Bill on Driver Probation and Ethics Measures Passed
The legislature acted on numerous bills. An Assembly vote of 129 to 12 eased income and asset limits for medical care benefits for the aged, effective immediately. Senate approved regulations for parachute jumping as a sport and a lie detector ban on employers, with noted exemptions. A permanent State Council on the Arts was approved, and ethics code bills would limit legislative legal work and require disclosures, with a six member advisory commission to interpret ethics cases.
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Senate
Assembly
S. William Rosenberg
Monroe
State Council On the Arts
Executive Department
Rockefeller
Assembly Ways and Means Codee
Code of Ethics
Legidatuey
Legislative
Iing
State Court of Claims
Daniel M. Kelly
Manhattan
15000 Railroad Firemen Jobs Eliminated
The Association of American Railroads reports over 15,000 locomotive firemen have been cut in under a year with another 6,000 of the remaining 22,000 to go on diesel engines. Severance costs total 30 million dollars. annual wages saved about 75 million. Most displaced found new work or college. unemployment figures vary by source. The arbitration award began in May after a 1963 decision and runs two years with possible rehiring later.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
J. E. Wolfe
Yale University Management
Wolfe
H. E. Gilbert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Cleveland
Gilbert
Supreme Court
Viet Cong Seek International Aid to Halt Gas Use
The South Viet Nam National Front for Liberation calls for international help to stop the gas warfare in South Vietnam. Hanoi Radio reported the appeal yesterday.
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Tokyo
South Viet Nam National Front For Liberation
Viet Cong
Hanoi
New Drug Mysteries Probed by Medical Study Panel
University of Oregon researchers report a promising compound with low toxicity in animals and several potential uses. The drug relieved pain in burns and arthritis and dramatically helped nine of ten scleroderma patients, while trials in a single animal cancer showed no effect and side effects include mild skin burning and oyster-like breath.
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Stanley W. Jacobs
University of Oregon Medical School
American Cancer Society
Senate panel trims defense budget while boosting key programs
The Senate Armed Services Committee cut about 13 million dollars from the Defense Department request for the coming fiscal year while approving 15.284 billion dollars for aircraft missiles ships and defense research. Chairman John Stennis said the bill meets Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendations and the panel endorsed the authorization unanimously.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Stennis
D-Miss
U.S. Planes Strike North Vietnam Base In Viet Nam War Report
A Tuesday raid by U.S. aircraft targeted a North Vietnamese air base with claims of heavy losses by Hanoi and retaliatory strikes in Nghe An Ha Tinh and Quang Binh. A Saigon rally denounced the embassy attack, with casualties tallied in Vietnam and Washington.
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U.S
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Nghe An
Ha Tinh
Quang Binh
State Begins Fiscal Year No Budget Sparks Democratic Rift
Upstate Democrats held an open revolt against leadership over a sales tax and budget. Senators Travers Elway and Assemblyman Lombard denied knowledge of the meeting. Brydges warned the party bears responsibility for a budget acceptable to the majority while Greensberg sought to avoid chaos with Gov Rockefeller.
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F. Warren Travers
Troy
Julian B. Elway
Albany
James A. Lombard
Travers
Lombard
Earl W. Brydges
Ex-Banker Charges Corruption in Bank Failure Probe
Don C. Silverthorne former president of the San Francisco National Bank testified as the Senate rackets probe into bank failures resumed. He accused the comptroller’s office of corruption and claimed bank directors stole records to protect him while criticizing the Senate and alleging pressure over a $50,000 fee tied to a $600,000 loan. He clashed with subcommittee chair John L. McClellan.
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Washington
UPI
Comptroller
U. S. Senate
Don C. Silverthorne
San Francisco National Bank
Senate Rackets Investigations Subcommittee
Silverthorne
Las Vegas
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Pan Am Pilots Strike Disrupts Global Flights
Pan Am pilots walk out delaying and canceling flights worldwide. Negotiations with the union stall as a federal mediator proposed a 5 percent pay rise, which the pilots rejected. About 26 500 Pan Am workers face growing disruption while passengers seek alternative arrangements at Kennedy Airport.
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Pan Am
Chicago
York
Kennedy Nnational
Greece Quake Kills Two as Tremor Ripples Nearby
A six second quake centered about 62 miles west-northwest of Athens killed two in Greece and caused widespread panic with damage described as slight. The tremor was felt as far as southern Italy and followed a deadly Chilean quake the prior Sunday.
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Athens
UPI
Greece
Italy
Athens Observatory
Chile
Aleutian Islands
Kiaton
Peloponnesus
Agrinion
Cephalonia
Jury Acquits Mrs. Hamel in Husbands Killing
After two hours of summations the jury finds Mrs. Hamel not guilty of manslaughter for killing her husband Albert in their second floor apartment. Judge Casey allowed the indictment to be discussed by jurors despite objections.
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Spec. Dist. Atty
Pierce H. Russell
Casey
Hamel
6Th Ave
Schwarz
Woman Sentenced In Slaying Of College Football End
Mrs Hubert Marsin 44, active church worker, convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shotgun killing of Charles Ray Neal 20, Middle Tennessee State College football end from Lenoir City. Judge John Draper sentenced her to 11 months 29 days in the Davidson County Workhouse with 30 days to seek a new trial. state did not seek the death penalty.
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Nashville
Hubert Marsin
John Draper
Davidson County
Charles Ray Neal
Lenoir City
Tenn
Gravity puzzles the strangest force in science
Gravitation intrigues physicists because it behaves differently from other forces. Light heat electricity and magnetism can be created and transformed, while gravity only arises with matter and cannot be freely manipulated by humans.
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Red Cross
Midland
River St
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Sen. Begley
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Frank Glinski
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Plattsburgh
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Gov
Greenberg
Pilots Association
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