Ombudsman idea grows in U S as citizen aid
In the United States the ombudsman concept gains attention as a potential check on courts and agencies. Sweden introduced the office in 1809 to protect civil rights, handling over 1,000 complaints yearly. Trials in Michigan and Nassau County New York test the role, with Gordon Alexander and former Judge Samuel Greason leading efforts.
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New York
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
New Zealand
Britain
Committee On the Organization of Congress
Ing
Washington
Michigan
Nassau County
Ombudsman
Tman
Tee
Michigan Department of State
Gordon Alexander
Michigan State University
James
Samuel Greason
Cinderella Inherits $1.6 Million in Michigan City Case
Rosemary Jelneck a 42 year old Swartz Creek housewife learned she is the sole heir to Arthur S Kruse a Chicago insurance executive who died last March without a will The estate valued at about 1 6 million will pass to Jelneck after taxes and delays likely 12 to 15 months per her attorney Gordon Cunningham Jelneck and her husband Calvin a petroleum products dealer described as average citizens face tax and probate hurdles before the inheritance is realized
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Grand Haven
Mich
Rosemary Jelneck
Swartz Creek
Michigan
Fred Niles
Ottawa County
Jelneck
Arthur S. Kruse
Chicago
Kruse
Ann Corbin
Combined Insurance Company of America
Gordon Cunningham
Calvin
Cunningham
Congress Ready To Leave Rushing Its Final Business
Washington AP reporting Congress nears adjournment fever as lawmakers rush to finalize about a dozen major administration proposals before leaving town. The rush signals a closing sprint to pass key measures in the waning days of the session.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansefield
Everett M. Dirksen
House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Mansefield
White House
Johnson
Hubert H. Humephrey
Avery Snipes At Democrats
Avery says Republican Legislature saved Osawatomie State Hospital from deterioration under prior Democratic governor George Docking. He notes salary increases and capital improvements by Republicans over 15 years and urges highway 169 upgrades and new revenue. Campaign remarks at Paola fundraiser tie hospital funding to GOP support and mark election context.
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Paola
Kan
Osawatomie State Hospital
William H. Avery
Avery
George .Docking
Robert Docking
Docking
Finance Council
Kansas
Republican Party
Brown to push Viet Nam peace plan at UN address
British Foreign Secretary George Brown was to renew his appeal for backing of his Viet Nam peace plan in a general policy speech to the United Nations General Assembly despite communist objections.
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Johnson
House
U.S
North Viet Nam
Cuba
Congress
Boash
Ager
United Nations, N.Y
George Brown
U.n.general Assembly
Congress debates 4.1 billion public works bill
Congress faces a key vote on a 4.1 billion public works appropriation including flood control and Missouri and Kansas projects. Final bill deletes Woodbine reservoir plans on Lyon Creek, adds three Meramec River basin reservoirs costing about 43.27 million, and increases Missouri River channel work to 8.3 million with planning funds for Chariton rivers.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Woodbine
Lyon Creek
Dicson
Upper
Grand River
Arekansas
Pine Ford
Irondale
Big River
Bourbouse
Merasmec Park
Union
Building Cities: GE Plans Towns At $800 Million Each
General Electric plans to add cities to its product line within a year at about 800 million to 1 billion dollars per city over 15 to 20 years. Goodyear and Humble Oil invest in Arizona and Texas projects, creating self-contained towns with basic facilities but designs left to owners and local institutions.
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New York
General Electric Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Phoenix
Ariz
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Clear Lake City
Tex
Reston
Columbia
Goodyear
Litchfield Park
Patrick Cusick Jr
Cusick
Harvard
Pittsburgh
Arizona
Prisoners Captured in Denver After Kansas Escape
FBI agents arrested two escaped Kansas Penitentiary inmates at the Howard Hotel in downtown Denver about 2:35 am. John Oscar Engeberg, 33, Bucklin Missouri, previously Denver, and Oliver Cromwell Hardee, 27, Wagoneer Oklahoma, were armed but offered no resistance. Six agents under Scott Werner took part.
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Denver
Colo
FBI
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
John Oscar Engeberg
Bucklin
Oliver Cromwell Hardee
Wagoener
Okio
Howard Hootel
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Alexander
Department of State
Cinderella
Michigan City
Here
Fourth U.S. Marines
Demilitarized Zone
Avery Snipes
Democrats
Nee Seger
District of Columbia
James B. Pearson
Rehan
Kansas Water Reesource Board
Building Cities
Scott Werner
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