Notable 1960s figures vie for college and UT posts
The article notes James B. Donovan, famed for Bay of Pigs negotiations and Frei ng U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, as Pratt Institute president designate, starting January. It also covers Norman Hackerman as UT Austin president pick, Stassen exploring a comeback, Steinbeck recovering from spine surgery, Mrs Geisel’s death, and various estate and public notices.
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Francis Gary Powers
Pratt Institute
New York
James B. Donovan
City Coand of
Jan. J. Donovan
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
Four teens escape through East German mine fields to West Germany
Four teenage East Germans fled across Communist mine fields and past East German patrols into West Germany early today, reports from West German border police say. The youths escaped unharmed and crossed the frontier under tight security.
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Goettingen
Germany
West Germany
Voting Returns Near as Ford Strike Votes Begin
Detroit dispatch reports 160000 United Auto Workers at Ford start voting on a three year contract after a 48 day strike. The pact guarantees nine annual incomes with December 1968 effect and promises top wages for U.S. industrial workers. Union leaders approve amid dissenter protests as 200 skilled tradesmen clash outside the meeting. 20000 skilled tradesmen and 140000 production workers will vote separately with veto power possible under a new rule.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
U.S
UAW
National
Ford Council
Ford
Tar Bie
Slain ex-partner found in car trunk at border
West Los Angeles auto mechanic Arnold Helfend, 33, held by Mexican authorities after border agents found the decaying body of Max Levin, 34, in the trunk of Levin’s former business partner’s rented sedan. Levin, a Glendale, California shop owner, had been shot five times and stabbed, with the events tied to a custody dispute over Helfend’s seven year old son. Authorities suspect smuggling due to the car’s altered rear and gear in the trunk.
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Thuana
Mexico
Los Angeles
San Diego
Arnold ‘Helfand
Max Levin
Glendale
Calif
Helfend
Levin
Evela
Baja California
Hector Valdivia
Hollywood
Small Union Strike Halts Most Brooklyn Port Work
A small union seeking recognition for pier supervisors paralyzed the Brooklyn waterfront for a fifth day. About 3,600 workers were idle with 48 ships tied up as sign carrying pickets from the Shoreside Supervisors Union demonstrated along Greenpoint. The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association supported the lines, and longshoremen honored the pickets. In other news, Rev. Owen da Silva founder of Franciscan retreats died at 61 in St. Joseph’s Hospital.
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New York
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Phoenix
Owen da Silva
OFM
Arizona
California
New Mexico
St. Joseph's Hospital
Brother-in-law of IRS chief nabbed in raid
Baltimore authorities busted a $10 million yearly numbers racket in a raid arresting the brother in law of U.S. Internal Revenue Commissioner Sheldon Cohen. The operation targeted alleged gambling crimes and involved revenue agents.
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IRS
Baltimore, Md
UPI
U.S. Internal Revenue
Sheldon Cohen
Hoffa Bribe Offer Said Incourt In Baton Rouge
In federal court Baton Rouge a Teamsters official named Baton Rouge Contractors Association executive James H Gill as offering a $1 million bribe to win a new Hoffa trial Partin former Teamsters local business agent said the alleged bribe from Gill is under grand jury review The motion seeks recall of a deposition order tied to a multimillion antitrust suit and cites local labor unrest as pressure to alter testimony Also tied to the case Altex Concrete Co filed the suit and federal gambling arrests in Baltimore were announced with four men including Philip Silbert facing charges and $30 000 seized while Cohen commented that facts speak for themselves and a judge would be surprised by the developments
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Teamsters
Baton Rouge Contractors Association
James Hoffa
Edward G. Partin
James H. Gill
Baton Rouge Industrial Contractors Association
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Partin
New Orleans
U.S
E. Gordon West
Baton Rouge Area
Altex Concrete Co
Internal Revenue
Philip Silbert
Pikesville
Cohen
Silbert
Baltimore
Justice Department
Maurice
Jesse Bondroff
Willaim Schrenck
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