AT&T objects as FCC orders broad probe into telephone rates
The FCC ordered a wide investigation of Bell System charges to see if maximum public rates should be set. AT&T chairman Frederick R. Kappel called the move unwarranted and costly, noting prior rate cuts saved about $1 billion for the public. The probe will cover most AT&T services, excluding TWX and TELPAK, with hearings later in Washington.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
At&t
FCC
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t Board
Frederick R. Kappel
New York
Commission
Bell System
Communications Act
Kappe
Kappel
The
Teletypewriter Exchange
TWX
Telpak
Smoking chiefly blamed for lung cancer says ACS
At an American Cancer Society meeting doctors argued smoking cigarettes is the main cause of lung cancer while air pollution also contributes to emphysema and other lung diseases. Dr. Cuyler Hammond cited data showing quiting reduces lung damage over five to fifteen years for light and heavy smokers respectively.
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New York
United States
American Cancer Society
Br. E. Cuyler Hammond
Society
Warren Wink- Jestein Jr
State University of New York
Buffalo
Winklestein
Erie County
Winkelstein
Walter W. Holland
Britain
NLRB Bars Picketing Subcontractor
The NLRB ruled 3 to 2 that unions may not picket at gates reserved for subcontractors not in dispute, deeming such secondary boycott activity illegal under the National Labor Relations Act. The decision stems from charges by Markwell & Hariz Inc. against the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Council of New Orleans.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Gates
Taff-Hartley
Frank W. McCullough
Gerald A. Brown
Sam Zagoria
Markwell & Hariz Inc
Memphis, Tenn
New York Orders Car To Withstand Head-On Collision
Albany N Y The state awarded Republic Aviation a 72000 contract through Motor Vehicle Commissioner William S Hulls to develop a car that keeps occupants from serious injury in head-on crashes at 35 to 40 mph Eighty five percent of highway deaths occur in such crashes The feasibility and design phase ends this year with alternative designs tests and specifications The second phase plans two prototype cars crash testing and final design
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Albany
N.Y
Two Admirals Resign Over Pentagon Policy Protest
Washington reports two Navy rear admirals Brockett and Curtze asked retirement citing personal reasons. Both long tenured engineers served 30+ years, unhappy with centralized procurement under McNamara and independent buying for projects like the Polaris submarine fleet. Pentagon sources say the move signals protest to defense policy.
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Washington
UPS
Navy
Defense
Roberts
McNamara
Pentagon
William A. Brockett
Naval Bureau of Ships
Charles A. Curtze
U.S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Paul H. Nitze
Nitze
Long Beach
Calif
Brockett and Curtze
Bureau of Ships
Dr Kirk Named AAU President by Columbia Leader
Dr Gray son Kirk, president of Columbia University, was chosen to lead the Association of American Universities for a two year term. The selection was announced at the AAU fall meeting, succeeding Dr Harlan H Hatcher, president of the University of Michigan.
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NEW York
Grayson Kirk
Columbia University
Association of American Universities
Kirk
Harlan H. Hatcher
University of Michigan
Galbraith backs Vietnam protest movement at Harvard
Former ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith told Harvard students that Viet Nam war protests are proper and desirable and that opposition to them aims to silence dissent. Read at SDS gathering, his statement signed by 66 Boston-area professors noted protests influenced policy toward a possible negotiated settlement.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
India
John Kenneth Galbraith
U.S
Viet Nam
Harvard
Harvard-Radcliffe
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Galbraith
Samuel §&. Bowles
Connecticut
Chester Bowles
Boston
H. Stuart Hughes
U.S. Senate
Hughes
Paul Booth
Chicago
New York
Default Divorce Won by Kathy Kersh
Actress Kathy Kersh won a default divorce from Vince Edwards after testifying he was not interested in marriage. She claimed $3 million worth and sought alimony, with a settlement granting $3,000 now and $1,500 monthly for one year. Edwards, 36, must cover birth medical bills and $300 monthly child support.
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Los Angeles
Kathy Kersh
Vince Edwards
Ben Casey
Edwards
Silent Klan witness fronts underground faction probe
A House inquiry centers on a secret South Carolina Klan unit armed with rifles and explosives. Grand Dragon Robert Scoggins may be questioned as the panel pursues signals of a clandestine group, with Williams invoking the Fifth Amendment and officials from the United Klans of America also under scrutiny.
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Washington
UPI
Ku Klux Klan
South Carolina
Robert F. Scoggins
Scoggins
Furman B. Williams
Gaffney
S.C
Donald T. Appell
Appell
Williams
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
North Carolina
United Klans of America
Draft card burner pleads not guilty at bail set
David J. Miller, 22, a militant pacifist, admits publicly burning his draft card but pleads innocence to crime charges. He denounces the federal draft card law as biased and plans to attend another protest. Bail set at 590 dollars.
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New York
David J. Miller
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Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Lawson
Wiltsie’s
West St
Boy Scout Handbook
Mii Scouts
Scout Department
England
Boy Scout
David Secatt
APAF
Charles A. Curize
Dr. Kirk
Berks
Klan Witness
Furman
B .Williams Young
Berkshire Hills
Rawhide Frontier
Berkshire
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