Subway Crime Drops 62 Percent After Crackdown Effort
New York AP reports Operation Crackdown cut major subway crime in its first year while the Transit Authority urges doubling the force. The program placed officers on every train and station from evening to early morning, costing about 1.8 million dollars monthly with 800 officers temporarily reassigned from other duties.
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New York
Transit Authority
Wagner
Andrew Mormile
Brooklyn
Mormile
Transit Police
James Rooney
Transit Patrolmen’s Benevolent Assn
Chicago Professor Commutes 2000 Miles Weekly to New York
Dr. Richard McKeon, a University of Chicago philosopher, will teach seminars in New York for two consecutive days each week. Beginning next fall he will fly about 180 dollars round trip, costing the School for Social Research roughly 400 dollars for the 1966-67 academic year.
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New York
Richard McKeon
University 2 of Chicago
Chicago
New School For Sociali Research
McKeon
Grape Pickers Win Agreement From Schenley
In California the National Farm Workers Assn. NFWA gains recognition as bargaining agent a 1.40 dollar hourly wage and 2 cents per case, as Schenley announces agreement amid a central valley march by Mexican American grape pickers seeking better pay and union terms. Cesar Chavez seen as leading the NFWA push.
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Lodi
Calif
California
Central Valey
Los Angeles
Schenley
NFWA
Big Liquor Company
Tulare
Kern
Pete Tan OA Atom Nfwa
C. W. Fillerup
Council of Union
Cesar Chavez California Growers
Schen
Opera
di Giorgio Corp
Delano
Cold Footed Boy Tracks Suspect in Footwearless Pursuit
Jack Lyons 9, a Michigan State University student, chased a suspected robber barefoot for about a mile in 30 degree weather after hearing a drugstore break in Lansing. He located a call point and police arrested a 19 year old suspect.
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Lansing
Mich
Jack Lyons
Lyons
Michigan State University
Rabies Quarantine Zones Set in West
Colorado Springs reports El Paso county placed under rabies quarantine through Aug 1. No pets may enter or leave the county. Traps target squirrels skunks raccoons and foxes as stray dogs and cats are picked up. The action follows a rabies death of Donna Jean Lemmon daughter of a Fort Carson sergeant.
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Colorado Springs
el Paso
Donna Jean Lemmon
Fort Carson
Oklahoma
Cimarron County
Guy Rice
Cleveland County Health Department
U. S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Cleveland
McClain
Medicare Extension Sent to President Johnson
A bill extending the Medicare deadline for elderly aid is sent to President Johnson. The measure aims to push back the deadline for elective medical provisions and related benefits.
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Medicare
Washington
Johson
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