Springfield tests state busing funds for segregation plan
Springfield officials propose a state funded busing plan to reduce racial imbalance in public schools. Mayor Charles V. Ryan Jr. says the plan would move hundreds of Black students from one junior high and offer voluntary transfers to white schools with available seats. About 800 pupils, 200 white, could join. The plan requires state board approval and may seek federal aid. If funded, busing would start in fall but full imbalance elimination is unlikely.
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Springfield
Mass
Charles V. Ryan Jr
Ryan
Board of Education
Owen B. Kiernan
Rochester
N.Y
Kiernan
Bath Iron Works to Spend $4 Million
Bath Iron Works will invest 4 million dollars to upgrade its yard for three 585 foot cargo ships for American Export Lines of New York. Public relations director William Haggett said the board approved revamping shipways and waterfront facilities, building several new structures, and buying new equipment.
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Bath, Maine
UPI
Bath Iron Works
Isbrandtsen Lines
New York
William Haggett
Firn
Haggett
New Voter Drive Set in Birmingham
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr names Hosea Williams to lead a Birmingham voter registration drive during the holiday period. About 100 college students, mostly white, will assist from Dec 21 to Jan 15. The plan also seeks to liquidate pending cases and refund bail bond money from street demonstrations. about 2,900 Negroes have been arrested, with bonds totaling around 300,000 dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Hosea Williams
Jefferson County
Alabama
Christmas shopping spree boosts store sales nationwide
New York AP report shows shoppers splurging on color televisions toys and luxury gifts raising holiday sales 10 percent from last year to an estimated 2.9 to 3.2 billion. color TVs are in short supply in multiple cities with a Denver store predicting spring restock.
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New York
National Retail Merchants Association
Associated Press
Jules Musson
Jefferson Department Stores
Miami
Atlanta
Boston
Denver
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Seattle
Johnson Offers Medical Team To Pakistan At White House
President Johnson proposed sending a medical education team to Pakistan to work with local authorities on broad health improvements. The group would be led by Dr. Donald F. Hornig, with Ayub Khan in attendance at a White House dinner. Talks covered Kashmir, Vietnam, and future U S Pakistan relations amid famine and grain aid concerns.
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Johnson
Pakistan
Ayub
Washington
Mohammed Ayub Khan
White House
Donald F. Hornig
United States
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ayub Johnson
Tashkent
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Shastri
Ayub Khan
Associated Press
Stepped-Up Grain Clogs India Ports
The United States steps up grain shipments as India faces port congestion. Trade officials report shipments to India are delayed by container backlogs and port slowdowns, prompting talks on expediting cargo and stabilizing supplies amid growing global demand.
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India
Washington
UPI
United States
Judgment Against Rep Powell Awards 575000 to Widow
New York AP Acting Supreme Court Justice Maurice Wahl awarded Esther James a Harlem widow 575000 for Powell fraudulently transferring real property to avoid a 1967 defamation award. The verdict included 500000 punitive and 75000 compensatory damages. Powell allegedly moved a 50269 assessed property to his wife’s relatives 12 days after a jury verdict.
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New York
Supreme Court
Maurice Wahl
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Nly
Wahl
Esther James
Harlem
Raymond Rubin
James
Powell
N.Y. University Rebels Withdraw Resignations
Two of four City University administrators who quit in a policy dispute with the Board of Higher Education withdrew their resignations Tuesday night. The remaining dissidents are expected to follow suit as the board acknowledged earlier missteps. University Chancellor Albert Bowker and Warry N. Levy announced actions after meetings with the board and Mayor Wagner as alumni led a backlash over a proposed theoretical 400 tuition with scholarships offsetting costs.
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New York
Board of Higher Education
Gustave G. Rosenberg
University
Albert Bowker
Warry N. Levy
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Bowker
John J. Meng
Hunter College
Brooklyn College
Harry Gideonse
Double Pay For Overtime Backed by Wirtz
Secretary of Labor Wirtz on TV backs penalties for employers to curb unemployment and urges double time overtime pay. He cites millions of workers already clocking more than 46 hours weekly while joblessness persists. The remark was made on The Presidents Men, aired on 102 stations.
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New York
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Rockefeller Criticizes Wagner Proposal as City Issue
The speaker dismissed the Wagner plan as a last minute political maneuver, insisting that while current fare is desirable the city must address the problem.
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Rockefeller
Wagner
Labor Leaders Back U.S. Viet War Policy
AFL-CIO leaders pledged solid backing for any measures President Johnson uses to win Vietnam. A convention resolution described the Southeast Asia war as a Korea like conflict in a Communist drive to dominate the world and warned of possible American defeat endangering U.S. survival. Reuther and Meany avoided a floor fight as a new executive council took office, with union presidents overseeing more direct influence on policy and mem ber concerns.
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San Francisco
Afl-Cio
Johnson
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Asia
United States
Reuther
Meany
George Meany
New Look
Lindsey Charges Cities Subjugated
Rep. John V. Lindsey argues Congress discriminates against large cities over air pollution control. He cites the program limiting states to 12.5 percent of the national effort, noting New York City and Los Angeles face the nation’s worst pollution issues with over 10 million residents involved.
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Washington
UPS
John V. Lindsey
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