Wheat Trade Still Blocked by Labor Unions in 1960s Ports
A union boycott halts multi million dollar U.S. wheat shipments to Russia. Eight ships idle as International Longshoremen's Union demands at least half of grain going to Soviet bloc nations in American vessels. Wirtz and Johnson efforts fail to break the stand with AFL CIO backing.
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Miami Beach
Fla
U.S
Russia
W. Willard Wirtz
Thomas W. Gleason
The
International Longshoremen’s Union
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Wirtz
Washington
Uff
Johnson
Aflcio
Johnson Administration
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Soviet Union
Rebels kill two Belgian teachers in Congo attack
In Kwilu province a band of 30 spear wielding rebels attacked the Makanzi ka Catholic mission 30 miles south of Kikwit. Two Belgian teachers Jacques Bollaerts 25 and Robert Marechal 24 were killed by arrows and stab wounds. Two Canadian priests and another Belgian teacher were wounded. The revolt stems from former education minister Pierre Mulele, now six months underway, with six whites and over 120 Congolese dead.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Kwilu
Pierre Mulele
Makanzika
Kikwit
Judge Orders Ruby Trial Recess In Oswald Shooting Case
Dist. Judge Joe B. Brown recessed Jack Ruby's murder trial after a bench conference with counsel. Defense plans to seek a mandamus to challenge juror eligibility for anyone who saw the televised Oswald shooting, a move that could trigger a mistrial if upheld. Two jurors already sworn in had watched the TV scene.
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Dallas
Joe B. Brown
Jack Ruby
Joe Tonn
State Supreme Court
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Texas
Oswald
Kennedy
Texas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Max E. Causey
Allan McCoy
Court halts force account payments in Ohio bridge projects
In Ath ens County Common Pleas Court Judge John W. Bolin blocked the county from paying Ohio Bridge Co. Cambridge Co. 60556 for two county bridge jobs over Federal Creek and Frost Bridge repairs. The ruling challenges the practice of force account used by county highway departments and cites its long history since 1917.
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Athens County
Ohio Bridge Co
Cambridge Co
Federal Creek
Rome
Frost
Hocking River
Gabriel F. Pincelli
Chauncey
Bolin
Johnson Seeks Tax Cut Bill Amid Civil Rights Clash
Congress plans to send to President Johnson an 11.5 billion tax cut bill this week before the Senate civil rights debate. Senate Democrats delay the House civil rights measure to block action in the Judiciary Committee as opponents threaten a filibuster. The compromise bill is expected to pass in both houses with mid March take home pay gains.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Judiciary Committee
Mansfield
Senate House
House
Pakistani Troops Ambush Indian Patrol in Kashmir
Twenty three Indian police are missing after Pakistani forces allegedly crossed the cease-fire line near Keran along the Krishen Ganga River. Indian officials say Chinese? correction not present. UN observers contacted. one body accounted.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Indian Defense Ministry
Keran
Srinagar
Istani
Krishen Ganga
Glad-Handing President Returns To Capital
President Johnson arrives in Washington after a California trip and heads to Florida for a daylong public appearances stretch in Jacksonville Palatka and Miami. He greets crowds eagerly risking security constraints and a cut finger amid a crowded Los Angeles airport melee.
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Florida
Washington
Johnson
California
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Jacksonville
Palatka
Miami
Secret Service
Los Angeles International
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Coast Guard Rescues 25 Stranded On Floe
Coast Guard teams plucked 25 ice fishermen from a mile wide Lake Erie floe in a three hour operation. Four women and four children were among those saved as ice broke away near Camp Perry and drifted north. Rescue used a 14 foot skiff and a helicopter. a state patrol helicopter later lifted two Coast Guard members. Rescued included James Doctor of Cleveland and Frederick Priestley of Alexandria Bay. Others hailed from Muncie Indiana Upper Sandusky and Akron with four Akron residents named.
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Port Clinton
Coast
Alexandria Bay
N. Y
Coast Guard
Muncie
Ind
Upper Sandusky
Akron
C. J. Riedy
James
Robert Jayne
Howard Nole
Mills predicts more tax cuts after 11.5 billion bill passage
Chairman Wilbur Mills of the House Ways and Means Committee says further reductions are possible if federal spending is curtailed. He notes the 11.5 billion tax cut bill aligns federal taxes with economic gains and finances, potentially enabling more reductions in the not too distant future.
