Defense Base Shutdowns Cut 10,056 Jobs
Defense Secretary McNamara announced the closure of 22 installations with 10,056 jobs to be eliminated. The plan includes sale of two plants, consolidation of offices in 29 cities, and overseas economies saving $68 million annually. The Watertown Army arsenal loses 1,849 jobs for $5.3 million in savings.
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UPI
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
U.S
United States
Europe
Western
NATO
Army
Watertown
Mass
Materials Research Agency
Arsenal
Republicans Propose Own Anti Poverty Aid Bill
GOP lawmakers plan a separate anti poverty bill to replace Johnson proposals by shifting more admin and financial control to states. The key feature requires state plans on poverty combat to be approved by the federal government before grants are issued, bypassing state welfare offices.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Light GOP vote seen by Scranton in Pennsylvania
Gov William W. Scranton warned that write in votes in the April 28 presidential preference primary would be light due to no major contests and the difficulty of writing in a candidate. Party leaders disputed a forecast that he would gain 800,000 write ins while Scranton declined an active bid.
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UPI
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Craig Truax
Richard Kleindienst
Goldwater For President Committee
Washington
Truax
Kleindienst
GOP
Conference Endorses Project 70 in Western Pa Meeting
The Western Pennsylvania Conference urged lawmakers from Lawrence Beaver and Mercer counties to enact Project 70 in the May legislature session. Project 70 is a $70 million plan to develop recreation lands, approved by voters in a constitutional amendment last November, requiring enabling legislation. The group, comprising business and civic leaders, also discussed highway projects.
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Beaver
Mercer
Pennsylvania
Johnson offers top secret briefings to presidential contenders
The Johnson administration released a plan to give GOP hopefuls top secret intelligence briefings, timed with major State Department policy speeches on Europe Cuba foreign aid and the Far East. Critics fear the move may curb open debate while supporters say it clarifies policy and reduces misinformation. Senator Barry Goldwater dismissed the offer as unwise and political.
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Far East
GOP
U.S
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Scott Offers Medicare Program
Senator Hugh Scott proposes a citizen government partnership for aged health care. A bill would subsidize half the cost of private health insurance for residents 65 and over, aiming to aid those ineligible under Kerr Mills in affording medical care. He stresses it is voluntary, not compulsory. Johnson comments noted.
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Washington
UPI
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
Johnson
Fulton urges four political reforms at Westminster mock convention
U S Rep James G Fulton R Pittsburgh in a Westminster College mock convention keynote calls for a balanced budget veto power partial bill vetoes funding bills Appointments committee oversight and immigration preference for educated foreigners He urges delegates to sell ideas and act Gar y Mackey accuses Southern demagogues of using states rights as a smoke screen and debate continues Page 2 Col 3
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James G. Fulton
Pittsburgh
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United States
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Will Orr
Westminster
Gary Mackey
U.S
Weather and Cyprus unrest touch daily brief
Today's weather shows a high of 71 and a low of 36 with no precipitation. The Shenango River stands at 12 feet. In Cyprus heavy firing at Ayios Theodoros challenges UN cease fire efforts as British UN troops monitor the village.
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UPI
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Shafer Urges Unity At United Fund Dinner In New Castle
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer spoke at the United Fund Dinner in Northminster Presbyterian Church urging a perfect union of responsible citizenry. He told a parable of a selfish farmer and stressed community pride and mutual sharing to spur progress.
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Raymond P. Shafer
New Castle
Shafer
United Fund
Northminster United Presbyterian Church
Alfred H. Owens
John R. Butz
Johnson in Pennsylvania Poverty Tour Aims at Congress
President Johnson arrives in Pittsburgh on a four state poverty tour after addressing a South Bend audience about boosting federal action to aid the jobless. He meets steelworkers and officials including David J. McDonald and Senators Scott and Clark at the airport as he plans to press Congress to act.
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UPI
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Pennsylvania
South Bend
Ind
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Indiana
Studebaker
Greater
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David J. McDonald
U.S
Hugh Scott
Joseph S. Clark
William W. Scranton
Appalachia
Congress
Peaceful March Ends On Sour Note In Chester
A peaceful march by more than 500 civil rights demonstrators in Chester ended with rock throwing that injured two patrolmen and scissors wielding suspect Edward Tucker. Police responded with a one block chase and shots in the air while church leaders urged restraint after Wednesday’s violence that led to 212 arrests and school closures.
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Chester
UPI
Nathaniel Culbert
Richard Jones
Edward Houseman
Culbert
Jones
Crozier Hospital
Houseman
Frank Conley
Edward Tucker
Tucker
Temple Baptist Church
School Board
Chester High School
Deaths of Five Local Residents Include Mercer and New Wilmington
Death records list Mrs. Josephine Quimby aged 63 of 407 Carl Street Mrs. Amy Wharry Clark aged 73 of Pulaski Mrs. Margaret Maitland aged 80 of 4105 Ellwood Road William C. Kissick aged 84 of New Wilmington and Sherman E. Rodgers aged 83 of Mercer.
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Josephine Quimby
Carl St
Amy Wharry Clark
Pulaski
Margaret G. Maitland
Ellwood Rd
William C. Kissick
New Wilmington
Sherman E. Rodgers
Mercer
Lawmaker Sees Move To Make US Godless Nation
Washington, UPI summary: Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes and a Florida Democrat testify before the House Judiciary Committee on constitutional amendments to permit school worship, linking communism to removing religion from public spaces and arguing America would become godless. Some committee members oppose altering the First Amendment despite no opposition testimony so far.
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Crat
House Judiciary Committee
Robert L. F. Sikes
America
House
Sidney Poitier Oscar winning film stake revealed
Inside reports Poitier beams over owning part of the film that earned him an Oscar. The note appears in a page 6 snippet, with other items listed nearby including political candidate views and local league results.
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