Rural telephone service to cut parties per line in Ottawa area
Rural residents on eight party lines in Ottawa and Williamsburg will gain faster service with new rural cables. About 510 Ottawa and 150 Williamsburg customers will move to a maximum four parties per line, at a cost of $159,000, with completion planned for late 1969 and a $1.50 higher monthly rate. A new suburban one mile outside the city will receive city rates with a small mileage charge.
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Ottawa Exchange
Williamsburg Exchange
J. T. Morrisey
Southwestern Bell
Ottawa
Morrisey
State Intervention Sought In NY School Strike
New York AP. A Brooklyn experimental district administrator urged state takeover to resolve a deadlock that led to two citywide teachers strikes. The AFL-CIO United Federation of Teachers struck again paralyzing the nation’s largest system and closing most of the 1.1 million students. Tensions rose as Ocean Hill Brownsville resisted reinstating 10 white transferred teachers, with 20 more striking in sympathy.
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New York
Brooklyn
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Board of Education
Lower East Side
Supreme Court
Albert Shanker
UFT
Topeka Seeks City Manager Government via Referendum
The Topeka Citizens Association filed about 11 000 signatures Friday to force a referendum on the city manager form of government. They seek five part time commissioners with one as mayor and a city manager to run departments.
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Topeka
Topeka Citizens Association
Charles Wright
Citizens Group
Weather records and temperatures on Friday
High Friday 83 degrees and low today 51. Comparisons show a year ago high 66 and low 47, with the date’s record high 100 in 1939 and record low 39 in 1902. Hourly readings list varied values ending with 8 am and through the afternoon, barometer at 29.96.
Disputed Navy Reserve Early Outs Cut Costs
Washington AP Pentagon to discharge 30 000 Navy reservists on two year active duty enlistments early to save 48 million dollars this year. Rep Schweiker calls plan outrageous injustice, claiming Pueblo crisis activation aimed at boosting manpower for Vietnam.
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Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Army
Air Force
National Guard
North Korea
Richard S. Schweiker
House
Armed Services Committee
Pueblo
Schweiker
Clark M. Clifford
Navy
India Puts Birth Control on Trains and Billboards
India pushes birth control by deploying trains and roadside billboards to rural villages. The Flying Mail train carries a sign urging two or three children are enough. Officials flag off the outreach toward Amritsar as India faces rapid population growth of about 15 million annually.
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New Delhi
India
Flying Mail
C. M. Pooncha
Sripati Chandrasekhar
Amritsar
Chandrasekhar
Immigrant workers deported after Oregon orchard sweep
In Medford Oregon the Immigration Service found 45 Mexican nationals lacking visas while combing pear orchards in southern Oregon over five days. They agreed to voluntary deportation and were transported by bus to Livermore California for border guards. Most had earned about 1400 dollars and saw the ride home as a free bonus.
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Medford
Ore
U.S. Immigration Service
Oregon
Immigration Service
Livermore
Calif
Humphrey blasts Nixon on law and order in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh Humphrey mocks Nixon’s law and order stance using comic imagery and argues Nixon lacks marshal credentials. He demands an apology for labeling him tragically naive and recalls his own mayoral record. He contrasts Democratic 9% economic progress with Republican recessions and vows continued social spending.
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Hubert _H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Law and Order
Fosdick
Nixon
Minneapolis
Humphrey
United States
America
White House
New Jersey
Washington, D.C
Nixon defends tone as Fosdick flap heats campaign
In Cleveland Nixon criticizes Humphrey for name calling over Fearless Fosdick the comic strip detective. He vows to hit on issues but says chasing Fosdick is beneath a presidential candidate. Humphrey counters on civil order and justice while pressing Fortas Senate confirmation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
Fearless Fosdick
Humphrey
Fosdick
United States
al Capp
Island Beach
N.J
Senate
Abe Fortas
Johnson
U.S
Senate of
Agnew Drops Hot Potato on Communism Theme
Gov. Spiro T. Agnew has shifted away from attacking communism in student protests. He said omissions of the topic in speeches were not deliberate and urged dropping the Communist issue. He drew criticism for calling Humphrey soft on communism and later retracted it. He also avoided repeating criticism of a federal grant to the Blackstone Rangers.
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Chicago
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
House
Gerald Ford
Blackstone Rangers
Subpoenas May Be Issued Over Fortas Testimony
Senate Judiciary Committee warned two administration officials may be subpoenaed if they refuse to testify about Fortas involvement in drafting legislation and a Johnson State of the Union speech. Joseph W Barr and Vier Pierson await instructions before appearing. Clark Clifford has not replied. Fortas declined further interrogation.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Administration
Abe Fortas
Johnson
Supreme Court Justice Committee
John Holleman
Fortas
Holleman
the Treasury
Joseph W. Barr
White House
Devier Pierson
Supreme Court
James QO. Eastland
Dmiss
Ramsey Clark
Transplant Patient Dies On 27th Wedding Anniversary
Houston heart transplant patient James E. Singleton, 47, died at Methodist Hospital after a cardiac arrest eight days after receiving a teenage motorcycle accident victim's heart. He died on his 27th wedding anniversary. Of 43 heart transplant patients worldwide, 21 survive, eight of Houston's 12 recipients are living.
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Houston
Tex
Methodist Hospital
James E. Singleton
Fort Worth
Chicago To Tell Its Story During DNC Broadcast
Chicago plans a one hour official view of disturbances during the Democratic National Convention. Mayor Daley pressed for balanced coverage and the program will air Sunday on more than 100 television stations and 1,000 radio outlets from Hawaii to London. WGN says NBC and CBS networks each carry 25 stations, ABC 22 affiliates, plus four PBS outlets, one BBC and 25 independents.
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Chicago
Hawaii
London
Richard J. Daley
Daley
WGN Continental Broadcasting Co
NBC
CBS
ABC
National Educational Television
British Broadcasting Co
Sale Old Range Round Up Gambles Adv
A retail promotion page notes a sale titled Old Range Round-Up with a significant price cut of 51.95 dollars at Gambles advertising. The short item highlights a discount event likely tied to in-store promotions and limited-time offers.
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Gambles
Adv
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