Community Action Program Sparks Controversy
The Community Action Program, part of the Economic Opportunity Act, funds diverse local efforts from birth control clinics to night schools. A UPI survey highlights uneven starts, local control issues, and ongoing discontent in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Harlem, with examples of free legal aid in DC and neighborhood centers in New Haven.
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Louis Cassels Washington
UPI
Detroit
Washington, D.C
New Haven
Henry County
Ohio
Sieaianen
Los Angeles
OEO
Nicholas Beck
San Francisco
Citizens United Against Poverty
Chicago
Richard J.daley
Woodlawn Organization
Budget Bureau
White House
Conn
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Gloria Wolford
Handling Materials Is Risky Business in West Virginia
West Virginia Mine Safety Association urges safe material handling to prevent back injuries and crushed toes. Guidance covers solid footing, proper grip, knee bend, keeping loads close, and asking for help with heavy or awkward loads. Examples include unloading mine ties from a car and avoiding twisting steps. Also notes dangers of releasing loads and uneven surfaces. A second item reports Maui police seeking a birdnapper after a macaw ransom demand.
Police Court Collects $709 in Beckley
Bond forfeitures totaled 709 dollars at Beckley Police Court Monday night. Five men paid five dollars each for permitting a dog to run loose: R. M. Smiley Baker Hopkins C. A. Massingale Harry Patterson and T. L. Martin. Six people paid twenty one dollars each for speeding: Gary Wayne Reed Emil Solonka Jr Franklin D. Jordin Lea Hume Harry R. Mays Maxine J. Kirk. Others forfeited bonds: Bob Meadows six dollars blocking a sidewalk Anna B. Backus six dollars blocking a sidewalk Irvin Wright Jr. two hundred ten dollars reckless driving Willie Thornton Brown two hundred dollars possession of the numbers slips James Brooks twenty one dollars operating without a state license Asa Gunnoe twenty one dollars four in front seat Samuel Stone twenty six dollars tampering with an automobile.
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Beckley
R. M. Smiley
Baker Hopkins
C. A. Massinople
Harry Patterson
T. L.artin
Gary Wayne Reed
Raleigh
Emil Solonka Jr
Cranberry
Franklin D. Jordin
Lanark
Lea Hume
North Kanawha St
Harry R. Mays
120 Meadows Court
Maxine J. Kirk
Hinton
Bob Meadows
Anna B. Backus
Irvin Wright Jr
F St
Willie Thornton Brown
South Fayette Street
James Brooks
Pemberton
Asa H. Gunnoe
Samuel Stone
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Big City
IOEO
Shriver
Justice Department
Tad
Louis Pasteur
Bossy
Valley Bell
S&h
S&h Green
Johnny Dollar Super Market
Sam Sez
W. Va
Birdnapper
Lahaina
Maui
Hawaii
Police Court
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