Liberty Ships Proposed As Seagoing Incinerators
Boston report says Metropolitan Affairs Committee weighs a plan to convert World War II Liberty ships into sea going incinerators to cut refuse and pollution. Harvard health experts cite per person waste of 1-2 pounds daily, with MDC support and Navy disposal ship access. Estimated $2 million, two years to operation, no opposition.
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Boston
UPI
Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Melvin W. First
Applied Industrial Hygiene
Harvard
MDC
Robert I. Murphy
Model Crime in Lost and Found Briefcase Case
A New York Times lost and found notice reports a black briefcase containing a model, left on the East Side Monday evening. A reward is offered. Call collect at (201) 388-4050 after 4 p.m.
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New York
UPD
New York Times
East Side
Brooke faces civil rights and governance in Massachusetts
Atty General Edward W. Brooke, in his first year leading Massachusetts, weighs race and civil rights against heavy duties. He says civil rights work is integral to the office, not a sole focus, and notes progress through the civil rights division led by Lee Kozol. He emphasizes legality of protests and winning allies, not foes.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Giris
Associated Press
Brooke
Lee Kozol
Edward Brooke
Birmingham Racial Unit Ends Career
A two man committee formed by the late President John F. Kennedy to promote racial harmony in Birmingham, Alabama, has quietly ended. Kenneth C. Royall and Earl Blaik reported on October 10 after a Birmingham trip begun September 24, nine days after a church bombing killed four Black children at Sunday school. The written report was never received and the mission appears closed following Kennedy's assassination.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Birmingham
Ala
Secretary of the
Kenneth ¢. Royall
West Point
Earl Blaik
Kennedy
Royall
Blaik
White House
New Chairman of Bethlehem Steel Named From Within
Mechanical engineer Edie and F. Martin will become chief executive and board chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corp upon Arthur Homer's retirement on April 14. Martin, 59, has served as vice chairman since last August and was named president in 1960. Bethlehem reported 1963 earnings up 15 percent to 102.46 million dollars, with profits per share at 2.11 versus 1.80 in 1962.
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NEW York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Edie and
F. Martin
G. Foot- Balding
Bethlehem Board
Martin
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab
U.S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
Brooke urges youth in GOP after 260000 plurality loss
In November 1962 Brooke notes a 260000 plurality while Democrats swept statewide offices. He warns the two party system is in jeopardy and Republicans are in poor shape to block a two thirds bond vote. At 41 he advocates younger candidates and recalls a 1940 bid that drew 1.1 million votes.
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Brooke
State Warns Vendors of Cigarettes in Boston
In Boston, the state warns cigarette vendors to display the notice that sale to those under 18 is illegal. Dr. Alfred L. Frechette, Public Health Commissioner, says violators face a $50 fine and the rule applies to vending machines and all sale points. Officials and medical groups met to reinforce the campaign as anti smoking clinics planned by Gov. Peabody near opening in two to three weeks.
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Boston
UPI
Alfred L. Frechette
Frechette
Peabody
Senator Margaret Chase Smith Campaign Song Released
In New York AP reports Sen Margaret Chase Smith Maine will campaign in New Hampshire with a campaign song. Leave It to the Girls, music by Gladys Shelley, is the official tune predicting a woman president.
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New York
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
New Hampshire
Gladys Shelley
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