Association
Kelner
Nader
Guardsmen Ordered To Campus In Mississippi
National Guardsmen and state troopers reinforced Alcorn A&M College in Lorman Mississippi after tear gas cleared a dormitory amid bottle and brick throwing by Negro youths. Gov Paul Johnson ordered units from Natchez and Vicksburg. 175 guardsmen protected the campus as about 300 demonstrators were kept outside. At least 35 arrests were made Monday as civil rights activists denied firing accusations against the college.
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Lorman
Miss
UPD
National
Alcorn A&m College
Paul Johnson
Natchez
Vicksburg
National Guard
Port Gibson
Alcorn A&m
Negro College
Mississippi
Charles Evers
C. W. McKay
Chancery Court
Violence Returns as Ky Mediation Fails in Saigon Da Nang
Premier Ky reached a deal with Da Nang leaders and returned to Saigon after apologizing for labeling the city Communist. New clashes rocked Saigon Hue and Nha Trang as Buddhists clashed with troops and police. In Da Nang, pro and anti government factions faced off behind machine guns with Ky leaving troops in place.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
U.S. Information Service
USIS
Hue
Buddhist Institute
Viet Nam
Phan Xuan Nhuan
Nhuan
Greek Tanker Defies British Oil Embargo
At Beira Mozambique a Greek owned tanker named Joan na V with 12000 tons of fuel approached the harbor after being stopped by the British frigate Plymouth. A second ship named Manuela passed through the Mozambique Channel as Harold Wilson led talks in London to curb Rhodesia oil deliveries.
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Beira
Mozambique
UPI
Rhodesia
United Nations
Plymouth
Manuela
Mozambique Channel
Harold Wilson
London
Britain
Portugal
Ian Smith
Defense Committee
Foreign
Michael Stewart
Commonwealth Relations
Arthur Bottomley
Defense
Denis Healey
Army, Navy and
Air Force
Athens
Firemen Gained Nothing From Railroad Strike
The BLFE emerged from a four day walkout against eight major railroads in nearly the same shape as it began. The union faced possible contempt fines and wrath from President Johnson while poststrike talk hints at bargaining gains. Railroads await delays to shrink firemen ranks, with thousands already cut under a two year arbitration award.
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Washington
UPI
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
BLFE
Johnson
Brotherhood
H. E
Gilbert
Labor Department
Canadian Power Hearings Opened
The Vermont Public Service Board opened hearings on a petition by the Vermont New England Power Exchange to form a non profit corporation to import about 2.1 million kilowatts of low cost Canadian power. Central Vermont Public Service Corp of Rutland opposed the plan and attorney John Carbine urged rejection, calling it a callous proposal.
Administration Officials Fear Effect on Public of Viet Riots
Washington officials fear South Viet Nam turmoil may erode American public support for the anti- Communist effort if unrest continues. Dean Rusk said the war effort is not yet affected but warned that ongoing chaos could divert attention from the main goal. Johnson authorized transport planes to move Ky forces to Da Nang to quell unrest while hoping Ky stabilizes Saigon without U.S. direct political interference.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson Administration
South Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
Dean Rusk
da Nang
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vermont special session cost taxpayers $380000
The Vermont Legislature's special session, which ended March 12, cost taxpayers about $380,000. Finance Director Bruce Mosher said the legislative account stood at $202,150 on January 5, the session start. Legislators earned about $216,000 in salaries and $68,000 in expenses.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Bruce Mosher
U S Streamlines Space Schedule and 19 New Astronauts
The United States adds 19 new astronauts and trims the launch plan for the Saturn 1B booster to hasten manned Apollo missions. Training begins in May for voyages that may reach the moon, with noted pilots including Vance D. Brand among the newcomers. The move aims to beat the Soviet Union to lunar milestones, as NASA adapts for an ambitious 1968 lunar landing goal after early earth-orbit tests.
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Us, Space Agency
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Edward H. White II
Roger Chaffee
Earth
Lunar
United States
Russia
U.S
Marine Corps
Air Force
Navy
Vance D. Brand
Lockheed Aircraft Co
West
Study Started To Replace Spa Convention Hall
SARATOGA SPRINGS NY An architect firm O'Neil Ford and Associates of San Antonio Texas was chosen by the City Council to prepare a feasibility study for a civic center to replace the historic Convention Hall destroyed by fire five months ago The study should be completed by summer with a tentative $1 million cost basis for the facility and plans.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
O’neil, Ford and Associates
San Antonio
Texas
Skidmore College
Killer Tornadoes Devastate Central Florida Area
UPI reports a deadly tornado outbreak across central Florida, killing nine people and injuring 198. A 25 year old woman died in Davenport and an unborn child also perished. Over 350 homes in 10 cities were destroyed and 500 damaged with total damage around six million dollars. Gov. Haydon Burns surveyed the wreckage from air and ground.
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Tampa
Fla
Flora Bowen
Davenport
Bowen
Haydon Burns
Lakeland
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Nguyen Chanh Thi
Nguyen van Chuan
1St Corps
Chuan
Firemen’s Brotherhood
U.S. District Court
Alexander Holtzoff
Panama
Umtala
Spa Convention Hall
Lunalod
Moscow
Florida
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