New Hampshire Mental Health Director Urged Firing
An 11 member committee recommends firing Dr. Shao Chi Yu, head of the Division of Mental Health, for administrative incompetence. It calls for salary boosts for top hospital personnel and criticizes the 2 year old merger that placed mental health under a larger department, urging a separate agency.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Shao Chi Yu
Division of
Mental Health
Study Commission
John R. McLane Jr
Manchester
Dr. Yu
China
Alaskan Plans 50 Mile Lake Swim at Winnepesaukee
Harry Briggs of Anchorage Alaska intends a 50 mile crossing of Lake Winnepesaukee this weekend despite weather. He seeks to beat the world record for freshwater swimming with temperatures recently above 70 degrees after two weeks of 65 to 67 degrees.
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N.H
UPI
Harry Briggs
Lake Winnepesaukee
Briggs
Anchorage
Alaska
New Hampshire
FBI Begins Baker Probe At LBJ Request
The FBI opened an inquiry ordered by President Johnson into charges in the Bobby Baker case. Senator Williams accused Baker and two others of routing a $25,000 Kennedy Johnson campaign donation in 1960 via Matthew H. McCloskey, who denied the accusation and welcomed the investigation.
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Baker
LBJ
Washington
UPI
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Bobby Baker
White House
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John J. Williams
Rdel
Kennedy - Johnson
Oldest Cattle Show Opens Sept 13 at Barrington Fair
The Barrington Fair in Great Barrington Massachusetts opens September 13 for a week. It claims the nation’s oldest cattle show with total cash awards of 7413. Youth classes offer 2451 while adult prizes total 4962. Barn entries and judging days are scheduled for September 14–16 with specific breed show dates and arrival times.
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Massachusetts
Berkshire
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Hampshie
Hampden
Hampshire
Johnson Signs 9 Million Acre Wilderness Bill
President Johnson signed into law a bill creating nine million acres of wilderness refuges, intended to keep lands in their natural state. The new protected areas are all designated as national forests and aim to serve hunters fishers and nature lovers.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Snelling Denies Right to Work Push in Vermont Campaign
Republican Richard A. Snelling of Shelburne charged that his economic development plans are being drowned out by utterly false statements about his stance on right to work. He said the issue is a dead one for Vermont and criticized Sen. James Oakes for alleging he hid directorship of the National Right to Work Committee while noting his brochure lists the role.
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Vermont
Snelling
James Oakes
Brattleboro
Miller in Rutland on Wednesday during New England tour
GOP vice presidential nominee William E. Miller begins a five state New England swing starting in Bangor and Portland before Rutland Manchester and races Rhode Island and Connecticut. The trip follows a seven year push by conservationists to win a wilderness bill that could open 61 million acres to protection.
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William E. Miller
Bangor
Maine
New England
Massachusetts
Miller
Porteland
City Hall
Portland
Rutland
Manchester
N.H
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Payroll Tax Increases Planned To Fund Health Plan
A Senate approved schedule shows payroll tax rises for both employer and worker to finance the health care plan. The base on which the tax applies would climb from 4800 to 5600 dollars yearly, with a $7 monthly cash benefit increase. Johnson signs major bills in three days.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Khrushchev Praises U S Agriculture During Prague Visit
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev praised American farming methods during a Prague visit. He toured collective farms and a model poultry farm, urged learning from U S practices, and discussed easing tension with West Germany with President Antonin Novotny.
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Antonin Novotny
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