Kidnapers Release Rhodesia Figures in Publicity Stunt
In Cape Town two youths Robert Smith and Kenneth Gibbs sons of Ian Smith and Sir Humphrey Gibbs were freed after a brief police visit to a university campus. Police kept the abductors unnamed, saying the Wednesday night kidnapping sought to spotlight Rhodesia's independence amid telegram demands to the fathers for a meeting within 24 hours.
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Rhodesia
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White House
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Chileago
Elfen Barden Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
J. Stevenson
John Alden Carpenter
Chicago
Brown Fiscal Plan Backed by Cranston
Sacramento: State Controller Alan Cranston backs Gov. Brown's accrual accounting plan to balance the budget without tax increases. He says it will delay, not prevent, major tax reforms and notes revenue accruals won’t yield new funds next year.
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Alan Cranston
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Robert T. Monagan
R-Tracy
Monagan
GOP
Panel OKs Oi Funds for Colleges and Universities
SACRAMENTO UPI The Senate Finance Committee approved legislation directing state tithe and oil revenue income to higher education construction on a pay as you go basis. The measure shifts funding away from immediate cash draws, with debate over timing and need for further study. Governor Edmund G Brown supported the plan but urged one more bond issue. critics warned of a looming budget gap and temporary borrowing if enacted.
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Three Guilty of Murder in Malcolm X Death
A New York jury convicts three men of first degree murder in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X after a lengthy eight week trial. Talmadge Hayer admits part in the shooting, while Butler and Johnson claim innocence. Sentencing set for April 14 with mandatory life terms.
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Sarlier
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N.J
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Manhattan
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Labor Leader Apology Over AMA Defamation Case
The AFL CIO reports the American Medical Association apologized for portraying a labor leader as a bully in a recorded grafting push for political donations. AMA paid 525000 to settle a libel suit filed by United Steelworkers official Paul Normile, who was misidentified in tapes. Normile, director of Steelworkers District 46 in Pittsburgh, did not speak as alleged.
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Normile
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Nor‘ Mile
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Congress
Steelworkers District 46
Pittsburgh
El Salvador Election Seen With Government Majority
El Salvador heads to Sunday congressional and municipal elections with the government party expected to retain a Legislative Assembly majority. Observers doubt President Rivera's National Conciliation Party will win the two thirds to push major legislation. All 52 assembly seats and 260 city council posts are at stake.
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el Salvador
Legislative Assembly
Julio Adalberto Rivéra
Educator Thomas A Lawless Dies at 75 in Wilmington
The Very Rev. Thomas A Lawless, 75, a leading educator and former superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Wilmington, died in Wilmington Delaware. He shaped Catholic education and served as a key church school administrator.
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Del
Thomas A Lawless
Diocese of
Teachers Strike in New Orleans Louisiana
In New Orleans UPI reports teachers from the American Federation of Teachers walked picket lines but most classrooms stayed open. The union, with a large Black membership, sought one bargaining agent for 4000 Orleans Parish teachers over salaries and working conditions. turnout was mixed and rival groups remained ready.
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UPI
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Orleans Parish
Louisiana
George] Washington Carver
Louisiana Teachers Association
Louisiana Education Association
Powell Sees $1.60 Wage Rate in 1968
Powell reports a broad agreement among organized labor House leaders and the Johnson administration to raise the federal minimum wage from $1.25 to $1.60 by February 1, 1968 with coverage expanding by 6.5 million workers. A follow up rise to $1.40 is planned for February 1, 1969, while farm workers gain coverage with staged increases to $1.30 by 1968.
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