Public Broadcasting Board Names Pace Chairman
President Johnson selects Frank Pace Jr. former Army secretary and Budget Bureau director as chairman of the new Public Broadcasting Corporation. The 15 member board includes Milton Eisenhower and James Killian Jr. with $4 million federal and $2 million private funds this year and a requested $20 million for fiscal 1969.
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Washington
Johnson
Frank Pace Jr
Army
Budget Bureau
New Public Broadcasting Corporation
White House
Pace
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
James Killian Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public Broadcasting Corporation
Columbia Broadcasting System
Carnegie Institution
The
United Auto Workers
Communications Workers of America
Smallest stamps issued by Bolivar state measured tiny size
The Bolivar state stamps of Colombia are noted as the smallest ever issued, measuring five sixteenths of an inch by a fraction of an inch.
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Colombia
Bolivar
Lincoln Day Dinner Brings Civil War Garb to Event
Butler County Republicans host a Lincoln Day Dinner at the Manchester Motor Inn at 7:00 p.m. featuring hostesses in Civil War era dresses and speeches by Governor Louie B. Nunn. Organizer Mrs. Joan Blazer says the event aims to boost 1968 campaign enthusiasm while Mrs. Blazer runs for county recorder.
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Abe Lincoln
Joan Blazer
Manchester Motor Inn
R. J. Laphan
David Douglas
Old
Kentucky
Louie B. Nunn
Butler County
Blazer
New York Garbagemen Accept Binding Arbitration
New York City and the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association agreed to binding arbitration after a nine day garbage strike. State Mediation Board chairman Vincent D. McDonnell will act as arbitrator, with Governor Nelson Rockefeller praising the move. About 10,000 garbagemen had resumed work under terms negotiated by Rockefeller, whom Mayor John V. Lindsay labeled capitulation to the union.
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New York
City
Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association
State Mediation Board
Vincent D. McDonnell
City Hall
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
Unon
Dirksen Seeks Fourth Senate Term From Illinois
Sen. Everett M. Dirksen announces he will seek re election to a fourth term as Republican leader in the Senate. The 72 year old Chicago lawmaker cites crisis facing the world and nation and says he will not forsake colleagues. No Democratic challenger is named yet for the June Illinois primary.
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Chicago
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Dirksen
Otto Kerner
Paul Simon
Troy
Adlai Stevenson III
Sargent Shriver
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Ohio highway bond issue bog slows Legislature
Senate backed eight hundred fifty million bond plan for roads and capital projects stalls in the Ohio House Finance Committee. Governor Rhodes pressed for voters to decide May 7 or November 5, with hearings delaying action until March at earliest.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
House Finance Committee
Ralph E. Fisher
Wooster Republican
John C. McDonald
Newark
Democratic House
Fisher
McDonald
Finance Committee
Plague Reported in South Vietnam Cities
Bubonic plague cases reported in three Saigon area cities where fighting occurred during the Communist lunar new year offensive, according to U S officials.
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Saigon
U.S
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Public Broadcast Laboratory
Ford Foundation
Lincoln
Mrs. Lapham
Douglas
N.Y
Peace Corps
Langs
House
Reed Smith
Associated Press
Frank W. King
Ohio Afl-Cio
South Vietnam
Mabley & Carew
Middletown
F.ca
First National Bank Travel Department
First National
New York City
Miami
Greater Cincinnati Airport
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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