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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
9
Two rural letter carriers at Bessemer and Concord were suspended for 10 days without pay for distributing political literature. The action, by the Civil Service Commission, cites the Hatch Act limits on federal employee political activity and signals upcoming court action to challenge the ruling.
NBC said a White Paper showed organized crime profits exceed those of major firms like General Motors Ford and Standard Oil due to illegal services. The NBC report warned crime would grow unless moral action followed. It also discussed right wing extremism linked to political material and a 1964 letter urging support for President Johnson.
President Johnson named a panel to study rights proposals drawn from the White House Conference on Civil Rights. The 29-member council, chaired by Ben W. Heineman, will prepare an interim report within 30 days for possible legislative or departmental action as about 2,500 delegates met in two days of panels to discuss recommendations.
In September Reader's Digest an article titled How to Lose Weight and Stay Thin outlines how to set dieting goals and when to start, focusing on cultivating the right mental abilities and noting possible side effects.
Senator Robert Kennedy described the executive board of organized crime as about a dozen professionals who run crime across the United States. He said they understand their products and customers and enforce rules with violence if needed.
The first shipment of 69,000 tons of U S rice to Indonesia is being unloaded in Jakarta. The total sale worth about $9 million may be repaid in dollars, an American Embassy spokesman said today.
MOSCOW UP1 The driver of a bus in which 64 people reportedly died has been sentenced to 10 years for lack of discipline. The Barrier of Teurin reported A Vozyakov was behind the wheel when the bus overtimed into a pond at Mamontovka, north of Moscow, on June 17. A passing soldier was praised for rescuing six people. The death toll had not been officially published, but reports from Moscow indicated about 70 people were on board and 64 drowned.
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