Prouty Seeks Compromise Bill for Ghetto Job Training
Washington in clash over antipoverty efforts as Clark backs a compromise spearheaded by Prouty to fund job training with 875 million dollars plus 50 million in Treasury loans. The plan aims to curb make work while Senate balks at slum job programs amid party splits and defeats a rival job corps alternative.
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Washington
UPI
Johanson
Senate
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Secretary of Labor
Treasury
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Charles H. Percy
Ill
National Guard Alerted In Steel Haulers Strike
Pittsburgh dispatch reports violence flared in a steel haulers strike across western Pennsylvania with sniping and rock throwing on the turnpike. National Guard units stood by in several counties while state police patrols were tripled and troopers’ leaves canceled. Governors and officials sought to end the walkout by 30,000 drivers affecting nine states, as pickups and rioters targeted tractor trailers on the highway.
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Pittsburgh
UPD
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania National Guard
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
West Virginia
Turnpike
Somerset
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Game Case Reaches State Supreme Court
The Vermont Supreme Court heard arguments in a case against Keene surgeon Dr. James M. Ballou who was acquitted of illegal possession of a wild deer out of season after a 1966 Granville meadow arrest. Ballou’s lawyer urged dismissal of the state's appeal for improper procedure and late transcript filing, noting a 108 day delay from trial to action.
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James M. Ballou
Ballou
Granville Meadow
Addison
William S. Burrage
Ezra Dike
John Burgess
Montpelier
Burgess
Dike
Asst. Atty
Alan Cheever
Cheever
High Court
Lap Trap
Scarborough
England
UPD
The
Sunday Times
Labor Party
U S Space Effort Slows to a Crawl
Washington reports NASA chief James E Webb warned the United States space program will essentially halt after Apollo, with no planned manned flights beyond the Apollo system. He noted layoffs from 420000 to about 300000 and a flow of 4000 fewer jobs per month as the decade ends.
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Washington
UPD
James E. Webb
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
UPI
U.S
Senate
Webb
Mt Washington Cog Railway To Reopen Thursday
Mt Washington Cog Railway will resume operations Thursday after a derailment in September that killed eight and injured 74. The PUC approved the reopening following safety reports by T.K. Dyer and Paul Dunn, with the governor’s council ordering the studies. Investigators cited human error by a Pac Transportation director for the open switch.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Mt. Washington Cog Railway
State Public Utilities Commission
PUC
T.K. Dyer
Lexington, Mass
Paul Dunn
X15 Rocket Sets Winged Aircraft Speed Record
Edwards AFB Calif UPI reports the X15 rocket plane reached 4534 mph for a world winged aircraft speed record during an eight minute flight. Pilot Maj William J Knight said the craft handled well and future tests may top 5000 mph with more fuel and burn time.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
UPI
Air Force
William J
Pete) Knight
Knight
Goldwater backs Johnson Vietnam policy at Salem talk
Former GOP nominee Barry Goldwater told Salem State College students that the United States is in a war and must support President Johnson's Vietnam policy. He cited private messages from Air Force officers saying the war is being won and warned withdrawal would invite Communist advances. He criticized polling showing growing calls to pull out and noted his tour of New England campuses.
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Salem
Mass
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Johnson
Goldwater
Air Force
Salem State College
Vietnam
GOP
Eisenhower
Kennedy
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force Reserve
New England
University of Maine
University of Connecticut
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Vermont
Fienberg
Gulf of Tonkin
Williamstown, Mass
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