U.S. and World Briefs: Ohio wage dispute and national politics
Ironton reports 39 city workers out sick since Sunday amid a wage dispute affecting sanitation to sewage divisions. Ohio officials seek restored federal highway funds as states face cuts. Nabisco and Colgate-Palmolive explore a merger creating Nabisco Colgate Co with annual sales near 1.5 billion. Michigan Governor Romney embarks on a Western campaign tour undecided on a 1968 bid. Senator Robert Kennedy reportedly plans to oppose Johnson's Vietnam policies in a forthcoming speech. U S diplomats push Latin American economic integration at a major Inter-American meeting led by Dean Rusk.
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Incomes Rise as Industry Slumps Across U S
In January personal incomes rose sharply the strongest since last August while the index of industrial production fell by one point the largest drop since October 1964 tied to an auto strike. Regents delay tuition decision as UC seeks 264 million from California Legislature.
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Soviet Opposes Ban on Antiballistic Missile Defenses
A Communist source in Moscow says the Soviet Union opposes prohibiting antiballistic missile defenses. The statement, attributed to Pravda, is denied as an error by Soviet authorities and reflects no change in willingness to negotiate with the United States to avoid costly ABM arms race.
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Ohio University to let contracts for demolition work
Inside Today OHIO UNIVERSITY to let contracts for demolition of part of E State Street barracks. A sewer rate increase ordinance rejected by Middleport Council would have taken effect March 1. Athens beat Nelsonville 45 42 to take SECAL title. Federal grant for west Logan sewer system approved, surprising Hocking County commissioners.
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Sukarno Ouster Plot Surfaces Amid Indonesian Crisis
Indonesian Congress plans a March 7 meeting to dismiss President Sukarno with a leader saying the ouster is approved in spirit. Parliament may also probe Sukarno's role in the 1965 coup and oppose his denial of responsibility. Threats of bloodshed rise as military leaders warn opponents face fate of past massacres.
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South Viet Troops claim kill 100 guerrillas in crossfire drive
South Vietnamese forces report killing 100 guerrillas as Communists flee after a rout with Korean marines. U S and allied aircraft pressed the war, with B52 raids and 64 fighter bombers targeting North Vietnam amid heavy fighting near the Cambodian border and along the coast.
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Johnson opposes limits on aid to multiple nations
President Johnson argues that limiting the number of countries receiving U.S. aid would harm foreign objectives. He sent a letter to Sen. J. W. Fulbright in response to the senator's criticism of the aid program. The exchange signals a looming fight in the new Congress over a 3.1 billion dollar request for the coming fiscal year, with only 19 million at stake now.
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Storms Plague Nation Across Wide Regions
Stormy weather with snow sleet rain and gusty winds battered large parts of the nation. Temperatures may ease but icy air remains widespread as 6 to 10 inches fell in Missouri Illinois Arkansas and Oklahoma and the system moved into the Tennessee Valley and Virginias with 4 inches plus expected in Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee. Hazardous driving warnings were issued for Indiana Arkansas Missouri mountain NC Virginias and Maryland.
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Ohio General Assembly Faces Long-Term Stakes Amid Slow Week
Ohio's 107th General Assembly shows little through seven weeks with only four corrections and a routine school deficiency bill crossing both houses. Major items pending include the two-year budget the Bond Commission plan and reapportionment measures shaping districts for the 1970 census and beyond.
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Tecumseh Ironclad Found in Mud at Mobile Bay
Engineers locate the Civil War ironclad Tecumseh after more than a century. The 225 foot vessel lies 38 feet deep in Mobile Bay’s mouth, six feet of her hull exposed. Smithsonian and Navy salvage officials plan to haul and display the ship in a proposed National Armed Forces Museum in Washington.
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Powell Wife Testimony Shapes House Ethics Probe
In Washington the select House committee heard Marjorie Powell, wife of Harlem representative Adam Clayton Powell, describe the congressman's coercive control over her salary funds. Chairman Emanuel Celler called her testimony revealing and courageous as the panel weighs Powell's fitness for office.
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Temperatures Slightly Below Normal With Scattered Snow Flurries
Weather forecast shows Saturday through Wednesday with daily highs around 28 to 35 and lows in the teens to lower 20s. Snow flurries mainly northeast Saturday with snow or flurries Monday or Thursday, averaging about 1/25 inch in total.
April Decision Likely On Insurance Increase
During a three day state hearing on auto insurance rate hikes, two witnesses argued that accounting practices used by insurers mislead about profits, potentially driving higher motorist premiums. The Ohio AFL CIO contends the rate increases are excessive, while the state Insurance Director pledged a decision in early April on rescinding or retaining the increases.
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T. Grayson Maddrea
Richmond
Charles K. Leslie Jr
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Tex
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Rand Vaccine Arguments Heard Today
A federal judge in Cleveland was to hear testimony and arguments on whether to make permanent a 10 day injunction issued February 7 against Rand Development Corp.'s cancer vaccine. The order followed federal agency claims that Rand failed to submit required reports and data and that some vaccine samples were contaminated.
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Rand Company
Waiting Game With Reuther Tests AFL-CIO Unity
AFL-CIO President George Meany avoids public discussion as Walter P. Reuther weighs resignation and threats to pull the United Auto Workers from the federation. Meany jokes about complacency while aides note many unions seek the vacant executive council seat. Reuther's next moves remain uncertain.
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TV's Smiley Burnette Dies at 55
Encino California Smiley Burnette a longtime western film comic and Autry sidekick died Thursday night after a lengthy illness He was 55 Burnette a top money maker in the 1940s starred beside Gene Autry and recently appeared as one of the Cannon Ball engineers on Petticoat Junction.
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NSA Fears Spy Label Amid CIA Ties Abroad
The National Student Association weighs ending overseas work as CIA funding for its international activities surfaces. NSA leaders, including Jim Johnson, say no CIA money supported domestic efforts such as civil rights programs in the South. The group runs the Tougaloo office and the Southern Student Human Relations project with a $35,000 Marshall Field Foundation grant. Johnson says CIA support for foreign activities has existed for 15 years, a fact he only learned recently.
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