Germans Delay Allies On Autobahn
East German Communists slowed Allied traffic at checkpoints on the 110 mile Autobahn linking West Berlin and West Germany for several hours. By 10:40 p.m. traffic returned to normal as flow eased. Officials feared the move was a countermeasure to a West German Parliament session in Berlin on April 7. Premier Willi Stoph had warned of serious consequences in a letter to Willy Brandt.
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Norwich Lord Mayor Makes Odd Heels Quip
In Norwich England Lord Mayor Sidney Clapham joked that shoe makers would welcome the damaging effects of pointed toes and stilletto heels on his business, describing the impact as very welcome in his line of work.
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Million-Dollar Saigon Embassy Repair Requested
President Johnson asked Congress to approve $1 million for a new U S embassy building in Saigon after a Viet Cong bomb damaged the chancery. The plan allows a complete building or the first stage of a larger facility, to be secure, economical, and permanent as a symbol of U S solidarity with Viet Nam.
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Senators Kill Aid For Open Viet Funds
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejected President Johnson's request for wide authority to use emergency aid funds in South Viet Nam but approved a $100 million contingency fund not tied to any nation. The panel cut $115 million from the President's $4.17 billion military aid request and set ceilings for the aid program while steering clear of advancing basic policy questions. In Covington a theater marquee reads This Movie for Adults Only Children Under 12 Free.
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Johnson seeks restudy of VA hospitals closures
President Johnson voiced doubt about 14 veteran facilities slated for shutdown by July 1. He ordered VA Chief Driver to inspect each site and said he wants no injustice done. If a compromise fails by Tuesday, a committee bill would keep all facilities open until closings are approved.
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Cosmos 57 Disintegrated In Space
A Soviet Cosmos 57 satellite disintegrated in space on February 22. NORAD radar tracked 197 pieces. Goddard Space Center noted the earlier disclosure of the launch and tracked piece counts rising from 62 to 197. Officials avoided speculation on whether a planned or accidental explosion occurred. Hotel owner offers free bed and breakfast to parish council members to hear truck noise at night in Bibury.
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Bibury
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Petitions Planned If Legislature Raises Pay Again
Boston opponents prepare to submit two petitions to voters if the 1965 pay raise is enacted. Conservative Republican Jack Molesworth would circulate one to cut the legislature in half and another to curb legislators’ pay increases. The pay raise lifts salary from 5300 to 7500 with allowances and travel pay rising too. The bill heads to Gov. Volpe, who has not decided on signing or veto.
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Split School Boards In Cities Says Conant
Dr James Bryant Conant former Harvard president urges breaking large urban districts into smaller ones with local boards He proposes metropolitan boundary lines to prevent boards serving more than 500000 or fewer than 35000 inhabitants and calls for tougher high school curricula including four years of math science and a modern language He stresses better preparation for future teachers and studies of education in high schools by state commissions.
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National School Boards Association
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Next Gemini Fliers May Peek Into Space
NASA officials may permit astronauts on the next Gemini flight to open the capsule hatch if conditions allow. J Temple Field of Project Gemini said hatch opening is not in the current flight plan and spoke at the University of Georgia campus in Athens.
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United States
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University of Georgia
Cardinal Cushing Released From Hospital After Surgery
Boston Archbishop Richard Cardinal Cushing, 69, was released from St Elizabeth's Hospital after abdominal surgery on February 20. He will recuperate at his Boston residence in Brighton while doctors assess when he can resume his normal schedule. The operation involved removing a section of intestine with polyps. malignancy was not disclosed.
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Springfield area losing educated workers report says
The Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission reports a net loss of educated managerial and professional workers from the Springfield Chicopee Holyoke region while Hartford gains a mature labor force. From 1935 to 1940 about 7,700 educated people moved in and 9,000 left.
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