Commerce Dept Aide Resigns Over Copper Stock Probe
Washington reports Assistant Commerce Secretary for Administration Herbert W. Klotz resigned after a government complaint tied him to a copper stock scandal involving Texas Gulf Sulphur. Klotz said he acted on a tip and had no knowledge of the ore find. SEC charged officers and others with concealing the copper strike to buy stock, with more than 71,000 shares traded among insiders and a New York bank among those tipped.
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Washington
UPD
Commerce
Herbert W. Klotz
Canada
John T. Connor
Klotz
Department
Johnson
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Timmins
Ont
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
New York
Garden Dedicated To Jacqueline Kennedy at White House
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated a White House flower garden to Mrs. John F. Kennedy, saying every detail reflects the unfailing taste of her predecessor. The Kennedys planned transforming the east garden and Jackie’s mother attended the ceremony to honor the memory of the years shared there.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
John F. Kennedy
Officials doubt NHRR subsidy viability for 3 million federal funds
Federal official John C. Kobi said New Haven Railroad likely cannot use the Mass Transportation Act to secure 3 million in federal funds needed to sustain 25,000 NYC riders. He noted federal rules bar subsidies for railroad operations, urging a carefully developed demonstration program instead to improve mass transit finance and performance.
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New York
UPI
Mass Transportation Act
New Haven
New York City
John C. Kobi
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHA
HHIA
U. S
Connecticut
Kohl
Tri-State
Metropolitan Assembly of Civil Organizations
Maine House Backs 20-Year Voting Age Amendment
In Augusta Maine the Maine House of Representatives approved an amended bill to lower the voting age to 20 with bipartisan support the vote 86 to 57. Earlier proposals to set the age at 18 and 19 were rejected.
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Augusta
Maine
House of Representatives
House
Drifter charged in St Patrick's Cathedral bombing
New York police arrested a 23 year old drifter identified as David L Malone for arson, desecrating a church and felonious assault after a Molotov cocktail bomb exploded at the main altar of St Patrick's Cathedral. Emma Gomez Reyes, 47, suffered serious burns. The attack occurred as about 100 worshipers were present. A jacket with the initials DLM tied to Malone was found near the cathedral.
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New York
St. Patrick's Homan Catholic Cathedral
David L. Malone
Mouston
Tex
Emma Gomez Reyes
Elmhurst
Queens
St. Patrick's
Prus XI
DLM
New York Public Library
Malone
Setilement
Department of Welfare
Riot erupts as Faulkner festival opens at Ole Miss
At Ole Miss in Oxford Mississippi police supervised a riotous scene as about 700 shouting students clashed in racial violence during the Faulkner festival. A car owned by white guests from Tougaloo College was damaged with racial slurs. No injuries were reported.
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Ole Miss
Oxford, Miss
UPI
University of Mississippi
Touxaloo College
James Meredith
Southern Literary Fes
Police Patrol In Boxalusa Bogalusa News Trial Patrol
In Bogalusa Louisiana 4100 tocal and State police patrolled the streets to head off possible civil rights violence after a racial tension flare. Negroes who seek equal job opportunities held a church rally Thursday night as police stood by outside. Governor McKeithen ordered 300 more state troopers to join about 100 officers already on duty.
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Bogalusa
UPD
Tocal
John J. McKeithen
McKeithen
Steel Strike Sanctioned For May 1
PITTSBURGH The Wage Policy Committee of the United Steelworkers ordered 450,000 basic fleet workers to prepare for a May 1 walkout after five months of unproductive bargaining. The union blamed the industry and urged local unions to get ready for a shutdown, while federal mediator Wil liam E. Simkin planned separate talks. The dispute follows a December start and January break, with the McDonald Abel leadership contest still unresolved.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
Bellweather
Wage Policy Committee
WPC
United Steelworkers Union
USW
WEPC
David J. McDonald
William E. Simkin
McDonald
J. W. Abel
NYC Moves To End Junior Highs For Quality and Integration
New York City boards propose replacing junior highs with intermediate schools from grades 3 or 5 through 8, shifting some elementary grades, and moving ninth grade to high school. The plan aims to improve education and integration, with possible involuntary teacher reassignment to underprivileged areas and a 4-4-4 or 3-3-4 system. The UFT warns against forced transfers. policy adopts 4-4-4 with emphasis on pre kindergarten programs.
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New York
Board of Education
James B. Donovan
Donovan
New York Times
United Federation of Teachers
UFT
Albert Shanker
James E. Allen Jr
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Steve Lawrence
Edie Gorme
Billy Daniels
Tom Poston
Louis Bellson
Bellson
AP Phato
Wiliam Faulkner
Tougaloo College
Jackson
Miss
Boxalusa
Berkshire Business College
North Street
Tom Reynolds
Joe Lennon
John W. Cronin
New Mass
Pittsfield
Yolanda L. Bernini
Thomas T. Reynolds
Nyc
Haig
Aporters, Ltd. Aly
Tenfield
Desco
Dasher
England
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