Johnson plans major purge of 53 Customs patronage jobs
President Johnson announced a plan to abolish 53 patronage customs posts within 60 days unless Congress approves a reorganization. The cuts include 45 collectors, six comptrollers, one surveyor and one appraiser, with salaries from 5000 to 23000 annually totaling about 1 million.
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Johnson City
Tex
Customs Bureau
Congress
Johnson
Customs
Civil Service
Real Estate Taxes Hit New High in Massachusetts
Massachusetts towns with populations over 10 000 have seen real estate taxes rise an average of 108 percent in the past decade, reaching a record high. Association president James C Brody cites Gov Volpes proposed sales tax revision as a possible remedy while noting tax increases range from 46.8 percent in Scituate to 298.7 percent in Burtington.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Amassachusetts Association of
Brody
Scituate
Burtington
Brady
Radio Asked To Help in Poverty War
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged the National Association of Broadcasters to aid the fight against poverty and racial discrimination. Leonard H. Goldenson of American Broadcasting-Paramount urged more daring programming. NAB leaders criticized FCC content controls and coverage limits while praising broadcasters’ social progress efforts. Goldenson noted ABC programs funding scholarships at Penn, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and Yale.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Association of Broadcasters Today
Leonard H. Goldenson
American Broadcasting
Paramount Theatres, Inc
Association
Vincent T. Wasilewski
NAB
Federal Communications Commission
Wasilewski
Humphrey
America
Goldenson
Cigarette Label Law Enactment Pushed In Senate Hearing
Washington UPI Senator Len Wallace Bennett urged quick passage of bills to require warning labels on cigarette packs. He said the measures would settle federal agency authority disputes. Witnesses at Senate Commerce Committee hearings included Surgeon General Luther Terry and Senator Frank Moss. Bennett cosponsors Magnuson bill. Neuberger bills FTC authority for labeling.
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Washington
UPL
Len Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Ife
Bennell
Senate Commerce Committee
U.S
Luther Terry
Frank EB. Moss
Bennett
Warren G. Magnuson
Wash
Maurine B. Neuberger
D-Ore
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Weather Outlook Dampens Gemini 2 Flight Prep
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Two American astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young prepare for the two man Gemini mission to steer the Molly Brown in space and test docking concepts. Weather across launch sites remains doubtful though conditions trend improves. the mission aims to validate spacecraft systems and procedures before a possible Moon mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil S. Grissom
John W. Young
Enced
Grissom
Young
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates by Carrier and Mail
Rates show carrier price 45 cents weekly and mail options with zones. Annual mail cost 20.90 and six months 10.75. change of address instructions urge notifying local post office and the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Berkshire Eagle
Plitsfield
Massachusetts
De Gaulle’s Force de Frappe Pushes Nuclear Deadline
Paris AP reports France under President Charles de Gaulle is pushing a costly plan to build a nuclear strike force by 1970. The program envisions six nuclear armed divisions, a carrier centric navy, 200 combat aircraft and 200 surface to air missiles with 1985 costs around 4.21 billion dollars. France aims to deter aggression while preserving independence, with half the defense budget devoted to atomic development and plans for a nuclear powered submarine and thermonuclear test centers.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
de Gauille
Free World
Europe
America
French Polynesia
Sahara
Atomic Research and Development
U.S
De Gaulle Suffers Setback In Paris and Marseille Votes
Paris City Council runoff ends with UNR losing control while Gaston Deferre gains in Marseilles as his Socialist Center alliance takes 41 of 68 seats. Deferre claims personal defeat for De Gaulle but secures re election as mayor amid political shifts. Paris results reflect stability with no major changes, according to Interior Minister Frey.
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de Gaulle
Paris
Marseille
UPI
Gaston Defferre
Marseilles
Tran
Charles de Gaulle
Gaullist Union For the New Republic
UNR
France
Defferre
Socialist- Center Parties
Mediterranean
Deferre
Roger Frey
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