Federal revenue sharing described by U S official
A Treasury deputy secretary James B. Smith described revenue sharing as practical funding and local decision making with minimal federal red tape. He spoke at a League of Nebraska Municipalities seminar. first allotments for this year go out Friday and second half funding follows next month. Walter Williams, died December 19 1959 in Houston at 117, listed as Civil War veteran.
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Lincoln
U.S. Treasury
Wieder
James B. Smith
Smith
League of Nebraska Municipalities
Stith
Walter Williams
Houston
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Sailor students study aboard USS Ranger off Vietnam
Aboard the carrier Ranger in Vietnam waters, 580 sailors join a program nicknamed Top Gun University to catch up on studies and further their education while at sea, mixing shipboard duty with classroom work and exams amid the war zone's distractions.
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Ranger
Vietnam
Vietnnam
Reskens Returns From Soviet Trip
Chancellor Ronald Rosekins of the University of Nebraska at Omaha returned from a two week visit to Russia noting rapid educational changes. He cited a ten year general education period, prekindergarten reading and writing, foreign language requirements for fourth graders, and limited admissions to Moscow University and technical institutes. He observed some teachers favor leisure over study and described Ranger’s school program aboard the Alameda carrier as a major educational project during a Vietnam tour with 5,000 officers and a six month mission.
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Omaha, Neb
University of Nebraska At
Omaha
Kiss
Russia
Ronald Rosekins
Ruskens
Moscow University
Tal Technical Institutes
Raskens
Ranger
Ice
Alameda
Golden Gate
Vietnam
Ray seeks freedom or new trial in King assassination case
James Earl Ray, jailed 99 years for the Martin Luther King Jr. murder, asks a federal court for a hearing to withdraw his guilty plea, marking his first federal pursuit after exhausting state appeals. He is in solitary at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville awaiting action.
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Nashville
Tenn
Alt
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
May
Tennessee State Prison
Ile Avil
Burr
King i Metuhis
Dead Room Quietest Place in World in Murray Hill Lab
The Dead Room in the Bell Telephone System Laboratory at Murray Hill, New Jersey, is described as the quietest place in the world. It is designed to eliminate 99.98 percent of reflected sound, creating an ultra silent environment for research purposes.
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Bell ‘Telephone
Murray Hill
Nid
List of Cities Over a Million Population
A list highlights Ahmadabad in India, Shanghai in China, and Nagoya in Japan among major cities with populations exceeding a million. The brief notes several large urban centers and their countries.
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Ahmadabad
Adia
Laashun- Lata
China
Nagoya
Japiur
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