Better Mass Transportation System Envisioned
The article discusses a 35 year plan to double city-building nationwide with a projected cost of about 2 trillion dollars. Don Robinson argues planners ignore people’s needs, warns against mass transit dominating living patterns, and envisions a panurbia with private, fast commuting options and dispersed homes across America.
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Dorothea M. Brooks
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Faubus Bans Whip After Prison Corruption Probe
Gov. Faubus dismissed wardens at Tucker prison farm and demoted about 15 of 23 trusties amid findings of extortion and improper whippings. Investigators said liquor flowed and security laxness aided misconduct. a plan to replace the punishment with isolation housing was described as not a “black hole.”
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Soviet Leaders Signal New Phase in Viet Nam Aid
In Moscow, Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny said Soviet aid to North Viet Nam would support a new phase of the war. Tass cited all sided material help and specialists to repel U S aggression and bolster Viet Nam’s defense, with no missiles noted. Izvestia and Pravda criticized U S arms control proposals as hypocritical.
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Nevada Governor Denies Casino Racketeering Claims
Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer sent a report to President Johnson denying any underworld casino takeoffs and accusing the U.S. Justice Department of blackmail. The letter included criticism of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and cited a Nevada Gaming Commission finding about proposed federal raids on casinos in May 1961.
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McNamara Daughter Margaret Weds Barry Carter in Washington
President Johnson and Lady Bird attend the Bethlehem Chapel ceremony as Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara links his daughter Margaret to Barry E. Carter of Los Angeles. Senators Kennedy, Cabinet members, Humphrey, and Warren join the wedding in Washington National Cathedral.
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Galveston Funeral Homes End Police Escort Plan
Galveston police and five local funeral homes reach an agreement to drop official escorts for funerals. Homes may hire off duty patrolmen at $10 per service, added to the funeral bill, due to limited police coverage.
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Man Arrested In Kilgore Shooting
Kilgore police charge Lloyd Bunting 45 with murder after Jesse Rhoden 39 is shot in the heart outside a motel on State Highway 1. Bunting, found asleep in a car in Overton, Tex, had bond set at 10 000 by Justice of the Peace Harvey Putnam. Rhoden and another man argued when the shot was fired.
Houston Schools integrate grades amid staff shortages
Houston schools opened the fall with 98 substitute teachers as the district integrates eighth and eleventh grades. Officials noted shortages in science and math, while Negro enrollment surged at McReynolds and Cullen junior highs, with few problems reported in the transition.
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Coy Stewart
Cullen Junior High
Joe Lyle
Quake Harms Megalopolis Area in Peloponnesus
A sharp earthquake rocked Megalopolis in central Peloponnesus injuring scores and destroying over 100 homes with 640 houses completely ruined and 500 damaged near the epicenter 80 miles from Athens. Police search debris as aftershocks follow and 25 villages report heavy damage.
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Americans Add 3000 in Viet Nam War Toll Rises
Saigon reports 303,400 Americans in Viet Nam forces with 87 combat deaths this week bringing five year total to 4,889. U.S. planes bombed targets near the DMZ as ground forces pressed operations against Viet Cong positions.
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Saigon
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James T. Davis
Livingston
Tenn
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North
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House Approves One Year Foreign Aid Measure
The House passed a 3.5 billion foreign aid bill by 217 to 127, keeping aid on a year to year basis for 1967 with two programs extended for three years. The package totals 875 million in military aid to 40 countries and 2.6 billion in economic assistance, with major funds for Development Loan, Alliance for Progress, and international organizations.
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Senate
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Viet Nam
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Judge reads parts of obscene books trial testimony
U S District Judge Joe Ingraham read portions of testimony to the jury in the obscene books trial. Walter Lonsdale of Los Angeles headed New Cal Publications of Gardena California, the firm that printed one book. Charges against the firm were dropped after bankruptcy. Jurors returned next morning to resume deliberations. Defense counsel Percy Foreman altered tactics refusing to seek a mistrial.
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Percy Foreman
World's fastest novelist said to be Erle Stanley Gardner
American mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner reportedly dictates up to 10 000 words daily and works on as many as seven novels at once in a prolific writing routine attributed to his speed and productivity.
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Erle Stanley Gardner
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