White House denounces steel price increases as unsanctioned
The White House labeled steel price hikes by Inland Steel Jones & Laughlin Armco and others as irresponsible and said Johnson discussed the issue with economic adviser Gardner Ackley before a formal statement. U S Steel joined the rise, boosting prime grade sheet and strip by 3 and secondary grades by 2, following similar moves earlier in the week.
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White House
Gardner Ackley
President Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
Ackley
Big Steel
Inland Steel Co
Jones & Laughlin
Armco
Pittsburgh Steel Co
National Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
B52s Bomb North Vietnam in Saigon Buffer Zone Clash
U S B52s pounded North Vietnamese positions in the buffer zone as on ground clashes involving 10 000 U S infantry and air cavalrymen occurred 235 miles north of Saigon Three days of fighting yielded U S casualties and claims of enemy losses while the briefing noted U S units prepared a spoiling operation in the highlands Marines and South Vietnamese forces reported heavy patrol activity and a large weekly toll of casualties on both sides
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North
U. S
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
U. S. 1St Cavalry
U.S
Peter Arnett
Grove City rolls past Bentley to stay unbeaten in Athens
Defending champion Grove City defeated previously unbeaten Cincinnati Bentley 4 to 2 in the state American Legion tournament in Athens. Grove City remains the tournament’s only unbeaten team.
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Grove City
Cincinnati Bentley
American Legion
Athens
Beatles faces ban yet plans stay on course
American producer Walter Shenson said banning Beatle records by U S radio stations will not stop his plan to film the third Beatle movie in London in January. Lennon’s Jesus remark triggered widespread radio bans and fires of Beatle records, but stations varied in response.
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London
U.S
Mophead
Walter Shenson
John Lennon
Jesus
Shenson
San Francisco
Jannuary
Chicago
Maureen Cleave
The
London Evening Standard
Lennon
United States
Birmingham
Ala
Heart of the South
Bible Belt
Senate leaders back air walkout compromise plan
Senate Democratic and Republican leaders support a three step plan to end the four week strike by airline mechanics. Congress would order a 30 day return to work, Johnson could name a mediation panel to extend the pause for 60 days, and a further 90 day extension would follow if no deal is reached.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Johnson
Mansfield
Autopsy May Reveal If Whitman Was Under Drugs
Autopsy results expected to determine if Charles J. Whitman was drug influenced when he killed 15 and wounded 31 in Austin. Pathologists to test for dexedrine after pills found on Whitman, who fired from a 28th floor UT tower before police killed him. Gov. Connally urged deterrent laws while Whitman’s relatives lie in Florida and Texas funeral services begin amid mourning and sorrow.
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Austin
Tex
Charles J. Whitman
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
Whitman
Dellana
Kathy
John B. Connally
Reams Vows No Promises He Can't Fulfill in Athens
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frazier Reams Jr told about 50 people at the Athens County fairgrounds he would not promise goals he cannot fulfill. He criticized Gov. Rhodes on mental health, education, and highway safety, pledged listening to all counties, and warned against big expressways, as he and other Democrats toured 6th and 10th District communities then moved to Gallipolis, Marietta, McConnelsville, New Lexington, and Lancaster.
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Athens
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Athens County Fairgrounds
GOP
James A. Rhodes
Meigs County
Toledo
Athens County
Appalachia
Ohio
Hough
Gallipolis
Associated Press
Marietta
McConnelsville
New Lexington
Lancaster
Farmers Absolved Of Blame
New York. Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman said food price increases beyond modest farmer gains require a vigorous study. The Senate Agriculture Committee urged him to investigate and determine how much farmers are being blamed for rising prices.
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New York
Orville L. Freeman
Senate Agriculture Committee
Whites Clash With Chicago Police Over Open Housing Protest
Demonstrators marching through a white Chicago neighborhood confront police as about 1,500 whites brandish missiles in protests led by aides of Martin Luther King Jr. Twenty-one people are detained while King plans another march. governor Chafee cites tumult in Providence as a separate incident. The House narrowly inserts a open housing provision into the 1966 civil rights bill by 180-179 margin, heading to the Senate.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Providence
R. L
John H. Chafee
U. S. House of Representatives
Senate
Tragedy on Ohio Farm: Mother Drowns Four Children
Coroner reports a 25 year old Ashtabula County woman killed her four children by drowning them in a farm pond then took her own life. The double tragedy occurred near Geneva on the Lake in Trumbull Township as the family had been separated since January. The children named Kevin 4 Kathy 3 Kasandra 1 and Keith 2 months. The husband was believed to be in Flint Michigan.
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Jefferson
Ashtabula County
J. R. Higerd
Higerd
Geneva-on-the- Lake
Trumbull Township
Patricia Smith
Kevin
Kathy
Kasandra
Keith
Inmates Escape from Girls School in Indiana
About 40 inmates at the Indiana Girls School escaped Wednesday night in a protest against administration change. The mass breakout followed 25 inmates who earlier broke windows. 11 girls were injured and 30 plus more fled, while 175 inmates remained quiet. Authorities say 30s-era incidents mark ongoing trouble at the facility near Indianapolis.
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Clermont
Ind
Indiana
Alfred R .Bennett
Department of Correction
Bennett
Indianapolis
Pace of protest grows as professor fasts over war
Cleveland State University professor Paul Olynyk enters a fourth day of hunger strike to mourn and protest the Vietnam War escalation. He cites the deaths of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese in a telegram to President Johnson. Eisenhower returns home after hospital checkup as he resumes office work. British industry reluctantly backs the Labor wage and price freeze while dissenting MPs stage a futile parliamentary protest.
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Cleveland State University
Viet Nam
Paul Olynyk
Johnson
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert Schulz
London
American airman dies on Matterhorn as nine climbers go missing
In Chamonix France an American airman fell to his death on the Matterhorn while a snowstorm on Mont Blanc left nine climbers missing from Germany and Japan. Two other climbers also died on Mont Blanc on Wednesday.
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France
Matterhorn
Germany
Japan
Mont Blanc
Taft Jr. praises Vietnam tour declaring war is being won
Former U S Representative Robert Taft Jr after an 18 day Southeast Asia tour told reporters in Cincinnati that the war is being won militarily and psychologically. He praised the morale of American troops saying it was the highest. Police investigate death of Moses Lee Miller 55 after drunkenness arrest with $8000 missing from his wallet. He fell ill while in custody and died at General Hospital.
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Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U.S
Robert Taft, Jr
Taft
Ohio
Woodrow Breig
Moses Lee Miller
Miller
Central Station
General Hospital
Pats Bachelor Party Attends Football Game in DC
Patrick J. Nugent’s bachelor party joined a night NFL game with about 70 wedding party members. President Johnson attended, becoming the first U.S. president to watch an NFL game in the league’s 47 year history.
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Washington
Patrick J. Nugent
President Johnson
Nugent
D.C. Stadium
White House
Johnson
Bedford School closure faces vote at Meigs County meeting
Thirteen of eighteen parents attend a meeting opposing the closure of Bedford School in Meigs County. A Meigs Young Republicans chapter forms to organize and elect officers. A Pittsburgh firm is the low bidder at 860000 dollars for the Athens water plant project.
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Meigs County
Young Republicans
Meigs
Pittsburgh
Athens
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