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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1967
Page
2
Jimmy Hoffa started an eight year federal sentence for racketeering and conspiracy. He will serve at least two years eight months before parole eligibility. Hoffa's transfer to Lewisburg followed a short courthouse appearance amid cameras and questions about a new trial.
Bonn Germany AP The Krupp empire long run by one family is going public under forced restructuring. Alfried Krupp 59 will lose sole control as a board of directors takes over turning the family property into a stock holder corporation by December 31 1968. A possible Krupp foundation may be created while West Germany guarantees 75 million dollars of debts to ease the firm’s business troubles.
Anti poverty head Sargent Shriver said plans to prevent mass unemployment after the Vietnam war end. He spoke in Atlanta after conferring with Office of Economic Opportunity regional directors at Pine Mountain. He suggested creating nondefense jobs like building roads hospitals and schools and said there is nothing un-American about those efforts.
Reports from local newspapers say scores of high level government and party officials have fled to Hong Kong to escape a purge by the Chinese army against opponents of Chairman Mao Tse-tung. The army reportedly controls Canton and has disbanded anti Maoist groups and arrested senior officials in Kwangtung Province.
Governor proposes a $2.5 billion highway program financed by bonds to beat pay-as-you-go costs as road demand grows. He cites rising construction costs, rising automobile numbers, and a mass transit push to relieve congestion in Manhattan and upstate cities.
The Legislature pushed ahead on a plan to establish an air pollution control committee to fix and enforce standards. Assembly passage approved a three hour driver training course for applicants, with a $10 cap. A family court expansion on adoption jurisdiction till 1968 was approved. The Senate backed up to $100 million in federal aid for a uniform housing code for New York City to meet Federal Housing Act deadlines. Assembly moved to remove property ownership requirement for village and town officials, ending a long-standing discrimination.
At a news conference Caltech biologist Dr Bonner warned that technological fixes may fail in the coming decades as rich nations devour the poor. He argued schools could acculturate the developing world and urged actions to boost food output, fish catches, and aid while noting population growth may outpace progress.
A four member U S Advisory Commission on Information headed by Frank Stanton urged allowing the U S Information Agency to provide overseas style materials inside the United States upon congressional approval. Leonard H Marks said the agency would comply if policy were legislated. The plan faces opposition amid concerns USIA propaganda could target Americans despite its 192 million budget and global operations including Voice of America and libraries.
SPEONE NY AP Charles LeBrun spent days in agony over whether to inoculate his 8 year old son Michael after a pack of dogs bit him near their Long Island home. He rejects rabies shots hoping the dogs were not rabid, despite doctors saying rabies is extremely unlikely and warning of possible death if wrong.
Kenneth Harlan, 71, a pioneer silent film actor who worked with D W Griffith and Constance Talmadge, died Monday night at Sutler Memorial Hospital in Sacramento after abdominal surgery followed by an aneurysm. Born in Boston to a theatrical family, he moved to Hollywood in 1916 for Betsy Burglar, later starring as rescuer heroes in films such as Learning to Love and The Marriage Wheel.
The body of 42 year old artist Pegeen Rumney daughter of Peggy Guggenheim was found by her estranged husband Ralph Rumney in her Seine Island apartment. Police report she died March 1 from barbiturate and paint tube exposure. Her final work The Map of a Tender Person depicted bleak paths in love ending in death.
Washington Senator s studying President Johnson s crime legislation blamed the rising crime rate on Supreme Court decisions that limit voluntary confessions and urged Congress to act. Acting Atty Gen Ramsey Clark pressed for two Johnson proposals while noting crime requires local solutions and seeking $50 million for police training equipment rehabilitation and crime prevention programs.
An ad touts MBT Instant Beef Broth as a flavor booster for gravy that is low in calories. It promises rich taste without adding pounds and notes that even slim people enjoy it.
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