St John’s teachers plan strike over firings protest
United Federation of College Teachers calls a walkout at St John’s University after 23 faculty were fired in a dispute over academic policy. The strike would begin after Christmas, with reinstatement and tenure demands including a hearing for discharges and full academic freedom.
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Medicare Eligibility Tied to Loyalty Oath for 2 Million
Washington reports that about 2 million seniors must sign non Communist loyalty statements to qualify for Medicare under the new law. A Welfare Department spokesman said the provision is in the bill Congress passed. The reform covers about 19 million Americans over 65 for hospital costs, financed from Treasury general funds. 17 million have Social Security or railroad retirement benefits, while the remaining 2 million are not under either system and must sign.
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Boy's Santa List Tops Christmas Demands
In Thousand Oaks California a six year old named Steven Kilgore submits a Santa list that reads like a country scene with a cowboy suit hat gun boots holster horse corral barn hay and ten acres of land to ride on as his Christmas request.
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Veterans Get Insurance Reminder
Veterans from World War I and Korea have until May 2 to reopen GI insurance coverage, the VA said. Wayne Sanders of the Phoenix regional VA office noted that veterans who did not buy GI insurance or who dropped it can buy new coverage if they have a service connected disability, with eligibility not tied to VA compensation payments. Plans vary from a low cost modified life to a 20 year endowment option.
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Tito Schipa Dies Noted Opera Tenor at 76
New York report says Tito Schipa, a leading Metropolitan Opera tenor in the 1930s, died after a brief illness at 76. Born in Lecce Italy he debuted as Alfredo in La Traviata at 22 and later created Puccini’s Ruggiero in La Rondine. He joined the Chicago company, moved to the Met in 1932, and retired from stage in 1941 to concert tours, later living in Beverly Hills and Forest Hills.
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Direction Finder Project Planned for Tucson Airport
Gilman Construction Co of San Diego will build a 26000 dollar direction finder facility at Tucson International Airport starting after year end. M Meyer, VP, says the concrete base will be installed by Gilman and the FAA will put in the electronic equipment. Installation typically takes several weeks and provides bearings to pilots by detecting the direction of their transmissions.
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Johnson Seeks 1967 Budget Boost Amid Viet Nam Costs
President Johnson faces a peacetime defense budget near 60 to 61 billion dollars for fiscal 1967 as Viet Nam costs loom large. McNamara may request up to 61 billion, with NASA and other agencies facing cuts to fund war expenses.
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New Fire Captain Gets Bad Start
Odder fire department's new captain Evand Petersen faced a disastrous first day as the station burned to the ground. He reportedly dismissed the alarm as a joke, marking a rocky start to his tenure.
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