Public Hazardous Gas Shipments Outpace Military Focus
Washington AP reports routine transport of hazardous materials by rail road and truck dwarfs military shipping. In 1967 62 million tons of non military hazmats moved by rail. LPG and anhydrous ammonia are dominant. A New Year tank car fire damaged a cannery and 87 buildings with five injuries, while several towns evacuated after other incidents.
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Washington
William S. Black
Federal Railroad Administration
Association of American Railroads
AAA
National Transportation Safety Board
U.S
William K. Byrd
Department of Transportation
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Colorado
New York State
Louisiana
Colombia
Governors Seek U S Aid To Halt Manpower Drain
Governors urge creation of a Cabinet level federal planning agency to stop manpower drain from underpopulated states to industrial regions. The policy statement, led by Gov. William L. Guy, calls for national goals and coordination to curb cross state population shifts and uneven federal program effects.
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U.S
Washington
Hente
William L. Guy
North Dakota
Colorado Springs
Colo
Defense Department
Notre Dame expands nonviolence course beyond plans
Notre Dame University creates the Program for the Nonviolent Resolution of Human Conflict, expanding from a single section to three with no limit after 250 of 8,000 students sign up. The program, rooted in student protests, covers literature on violence and nonviolence, psychology of aggression, and media effects, aided by a $100,000 unrestricted Gulf Oil grant.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Wesburgh
Father Hesburgh
Gulf Oil Corp
Navy Admits Racial Aspect In Quonset Sailor's Death
The Navy confirmed a racial incident occurred in a Quonset Point security office before a scuffle that left 22 year old sailor Howard H. James Jr. with a fractured skull and brain injuries, leading to his death. Curtis C. Taylor remains jailed as charges await a preliminary Navy investigation amid rising racial tensions at the base.
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Navy
Quonset Point, RI
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Howard H. James Jr
James
St. Ann, My
Chelsed
Mass. Naval Hospital
Curtis C. Taylor
Livingston
Ala
Quonset
Scarsdale Drops Guerrilla Course After Debate
Scarsdale Board of Education met to discuss summer session on revolution and guerrilla tactics at Scarsdale High School. No action was taken to renew the course next year amid public reaction and concerns over its nature and purpose. The board said the course covered causes and effects of 20th century revolutions and included a field trip that drew scrutiny as a mock guerrilla exercise.
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Scarsdale
N.Y
Board of Education
Sma
Leonard Howard
Howard
Teachers Push 20-Student Class Limit Nationwide
New Orleans The American Federation of Teachers president David Selden urged a nationwide cap of 20 pupils per class and 20 classroom periods weekly. He said collective bargaining will shape contracts and called for a 2020 standard to be a top priority. NEA officials gave a cautious response amid union talks at the Hotel Roosevelt.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Teachers
David Selden
AIT
Selden
National Education Association
Lyle Ashby
NEA
Washington
Ashby
The
AYT
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United States
New York City
United Federation of Teachers
Albert Shanker
New York
Shanker
Hotel Roosevelt
Camille
Robert Smith
Orleans Parish
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