Conferees Back Local Poverty War Control
Washington AP Conferees approved a two year antipoverty program shifting major control to local officials. The deal funds 1.98 billion the first year and 2.19 billion the second year with details to be finalized in an appropriations bill. Senator Clark called the local control issue the real tough nut as House Republicans weigh the agreement. The compromise removes cash contribution required from communities and raises Office of Economic Opportunity funding.
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Washington
Mouse
Senate
House
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Office of Economic Opportunity
Researchers Flee Antarctic Volcano Threatens Bases in Deception Island
An Antarctic volcano eruption from an ancient lake on Deception Island wrecked three nations' bases. Chilean and British personnel were evacuated by navy helicopters to Piloto Pardo, while Argentines were ferried to Bahia Aguirre as the sea boiled and rocks rained down. The eruption marked the island's first such event in over 120 years.
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Santiago
Chile
Antarctic
Deception
Piloto Pardo
Noa
Lake Beere
Interior Ministry
Falkland Islands
South
Amelia
Detroiter surrenders after 18 hour armed standoff
Eugene Ector 52 held a fortified Detroit home during riots until his minister Rev Alphonso Campbell and family convinced him to surrender to a fellow officer. No charges will be filed. Ector’s son was killed in the riots. he was taken to Receiving Hospital.
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Detroit
UPI
Eugene Ector
Ector
Alice Hicks
Campbell
British Antarctic Survey
London
Herman
John Brotherhood
Tee
Unions win Supreme Court on group legal services ruling
The Supreme Court, in an 8 to 1 decision by Justice Hugo L. Black, upheld the right of unions to hire lawyers for group legal services to help members assert legal rights. The ruling supports lower legal costs for members and rejects broad state restrictions that would impair associational freedom.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Group Legal Services
Organized Bar
Hugo L. Black
Black
John M. Harlan
National Labor Relations Board
Police Chief jailed for not naming informer in gambling raids
Arkansas State Police Director Lynn A. Davis was jailed after refusing to reveal an informant tied to September gambling raids in Little Rock. Circuit Judge William J. Kirby held him in contempt for defying grand jury questions, with Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller backing Davis. The case raises debate over confidential informants and policing methods.
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Pulaski Circuit Court
Little Rock
Lynn Davis
Arkansas State Police
Little Rock, Ark
Lynn A. Davis
William J. Kirby
Davis
Pulaski County
Grand Jury
Kirby
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Democratic County Administration
Tom Eisele
Eisele
Two Steel Firms Raise Prices Amid Pressures on Wages
Pittsburgh AP reports Armco Steel Corp and Republic Steel boosted prices by five dollars a ton on cold rolled sheets and Armco added five on hot rolled and four on galvanised sheet. The moves follow U.S. Steel and Bethlehem, amid President Johnson's calls for restraint. If patterns hold, about 80 percent of shipments could reflect product by product increases, affecting cars appliances and industrial goods. Bethlehem reviews Armco rise. U.S. Steel has no comment.
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Pittsburgh
Johnson
Armco Steel Corp
Republic Steel
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Armco
Washington
Kennedy
Army Frees Lost Soldier With No Comment
Pte Joe A Smith 22 was released by the Army at Oakland after a ten month absence. He wandered from the base for an hour then returned to a waiting media crowd. He said he plans to find work in the Bay Area and described the withdrawal as a relief after a long ordeal.
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Calif
Army
Joe A. Smith
Armco
Suns
Smith
Army Base
Joe Smith
Warna
Bay Area
Ft. Hood
Texas
Brownsville
San Francisco Presidio
Glenda
UAW GM Accord Hinted On News Blackout And Talks
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers and General Motors edged toward a national contract for about 380000 workers with a news blackout on negotiations and a Dec 14 target date for a settlement The talks marked hard bargaining after subcommittee work and followed pattern set by Ford and Chrysler with wage and benefit gains The strike threat looms if no deal by year end while workers at Chrysler plants face authorization and a wildcat at GM parts center in Flint The progress noted in subcommittees focuses on non economic issues and production standards with a call for state level changes to the charter and advisory committees.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Chrysler
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Indianapolis
Flint
Mich
Chevrolet National Parts Distribution
Assembly
Anthony J
Travia
Sues
Travia Names Advisors To Change Constitution
Republican leaders named an 18 member Travia committee to advise on parts of the rejected constitution to salvage. The panel includes nonlegislators such as former New York City Mayor Robert Wagner and former Court of Appeals judges Desmond and Froessel, plus academics and journalists.
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GOP
Travia
New York City
Robert, EF. Wagner
Charles S. Desmond
Court of Appeals
Alan K. Campbell
Syracuse University
William J. Vanden Heuvel
Robert F. Kennedy
Dollie Robinson
Kings County
Charles W. Froessel
Don M. Mankiewicz
Nassau County
Regiment Head Felled By Shot Near Da Nang
U S infantrymen killed a North Vietnamese regimental commander in heavy rifle fire near Da Nang yesterday, according to American military spokesmen. The report states the action occurred during intense fighting as U S units engaged North Vietnamese forces in the area. The killing was confirmed by the morning briefings.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
Iman
4Th Infantry Division
North
South Vietnam
Bu Dop
Coassal Phu Yen
North Vietnam
Con Thien
Bu Dap
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Demonstrators clash with police at New York draft center
More than 1,000 protesters confront the induction center in lower Manhattan as 260 plus activists are arrested. Notables present include Benjamin Spock, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Allen Ginsberg, Susan Sontag, Terry Southern, and Jane Jacobs. Police report 171 men and 93 women arrested for disorderly conduct amidst civil disobedience.
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NEW York
Armed Forces
Lower Manhattan
Benjamin Spock
Conor Cruise O’brien
New York University
Allen Ginsberg
Susan Sontag
Terry Southern
Jane Jacobs
War Resisters League
David McReynolds
League
McReynolds
Nelson Havis
Queens County Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars
U S Travel Agency closes Mexico City office
The U S Travel Agency shut its Mexico City office due to a congressional budget cut. A spokesman said advisory services for travel to the United States will continue from the U S Embassy in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
U.S
Congress
United States
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