Griffin Says HEW Veto Should Stick
Washington AP Sen Robert P Griffin Republican whip says Congress will not yield to the White House to avert a veto of the 19.7 billion HEW appropriation bill He expects enough Republicans to back the administration and acknowledges the measure will go to Nixon unchanged The White House would veto if unchanged and Griffin notes the political squeeze for Republicans in the House and Senate and the need for a two thirds override The piece also notes Dunkirk New York residents oppose tax cuts seeking more services and improvements from government entities.
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Robert P. Griffin
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White House
Michigan
Nixon
Griffin
Senate
House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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GOP
Testimony resumes in Edgartown for Kopechne death
Five Mary Jo Kopechne friends from Drexel Hill Milton Washington DC testifying at Edgartown courthouse about the last night of Kopechne’s life. The inquest, led by Judge James A Boyle, scrutinizes possible criminal action while Kennedy allies recount drowning search efforts and Kennedy’s delayed report.
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Edgartown
Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Rosemary Keough
Drexel Hil
Maryellen Lyons
Milton
Nancy
Gusand Tennenbaum
Esther Newberg
James A. Boyle
Skindiver
John Farrar
Miss Kopechne
Kennedy
Boyle
Farrar
Whites Sit In at Integrated Miss School
About 250 white parents and pupils staged a sit in at Petal Junior High in Forrest County Mississippi protesting a court ordered desegregation plan. Milton Evans said the district must implement the plan as buses were prepared to transport students to the other school. The demonstration marked the first direct clash between white residents and officials amid desegregation efforts across seven Mississippi districts.
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Petal
Wsters
Citizens For Local Control of Education
Milton Evans
Forrest County
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pay Demands by Truckers Rejected in Wage Talks
Washington AP reports a Teamsters wage hike demand of 3 per hour over three years was rejected as inflationary and unaffordable by Trucking Employers Inc. Beagle pegged total wage and benefits near 9 billion, nearly doubling labor costs. Fitzsimmons defended the need, arguing the price tag is necessary. Negotiations begin to cover about 425000 drivers, with broader impacts toward over a million unionized drivers.
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Teamsters
Ray F. Beagle
Beagle
Trucking Employers, Inc
Béagle
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Sarnoff Steps Aside From RCA Helm
New York Sarnoff resigns as RCA chairman at age 78 with Robert W. Sarnoff named to additional duties of chairman. Elder Sarnoff, hospital-bound since last February, cited as unable to preside at meetings. The longtime pioneer joined Marconi in 1906, helped found RCA, and helped develop television, earning the title Father of American Television for pioneering color and black and white sets.
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RCA Corp
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Lenox Hill Hospital
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Minsk
Russia
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Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America
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RCA
Radio Corporation of America
American Marconi Co
Television Broadcasters Association
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