Budget Bureau curbs poor role in planning projects
The Budget Bureau told the Office of Economic Opportunity the poor should not design community projects, urging maximum feasible participation mainly as implementers. Times reports a suggested contingency fund of 650 million dollars from the 685 million total for second year anti poverty work, amid local mayoral resistance.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Budget Bureau
New York Times
the Times
City Hall
Spacewalk Delayed for Gemini 7 Mission
Space officials say a planned spacewalk for Thomas Stafford during the Gemini 7 mission will be postponed to next year. David Scott remains slated for the EVA from Gemini 8 or 9, with the Earth orbit objective still aimed for December.
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Scott
Earth
Space Chiefs
Stafford
United States
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Walter M. Schirra
UMass Receives NSF Grant for Computer Center
The University of Massachusetts secured a 370000 dollar matching fund grant from the National Science Foundation to equip its Research Computer Center. Dean Edward C. Moore announced the funding while noting the university added a Control Data Corp. 3600 main frame last December and leased input and output units. Under director Dr. Caxton C. Foster the CDC 3900 supports research tasks, teaching, and a new MS in computer science.
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Edward C. Moore
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Caxton C. Foster
University Computer Center
Kansan Admits Fatal Bank Robbery and Killings
Duane Marl Pope, on Thursday, admitted in court to his role in a bloodiest bank robbery rampage that killed three and wounded one at Farmers State Bank of Big Springs on June 4. Witnesses described planned actions as defense objections were overruled by U S District Judge Robert Van Pelt.
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Pope
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Robert B. Crosby
Nebraska
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Crosby
Pelt
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Big Springs
Life Term Proposed For Ruby
Dallas UPI reports District Attorney Henry Wade said he now favors commuting Jack Ruby’s death sentence for slaying Lee Harvey Oswald to life in prison. Ruby’s lawyers seek a maximum five year term for murder without malice. Wade cites unanswered questions about the Kennedy assassination and Ruby’s neurotic traits that could be treated in prison.
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Ruby
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Wade
Oswald
GOP Study Group Hails Lindsay Strengthens Conservative Rift
The Ripon Society lauds John Lindsay as a leading Republican prospect while condemning Buckley and other conservatives as spoilers. It praises Lindsay for national leadership and warns against urban machine politics endorsed by Johnson Humphrey and Kennedy. Arlen Specter’s Philadelphia district attorney bid is noted amid New Jersey governor race reflections.
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Bob Kennedy
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UPI
Republican Research and Policy
Ripon Society
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Johnson
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Robert F. Kennedy
Humphrey
Abraham Beame
Kennedy
Arlen
Specter
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Goldwater
Rockefeller urges fusion slates for GOP booster win
Gov Rockefeller hailed Lindsay's mayoral victory as a model for Republicans nationwide to form fusion slates against entrenched Democratic machines. He proclaimed New York a Republican town and State, noting gains including five mayors and control of boards of supervisors. He called Lindsay a presidential possibility and praised moderate Republicans over the party right wing.
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Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
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Kenneth B. Kealing
State Court of Appeals
Lindsay
Abraham D. Beame
Jobless Rate Falls To Eight-Year Low
Washington AP reports the October jobless rate at 4.3 percent, the lowest in eight years, while the Labor Department shifts focus from percentage rates to the people described as unemployed. Total unemployment reaches 2.8 million with 73.2 million employed. Commissioner Arthur M. Ross defends the emphasis on meaningful unemployment over the rate, noting the numbers reflect who is jobless and their circumstances.
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Labor Department
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Arthur M. Ross
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Lindsay Faces Troubles Already In City Hall
New York City Council President-elect Frank D O Connor plans to present his legislative program to the state legislature in Albany. The Democrat trails Lindsay by a wide margin in the mayoral race and is seen as a likely 1966 gubernatorial candidate. Sources say his aides are drafting the program to project a forward looking Rooseveltian progressive image.
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Frank D. O'Connor
Albany
O'Connor
John V. Lindsay
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