Little-Known Solon Sparks Action Across Government
Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal a Queens Democrat uses hearings and media to push national health care reforms and consumer protection. He probes poverty-area supermarket pricing while FAA considers near-miss immunity and air space changes. His stance: government must act now, not wait for events.
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Washington
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Queens
N.Y
Rosenthal
House
United States
New York Democrat
Congress
New York City
Federal Aviation Administration
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
New York
St. Louis
County Plans Renew Sewer Tax Fight in Wakarusa District
Douglas County Commission set a 10 30 a m hearing to address complaints over how sewer costs are assessed and apportioned for the Wakarusa Main Benefit Sewer District No 10. The district covers more than 2000 acres and the project cost 750 000 dollars with history dating from 1966.
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Douglas County Commission
Wakarusa Main Benefit
Wakarusa
6Th and Kasold
Haskell Institute
Wrong Buyer Picked on Christmas Morning Sale
Buffalo police arrested 29 year old Robert Miles after he offered a .38 caliber revolver for sale on a downtown street corner early Christmas morning. Miles was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Robert Miles
Miles
Governor Docking Hosts Open Hours Reception
Gov Robert Docking invites state employees to drop by his Topeka office for a Friday open hours reception to thank them for their help during his first year in office.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Safety ideas in new vehicles prompt public comment
Washington AP The Transportation Department seeks comments from industry and researchers on 12 proposed safety rules for motor vehicles. The rules cover anti theft devices headrests concealed headlights and more with a January 26 deadline. Final standards will be issued by federal highway administrator cases apply to 1969 models manufactured after 1968.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
National Highway Safety Bureau
Federal Highway Administrator
214 at Haskell Stay on Campus
214 Blaskell Institute junior college students remained at the school over the Christmas vacation due to snowstorms and long distances. Eighty three Navajo and Hopi students stayed on campus because highways were impassable. All Hopis stayed. over 40 Navajo students could go home. Activities and parties were planned for those remaining.
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Blaskell Institute Junior College
Everett Bowman
Haskell
Pursuit Policy May Be Used by South Vietnam
South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Tran Van Do said in Paris that if necessary for self defense, South Vietnam would pursue Communist forces into Cambodia. He stressed no invasion is intended, only action if enemy troops use Cambodian territory as sanctuary and cross into frontier to attack allied troops.
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Paris
Tran van Do
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Saigon
Africa
le Figaro
Policewoman Killed In Christmas Night Road Crash
Nassau County's first policewoman Kathleen Reilly age 28 died while helping victims of a wreck on Meadowbrook Parkway Long Island. She paused at the scene despite pleas from her mother and fiancé and was struck when a second car collided with the crashed vehicle. Reilly had been appointed two years earlier and promoted to detective three months prior in the juvenile aid unit.
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Freeport
N.Y
Nassau County
Kathleen Reilly
Meadowbrook Parkway
Long Island
Miss Reilly
Nassau County Force
Police check on death in Lawrence at 1507 N.H. St
Lawrence police investigate a death at 1507 North H Street. The resident, John C. Curd, about 86, died from a gunshot wound as officers probe whether the death was self-inflicted.
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Lawrence
N.H. St
John C. Curd
Eisenhower urges income disclosures for public officials
Former President Eisenhower calls for annual certified accounting of all income and holdings for all elected officials, especially Congress members, in Reader's Digest. He also advocates treating a modest political gift as a tax deduction and opposes public treasury funding and earmarked presidential election funds.
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New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Reader’s Digest
U.S
Overnight Visit Proves Costly to K C Grocer
Aaron Brooks and his wife who live above their grocery store spent Sunday night at a son's home. They returned Christmas morning to find thieves had used their new refrigerated truck to haul away meat valued at 1200 dollars a 500 pound safe containing a large sum of money many blank money orders two pistols and a shotgun were also stolen.
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Kansas City
Kan
Aaron Brooks
Brooks
Target Set for First Unmanned Lunar Module Launch
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports NASA officially set January 17 as the launch date for its first unmanned Lunar Module mission. The craft is designed to land astronauts on the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
U.S
Fire On Norwegian Freighter Dianet Kills Three Crew
A blaze on the Norwegian freighter Dianet at Hudson River anchorage killed three crewmen and injured eighteen. Fire officials said the fire possibly started 30 minutes before alarms, with fireboats responding off 87th Street. The Dianet arrived Dec 17 from Prsgrunn Norway loaded with 8 020 tons of sugar and owned by Christian J Reim.
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New York
Fire Department
Hudson River
87Th Street
Ostrica
New Orleans
Gulf Supreme
Gulf Oil Co
I.J. Arligaviego
Dianet
Hudson
Yonkers
Oklahoma reports safest Christmas weekend since 1958
Five people died on Oklahoma roads over the Christmas holidays. Safety Commissioner Bob Lester said it was the safest Christmas weekend since 1958 and the first Christmas Day without a fatality since 1965.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Bob Lester
Mother and Child A Living Center For Gymnasium Tableau
Four hundred refugees from a chlorine gas scare sang carols in a bare gym as a woman and her 2 week old daughter formed the centerpiece of a nativity tableau. Police ordered 300 families from their homes on Christmas Eve and posted an all clear Monday afternoon allowing their return to the gym at Robert E Lee High School. Sufferers with respiratory disease and heart patients were advised to stay away from the facility.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Robert E. Lee High School
Florida
Red Cross
Santa Claus
Charles King
Mr. King
Rosa Mae Porter
King
Apperson Chemical Co
Carl Dickey
Willie Clarence Williams
Christmas Worship Fills Lawrence Churches Despite Sunday Eve Skew
Christmas in Lawrence saw strong church attendance with packed Sunday morning services while Eve crowds were smaller, pastors attributing it to Sunday observance or flu. In Jacksonville Florida a chlorine gas leak near Apperson Chemical Co forced evacuations as residents sought shelter and aid.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Baldwin School Chief Rex Shanks Resigns
Baldwin Board of Education has accepted the resignation of Rex Shanks the district superintendent. Shanks cites returning to school to pursue a doctoral degree and will leave when his contract ends June 30 1968 during his tenure the district added teachers expanded the high school curriculum and approved a 1.25 million bond to finance a new high school complex and renovations
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Baldwin
Rex Shanks
Baldwin Board of Education
Shanks
Baldwin Schools
New York Officials in City for Revenue Bond Talks
City Manager Ray Wells City Clerk Vera Mercer and City Attorney Milton Allen are in New York City today for final revenue bond agreements with B F Goodrich Co. The City Commission meeting slated for 2 p m today will be held at 2 p m Friday.
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Ray Wells
Vera Mercer
Milton Allen
New York City
B. F. Goodrich Co
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