Research Group Recommends Automation for Shoe Industry
A Battelle study for the Economic Development Administration urges automation in the U S shoe industry to stay competitive. It promotes a new Dynametric II sizing system reducing width options by a third, with potential annual savings up to 16.6 million and large inventory reductions. Retail foot-measurement device changes could cost about 5.2 million, borne by retailers given overall gains.
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API
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New England
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Battelle
United States Eyes Risky War Drive in Southeast Asia
Lyle Wilson warns the U S faces a new conflict in Thailand tied to Johnson's policy. The piece criticizes legal justifications for intervention, notes 35,000 U S personnel in Thailand, and argues a broader war would implicate President Johnson. It urges accountability and hints at Republican recovery prospects in 1968.
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Hearing Set on Guidelines For School Desegregation
Washington UPI reports a House judiciary subcommittee will hold hearings December 14 and 15 on desegregation guidelines. Harold Howe III will testify as the sole witness. The 1965 guidelines urged a substantial good faith start toward integration, with 39 districts losing funds and eight restored.
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Supreme Court
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King laments poverty funding as a skirmish at Wesleyan
Martin Luther King Jr. told Wesleyan University readers that poverty war funding is too meager. He compared Johnson era programs to wartime costs, noting the nation can spend $800 a second on Vietnam and billions for moon missions, to support basic welfare here at home.
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