Klan Probe Looms Moves Into Public Tips
Washington AP Rep Edwin B Willis leads the House Un American Activities Committee probe into the Ku Klux Klan gathering unsolicited tips from businessmen detailing Klan threats. The plan is three phases a facts phase hearings and then legislation. Attorney General Katzenbach aims to have proposals ready for the President within two weeks to broaden federal jurisdiction over Klan activity.
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Washington
Edwin B. Willis
Louisiana
Willis
Johnson
Klan
Associated Press
Nicholas Katzenbach
Five Crosses Burned In Detroit Vicinity
Police and lab teams investigate five cross burnings in the Detroit area over the weekend. Crosses appeared in Detroit on the lawn of Anthony Tituzzo, at the city county building, outside the former NAACP headquarters, and in a white neighborhood. one blaze occurred in Beverly Hills near Paul Fitzgerald’s home. A fifth cross was found outside a Beverly Hills home. Investigators seek clues from construction materials and flammable residues as more details emerge.
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Detroit
UPI
Beverly Hills
Anthony Tituzzo
Viola Liuzzo
Selma
Ala
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Louis Washington
Paul Fitzgerald
Americans spend more on newspapers than all books and magazines
A research committee of the American Association of Newspaper Representatives reports Americans allocate higher yearly expenditure to newspapers than to all books and magazines combined, highlighting strong newspaper market persistence.
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American Association of Newspaper Representatives Research Committee
Panel Named To Review VA Closings
President Johnson named an eight member panel to review plans to close 11 veterans hospitals and related facilities. Chair E Barrett Prettyman said the panel should report by June 1 and Johnson pledged to act on its recommendations. Members include Dr Paul Dudley White and Mayo’s J William Harwick along with Congress’ E Ross Adair and Russell Long and Gen Alfred Gruenther.
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Washington
Johnson
E. Barrett Prettyman
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Wiliam J. Driver
Boston
Paul Dudley White
J. William Harwick
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Senate
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Rep
E. Ross Adair
Indiana
House Committee On Veterans Affairs
John S. Gleason Jr
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Trainees Get Jobs After Federal Training Report
Washington report says nearly three quarters of 85,000 persons who received federal job training last year secured jobs. Secretary Anthony Celebrezze submitted the Manpower Development and Training Program findings to Congress as of February 3.
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Washington
UPI
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Bailey Analyzes GOP Failure Amid Divisiveness in 1964
Democratic National Chairman John Bailey says GOP efforts to woo diverse voters failed due to divisive tone and content. He cites Goldwater stance on civil rights and immigration opposition as driving African American, Polish, Italian, and Spanish descent voters to Democrats, based on ward and district analysis in 15 cities. Johnson reportedly drew an even larger ethnic vote than Kennedy in 1960.
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Washington
UPI
John M. Bailey
GOP
Bailey
Barry M
Goldwater
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Jobs elude service men on retiring
Washington UPI Labor Secretary Wirtz reports retirees from 20 years of service face unemployment or steep pay cuts after muster out. Study shows 1 in 5 twenty-year men jobless six months post discharge, with 400,000 veterans retired now and over 1 million by 1980. He urges expanded pre retirement programs and early civilian job preparation.
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Washington
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Three Top Bills Up This Week
Washington reports three Johnson measures face House or Senate debate this week. Education aid, voting rights, and elderly health care proposed under Social Security advance, with Senate action expected on the 1.3 billion school aid bill and hearings on voting rights already underway. AMA survey shows broad support for eldercare over Medicare and mixed views on funding approaches.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Senate
Full Education and Labor Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Medicare Curb Favored by AMA Chief
AMA President Dr. Donovan Ward said a nationwide Opinion Research Corp survey found a large majority favor limiting a government health care program for the elderly to those in financial need and funding it from general revenues rather than raising Social Security taxes. The survey was conducted March 6 to 21 among adults.
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AMA
Chicago
American Medical Association
Donovan F. Ward
Ward
Opinion Research Corp
Princeton
New England Development Commission Bill Seeks Regional Unit
Twelve New England members of Congress led by Hep. Silvia Conte of Pittsfield introduced a bill to form a New England regional development commission. They urge coordinated planning, rely on existing cooperation, and propose outputs including a regional plan, interstate compacts, model legislation, and new federal statutes.
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Washington
New England
Congress
Hep
Silvia O. Conte
Pittsfield
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Committee On Un-American Activities
C. Wilkins
Birmingham
Alabama
Collie Leroy Wilkins
United States
Robert Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Morganton
N.C
MAC Loans
North St
Rosenfeld ‘Report
aSsuras
Astrodome
Houston
New York Mets
Astros
Fudge Prettyman Chairman
Calinaq
Lee Bell
U.S.A
Brady
Berkshire Cleaners
Dalton Avenue
Conte
N.E. Unit
Nash Cleaners
Tiger Country
Pontiac
Haddad's Motor Sales, Inc
West St
Pittsfield, Mass
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