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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
2
Britain passed a bill restricting Asian immigration from Kenya to 1500 family heads plus dependents annually. Queen Elizabeth II gave assent after an all night Lords session. law takes effect at midnight amid partisan and racial controversy.
President Johnson toasted governors at the White House and recounted a Pentagon elevator incident with Defense Secretary McNamara. He joked that the 13 person, Leap Year lift jam showed efficiency limits and noted Republican timing in Washington.
Army Sgt. Clifford Potter, 37, of Syracuse, named as the elevator operator. He lives in Oxon Hill Maryland with his wife Grace Zeella and four children. Potter served in Korea after joining at 17 and was honored in 1954 in Raleigh for stopping a robber with a flying tackle. His mother said she had no idea his job involved Army Information.
Garbagemen protest a 15 month pact approved by Mayor Lindsay with retroactive raises from 1967 and 1969. Union leader John J. Delury denounces the deal as a partial payment and vows to resist binding arbitration while warning of further Sanitation Department turmoil.
A Digest excerpt outlines how sensitivity can foster lasting friendship and marriage. It promises practical steps to notice others, respond with care, and build deeper connection through four clear signs.
US officials protest the Saigon government arresting about three opposition figures after the Tet offensive. President Thieu defends the moves as protection against Viet Cong kidnapping, but officials call the explanation unacceptable and damaging to Vietnam’s democratic image.
In Frisco about 1500 teachers walked out defying Mayor Alioto to press for long standing education reforms. Remaining teachers stayed on the job. substitutes were ready as pupils faced abbreviated classes. The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association condemned the strike.
Seven young cousins died in a rural farm house fire about 10 miles southeast of Lake City in central Lower Michigan. The victims ranged in age from 5 to 12 and were children of Dorman Snyder and Spencer Hall. Snyder was away delivering in Ohio when the blaze started. Mrs Hall and another child were hospitalized.
New York State rates show 1 year six months three months and one month options with prices. Outside New York State lists equivalent plans and rates in a separate column.
Albany AP reports the State Education Department will grant 50,000 dollars to the City University of New York to create training programs across the state for school boards. Sessions are planned for this fall. Puddléduck is noted as another name for the domestic duck.
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