Steel talks move to White House as strike deadline nears
President Johnson calls a White House session with 10 steel producers and union leaders to end a stalemate before a midnight strike deadline. I. W. Abel and R. Conrad Cooper lead negotiators as U S Steel and others prepare plants for possible shutdowns. The union seeks 53 cents hourly gains over 39 months against an offer of 40.6 cents over 35 months.
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Johnson
White House
Pittsburgh
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
Labor
Willard Wirtz
Commerce
John T. Connor
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Leroy Collins
Morse
Collins
Wirtz and Connor
William Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
U.S. Steel Corp
Capital
Steelworkers Union
Gemini 5 astronauts begin eight day Moon mission prep
Doctors start medical probes on Ameri ca's Gemini 5 crew L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr as space officials express confidence in an eight day round trip to the Moon. Tests aboard the USS Lake Champlain show no disturbing symptoms with more examinations ahead and a move to Cape Kennedy for seclusion. President Johnson congratulates the crew as the mission schedule and weather outlook are reviewed.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Lake Champlain
The
Champlain
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Control Center
Charles Berry
Cape Kennedy
Cooper
Air Force
Conrad
Navy
Howard Minners
Johnson
Gemini Control Center
United States
Soviet Union
Sen
Wayne Morse
LeRoy Collins
Pittsburgh
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Johnson Names O'Brien Postmaster General
President Johnson named Lawrence F. O'Brien to replace John A. Gronouski as postmaster general. O'Brien, 48, has served as presidential assistant for congressional relations and is a key Kennedy era political organizer. Gronouski will become ambassador to Poland, and John Moors Cabot will move to another diplomatic post. Johnson spoke at a Texas news conference on steel talks and Gemini 5, urging efforts to avoid a steel strike and praising spaceflight as a path to peace.
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Johnson
White House
Texas
Lawrence F. O’brien
John A. Gronouski
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson City
Gronovski
Poland
John F. Kennedy
Warsaw
John Moors Cabot
O'Brien
Kennedy
Springfield
Mass
O’brien
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Heavy two hour battle leaves multiple dead in Santo Domingo
Rebel troops and the Inter-American Peace Force clash overnight in the Dominican Republic, with at least five rebels killed and 10 wounded reported by rebel headquarters. OAS sources raise total rebel casualties to nine dead and 31 wounded. one Paraguayan IF officer possibly hurt. No US casualties. Fighting may have been sparked by mortar fire on rebel areas as talks toward an OAS peace formula proceed.
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Santo Domingo, D. R
Inter-American Peace Force
Organization of American States
U. S
OAS
Maritime unions set to OK pact to end 75 day strike
In New York leaders from two maritime unions say they will urge quick ratification of the agreement ending the costly 75 day shipping strike in East and Gulf Coast ports. Ratification could come by Wednesday with ships sailing the next day. President Johnson called the settlement a step toward a new maritime policy.
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Gulf Coast
International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
American Radio Association
Afl-Cio
Johnson
W. Willard Wirtz
Washington
Stengel Retires as Mets Manager Becomes VP
Casey Stengel, baseball’s most popular figure since Ruth, bows out Monday as manager of the New York Mets. Retirement takes effect at season’s end and he will remain with the club as vice president.
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NEW York
Casey Stengel
Babe Ruth
New York Mets
Stengel
Rules Group Gets Reapportionment In Ohio
The Ohio House Rules Committee tackled reapportionment as the legislature returns from a 21 day recess. Speaker Roger Cloud leads Republicans in a last ditch bid to meet the one man one vote standard. A floor vote is expected Tuesday with a three fifths majority required, but support is split between parties.
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Columbus
House Rules Committee
Ohio
House
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
Crowds Expected At Ohio State Fair Amid Record Pace
Ohio's state fair opened with expectations of record crowds. Sunday drew 134 747 visitors, the second highest for that day after 1956. Opening day attendance reached 116 350, and Friday saw 87 747. Four days of harness racing with 137 000 in purses started. Tonight a Williams Bye Bye Birdie show and concerts by All Ohio Boys Band and Ohio String Orchestra. Seven Ohio youths to be honored for safety program participation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Andy Williams
All-Ohio Boys
Ohio String Orchestra
U S B52 Raids Hit Viet Cong Positions In South Viet Nam
U S B52 bombers based in Guam struck suspected Viet Cong positions in two raids near Quang Tin and Zone D north of Saigon. Viet Cong guerrillas overran three outposts south of Saigon as an American F105 crew reported missing after a ground fire incident near Hanoi. Marines reported killing about 10 Viet Cong and wounding 6 near Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
U. S
North Viet Nam
Quang Tin Province
Hanoi
da Nang
Is Coalition Next Move In Greece
Indications mount that King Constantine may seek a coalition to resolve Greece's political crisis. Parliament defeated the 9 day government of Elias Tsirimokos 159 to 135 in a confidence vote, sending Tsirimokos to resign. The king would try to form a broad government from Parliament with acceptance by all 300 deputies.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Elias Tsirimokos
Tsirimokos
Royal
Tsirimakos
Sea lab 2 aquanauts begin 45 day undersea test
Ten aquanauts complete setup for a 45 day endurance mission in Sea Lab 2 positioned 205 feet below the Pacific surface. They connect a communications and data unit and report superb marine life views. Visibility ranges 60 to 70 feet, improved from earlier murky dives.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Ter
Navy
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