U S awards $2 billion for giant C5A transport planes
The Defense Department picked Lockheed Air Craft Corp of Marietta Georgia for a 58 plane C5A fleet to carry 600 armed troops each plus civilian use potential. Delivery begins in 1969 with GE engines and 250000 pound lift capacity. The program aims to cut operating costs by up to 40 percent per ton mile.
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Outraged Alabama Attorney General to press Coleman assault case
Special Deputy Coleman, acquitted of manslaughter in the slaying of a New England civil rights worker, still faces an assault charge for wounding Rev. Richard J. Marvisroe. Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers called the acquittal appalling and said he may seek further legal avenues. Coleman, 52, was cleared in the Aug. 20 killing of Jonathan Daniels.
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125 MPH Train Tests Next Year
Washington reports the first test of trains capable of 125 mph will occur in about a year as part of a $90 million three year program approved by President Johnson. The plan seeks $20 million for year one to develop high speed mass transportation including rail, with Pennsylvan ia Railroad to acquire up to 50 experimental passenger cars and run tests between New York Washington and later New York Boston.
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State Law Group Backs Morrissey For Judgeship
The Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association endorsed Boston Municipal Court Judge Francis X. Morrissey for elevation to the Federal District Court bench. In a letter to Sen. James O. Eastland the group expressed confidence he will be a credit to the federal judiciary and discharge the duties with credit and honor. The association consists of trial lawyers in daily contact with state and federal courts.
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Catholics and Negro Education Fight Split Among Norther Catholics
Boston College Law School dean Rev. Robert F. Drinan said many Catholics are largely unconcerned with Negroes' efforts to gain integrated schools in the North. He urged Catholic jurists to use their influence to oppose educational inequality and educate urban Catholics about justice in public schooling.
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All U S Soldiers Insured for 310000
Washington AP report says American military personnel worldwide receive automatic 310000 life insurance effective after midnight September 28. Veterans Administrator William J. Driver announced the move under President Johnson’s instruction, following his signing of the new law Wednesday.
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McNamara Kills Reserve Units Taos Guardsmen for War Footing
Defense Secretary McNamara announced the dissolution of 751 Army Reserve units including six infantry divisions as part of a plan to mobilize 145,000 citizen soldiers for possible Vietnam service. About 135,000 are drawn from the National Guard and 15,000 from the Organized Reserves, with many reserves reassigned or risk losing drill pay. Affected units span across California, New York, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, West Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, and more, with further dissolutions to be announced later.
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Immigration Bill OK'd By Congress
Congress passes a landmark immigration reform bill ending the national origins quota for most nations while setting a 120,000 annual Western Hemisphere cap starting July 1 1968. A 15 member commission will study hemisphere population and immigration trends before the act’s effective date. President Johnson plans an outdoor signing near Bedloe's Island and will meet Pope Paul VI in New York.
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Restricted News On Crime Seen
Buffalo AP reports that newspapers and readers will face far less crime coverage before trials. Thomas F. Lambert Jr of the American Trial Lawyers Association calls for an absolute prohibition on pretrial publicity to ensure fair juries.
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