Kennedy scales Mt Kennedy becomes first to top peak
Senator Robert F. Kennedy reached the summit of Mt Kennedy at 13 900 feet with seven climbers, knelt to plant a flag and personal items, then joined the group for photos. He reported feeling fine and planned to fly to Seattle then Washington to resume duties.
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Yukon
Kennedy
Canada
John F. Kennedy
Bradford Washburn
Boston Museum of Science
Washburn
James W. Whittaker
Redond
Wash
Inadequate Charge Aimed At Boston School Unit
Boston School Committee is accused of being unequipped to solve long standing education problems. Attorney Herbert P. Gleason, former Citizens for Boston Schools president, cites numerous inadequacies in the system especially in responding to the needs of the Negro community.
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Boston
APS
Boston School Committee
Herbert P. Gleason
Citizens For Boston Schools
Tufts University Assembly
Massachusetts
Gleason
Casablanca Strife Sparks Curfew After Student Riots
Casablanca, ruled by Moroccan soldiers to curb violence after seven killed and 69 injured, imposed a dusk to dawn curfew as protests over a government order cutting secondary school years escalated. The embassy in Paris cited subversive elements stoking unrest and reported 168 arrests amid disrupted communications.
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Paris
UPI
Casablanca
Morocco
Kennedy brothers trade mountain glory and jibes
UPI reports Sen Edward M Kennedy congratulates his brother Sen Robert Kennedy on reaching the top of Mt Kennedy in Yukon Territory. He adds a quip noting he climbed the Matterhorn in 1957 without Mountie help, cheekily implying he did not need assistance to conquer a higher peak.
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Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
D-N.y
Mt. Kennedy
Yukon Territory
Kennedy
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Muskie Attacks Cynicism at Boston Prayer Breakfast
Senator Edmund Muskie warns that unjustified cynicism threatens the American way of life at a governor's prayer breakfast in Boston. He calls for renewed faith and prayer to sustain trust and advance public welfare, urging belief in the goodness of people amid a crowd of over 200 attendees hosted by Gay and John A. Volpe.
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Boston
UPI
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Gay
John A. Volpe
McNamara Merge Plan Said Illegal
Rep. F. Edward Hebert charged that Defense Secretary McNamara seeks to merge the Army Reserves with the National Guard without congressional approval. Hebert, chair of a House subcommittee, opened an inquiry as Army officials testified about the merger plan.
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Washington
UPI
Edward Hebert
D-La
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army Reserves
National Guard
Hebert
House Armed Services
Guard
Congress
Army
Stephen Ailes
Harold K. Johnson
McNamara
Protest Marches Timed With Selma Windup
Civil rights marches were planned in Boston and Providence led by Catholic and Protestant bishops to express concern over equal opportunity. The Boston rally followed a call by Reverend Virgil Wood of the SCLC to protest crowded schools and Roxbury housing conditions, timed with the Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama. Rhode Island figures including Bishop Bernard M Kelly and Bishop James Seville Higgins signaled participation and Brown University provost Zenas Bliss endorsed the effort.
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Boston
Providence
R.L
Selma To Montgomery
Alabama
Bernard M. Kelly
Jatn Seville Higgins
Rhode Island
City Hall
Statehouse
Zenas R. Bliss
Brown Uni
Versity
Brown
Virgil Wood
Massachusetts Unit
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Roxbury
Rites Planned For Seven Fire Victims
Palmer AP reports funeral services planned in Palmer for seven Belchertown children aged 9 to 1 who died in a farmhouse fire. Parents Arthur and Mrs Berthiaume were treated for burns and shock, daughter Linda 10 remains hospitalized with burns. Children named Alice Barbara Mary Jane Donna Susan Arthur Jr and Michael.
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Palmer
Mass
Belchertown
Arthur Berthiaume
Wing Memorial Hospital
Linda
Cny
Alice
Barbara
Mary Jane
Donna
Susan
Arthur Jr
Michael
Governor Volpe backs pay hike for lawmakers
Gov. John A. Volpe in Boston urged a legislative pay raise with the pay taking effect in January 1967 if approved. He cited financial surveys showing many in dire straits and noted legislators sacrificing higher jobs to serve at 5200 annually. He declined to set a personal figure, saying the legislature should decide the proper amount. A vote was anticipated within a week.
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Boston
Jonn A. Volpe
Volpe
Antitrust settlement by New England dairy firms
In Boston, three dairy firms paid the federal government 295000 to settle an antitrust civil suit over milk supplies to New England military installations. H P Head and Son Inc contributed 210000, United Farmers of New England Inc 70000, and National Dairy Products Coorp of New York 15000. The government alleged the firms secretly allocated contracts to raise prices above competitive bids.
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Boston
New England
H.P. Head and Son, Inc
United Farmers of New England, Inc
National Dairy Products Coorp
New York
U.S
Committee Set Up For Appalachia Development
Washington UPI President Johnson formally established the Federal Development Committee for Appalachia to coordinate federally drafted development plans for the 11 state region under the recently enacted 1.1 billion assistance program.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Federal Development Committee
Appalachia
Volcanic Clues From Ranger 9 Moon Photos Surface
Pasadena scientists at a Jet Propulsion Laboratory briefing say Alphonsus crater floors and rims may offer safer lunar landing sites due to possible volcanic activity seen in Ranger 9 photographs. They note craterlets, rills, and frothy lava compositions could shape future manned missions.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ranger 9
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Alphonsus
Gerard P. Kuiper
Kuiper
Canteras
Ine
Eugene Shoemaker
U.S. Geological Survey
Flagstaff
Ariz
Harold Urey
University of California At
Ranger'9
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