Brooke Proposes Change to Town Officials Conflicts Law
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke plans amendments to the state conflict of interest law. He would classify mayors councilors selectmen and aldermen in towns over 1000 population as regular municipal employees. The change follows a two month survey showing 32 percent of cities and towns had classified officials as special employees since 1963.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
Bill Seeks Equal Pay With Legislators
In Boston AP report, a 1964 bill will give all state employees the same salary increase already granted to college faculty and professional staff. Howard V. Doyle of the Massachusetts State Council AFL-CIO says the prior 10 percent retroactive raise plus an extra 4.1 percent for some groups creates a class wage divide among state workers. The measure targets about 28,000 rank and file state employees.
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Boston
Howard V. Doyle
Massachusetts State Council
American Federation of State
Doyle
Massachusetts Plan for Equal Employment Aims at Negro Jobs
Gov Endicott Peabody announced the Massachusetts Plans for Equal Employment to expand job opportunities for Negroes and minorities. The voluntary program urges employers to review practices, write policies, and extend equal opportunity to all supervision levels, with support from President Johnson.
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Boston
UPI
Endicott Peabody
Johnson
Peabody
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Drether
Malcolm E. Peabody Jr
Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Deaths Reported Below Normal
The Associated Press survey tallied 477 highway deaths from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, with 198 deaths by Friday. The stay-at-home holiday pattern and resumption of workday activity slowed the toll versus a typical holiday weekend. No figure was released by the National Safety Council for the period ending Sunday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Area Co-ops For Farmers Would Merge
Directors of two large farm cooperatives approve merger plans. Eastern States Farmers Exchange and GLF Exchange plan a unified purchasing and marketing network across 12 eastern states. Members vote in February for Eastern. GLF vote date pending. Eastern operates 100 plus service centers and 300 dealers. GLF runs 250 feed centers and 65 bulk plants.
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West Springfield
Mass
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Cooperative Grange League Federation
GLF
Exchange, Inc
New England
Delaware
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Gulf
New York
New Jersey
Eastern
GLE
Ithaca
N.Y
Springfield
Old Ironsides to Undergo Major Reconstruction in Dock
The 166 year old USS Constitution will be floated into drydock for its first major reconstruction since the late 1920s. The Navy said the ship known as Old Ironsides will undergo repairs largely funded by American schoolchildren and will limit tours after next month’s work while remaining the flagship of the First Naval District at Charlestown Navy Yard.
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Boston
UPI
USS Constitution
Navy
Constitution
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
First Naval District
Charlestown Navy Yard
Ugliness Contest Sponsored On Campus
Rochester UPI reports the annual Ugly Man on Campus contest is sponsored by Democrats to raise funds for a worthy enterprise.
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Rochester, N.Y
UPI
Dems
Johnson Bobby Might Team For 1964 Ticket
Washington sources describe a changed race after President Kennedy's death. Lyndon B Johnson aims for a full term with a running mate likely Robert Kennedy or Hubert Humphrey. On the Republican side William Scranton could emerge as a leading challenger amid Goldwater Rockefeller dynamics. Kennedy may accept the vice presidential nod if advised by Johnson.
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Washington
Nana
Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Sen
Hubert
Humphrey
D-Minn
John F. Kennedy
GOP
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Capitol
Johnson
Johnsons Stand on Civil Rights Matched in Other Touchy Areas
Washington AP report notes Johnson, a Southern Democrat, linked civil rights to broader policy stances. Items span Cuba, foreign aid, defense, China, disarmament, Latin America, labor, education, agriculture, taxes, and welfare, outlining votes and positions cited as shaping his 1964 presidential bid.
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Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
Cuba
China
America
Latin America
Truman
Eisenhower
Ezra Benson
Explorer 18 Falls Short in Space Mission
NASA disclosed that Explorer XVIII remained about 50 000 miles short of its intended distant point but it achieved a successful launch. The 138 pound satellite is in an orbit expected to yield data on radiation dangers along the path toward the moon.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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