Missing Funds Cast Shadow Over Harlem Anti-Poverty Probe
A New York report covers the Haryou Act Harlem anti-poverty agency from 1964 to 1966, noting hundreds of thousands in missing cash and untraceable expenses. The strike by AFTRA over wages affects network news. Chet Huntley questions journalist involvement in unions while David Brinkley stays home.
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New York
News Nation
New York City
Mario Procaccino
Haryou Act
Hargou Act
Vietnam War Toll Surges As Week Sets Record Total
The Vietnam War weekly tally reports 274 U.S. deaths and 2,774 communist deaths, with U.S. casualties including 1,320 wounded and 12 missing. Troop strength dips to 425,000 amid administrative reshuffles while heavy fighting persists in Phu Yen and Tay Ninh areas.
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Saigon
U.S
Amer
Ican Command
Livingston Wingate
Wingate
Hargou Act Board of Directors
Ta Drang Valley
Tay Ninh
Desnite
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Quang Ngai
U. S
Building Trades Oppose Sub-Code Houses in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly and Building Trades Council criticized a Cedar Rapids contractor's plan for 160 sub-code three bedroom houses in southwest Cedar Rapids. They urged the city council not to lower building standards, arguing ongoing enforcement clears blighted areas and maintains Cedar Rapids’ high standards.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly
Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council
Iowa
Building Trades
Labor Assembly
Mercury Hits 80 in Cedar Rapids on March 30
The Cedar Rapids area reached 80 degrees at 2 p.m. Thursday, just two degrees shy of the March 30 all time high of 82 set in 1943. A brisk south wind of 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph accompanied the temperature. Overnight dropped to 64 after a 68 high on Wednesday. Outlook calls for showers and cooler air, with temperatures slipping to the 40s tonight and a return to mid 50s to 60s Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Appeals Vetoed in Auto Safety Standards Revisions
Washington AP The national traffic safety agency rejected 38 auto manufacturers appeals seeking changes to federal motor vehicle safety standards. A public hearing was granted on interior impact protection, with the agency offering only minor technical amendments. The rule requires instrument panels seat backs sun visors arm rests and knobs to reduce injury risk on all cars sold after January 1 unless the hearing leads to a modification.
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Washington
National Traffic Safety Agency
Lowell Bridwell
Commerce For Transportation
Chuckles About A Wife’s Endless Task To Her Husband
A light bit notes the perennial burden of housework and jokes that the wife’s workload is the never ending task she asks her husband to handle. The quip playfully flips gender roles for comic effect in a domestic setting.
Rail Strike Threat Told By ORC8B
The order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen announced its leaders have authorized a nationwide strike for 12:01 a.m. Saturday. President Clyde Lane said negotiators for the railroads threatened to withdraw union health and welfare benefits unless the wage offer is accepted. If they strike, 60 to 70 class I railroads could be affected. Lane hopes benefits stay in place and says carriers are morally and legally wrong.
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Clyde Lane
Lane
the Gazette
J. E. Wolfe
James W. Reynolds
Pag
Nine Wisconsin Schoolgirls Die in Jet Crash at Motel
A Delta DC-8 on a training flight crashed into the Hilton Inn near New Orleans International Airport, killing 18 including nine Juda High School girls on a senior class outing. The jet struck houses, exploded in flames, and a temporary morgue was set up as investigators probed the cause.
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Delta Air Lines
New Orleans
New Orleans International Airport
Judo
Wis
Ali
Hilton Inn
Juda High School
Jim Miller
Jaan
Kenner
Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Area 8 School Faces Reconsideration Deadlock
Area 8 school boards from Delaware Jackson and Dubuque counties failed again to resolve their stance on forming a vocational technical district. After a three hour Monticello meeting 15 members voted 8 7 to form a steering committee to study the issue anew, leaving the project in stalled status as state officials watch.
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Bill Duffy
Monticello
Iowa
Delaware
Jackson
Dubuque
Monticello High School
Area 8
State Department of Public Instruction
Donald B. Potter
Delaware County
Potter
the Gazette
Area 10 Community College
Cedar Rapids
Jackson County
Area 9
Clinton
Muscatine
Scott Counties
Robert Boyle
Delaware and Jackson Board
Man dies saving infant during jet turbulence over Wyoming
Casper report: United Air Lines jet plunges 8 000 feet in clear air turbulence. George Graves, 52, of Glenview Illinois, released his seat belt to shield his month old grandson Mark Thompson. Graves killed. grandson uninjured. Pilot landed safely at Casper after turbulence 100 miles north of Cheyenne.
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Casper
Wyo
UPI
George Graves
Glenview
United Air Lines
Wyoming
Graves
Mark Thompson
William
Pamela Thompson
Portland
Chicago
Robert Mitchell
Denver
Cheyenne
United
Rockies
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Huntley
Sam Missing
NBC
CBS
ABC
Mutual Broadcasting System
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
AFTRA
Mutual
Wnewtv
Brinkley
Wnew-Tv
David
George McArthur
South Koreans
Phu Yen
Central Highlands
U. S S
Farm Financial
Marion
Society
Aosta
Wisconsin
Marvin Leonard
Doug Baer
Park Forest
Ill
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