Wilson Shifting Cabinet In Major Labour Reshuffle
Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a cabinet reshuffle placing Michael Stewart as Economics Minister to lead austerity while George Brown became foreign secretary. The move follows a six month wage and price freeze approved by the House of Commons, drawing cool reactions from papers and a mixed reception among Labour factions.
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London
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Britain
Stewart
Harold Wilson
George Brown
Brown
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Wilson
Guardian
Daily Telegraph
House of Commons
Job Training Set For Jail
A federally funded program to train youths for jobs will be established at the Mansfield Reformatory. Director Martin A. Janis announced it as the first such program by the state Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation connected with a prison. A $7.5 million transportation research center will be located near Marysville, per the Columbus Dispatch.
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Mansfield Reformatory
Martin A. Janis
Department of Mental Hygiene and Corrections
State Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Transportation Center
Marysville
Columbus Dispatch
Treasury to Stop Printing the $2 Bill
The Treasury Department says the $2 bill will no longer be printed as movement from government inventories has slowed and none have been produced since mid 1965.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Texas sniper blood shows no drugs or alcohol
A Texas DPS lab analysis of blood from University of Texas sniper Charles J. Whitman found no alcohol, barbiturates, drugs, or stimulants. The statement followed his deadly rifle fire that killed 16. A government note also mentions other state news and events across Ohio and Oklahoma.
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Austin
Tex
Charles J. Whitman
Texas Department of Public Safety
University of Texas
Dollar Days bargains across Messenger ads drive summer savings
The Messenger announces semi annual Dollar Days with bargains from participating merchants. Governor Rhodes planned visit to Hocking County Fair. Chad Mitchell late for Ohio University concert. Natco property sprucing rumors of housing development. Regional pages list editions and sections including obituaries, sports, and town highlights.
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Rhodes
Hocking County Fair
Solons Grope At Air Strike Talks In Congress
Congress continued to grapple with the five week strike of 35000 aircraft mechanics as union and management chiefs blamed each other for the failure of talks on back to work legislation. AFL CIO caution and warnings framed the stalled process while arbitration was floated but rejected by key leaders in the dispute with no immediate House action expected.
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Washington
Congress
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George Meany
Harley C. Staggers
House Commerce Committee
West Virginia
William J. Curtin
P. L. Roy Siemiller
Afl-Cio Internatonal Association of Machinists
Orbiter Aims For Moon Pix
Pasadena report on Lunar Orbiter a 850 pound spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas Agena rocket. It aims to orbit the moon photograph landing sites measure radiation and micrometeoroid density. A midcourse correction was planned after liftoff and Canopus search failed on the first roll.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
New Racial Trouble Erupts In 3 Areas
Violence erupts in Detroit Brooklyn Grenada as civil rights tensions rise. Tyrone Powers wounded in Detroit. two others shot in Brooklyn. white mobs confront activists in Grenada. Police arrest 32 Negroes and seven whites amid clashes and fire bomb incidents.
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Detroit
New York
Marines pursue 6000 Reds near Da Nang in heavy fighting
U S Marines battle 6000 North Vietnamese near Da Nang after night encirclement by twice their force. At least 121 enemy fighters killed as Marine casualties are modest. Separate air actions hit coastal targets and highland areas. Coast Guard cutter incident kills two, injures five. Army to cut Ravenna Arsenal land to 4000 acres for development.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
South Viet Nam
U. S. Coast Guard
Mekong Delta
U. S
Pleiku
Senators Set Date On Rights
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he will seek action on the civil rights bill on September 6, the day after Labor Day. He noted House passage faces rougher sledding in the Senate and anticipated no opposition to placing the bill on the calendar without Judiciary Committee referral. Deputy Sen. Everett Dirksen and Southern opponents loom for a possible filibuster. Dirksen warned of adjournment by October 15. Agriculture estimates Ohio corn production at 236,210,000 bushels for grain, ranking sixth among major producers.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Senate Judiciary Committee
James ©. Eastland
D-Miss
Dirksen
Agriculture Department
Ohio
Kentucky Asking River Suit's Death
Kentucky Attorney General Robert Matthews asked the U S Supreme Court to dismiss Ohio's suit over equal and concurrent jurisdiction of the Ohio River unless the complaint is more specific The court agreed to hear the case and could hear arguments this fall Kentucky argues no defined land tract or riverbed is described in the complaint and questions Ohio's claim to northern low water marks versus the river as it exists today with dams and widening changes
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Robert Matthews
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio
Ohio River
Matthews
High Court
Mars
Indonesia Malaysia sign end to three year undeclared war
Indonesian and Malaysian leaders signed a peace pact in Jakarta to cease hostilities at once and restore diplomatic relations. The agreement includes elections in Sabah and Sarawak to reaffirm their join with Malaysia and signals British troops may withdraw. Sukarno did not attend the signing.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Malaysia
Tun Abdul Razak
Adam Malik
Bangkok
Malaysian Borneo
Sabah
Sarawak
Malik
Suharto
Sukarno
Razak
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