Custodians Back Citywide Strike Amid NYC School Walkout
New York custodians join the teachers strike halting many schools as 128 of 900 open and attendance plunges. Police unlock PS 45 on orders, but lights and water remain off and many pupils are sent home. Civil mediation efforts and disputes over Ocean Hill Brownsville oversight continue.
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New York
New York City
Board of Education
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Staten Island
PS 45
Afl-Cio Union of Operating Engineers
Bernard Donovan
UFT
Ocean Hill-Brownsville
Brooklyn
John V. Lindsay
Anthony Travia
State Assembly
Albert Shanker
Travia
Lindsay
Ocean Hill
Ocean Hil
No Heroes War Records Recalled By Candidates
World War II service details of presidential candidates Nixon Humphrey and Wallace are reviewed. Nixon served nearly four years as Navy ground officer earning two battle stars and two commendations. Humphrey faced repeated drafts and medical rejections before final service attempts. Wallace flew 8 to 10 B29 missions with the 20th Air Force, 468th Bomb Group, 796th Squadron, ending with an honorable discharge December 8, 1945.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert N. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Navy
Combat Air Transport Command
South Pacific
U.S
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Calif
Humphrey
MacAlester College
Wallace
20Th Air Force
Japan
Students Launch Poster Campaign at Texas Tech
Texas Tech group Young Texans for Preston Smith begins a 10 day placard and bumper sticker drive. Over 250 college students will distribute stickers and seek business permission in Lubbock. They plan a 6 p.m. meeting with Lt. Gov. Smith at the Villa Inn after the Oct. 26 homecoming game.
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Texas Tech Young Texans
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Young Texas
Release Of Pueblo May Signal Appeal Ahead
The national commander of the American Ex-Prisoners of War said a message from South Korean President Park Chung Hee may indicate the imminent release of the USS Pueblo crew held in North Korea since January 23. Towne cited a San Francisco consulate call and noted Park hopes Towne greet the Pueblo men upon their return. Towne has sought travel clearance and plans to depart soon if approved.
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Tacoma
Wash
Park Chung Hee
Pueblo
North Korea
Charles P. Towne
Veterans’ Group
Park
Chung
San Francisco
Towne
U.S. State Department
Seoul
South Korea
Expanded Safety Drive Planned At Reese AFB
Reese Air Force Base launches Operation Homesafe a holiday road safety campaign from November 27 expanding to include Thanksgiving. Captain Gene Sundeen leads the Safety Division with an initial officers meeting on November 6 at the command post. The effort teams with Lubbock Citizens Traffic Council to cut holiday accidents and seeks zero fatalities with minimal injuries.
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Reese Air Force Base
Gene L. Sundeen
Sundeen
Reese
Lubbock
Citizens Traffic Council
Lamesa Hosts Regional DAV Convention Occasion
Disabled American Veterans from 12 area towns gather in Lamesa for Region 1 convention. The banquet is tonight with J W Martin of Wichita Falls as speaker. Registration starts at 1 pm at Lamar Forest Community Building. A rehabilitation program runs 3 to 5 pm today. Attendees include veterans from Lubbock San Angelo El Paso Amarillo Borger Abilene Sweetwater Plainview Paducah and host Lamesa.
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Lamesa
J. W. Martin
Wichita Falls
Texas
DAV
Lamar Forrest
Lubbock
San Angelo
el Paso
Amarillo
Borger
Abilene
Sweetwater
Plainview
Paducah
Thurmond poised to lead Wallace electors for Nixon
Washington report says Strom Thurmond could chair Wallace electors to swing the electoral vote to Nixon if needed. The plan aims to secure a Nixon majority in the electoral college to avoid a House showdown. Thurmond remains Nixon's strongest conduit to ultra conservatives.
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Leslie Carpenter
Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
South Carolina
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Thurmond
Wallace
U.S. House
Alabama
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Oklahoma
Harry F. Byrd Sr
LeMay
Gerald L. K. Smith
Smith
Joe McCarthy
California
Ronald Reagan
Humphrey
Mississippi
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Dan Walker
Chicago
Walker
Montgomery Ward
Milton Eisenhower
Nation
Commission On the Causes and Prevention
Eisenhower Commission
Container Corporation of America
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ABC Television Network
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