Stricken Midwest Areas Begin Job of Digging Out
Destructive arctic winds lash Michigan and Great Lakes states as towns shovel through heavy snow. A Nordmeer crew rescue occurred off Alpena after the ship broke apart near Ludington. 24 elderly patients evacuated from a Maple City infirmary as heat failed during a 14 hour outage. Weather across the region spurs power repairs and travel diversions while five foot drifts impede highway crews.
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Ludington
Mich
Michigan
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Montana
Nebraska
North Central States
Lake Huron
Coast Guard
Nordmeer
Luedington
City of Midland
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Lake Michigan
Maeple City
Upper Michigan
Lower Michigan
Power Company
Federal Highway Cutbacks Backed by Official Amid Hardship
Wichita based official Alan S. Boyd says inflation driven reductions in federal highway funding are necessary despite expected hardship. He notes cost rises and fewer bidders, with $3.3 billion allowed for new contracts this year versus $4 billion prior. Rex Whitton urges expanding aid to city arteries and off street parking studies.
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Wichita
Kan
Alan S. Boyd
Commerce
Johnson
Transportation Department
Boyd
American Association of State Highway Officials
Rex M. Whitton
Federal Highway Administrator
Whitton
Bureau of Public Roads
Negro Egress Continues Migration Shifts From South
Washington AP reports that by 1970 a majority of American Negroes may no longer reside in the old Confederacy. census and labor studies show over two million moved from the South 1960–1965, with 53.6 percent still below the Mason Dixon line in 1965.
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Census Bureau
Labor Department
Mason and Dixon Line
South
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Los Angeles
Government boosts housing with $250 million emergency aid
Washington reports the Johnson administration released one-fourth of a $1 billion federal mortgage fund to back new homes costing up to 15000 dollars in standard areas, 17500 in high cost zones, and 22500 in Hawaii, Alaska and Guam. The move aims to enable 15000 new homes as mortgage funds remain tight amid a housing recession and October starts at 83100.
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Johnson
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Hawaii
Alaska
Guam
Congress
Hale Boggs
Dela
William Proxmire
de Wis
Proxmire
Senate
House Economic Committee
House
Gerald R. Ford
GOP
Leon H. Keyserling
Harry S. Trueman
Denver, Colo
After A While It Ceases To Be Funny Batman Calls
Four Batman family names in the Kansas City telephone book report harassing calls since March tied to the debut of the Batman TV show. One family had as many as 24 calls in a day. The callers mimic the show with lines like We need help or Is Batman there.
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Kansas City
Curtis W. Batman
Chestina Batman
Ray Batman
Topeka
Kan
Commissioner
Batman
Robin
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