House Approves Cabinet Level Department of Transportation
The House passed a bill creating a Cabinet level department of transportation by 336 to 42, after voting 260 to 117 to remove the Maritime Administration. Sen. Henry M. Jackson said the Senate will likely approve later this year, despite a civil rights debate delaying full consideration.
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Department of Transportation
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Senate
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Maritime Administration
Department
Henry M. Jackson
D' Wash
Senate Government Operations Committee
Jackson
New Cabinet Level Transportation Department Proposed
A proposed 12th cabinet level department would include four major components: Federal Highway Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, and the Coast Guard. An independent office of investigation would study transportation accidents and a national transportation safety board would determine probable causes.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Commerce Department
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Railroad Administration
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Office of Investigation
National Transportation Safety Board
Meany backs containment and warns against isolationism
AFL CIO President George Meany urged continued containment of Communist imperialism at the American Legion convention. He rejected isolationism and preventive war, praised President Johnson for resisting aggression while pursuing negotiated peace. Former VP Nixon spoke as the Legion approved expanding membership to Vietnam era veterans. Controversy followed Tonkin Gulf actions.
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George Meany
The
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Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Legion
II Congress
Tonkin Gulf
United States
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Murder suspect Hobson appears at preliminary hearing
Elkhorn AP Walworth County Court held a preliminary hearing Tuesday for Frank Hobson of Round Lake Illinois in the Delavan murder case. No trial date set. he remains jailed on a 25000 bond. Hobson is charged with shooting Franklin Minor 29 of Delavan during the early hours of July 23 after an argument in front of Minor’s home.
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Frank Hobson
Round Lake
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Delavan
Hobson
Franklin Minor
Johnson
Legionnaires
Minor
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