Night Snow Strikes Explains Emergency Powers Move
The British government grants emergency powers to shield the economy amid a growing merchant marine strike. An Illinois deputy sheriff near Tuscola abducted after a shooting is noted on page 1. Vietnamese troops assume protection of American holdings in Hue after a student mob attack on the U S Information Agency building.
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Illinois
Tuscola
Ill
Hue
U.S. Information Agency
Astro-Guide
Capitol
Rodie
Roger W. Babson
Santa Fe
Sylvia Porter Weorner
Catalog of Federal Programs for Community Improvement
A Taxpayers Association review highlights a 414 page catalog listing 162 agency programs under various categories aimed at helping children youth families and other groups. It notes funds reaching districts like Garden City despite low local incomes and cites Youthpower and YES youth employment efforts in Milwaukee Amarillo and beyond.
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Ooa
Taxpayers’ Association of New Mexico
Uncle Sam
the Taxpayers’ Association
Garden City
Long Island
Ond
Reader's Digest
Karl Detzer
Milwaukee
Youthpower
Amarillo
Youth Employment Service
YES
Max Motley
Bill Moore
8Th Ave
Drake
Digest
Markets rise with fifth straight Dow gain
New York markets closed higher with the Dow up 1.33 to 891.75 and the broader index holding gains after a volatile session. Gainers outnumbered losers 27 to 32 as profit taking and thin trading influenced the day.
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New York
Associated Press
Sharman
Dow
Aerospace
Airlines
Amj
Dow Jones
Standard &Dustrial
Pogr
Kidnap Claim Ties Illinois Deputy to Albuquerque Abduction
Douglas County deputy sheriff Robert D. Sumption said he was abducted after a shooting near Tuscola Illinois and transported to Albuquerque New Mexico in a car by four men. He described being tied with handcuffs and held on a city bus until a siren brought him to awareness as FBI and Bernalillo County authorities investigated possible federal violations.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Tuscola
Robert D. Sumption
Douglas County
Sumption
FBI
Bernalillo County
Joe Wilson
Wilson
Mo-Pac Hub of Rail Deal
Missouri Pacific Railroad and Mississippi River Corp announced plans to seek control of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway by filing with the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire Santa Fe through stock. The move would create a coast to coast system and lower costs with 24 750 miles of track in 15 states.
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St, Louis, Mo
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Mississippi River Corp
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. G Marbury
Mississippi River
D. B. Jenks
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Marbury
Jenks
Western and Midwestern Railroad
Union Pacifice
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
Marbury and Jenks
Chicago
Gulf Coast
Pacific Coast
Mo-Pac
Texas and Pacific Railway Co
Ernest S. Marsh
Missouri Pacificc
Copter Disrupts Power Across Northwest and California
A helicopter crashed into a power line in British Columbia causing a massive power surge that disrupted electricity from northern Washington to southern California. California Edison relays tripped, isolating a 230000 volt line between Klamath Falls Oregon and Cottonwood California within minutes as load dispatchers redirected flow.
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Portland
Ore
Canada
California
Arizona
Bonneville Power Administration
British Columbia
Bonneville
Washington State
Oregon
California Edison Co
Klamath Falls
Cottonwood
Calif
U.S. Buildings Targeted in Hue Uprising as Ky Plans Da Nang Trip
Vietnamese troops assume protection of American holdings in Hue after a student mob sacked the U.S. Information Agency building. Premier Ky prepares to fly to Da Nang to quell northern uprisings, while riot police disperse Buddhists at Saigon market. US command reports weekly casualties at 366 killed or wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hue Thurst
U.S. Information Agency
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
U.S
Ia Drang
Things Go Better With Coke in Dallas Birth Day Story
Tom Rubio rushed his wife to the hospital for their third child and stalled at the Coca-Cola Bottling plant in Dallas. A crowd of pregnant women and a nurse helped deliver their first son Tom Rubio Jr in the car in the plant lot while Evelyn Wormser conducted a childbirth class next to the auditorium.
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Dallas
Tom Rubio
Rubio
Coca-Cola
House Passes Pay Bill To Raise Minimum Wage
The House approved a bill to lift the 1969 minimum wage to 1.60 an hour, delaying from the earlier plan. Interim 1.40 wage would begin Feb 1, extending coverage to about 7.2 million workers. The roll call was 303 to 93 with a reversal of a Wednesday vote 200 to 195.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Increases Clerk Allowances For Members
The House approved about 18 500 dollars extra per member annually for clerk hiring. Funds may hire one more clerk or be distributed among 10 or 11 current staff, based on district size. The move affects only House members and requires no Senate action. The article notes a vote on wage coverage and farm workers on the floor.
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Washington
House
Senate
Abstract painting shown to city officials in vestibule plan
City commissioners viewed a small abstract model on a tripod easel with an olive frame. The piece sparked lively commentary about its form with directions to reposition a red splotch while debating its potential for the 9 by 12 foot wall in the new municipal office building.
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Mr. Sharman
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Western Network
R. R. Burton
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Burton
Chase Field
Beeville
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RAIL
Viet Nam
Jack Simmonds
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