Assembly Blocks GOP Drive To Curb School Integration
In Albany New York the Democratic led Assembly halted a Republican bid to curb integration in public schools. The Senate approved 41 19 a bill to bar boards from shifting pupils to out of neighborhood schools to admit Black students. The measure died in the Assembly Education Committee keeping it from passage this year.
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Gop
Albany, N.Y
Assembly
New York State
Senate
Brooklyn
Bertram Baker
Negro Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Travia
Earl W. Brydges
Rockefeller
Assembly Rules Committee
James FE. Allen
Allen
Expect Strike Monday Halts Three New York Merged Papers
Bertram A. Powers of Local 6 said contracting talks broke down over severance pay for printers losing jobs in the merger of the Herald Tribune Journal American and World Telegram. He warned there will be no compositors in the assembling room on the merger’s first publication day.
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NEW York
Bertram A. Powers
New York Typographical Local 6
New Corporation
Powers
Newspaper Publishers Association of
New York City
The
Herald Tribune
Bank Heist Ends After 40 Minute Gunfight In Muscle Shoals
In Muscle Shoals Alabama two gunmen robbed the Muscle Shoals National Bank triggering a 40 minute gun battle. Grover Tidwell Jr and Johnny Holland were captured and held on federal and state robbery charges. A pillow case with 25500 dollars was found by police.
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Muscle Shoals
Ala
Muscle Shoals National Bank
C. G. Ayers
Grover Lasko Tidwell Jr
Sheffield
Johnny Wilson Holland
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Tidwell
Holland
Ayers
Smith
Florence
Indonesian Students Seize Peking Consulate in Jakarta
More than 100 Kami members occupied the Chinese consulate in Jakarta burning furniture and papers and painting anti Chinese slogans. The Jakarta military reportedly allowed use of the building as a headquarters while servants remained inside after the raid.
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Peking
Jakarta
Indonesia
China
Kami
Mediation Effort Aims to Avert Telephone Strike
A federal mediator urged a settlement between New York Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America to avert a strike by 24 000 New York state plant workers. The union resumes talks after a new impasse, with 32 locals planning vote hearings to strike by April 30.
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NEW York
New York Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
Aflcio
New York State
Jacob R. Mandelbaum
Joseph E. Dunne
CWA International
CWA
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Sunday in New York
Daylight saving time starts Sunday April 24 in New York State with clocks set ahead one hour at 2 a m Eastern Standard Time. The period runs from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October under state law.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
NY Assistant Attorney General, two lawyers held in extortion case
In New York an assistant attorney general and two lawyers were indicted in a $15,000 extortion scheme targeting Keith and Clothilde Sutton, heads of National Book Club Inc. James G. Blake and James P. Edstrom faced charges, with Glucksman also charged with multiple perjury counts. All surrendered to Manhattan DA's office.
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NEW York
Long Island
National Book Club, Inc
Asst
Jerome C. Glucksman
James G. Blake
Lido Beach
James P. Edstrom
Glen Cove
Glucksman
Long Beach
N.Y
Atty
Frank
Hogan
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Manhattan
Keith S. Sutton
National Book Club
Clothilde
Suttons
Old Tappan Road
Blake
Edstrom
Javits Proposes 6 Billion Aid To Clean Up Cities
Senator Jacob K. Javits endorses a 6 billion plan to help cities tackle pollution by funding sewage treatment facilities. The package would double matching grants, create a federal loan program, incentivize state action, and remove caps that favored smaller cities.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Senate Public Works
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
McNamara cites Hanoi orders in Viet Nam war effort
Defense Secretary McNamara told the Senate committee that South Viet Nam faces ongoing political turbulence as elections are planned. He said Hanoi dictates Communist moves and North Vietnamese fighters total 20 000 or more in the South, while U.S. strength remains high with 325 000 troops. He supported aid but cautioned Viet Nam’s people must choose their own political future.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Nam
McNamara
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hanoi
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
Fulbright
South
U.S. Navy Bombers Hit Bridges North of Haiphong
U S Navy bombers raided North Viet Nam near Haiphong as raids continued in the Red River Delta. A bridge was struck destroying a span while four Soviet missiles missed. Allied air losses rose to 213 pilots shot down since the raids began.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Red River
U.S
Yong Bi
Sunda
Hanoi
Coal Strike Hits Railroads With Heavy Losses Across Industry
Pittsburgh AP reports railroads say they have lost millions since the soft coal strike began ten days ago. The Pennsylvania Railroad notes hauling only 70 percent of normal coal tonnage as hundreds of train crewmen are idled. Major industrial users still hold 30 days of stock while negotiations in Washington stall between the United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. Miners in Kentucky briefly returned to work before striking again, bringing total miners on strike to about 45,300.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Steel
Kentucky
Washington
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Job Corps to Expand Youth Programs in Troubled Areas
The Neighborhood Youth Corps plans bigger summer programs in Watts Harlem and similar districts while trimming elsewhere. Officials say projects in Negro low income areas will rise 50 percent or more as the program aims to remove about 190000 teens from streets this summer.
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Washington
Johnson
Big City
Watts
Harlem
Los Angeles
It Pays to Look Where Youre Going Robber Crashes
A thief fleeing a discount house with 2500 dollars in jewelry ran blindly and crashed into a house in Warren Michigan. He was knocked unconscious and police recovered the stolen jewelry and jailed the suspect.
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Warren, Mich
Outdoor fire ban extends across three New York counties
Dutchess Putnam and Westchester counties issued a district wide outdoor fire ban due to dry conditions. Forest Ranger Humphrey Hedgecock cited numerous grass and brush fires reported in the area as the ban took effect Tuesday.
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Poughkeefpsif
N.Y
Dutchess
Putnam
Westchester
Humphrey Hedgecock
Tail Cracks Found in Boeing 707 Jets Worldwide
Hairline cracks in the tail assemblies of Boeing 707s were detected as airlines worldwide inspected their fleets after a second fatal 707 crash in six months. Boeing said the defects are due to metal fatigue in older planes and not connected to the Japan accident. repairs are minor and the inspection order is routine.
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New York
Boeing
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Kan
Kansas City
Valley View
Lombard
John Kenyon
Katherine Carpenter
Indonesian Communist Party
Adam Malik
Antara
Malik
Bulletin State
Javits
Army
Mobility Equipment Center
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House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
U. S
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House Banking Committee
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D-Tex
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