Orchestras Benefit From Ford Foundation Grant
New York reports the Ford Foundation will provide about 35 million dollars to roughly 50 symphony orchestras to expand seasons, raise musician employment, and attract young talent. Grants total 21 million direct plus endowment funds from a 64 million trust, with 58 leading groups eyed for selection before spring.
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New York
N.Y
Ford Foundation
Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony
Foundation
Ford Music
Dr Harold C Case To Retire As BU President In 1967
Boston University president Dr Harold C Case announced plans to retire July 1 1967 at age 65 after 14 years leading BU during a $60 million campus expansion that consolidated 14 of 15 schools on the Charles River main campus He has held national church and education posts and studied at Baker Harvard Garrett Biblical Northeastern.
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Boston
Harold C. Case
Boston University
Case
Daniel L. Marsh
Charles River
National Association of Schools and Colleges of the Methodist Church
Kiernan Commission
Massachusetts
Baker University
Harvard University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Northeastern University
Commission On Civil Rights
Department of International Affairs
Department of Campus Christian Life
National Council of Churches of Christ
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Social Worker Fired in New York for Klan Ties
In New York City the Welfare Department suspended Frank W. Rotella Jr. a Bronx based caseworker and king kleagle of the New Jersey Ku Klux Klan realm after colleagues flagged his image. Rotella a 36 400 a year municipal employee rated mediocre in 1963 faced dismissal for ties to the Klan while other details note his past service since 1962 and district assignment. A separate Pittsburgh report notes Frank Gaworecki 24 admitted tearing up his draft card after Army rejection. fined ten dollars for disorderly conduct with federal charges possible.
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New York
New York City
Ratella
Welfare Department
Joseph H.louchheim
King Kleagie
Pittsburgh
UPI
Frank Gaworecki
FBI
U.S
Viet Nam
Gaworecki
Army
U.S. Atttorney
Justice Dept Opposes Penn Central Rail Merger
The Justice Department challenged the merger of Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central as against public interest during ICC hearings. Officials argued the deal would disrupt eastern rail balance and reduce competition, while urging reliance on self help plans for future traffic. The New England Council urged including New Haven Railroad to protect lines like Erie and Lackawanna and Boston and Maine from merger harm. Separately, Thomas Irwin Starr, a leading Lincoln scholar, died at 62 in Royal Oak Michigan after long illness.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Joseph J. Saunders
New England Council
New Haven
Pennsylvania
New York Central
James S. Hostetler
Council
Boston and Maine
B&m
Erie and Lackawanna
Delaware and Hudson
Hostetler
Commission
Penn-Central
Boston
Maine
Erie
Lackawanna
New England
Congress blocks funds for teacher corps and rent aid
Washington AP reports Congress deleted funds for a national teachers corps and rent subsidies in the final money bill sent to the White House. President Johnson pressed for both programs though they lacked appropriations, with conferees pledging to provide money after January returning. The move follows tight Senate votes and House opposition, detailing a plan to authorize $12 million in federal rent grants for eligible public housing families and nonprofit landlords.
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Washington
Congress
National Teachers Corps
White House
Johnson
Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wilkins Fired Shots Witness Charges in Civil Rights Slaying
Gary Rowe, an FBI informer and former Klansman, testified that Collie LeRoy Wilkins fired at least six shots into the car carrying Viola Liuzzo in Lowndes County near Selma last March. Rowe described coordinated shootings with two other Klansmen and noted Wilkins’ threat after the attack.
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Hayneville, Ala
Gary Thomas Rowe
FBI
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Lowndes County
Rowe
Wilkins
Fairfield
Ala
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Leroy Moton
Liuzzo
U.S. Highway 80
Selma
Eugene Thomas
William QO. Eaton
Thomas
Eaton
Out of Hospital Johnson Weighs Rest in Texas
President Johnson, back at the White House after gallbladder surgery, plans to keep a reduced schedule while recuperating. He is expected to travel soon to resume convalescence at his Texas ranch, with a final decision on timing anticipated later today. He will sign the East Room beautification program into law as his only announced appointment.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
White House
Bethesda Navy Hospital
Executive Mansion
Texas
East Room
Justice Dept Seeks Vote Law Test and Jury Reform
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to rule the 1965 voting rights law constitutional and to permit suits against Alabama Mississippi and Lowi Signa to strike down state court orders affecting federal voters registration. Katzenbach says reform of South jury selection will use a reconstruction law. In Milwaukee civil rights leaders suspend a four day public school boycott and plan selective boycotts while the school board contests alleged segregation and a special committee will study the issue.
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Justice Department
US Supreme Court
Department
Supreme Court
Alabama
Mississippi
Lowi Signa
Washington
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
South
Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee School Board
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Royal Oak. Mich
Thomas Irwin Starr
America
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Capitol Hill
House Appropriations Committee
Lexington
Mass
Birmingham
United Press International
Zella MacGown
England
Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Barton’s
Barton
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