Nationwide survey on home fallout shelter readiness reported
A Census Bureau analysis for the Office of Civil Defense finds private home protection against radioactive fallout costs about $1 per household. Questionnaires guide confidential replies on usable shelter spaces in homes, with surveys finished in 21 states and two New York counties. A Commerce official urges joint industry government work on mass housing production, noting Soviet low cost housing production outpaces the U.S. with modern methods.
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Jordan Supports U N Mediator In Arab Israel Talks
King Hussein of Jordan pledged support for Gunnar V. Jarring’s UN mediation effort to progress an Arab Israeli settlement. In a 65 minute meeting with Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart Hussein also pressed Britain for more jet fighters, as London had promised eight Hunter fighters. The king is in Britain on a private visit for a medical check.
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Hussein
Jordan
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Michael Stewart
Britain
Huber Seeks Re Election To Wisconsin Assembly Seat
Assemblyman Robert Huber Democrat of West Allis declares intent to seek reelection from the 22nd District covering West Allis wards and West Milwaukee. He has served 20 years and was speaker in 1965 66, citing rural urban cooperation as a legislative need. William F Hellmuth Jr an economics professor at Oberlin College is named deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for tax policy.
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Robert Huber
Huber
William F. Hellmuth Jr
Oberlin College
Ohio
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State Department pays Soviet Embassy after blast damages window
The State Department presents a check near 12000 dollars to the Soviet Embassy to cover damage from a February 22 blast that ripped an embassy window. President Johnson posed for a photo with William Beig of Chicago. The Boys' Clubs select a "Boy of the Year" and General Telephone Co. approves a Cambridge America rate hike. The exchange to cover extended service raises monthly one party residence rates from 6.30 to 6.50 dollars.
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William Beig
Chicago Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Cambridge America
Cambridge
Deerfield
Pulitzer Prizes Honor Knight Staff and Noted Winners
The 1968 Pulitzers mark a triple journalism triumph for Knight Newspapers with John S. Knight and staff honored for editorial writing and local reporting of Detroit riots, plus Eugene Gray Payne named outstanding editorial cartoonist. William Styron wins fiction for The Confessions of Nat Turner.
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New York
William Styron
Nat Turner
John S. Knight
Knight
Eugene Gray Payne
Charlotte
N.C
Observer
Poetry Prize Awarded to Anthony Hecht for The Hard Hours
The poetry prize went to Anthony Hecht for The Hard Hours, marking his fourth published work. Hecht receives the award amid praise for the collection's disciplined craft and emotional resonance.
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Anthony Hecht
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