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Washington
Congressional
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Believe Man Was Slain Near Oak Hill
Sheriff John Evans awaited a coroner's report to confirm a homicide in the death of Henry Hall 65 found in his home near Oak Hill. Hall, a retired brick mason, appeared to have been struck several times with a blunt object, likely the night before.
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Jackson
John Evans
Henry Hall
Oak Hill
Hall
Sonic Booms Trigger Noise Complaints in Oklahoma City
FAA and Air Force sonic boom tests in Oklahoma City draw 750000 residents into a monitoring program. An average of 30 calls flood a special switchboard after each boom as the city acts as a testing lab to study public reaction and potential flight restrictions.
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Oklahoma City
Air Force
Joint
Federal Aviation Agency
Air Force Project
FAA
Aeronautical Center
No Work No Caps And Gowns York Board Of Education
York High seniors who fail to maintain passing grades in any fifth six weeks period may be denied caps and gowns at graduation. The board approved withholding caps and gowns while allowing graduation eligibility if the grades are improved by year end.
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York Board of Education
Buchtel
York High School
Jack Hillyer
Hillyer
Nimitz Observes 79th Birthday in California
Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz marked his 79th birthday in Island, California as his carrier forces had driven the Japanese fleet from the Pacific nearly twenty years earlier.
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Nimitz
Treasurer Island
Calif
Chester Nimitz
Pacific
Libya to Oust Bases from U S and Britain
Tripoli declares it will not renew agreements allowing foreign bases, with US treaties expiring in 1971 and British ones in 1973. The Libyan government issued the statement after criticism from President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic.
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Tripoli
Libya
United States
Britain
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Booby Traps Wound Two U S Army Captains Near Saigon
In Viet Nam a Sunday operation 30 miles north of Saigon left two U S Army captains with minor wounds from mine fragments and a spiked foot trap. A Vietnamese soldier was killed by the mine.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Transfer of Mansfield inmates to Lebanon Prison planned
Officials of the Mental Hygiene and Correction Department outline financing and program changes to move about 200 Mansfield Reformatory inmates to the Lebanon Correctional Institution within 30 to 90 days to ease overcrowding. Budget and new programs are under review as work begins in March.
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Columbus
Mental Hygiene and Correction Department
Mansfield Reformatory
Lebanon Correctional Institution
M. C. Koblentz
Mansfield
Lebanon Prison
U S Resumes Ties With Zanzibar After Recognition
The United States has resumed diplomatic relations with Zanzibar after recognizing President Abeid Karume's leftist government. U S diplomats traveled there following recognition by Britain and six Commonwealth nations. Karume seized power January 12, ousting the sultanate that had ruled since independence.
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Washington
United States
Zanzibar
State Department
U. S
Great Britain
British Commonwealth
Abeid Karume
Karume
Britain
Gabon President Dissolves Cabinet After Coup
In Libreville President Leon Mba dismissed his cabinet Sunday night after a week of military revolt. He also postponed the new national assembly election until April 12, signaling continued political turmoil alongside regional unrest. The report also notes a five day forecast for Ohio with below normal temperatures and light precipitation.
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Libreville
Gabon
Leon Mba
Ohio
Hopefuls Attack LBJ Policies Over Viet Nam and Poverty
Republican hopes attack Johnson foreign policy and domestic poverty programs. Nelson Rockefeller accuses news management and demands the truth on the military situation in Vietnam. Richard Nixon blasts the administration as hoodwinking Americans. Barry Goldwater criticizes antipoverty efforts as half baked amid Nashua crowds.
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Washington
Johnson
South
Viet Nam
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Rockefeller
Nixon
Peoria
Ill
Goldwater
New Hampshire
Nashua
Trains Collide At Sandusky Delays Spark Runby
A speeding passenger train sideswiped seven freight cars at the George Street crossing in Sandusky. The New York Central freight derailed but stayed upright while the New England States passenger train from Chicago to Boston scraped by amid sparks. Mrs Kennedy returns to Washington after Georgia weekend at Greenwood plantation with John Hay Whitney hosts.
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Sandusky
New York Central
George Street
New England States
Chicago
Boston
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Georgia
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