Negro workers still lag behind whites in job gains
The Labor Department report shows improvements for Negro workers from 1963 to 1964 with more entering professional and clerical roles and a drop in private household service but unemployment remains higher and underlines persistent racial gaps. Auto workers and managerial positions showed limited inroads while long term unemployment fell but nonwhite workers still bear a disproportionate share of joblessness.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cnn Cone
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Richard T. O'Connell
Council
O'Connell
Insecticide Manual Receives Revision
The government revises its pest control handbook for the first time to include home and houseplant insect controls. It emphasizes following container labels, avoiding residues on food, wearing protective gear, and careful handling of treated plants. The update arises amid public concern after Silent Spring and recent fish kills but notes no new policy on those incidents.
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Agriculture Department
Misssississippi
Rachel Carson
Tunisian expropriation drives over 252000 acres of land
Land seizure by the Tunisian government targets foreign-owned farms in a sweeping first day transfer. More than 252,200 acres seized from French companies, with expropriations set to continue across the country.
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Tunis
UPI
Carroll delays London TV show after song arrangements misrouted
American singer Diahann Carroll rehearsed for a British TV program when the musical director realized two song arrangements had been misrouted from New York to Frankfurt then Hong Kong. A German representative attempted pickup but the items were gone. Carroll said they settled for two other numbers.
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London
UPI
Diahann Carroll
New York City
Frankfurt
Hong Kong
Teen Age Rocket Pioneers Plan Dog Carrying Satellite
A Winter Haven group called The Challenge of Change Program led by Al Knight aims to launch Project Mielo a 30 foot missile in a balloon lift to 40 miles. They seek 30 000 more funds plus 30 900 to finish and have applied for grants from firms and Ford Foundation while offering space in the satellite for sponsor projects.
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Winter Haven, Fla
UPI
Winter Haven High School
al Knight
Knight
Ford Foundation
Navy Pilot Killed in Air Crash Near Quito
Navy Lt. James B Troutt 33 of Guthrie Oklahoma was killed when an Ameri can C-47 transport crashed on Mount Antiana near Quito Ecuador. Eight others survive including five passengers and three crew members. the co pilot Major Dobyns and four sergeants among Army personnel aboard.
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Washington
API
Quito
Ecuador
Pentagon
Navy
James B Troutt
Guthrie
Okla
U.S. Naval
Troutt
Kentland
Antiana
Army
Wood
Maj. Dobyns
Air Force
Nebraska official resigns after guilty plea
Ver non O. Taylor resigned from the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission after pleading guilty in Lancaster County Court to charges of intoxication and disturbing the peace.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Vernon O. Taylor
Nebraska Liquor Control Commission
Lancaster County
Buddhists Granted Freedom by Saigon Regime
In Saigon, Nguyen Khanh's government issues a decree granting full religious freedom to Buddhists, equating their status with Roman Catholics and other groups. They gain rights to own land and receive private donations, a shift from previous club like status. The move comes near the one year anniversary of Hue protests that helped topple Diem.
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Saigon
Hue
Diem
U S Historians Named to Florence Academy Honorary Members
Florence Academy of Graphic Arts names four leading American art historians and King Gustave Adolf of Sweden as honorary members. Charles de Tolmay and Edwin Panofsky of Princeton, John Walker of the National Gallery Washington, and James Rorimer of the Metropolitan Museum head the list alongside the Swedish monarch for his archeology and Etruscan studies.
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Florence
Italy
UPI
U. S
Florence Academy of Graphic Arts
Academy
Gustave Adolf
Sweden
Charles de Tolmay
Edwin Panofsky
Institute of Advanced Studies
Princeton
John Walker
National Gallery
Washington, D. C
James Rorimer
New York Metropolitan
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