Textile shortages hit stores nationwide
Shortages of men s clothing and textiles especially sheets appear in some stores while others report no supply problems. Causes cited include a booming economy and the January New York City transit strike that disrupted garment production.
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New York City
Derwear
Wichita
Kan
Men’s Clothing
Portland
Ore
Chigao
Des Moines
Iowa
Detroit
Columbus
Ohio
Harrisonville
Indianapolis
Ind
Memphis
Military production shifts hit clothing firms nationwide
Joseph H. Cohen & Sons Inc. has handed one of eight Philadelphia shops to military use. Sol Robert M. Ferrell of the Defense Personnel Support Center foresees U.S. apparel demand tripling, with military expenditures for apparel and work clothing rising to 850 million to 1 billion dollars in the year ending June 30. A nationwide check finds shortages in some items but no supply problems at many major stores across the country.
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Joseph H. Cohen & Sons Inc
Philadelphia
Sol
Robert M. Ferrell
Defense Personnel Support Center
Santa
Balti
Daisy
Associated Land
Ohio
Honolulu
Hawaii
New Orleans
Juneau
Alaska
Phoenix
Ariz
Death Reveals Identity Thief In Marine’s Viet Nam Death
William F. Joyce of Stoughton Massachusetts is identified posthumously as the Marine killed at Quan Lai. He enlisted under the alias Richard J. Preskenis to avoid past police trouble. The Defense Department casualty notice lists Preskenis, Joyce’s true name, and confirms Joyce used the alias to join in April 1963.
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Brockton
Mass
Viet Nam
Marine Corps
William F. Joyce
Stoughton
Quan Lai
7Th Marines
Joyce
Richard J. Preskenis
Canton
Preskenis
Defense Department
Paul Collins
Washington
Rioting in Saigon Erupts as Buddhist Demands Civilian Rule
Hundreds of demonstrators march through Saigon burning a U S military police jeep and attacking civilians. Police and paratroopers clash with mobs while Buddhist leaders press for a civilian government within five to six months. Viet Cong fighting reported 20 miles northwest of Saigon and detentions camp raid described.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Nguyen Cao Ky
van van Dua
Viet Cong
Ho* Bo
Phu Tam Hhamlet
Ten EWT News Briefs Jumpstart
Miami parents of a kidnapped teen urge the kidnapper to return their son safely while police and the FBI step aside. The Defense Department sets the June draft call at 15 000, the lowest since Viet Nam buildup began last August. Judy Lynn Funsch returns home to a red cedar house after heart surgery recovery in Flint Michigan. Calm returns to Alcorn A M College after civil rights protests. Mount Vernon Ohio named an All American City by the National Municipal League and Look Magazine.
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Miami
Fla
FBI
Washington
Defense Department
Judy
Flint
Mich
Judy Lynn Funsch
Happiness
University of Michigan
Mount Vernon
New York
Ohio
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Marion Boxes Prompt Fire Crew Surprise
In Marion a teen paid a 25 cent parking fine by inserting a coin into a fire alarm box on a parking meter. The box door opened and fire engines arrived at the scene, but no penalty was charged as officials deemed it an honest mistake. Gary Butler, 18, of LaRue was the surprised motorist.
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Marion
Gary Butler
LaRue
Butler
University files condemnation suits for three properties
Ohio University documents reveal condemnation actions to acquire three nearby properties. The notice lists involved parcels and mentions potential impacts on local streets and community planning.
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Ohio University
Sgabey
Leroy Dunlap
Cincinnati
Detroit
Vocational tour for tri county district precedes May bond vote
About 92 people from Athens Hocking and Perry counties toured the Penta County Vocational and Technical School near Perrysburg to see a model for a proposed tri county school. The May 3 bond issue and tax levy were on the agenda.
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Nelsonville
Tri-County
Athens, Hocking
Perry
Penta- County
Perrysburg
Lucas County
Athens County
White nabs ballot spot in Ohio governor primary contest
Mount Vernon businessman William L. White, 70, won a Supreme Court ruling allowing his nominating petitions for governor to stand, after Secretary of State Ted W. Brown had questioned his 1000 signature requirement. The court’s 5-2 decision overruled Brown, restoring White to the May 3 primary ballot and setting up a Rhodes challenge amid a tense GOP nominating race.
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Columbus
William L
White
Ohio
GOP
Russia
Brown
Rhodes
U. S
Oliver P. Bolton
Allen County
Bolton
Lima
Four Chioans Die in Tennessee Plane Crash
Two Columbus couples en route to Augusta for the Masters died when their twin engine plane crashed near Elizabethton Tennessee. The victims included Robert K Barton an amateur golfer and son of Ohio governor Bricker's law partner, his wife Barton, and James Rattler Long and his wife both of Columbus. Federal investigators began probing the crash as witnesses said the plane lost power on its second engine during a low altitude approach.
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Elizabethton
Tenn.2
Columbus
Jack Nicklaus
Here
Robert K. Barton
U. S. Senate
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Barton
James Rattler Long
Nicklaus
Augusta
Fed
Eral Aviation Agency
Nashville
Long
David Davies Packing Co
Common Pleas Court
John R. King
Ohio population estimates show steady gains statewide
Ohio's midyear population estimate for 1965 stands at 10,564,144, up 857,747 from 1960. Cleveland remains the largest city at 848,108, Columbus 529,532, and Cincinnati 497,946, with Cleveland and several surrounding metros leading growth in northern Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Arlene Eis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Mgaveapanzga
Wikeland
Cuya
Ugs
Rastape, Lake and
Medina Counties
Youngstown
Toledo
Akron
Dayton
Canton
Parma
Rumor of Ohio University Earthquake Prediction Denied
AR circulated a rumor that Jeane Dixon predicted an earthquake at Ohio University on Good Friday. Dixon told a Cleveland newsman she never made such a prediction and had never heard of Ohio University. A radio staffer was blamed, but university officials said students were not leaving campus.
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Ohio
University
Jeane Dixon
Washington Seeress
Ohio University
Dixon
Cleveland
Sheraton- Cleveland
Hydrogen Bomb Recovered Off Spain After Silent Crash
U S officials announce a 20 megaton hydrogen bomb missing since the January crash has been recovered from the Mediterranean off Spain. The weapon remained intact and undamaged, part of a four bomb loss from a B52 collision that killed seven airmen. Recovery crews, aided by Rear Adm. William S. Guest, logged radioactivity cleanup near Palomares Beach where two bombs caused residues later treated.
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Madrid
U. S
Mediterranean
Spain
Palomares Beach
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Weer
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