Trustees Propose Bold Plan For NHRR Solvency
New Haven Railroad trustees review a DeLeuw, Cather report calling for 31 million capital, 18 stations, 100 miles of commuter track, and streamlined rolling stock to yield a 19.5 million annual surplus within two years, with a 1.75 million net profit after expenses, amid merger, public operation, or abandonment options.
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NEW York
UPI
New Haven
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
Nelson A. Rockefeller
DeLeuw, Cather and Associates
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Collins Named No 2 at Commerce in Johnson Move
President Johnson tapped Leroy Collins former Florida governor as undersecretary of commerce succeeding Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. Collins 56 directs the Commerce Civil Rights Service and is credited with easing compliance with civil rights laws in the South. He previously led the National Association of Broadcasters and will earn 28,300 in the post.
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Johnson
Leroy Collins
Florida
Commerce
Collins
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Commerce Department
South
Commerce Post
White House
National Association of Broadcasters
UMass to Build 17 Story Chemistry Tower with Grants
Federal grants under the Higher Education Facilities Act total 4.76 million for six Massachusetts universities. The University of Massachusetts receives 2.40 million for a 17 story chemistry tower for computer science, statistics, and astronomy, part of an 11.72 million project. Additional awards go to MIT Boston College Brandeis and Tufts for various science and humanities facilities.
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Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
University of Massachusetts
Kennedy
Umass
MIT
Boston College
Brandeis
Tufts University
Kansas Hangs 2 AWOL Killers at Lansing Prison
Two young men, George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham, hanged after confessing to a spree that included seven murders. They, former Army dropouts, met in Ft. Hood Texas, escaped May 24, 1981, and terrorized Florida Tennessee Illinois Kansas and Colorado before capture in Utah.
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Lansing
Kan
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Kansas
Ft. Hood
Florida
Tennessee
Illinois
Colorado
Utah
Senate arms transfer veto blocks Springfield to Rock Island move
The Senate Armed Services Committee, aligning with the House, rejects a 3.5 million authorization to move small arms research and engineering from Springfield Armory Massachusetts to Rock Island Arsenal Illinois. It also approves 5.9 million to modernize Boston Naval Shipyard facilities and authorizes 1.723 billion for military construction, below the House figure. A plan giving Congress final say on future base closures failed 10 to 3 in the committee.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Springfield
Mass
Rock Island, Ul
Boston Naval Shipyard
Congress
Senate
Springfield Arsenal
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Rock Island
Massachusetts
House Backs Federal Crime for Presidential Assassination
The House approved a bill to make assassination of the president a federal crime and to cover the vice president or next in line. It also targets kidnapping or assault of these officials, with penalties aligned to existing murder laws. The measure now goes to the Senate.
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API
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Warren Commission
Kennedy
Phillip Burton
D. Calif
Ronald D. Cameron
D-Calif
Senate
Hale Boggs
D.-La
Gerald Ford
D-Mich
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Judge Quits Further Case Of Jack Ruby
Dist. Judge Joe B Brown who sentenced Jack Ruby to death for Oswald's murder withdrew from the case amid defense criticism and a dismissal suit. Dallas County Presiding Judge Dallas Blankenship began seeking a successor as Brown urged appointment of another judge to handle all further proceedings in the State of Texas vs Jack Ruby.
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UPI
Joe B. Brown
Jack Ruby
Texas Electric
Ruby
Dallas Blankenship
Brown
State of Texas
Blankenship
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Z. K. Brzezinski
Columbia University
Guy Pauker
Rand Corp
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Michigan State University
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