Senate Bills Target Student Disturbances and Real Estate Tax
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a bill imposing up to $150 fines and three months in jail for campus disturbance interference, drawing Democratic opposition led by Fineman and Irvis who call it discriminatory. A separate 40 to 2 measure faced similar disapproval. House Republicans blocked a 4.5 mill real estate tax for Philadelphia schools, as both chambers prepared to reconvene with limited attendance and no major business planned.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Herbert Fine
Conman
Philadelphia
K. Leroy Irvis
Allegheny
Fineman
Irvis
General Assembly
House
Second Witness Challenges Shaw Identification in JFK Probe
New Orleans AP report shows Lt. Edward O'Donnell confirming Perry Russo retracted an identification of Clay Shaw after a police report surfaced. Russo later said he feared prosecution for perjury and faced intense cross examination as prosecutors press for more detail on his pressured, uncertain testimony.
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New Orleans
Nolicé Leutenant
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Edward O'Donnell
Perry Raymond Russo
Shaw
Jim Garrison
Russo
Garrison
O'Donnell
James R. Phelan
Long Beach
Calif
Cl O'Donnell
F. Irvin Dymond
O’donnell
Perry Russel
Dymond
Perry
Nixon Picks Morton as Chairman
Washington AP report says President Nixon named Maryland Congressman Rogers C. Morton as GOP national chairman and moved Murray Chotiner to a non public role. Morton said the decision followed an agreement that Chotiner’s experience could be used elsewhere.
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Washington
Nixon
Maryland
Rogers C. B. Morton
GOP
Murray Chotiner
Morton
Chotiner
Senate
Deafness Leads to Free TV Listening Device Offer
A circular promotes a free Tree TV Listening Device for those who hear but may not understand church talks or phone calls. Send name address and zip to receive the device, claiming it helps people who struggle to hear the speaker without turning up the volume.
American Airlines Struck In Major Labor Walkout
American Airlines suspended all flight operations after 18 000 mechanics and service workers walked off the job in a contract dispute. The AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union members seek a 30 percent wage rise over two years, with talks ongoing for ten months and negotiations resumed at the National Mediation Board in Washington. Nonstriking staff like pilots and sales crews remain employed.
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New York
American Airlines
Afl-Cio Transport Workers ‘Union
American
Washington
National Mediation Board
Powell Skips Congress Meetings Amid Harlem Absences
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell scarce attends House sessions since 1967 exile. Once head of a key committee, he now functions as a lone reviewer in Harlem and has offered few votes or replies to leadership appeals. Powell maintains a suite in the Rayburn Building but has not appeared on the floor since opening week.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
House
Congress
Powell
Tion
Labor Committee
Carl D. Per
Housekins
D-Ky
Democrat- Congress
Rayburn
GM Cites Auto Faults in Largest Recall in History
GM announced a recall of 2.4 million vehicles after 4 deaths linked to exhaust asphyxiation and 25 million more recalled for carburetor checks. Spokesmen cited 43 complaints of faulty plastic carburetors causing sticking accelerators and loss of control, with 2 lawsuits filed amid about 30 dizziness claims.
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General Motors
Detroit
Generale Motors
Carporation
Charles Hunt
Neicé
Susan Koehler
Heber City
Utah
Charles Dunaway
Baton Rouge
Norman Boucher
Dunaway
Rink Collapse Kills 15 Year-Old Goalie
BERLIN New Hampshire AP report says the roof of a hockey rink in a town nicknamed Hockeytown USA collapsed under heavy snow just before a schoolboy game, crushing one goaltender to death. The incident prompted safety reviews and questions about arena maintenance.
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Berlin
N.H
Limae
Hockeytown
USA
Roof Collapse at Notre Dame High School Game
Referee Carl Langlais described a loud crack as fluorescent lights fell and a 150 by 250 foot roof section dropped onto the ice. Langlais and Richard Langlais, a junior varsity coach, pulled goaltender Boucher from under fallen timbers after the collapse at the Notre Dame venue.
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Weumesay LiSiiby
Carl Langlais
Langlais
Richard Langlais
Notre Dame
Boucher
Recruitment Booth Targets Action At Career Exhibition
At a Philadelphia career opportunity exhibition a stand promotes the Roman Catholic priesthood. A spokesman for the Philadelphia archdiocese says the church is "going where the action is" to recruit.
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Philadelphia
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