Auto Makers Slump As April Sales Drop
Detroit reports show April auto sales fell to 761,606 cars with four GM plants on short time and a temporary production cutback announced. GM cites current stocks and UAW contract timing while rivals Ford Chrysler and AMC operate largely normal weeks.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
Ypsilanti
van Nuys
Calif
South Gate
Atlanta, Ga
American Motors
Chrysler
Ford
United Auto Workers
Fisher Body
Janesville
Wis
Donald N. Frey
Ford Division
New York
Johnson Orders Doubling Up on Organized Crime War
President Johnson announced a strengthened federal push to uproot organized crime, calling it guerrilla warfare against society. Flanked by Attorney General Katzenbach and FBI Director Hoover, he charged each investigative unit to review programs and report findings to the attorney general with new lines of inquiry.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Societ
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
Indiana voters oppose long war in Viet Nam poll says Hartke
Sen. Vance Hartke reports Indiana voters favor winding down the Viet Nam war. The poll indicates a loss of faith in a stable Vietnamese government and a rising trend toward seeking an exit, with no willingness shown to endure the sacrifices of a long conflict.
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Washington
Indiana
Vance Hartke
Viet Nam
Hartke
Rail Suits Seen as Attack on Unions
H. E. Gilbert, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, called eight railroads damage suits an effort to destroy the union. He said the actions could worsen morale between railroad employees and management. Gilbert spoke at a BLF&E state meeting in Cleveland.
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North Platte, Neb
UPI
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Blf&e
Union
H. E. Gilbert
Cleveland
Ohio
Gilbert
The
Tractor overturns kills Starke County man
A 65 year old Starke County man Earl Nerger was killed when his tractor flipped while pulling stumps at his farm southwest of Knox. Authorities said the vehicle overturned after the stump caught on an obstruction.
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Knox, Ind
UPI
Starke County
Knox
Earl Nerger
Cemetery Aid Society Marks 52nd Anniversary
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Aid Society celebrated its 52nd anniversary at Mrs. Edward Orebaugh’s home with co hosts Mrs. Bertha Vermil lion and Mrs. Garfield Grove. A noon carry in dinner featured a white cloth table with a bowl of red roses. Mrs. Dorothy Henkle led the meeting and Mrs. William Walker recalled the society’s history. Mrs. John Likens spoke on a button collection dating back to 1700. Attending were numerous members and guests, plus Brian, David and Dale Walker.
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Daleville
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Nelle Franklin
Mary Lawler
Mildred Addison
Denton Sylvester
George Chambers
Charles Brown
Garfield Grove
J. W. Ingram
de Schlegel
Bertha Vermillion
Frank C. Scott
Arthur Schlegel
Theodore Walker
Charles Haugh
Ralph Schlegel
William Walker
Edward Orebaugh
Denzil Stewart
John Lukens
Brian
David
Dale Walker
TWC Club
Mildred Caldwell
Richard Caldwell
Muncie
Mesdames E. E. Bowman
Floyd McWilliams
Doris McKee
Marge Michael
Virginia Shoemaker
John Lambert
Social Evening Brings Two Frankton Clubs Together
In Frankton the Peppy 8 Club met at Louise Smith home for cards after a meal at MCL Cafeteria. Guests Pat and Speedy joined Ethel Etchison Kay Detrick and others with strawberry pie served. The Chat-A-Bit Club gathered at Dorothy Nicholson’s for a business meeting and prize awards. Next meetings set for May 5 May 9. Bible school plans announced for June 6 to 17. A census note says there are nearly two million more women than men in the United States.
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Gerald Nicholson
Frank Nicholson
George Nicholson
Hagerstown
Herbert Gentry
Perkinsville
Christian Church
Pat Lawler
The
United States
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