Slum Dwellers Find Heat at Astor Hotel in Blizzard
In New York City a poverty program moved heatless tenants from Harlem to the Astor Hotel for temporary shelter during the blizzard. About 50 people stayed, with 16 remaining Thursday night seeking new apartments or heat. The hotel offered rooms at reduced rates, $3.75 per person, amid scheduled closure.
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NEW York
Astor
Ann Roberts
Economic Opportunity Committee
Astor Hotel
Broadway
Theater
Mrs. Roberts
Nadine Bond
Harlem
Armories
Big City
Howard Goulding
Theater District
Gaulding
Mabel
Roslyn
Cathy
Debbie
Lamarr Fired From Picture Mommy Dead Over Sleep Deprivation
Hollywood reports actress Hedy Lamarr was dropped from Picture Mommy Dead after collapsing from sleep deprivation. Producer Bert I Gordon cited a tight budget and delays. Lamarr, hospitalized for exhaustion, said she will not act again. Lamarr faces a petty theft charge and awaits arraignment February 9.
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Hollywood
Hedy Lamarr
Bert I. Gordon
Miss Lamarr
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Gordon
Alexander Bell's Late 19th Century Propulsion Experiments
A historical note recalls Alexander Graham Bell's work on rocket propulsion and large man carrying kits. He led a group focused on power generation and propulsion research during his era.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Bold new heart plumbing aims to aid millions
Surgeons describe new techniques to feed blood into disabled hearts by cleaning clogged arteries or inserting new piping. Canadian and American doctors report progress in bypassing blocked arteries, redirecting flow, and using the omentum to enhance heart tissue nourishment.
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Chicago
California
Canada
American College of Cardiologists
James A. McEachen
Saint John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Calif
Arthur Vineberg
Royal Victoria Hospital
New Car Sales Dip From Pace of 1965
Detroit AP reports January auto sales reached 682,165, down from 693,473 in 1965 but the second January ever with U.S. sales above 600,000. Ford and Chrysler led while GM and AMC fell. AMC posted the largest percentage drop to 18,002 from 27,478. Buick and Cadillac rose. Chevrolet Pontiac and Olds declined. Ford surpassed 200,000 in January with 203,990 vehicles.
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Detroit
U.S
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors
AMC
Buick
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Tenure Teachers Should Not Move Because of Race
In Kansas City Kansas a hearing over a civil rights order debated whether tenured teachers can be reassigned to maintain racial balance. Roger Stanton for the teachers association argued transfers should require consent and not occur to enforce integration. State officials noted unlawful segregation by employers. Judge McHale reserved ruling.
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Kansas City
Stanton
Association
Richard Seaton
School Board
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
McHale
Passports Withdrawn From Seven Travelers to China
The State Department canceled the passports of seven individuals for trips to North Vietnam including Yale professor Staughton Lynd. Lynd's companions Herbert Aptheker and Thomas E. Hayden were also barred. Four others with Hanoi visits last August and September face similar action and potential criminal referral.
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Washington
State Department
Staughton Lynd
Yale University
North Viet Nam
Department
Lynd
Herbert Aptheker
U.S
Communist Party
Thomas E. Hayden
Students For A Democratic Society
Hanoi
Justice Department
86 year old tourist recalls Antarctic voyage aboard La Pataia
In an editor's note from the Antarctic expedition, 86 year old passenger Fene Sweeney of Washington D C describes becoming the oldest aboard the Argentine ship La Pataia to tour Antarctica. She highlights sights from Lie Maire Strait to Hope Bay, meets scientists, and recalls dangers like pack ice while escorted by the Irigoyen and San Martin.
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Antarctica
Ph Fene Sweeney
Washington, D
New York
Explorers Club
South Pole
Lars-Eric Lindblad
le Maire Strait
Argentina
Britain
United States
Antarctic
Melchoir
Almirante Brown
Gourssac
Deception Island
Hope Bay
Weddell Sea
Potter Cove
Half Moon
Antarctic Straits
Antarctic Circle
Irigoyen
San Martin
Ack
Scientist Says Pesticides Safe at National Symposium
Dr. E F Knipling of the Agriculture Department closed a National Academy of Sciences symposium stating there is no present reason to fear health risks from widespread pesticide use in food or air. He noted progress in alternatives and two new virus agents for cabbage looper and cotton bollworm awaiting FDA approval for experiments. He urged proper use of insecticides to avoid danger.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
E. F. Knipling
Department of Agriculture
Knipling
Food & Drug Administration
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Ed Styles
Hedy
Hopkins’ Klon
Alton Blakeslee
Vineberg
China
Father Time
Cronus
Lord of the Universe
Ilcrestardware
Hillcrest Shopping Center
LA Pataia
Toms
Ed Sweeney
The
Edith Ronne Land
North Pole
N. J. Ward Thompson
Pizza Hut
Lawrence
Deep Rock
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