US Judge Stripped of Duties in Oklahoma City
Stephen S. Chandler, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Oklahoma, was relieved of all duties by the 19th Circuit Judicial Council but keeps his $30,000 salary, office, and staff. The move follows years of controversy and civil and criminal actions, including a state grand jury indictment later dismissed.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Stephen S. Chandler
U.S. District Court For
Oklahoma
19Th
U.S. Circuit Judicial Council
US. Marshal’s
10Th Circuit
Chandler
American Bar Association Journal
Courts of Appeals
Council
U.S. District Court
Western District of
Forecaster Retires as Weather Goes Wild
SAN FRANCISCO AP reports a veteran Weather Bureau forecaster retires after 23 years while Bay Area winds gust to 5 mph and rain and snow lash the region. Lyle B. Rasey quips that his last day is a corker as the weather worsens.
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San Francisco
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bay Area
Sierra
Lyle B. Rasey
Democrats Plan Ark Primary to Avoid Split Vote
Arkansas Democrats push for a pre election primary to settle intraparty rivalries and prevent a fragmented Democratic vote in the special general election for the seat vacated by Rep. Oren Harris. Harris will resign February 3 after 24 years in Congress and was slated for a federal judgeship. Faubus plans a party primary to unify candidates.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Oren Harris
Harris
Washington
Congress
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
el Dorado
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Republicans Gain Seat In 4 State Elections
Massachusetts special elections saw three Democrats and a Republican win seats in the House. Frederick Whitney Jr. won a seat, defeating Democrat Charles J. Higgins Jr. in a 944 to 609 vote. Edward I. Serlin, Democrat, defeated Republican Hermione Freeman 2,147 to 78 to fill a seat. In Ludlow, Steven T. Chmura, a Democrat, defeated Republican Walter Iwanicki 4,470 to 1,392 to claim the seat. Gardner elected Raymond La Fountaine, Democrat, over independent Edward A. Blake 2,514 to 1,221. A new Eastfield Mall branch store by Albert Steiger Co. will open Aug 1, 1968.
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Springfield
Mass
UPD
Albert Steiger Co
Eastfield Mall
Albert Steiger Jr
Steiger
Eastfield
New England
Sears Roebuck and Co
Forbes and Wallace
Frederick Whitney Jr
Charles J. Higgins Jr
Pat J. Foley
Foley
Edward I. Serlin
Hermione E. Freeman
Boston
Samuel Harmon
Senate
John F. Thompson
Walter Iwanicki
Gardner
Raymond la Fountaine
Edward A. Blake
Martin H. Walsh
Bliss Calls GOP Powwow To Map Big Cities Drive
Ray Bliss, new Republican national chairman, convenes 17 city chairmen January 24 25 to advance a big city reform plan. The prior effort, begun in 1961, aimed to strengthen GOP operations with fulltime staff and fund-raising while reducing Democratic margins. Bliss cites money shortages delaying action until just before 1964 convention.
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Bliss
Washington
UPI
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Republican National
Ohio
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Len Thouston B. Morton
Kentucky
National Party
RCA Sees Record 1963 Sales and Profits
RCA chairman David Sarnoff projects 1963 sales at about 2 billion and record profits near 3.1 hundred million. He notes four straight years of rising sales and earnings and cites booming color television as the decade’s most dynamic U.S. growth industry with strong demand and backlogs for color receivers tubes and broadcasting gear.
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New York
Radio Corp. of America
David Sarnimoff
Sarnoff
RCA
U.S
Boston Yard Gets Big Navy Jobs
The Boston Naval Shipyard will convert three destroyers and one guided missile cruiser at a total cost of 57.5 million as part of a 1.9 billion Navy building and conversion program for the fiscal year. The USS Albany cruiser will gain radar gear costing 21.5 million while three destroyers will receive variable depth sonar and antisubmarine rockets at about 12 million each. The program also plans 210 new vessels including five atomic powered attack submarines and 159 landing craft, with most work in private yards.
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Washington
Boston Naval Shipyard
Albany
Navy
New Half Dollar Goes Into Production at Denver Mint
The Treasury announced that production of the new semi silver half dollar will start at 10 am Thursday at the Denver Mint. The coin preserves John F. Kennedy's portrait but reduces silver content from 90 to 46 percent. Outer layers remain 80 percent silver with a 2 percent inner core.
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Washington
UPI
Denver
Treasury Department
John F. Kennedy
Boston Welcomes The Deputy in Controversial Drama
A touring production of Rolf Hochhuths The Deputy opened at the Shubert Theater and drew positive audience and critic response. Reviewers noted its solemn treatment and courage, with applause during a pivotal scene where Father Fontana urges the Pope to oppose Nazi terror.
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Boston
Rolf Hochhuti
Shubert
Pius XII
Herman Shumlin
New York
Norton
Kevin Kelly
The
Boston Globe
Riccardo Fontana
Federal Building Set for Springfield in Urban Renewal Plan
The General Services Administration accepted a design for a $28 million two story federal building in Springfield Massachusetts on an urban renewal site. The 120000 square foot complex will house the post office the Defense and Treasury departments and the Civil Service Commission.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Post Office
Federal
Springfield
Mass
GSA
Departments of Defense and Treasury
Civil Service Commission
Florida colleges probe student baiting of homosexuals
A UPI report says Florida State University officials and Gov. Haydon Burns protested a practice of using college students as informers to trap homosexuals. Students were paid 10 dollars for two or three member teams patrolling a bus station, a popular hangout for alleged sex offenders.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Florida State University
Haydon Burns
Harry Day
Frank Stoutamire
Robert Marge
Agencies Nudge Elderly On Medicare
Washington agencies launched Medicare Alert to help low income seniors over 63 apply for the new doctor bill insurance before March 31. Missing the deadline could delay coverage for two years as premiums rise.
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Medicare
Washington
UPI
R. Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Robert M. Ball
Social Security Administration
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