Miller backs U S move to metric system in three year study
Rep. George P. Miller proposes a three year National Bureau of Standards study to gauge the impact of switching America to the metric system. He says retooling industry would be extensive but would end the current illogical weights and measures and align the U S with Britain and other Western nations. The metric system already infuses US pharma and even money, echoing Jefferson's earlier attempts.
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Washington
George P. Miller
D-Calif
Miller
House Science and Astronautics Committee
United States
National Bureau of Standards
Britain
U.S
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Chicago Woman Says She Has Evaded Taxes for 20 Years
Olga Hobeck, 57, claims $24,000 in back taxes and four dependents on payroll deductions while supporting only herself and her brother. She says she would pay if the Veterans Administration compensates her brother, a 1941 Army veteran with a schizophrenia diagnosis. The VA denies eligibility. the IRS will review the letter.
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Chicago
Veterans Administration
Olga Hobeck
Internal Revenue Service
Miss Hobeck
Arthur
Hobeck
IRS
Macmillan Accepts Italian Invitation for Rome Visit
Harold Macmillan accepted an invitation from the Italian government to visit Rome soon according to official sources in London. Arthur H. Dean told the Economic Club of Detroit that the Soviet West arms talks will force disarmament to progress as nuclear weapon science advances. Dean, who resigned as U.S. nuclear talks negotiator in Geneva last week, warned of the coming agreement. Mrs Moise Tshombe arrived in Brussels for a private visit with her husband the Katanga president.
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London
Arthur H. Dean
Economic Club of
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Soviet Union
West
Dean
U.S
Geneva
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Brussels
Belgium
Cardinal Cushing Says He Raised Cash for Castro
Boston Archbishop Cardinal Cushing disclosed he raised 1 million dollars to help liberate Bay of Pigs prisoners. He said he alone collected the funds and denied any unidentified donor ties. Castro demanded 2.9 million in cash before releasing 1,113 prisoners.
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Cardinal Cushing
Castro
Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
TV Listings and Weekend Schedule Highlights
Radio and television notes preview Tonight with Teheran summit coverage at 7:30 p.m. Allies’ push in Italy and the closing of the ring. Prime time features Ruth Roman Anne Francis Gladys Cooper Steve Dunne Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Weekend grid includes Jetsons Rawhide Route 66 Flintstones and Alfred Hitchcock Hour among many offerings.
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Steve Dunne
WRGB
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Jack E. Leonard
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Jimmy Dean
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Tripoli
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Rocky & His Friends
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Rocky & Friends
Youth Forum
Dateline
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Highway Patrol
Chet Huntley
Walter Cronkite
The
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M Squad
Rawhide
Winston Churchill
Mitch-Co
Flaherty
Dickens
Fenster
Charlie
Nova Scotia
Cass Timberlane
Harassment of Meredith Escalates at Ole Miss
At the University of Mississippi, protests intensify against James H. Meredith with 300 students jeering him as he dined. Campus security briefly detained several individuals amid broader federal grand jury indictments related to the campus riot.
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Meredith
Ole Miss
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Air Force
University
John D. Williams
New Airlift Hinted From Cuba Amid Delays
Miami report notes a two day postponement of a Pan American cargo flight to Havana carrying 15 000 pounds of medicines. Red Cross requested the delay though reasons were not disclosed. A prior plan for a special flight to Cuba was canceled. More than 20 Americans and Bay of Pigs relatives await exit or aid as ransom shipments continue by sea from Baltimore to Port Everglades.
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Pan American
Red Cross
Washington
State Department
Shirley Lykes
Baltimore
Port Everglades
Fidel Castro
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