Wirtz Seeks 18-Year Schooling and Free College
Washington A proposal by Secretary of Labor W Willard Wirtz urges extending compulsory education to age 18 and providing two years of free education beyond high school. He argues better schooling will reduce youth unemployment and upgrade skills, though he stopped short of policy endorsement. The idea rests with states for the leaving age and financing.
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Brooke To Meet With Essex Jury In Salem
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke will appear personally before the Essex County Grand Jury in Salem on March 16 to present evidence collected by the Massachusetts Crime Commission. The grand jury was reconvened by Superior Court Judge Wilfred J. Paquet.
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Johnson daughter favors spelling Luci over Lucy
Washington AP reports President Johnson's 16 year old daughter now requests the spelling Luci for her name. The National Symphony Orchestra released a press note naming "Luci" honorary student chairman for its Music for Young Americans program visiting high schools in Washington April 17 to May 21. A footnote clarifies Miss Johnson prefers this spelling.
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LBJ Brand Appears on GOP bumper stickers
The Republican Congressional Committee newsletter distributes LBJ type bumper stickers with the slogan Lets Beat Johnson. The item highlights how the Johnson era branding resurfaces in political campaigning.
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UPI
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Business Hours and Parking Note Card
Establishment open Monday through Saturday from 9 30 to 3 303 Thursday hours extend to 12 noon to 9 00. Parking available with ample PAL designated spaces and plenty of parking.
GE Record Sales Near Five Billion in 1963 Profit Up
General Electric reported its best sales year and second best profit year in 1963, with sales reaching 4.98 billion dollars, up 3 percent, and earnings rising to 270.64 million dollars. The year saw efforts to hit the five billion target as a tribute to retiring CEO Ralph Cordiner, amid hints of future price increases.
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Rockefeller and Lodge clash over Viet Nam policy eta
Concord New Hampshire Governor Nelson Rockefeller allegedly sought to divert attention by attacking U S ambassador to Viet Nam Henry Cabot Lodge. J Richard Jackman leader of the Draft Lodge Committee said the claim was an unprovoked attack aimed at halting Lodge's appeal to uncommitted voters. Lodge denied discussing Viet Nam with Rockefeller during a Franconia campaign stop. Stassen urged fuel cutoffs to Cuba to reopen Guantanamo water lines and proposed UN reforms including weighted voting and an arms control inspector general plus arbitration for border disputes.
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Ohio's Rhodes Backing a Northern Third Force in GOP Race
Washington AP report says Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes urged a bloc of Northern tier states to form a third force at the San Francisco convention. He asked Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey delegations to back Governor William Scranton in a combined favorite son operation to block Goldwater or Rockefeller in early ballots.
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Smith to campaign in New Hampshire this week
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine will return to New Hampshire at various times this week to continue her gate hunting campaigns. Former Gov. Wesley Powell was to appear on television to urge voters to write in the name of former Vice President Nixon for the off, Rockefeller. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona and Senator Rockefeller.
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Boston Boycott Rally Heads for Wednesday School Walkout
Wilkins NAACP will lead a silent march from Beacon Hill to City Hall during Boston school boycott efforts aimed at protesting racial imbalance. Dick Gregory and Lewis Lomax head a Donnelly Theater program as supporters, with Harvard and Cambridge venues noted.
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West Virginia seeks federal grant for smoking study
Charleston AP says West Virginia's joint committee on smoking education will seek a federal grant to fund its private study of what causes people to start smoking. State Health Director N H Dyer, cochairman, says antismoking campaigns need better basic information to be effective.
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