New York School Crisis Reflects National Shift in Governance
A Brooklyn clash between the Ocean Hill Brownsville community board and the United Federation of Teachers over control of personnel and policy shuts schools amid a broader trend toward decentralized, community run institutions. The dispute highlights demands for local empowerment and challenges to centralized authority in urban education.
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New York
New York City
Ocean-Hill-Brownsville
Brooklyn
United Federation of Teachers
Detroit
Detroit Federation of ‘Teachers
Ocal
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Hughes Ordered to Pay TWA 137.6 Million in Damages
A U.S. district court special master recommends billionaire Howard Hughes pay Trans World Airlines 137.6 million dollars for mismanaging the carrier in the 1990s. The recommendation, tripling damages, awaits confirmation by Judge Charles M. Metz.
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Howard Hughes
TWA
Trans World Airlines
Uring
District Court
Charles M. Metz
Herbert Brownell
Eisenhower
Hughes
Hughes Tool Co
Raymond M. Holliday
Metzner
Hughes Tool
Charles C. Tillinghast Jr
Brownell
Model Transplant Law Aims to Streamline Organ Donation
A proposed Uniform Anatomical Gift Act seeks to standardize organ donation across states, giving individuals stronger control over their bodies. The act, developed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, has been praised by the American Bar Association and is already adopted in Kansas, Louisiana, and Maryland with more states expected to follow. The law addresses cross state donation issues and speed of legal processes to ensure timely organ use.
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Washington
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
National Conference of Commissioners On
American Bar Association
Delaware
Idaho
New Hampshire
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming
Hijacked Plane Passengers Return to Miami
Aboard a jetliner hijacked to Cuba, 45 passengers reached Miami on Saturday and described a midnight trip to a grim hotel and sharp prices, including $4 for a drink and $20 for a meal. Jene Lindesmier, a New Orleans travel agent returning from a San Juan convention, was among them.
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Watson T. Babbit
Eastern Airlines
San Juan
Miami
Cuba
Mat E. T. Kenny
UPI
Dune
Jene Lindesmier
New Orleans
American Society of Travel Agents
P.R
Havana
Jim Hatler
Dallas
Jose Marti
Hatter
Lindsmier
Eastern
Warren Orders Reservists to Viet
Chief Justice Earl Warren refused to delay Vietnam orders for 98 Army reservists from Fort Lee Virginia and New York area. Thirteen reservists’ lawyer sought relief via Justice Douglas. Warren without comment denied the petitions. The 13 to be held at Goose Prairie Washington were chosen due to prior similar rulings by Douglas. 98 remain temporarily stationed and faces shipment to Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
Earl Warren
Vietnam
Goose Prairie
Wash
William C. Douglas
Warren
New York State
Supreme Court
United States
Hill Wellford
Richmond, Va
James Farnham
Yokahama
Douglas
Mountain Cabin
Wellford
Cleveland
Ohio
Fort Lee
Federal District Court
Oren Lewis
Richmond
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James E. Allen Jr
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Metznergart
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Schenectady
N.Y
Ben Harvey, Jr
Total Electric
M &S Stone Quarries
Grantsville, Md
Alicia Drive
Westover
Monongahela
Allegheny Power System
BEN Harvey Building Supply
Kingwood
W.va
Charlie Crabtree
Morgantown
General Electric Appliances
Iulside Aluminum
Yorktown
Crossley
Universal
Sanitas
Armstrong
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