New York Strike Ends Ends Subway Bus Lockout
New York workers returned to work as the city struck for 13 days ending before dawn. Transit Authority resumed service with 3200 buses operating and portions of the 237 mile subway system carrying paying passengers. The two year pact totals about 52 million dollars with wage increases for subway workers and other TA personnel.
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Transit Authority
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Ta’s
Manhattan and Bronx Transit Surface Operating Authority
Threeman Mediation Panel
Vietnamese Lunar New Year Truce Foiled by Ambush Near Saigon
A Viet Cong ambush within artillery range of U S forces near Saigon mauls a South Vietnamese battalion and its American advisers as Tet cease fire begins. In Operation Crimp, 8000 U S and Australian troops engage attackers, with totals to date: 131 Communists killed and 80 captured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam Press
U. S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Trang Bang
Cu-Chi
Iron Triangle
Johnson outlines vast agenda in State of the Union address
President Johnson pledges a record 112.8 billion dollar budget and long Viet Nam commitment while urging Congress to push crime control, a cabinet level transportation department, civil rights in courts and housing, term extension for House members, health and education funding, anti poverty expansion, urban renewal, river pollution fight, foreign aid shift, expanded trade with the Soviet bloc, and new excise taxes on cars and phone calls. GOP leaders warn of budget fights. defense spending questioned by Sen. Henry M. Jackson.
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Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
U. S
Viet Nam
Department of Transportation
Soviet Union
Europe
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Everett M. Dirksen
Appropriations
House Republican
Gerald R. Ford
Henry M. Jackson
Mail Heist Suspect Is In Custody
Logan Amerine 30 was taken into custody by federal officials in a mail theft case. He allegedly drove the mail truck carrying a shipment of new $20 bills from the Cincinnati Reserve to a Laurelville bank bound for Adelphi in Fairfield County. He is lodged in Hocking County jail as marshals planned a Logan arrival.
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Charles Amerine
Amerine
Cincinnati Federal Reserve Bank
Laurelville
Adelphi
Fairfield County
Hocking County
Paul Hartman
Rio de Janeiro Flood Toll Rises to 283
The Rio de Janeiro area death toll from floods and landslides reached 283 with 184 in Rio, 36 in Niteroi, and 63 in Petrópolis north of the city. A 150 pound boulder cut water, worsening shortages as volunteers search hillside slums for victims and refugees are housed in schools and clubs.
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Brazil
Niteroi
Bay
Petropolis
Favela
Rio
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Copacabana
Tijuca
Nanda Seeks Support to Remain India Prime Minister
New Delhi India Prime Minister G L Nanda the senior cabinet member and acting head after Nehru death seeks backing from Congress kingmakers to stay in power. He meets party president Kamaraj and urges continuation until next year general elections.
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India
G. L. Nanda
Nanda
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Shastri
Congress Party
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kumaraswami Kamaraj
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Archbishop Ramsey to meet Pope Paul VI in Rome
London report says Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Michael Ramsey will visit Rome on March 23 to discuss Vatican Council matters including the churchs new stance toward other Christian groups called the separated Brethren. Cincinnati industry gains show 14 new plants, 1458 jobs, and $8.7 million payroll in 1965, with 72 expansions adding 903 jobs and $6 million payroll.
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London
Canterbury
Church of England
Rome
Church Information Board
Michael Ramsey
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Longtime Indiana novelist Mrs Booth Tarkington dies at 95
Mrs Booth Tarkington widow of the two time Pulitzer Prize winning Indiana novelist died Wednesday at 95 after an illness that began last summer. The report from Indianapolis notes her as the widow of a renowned literary figure.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Judges Named for Junior Miss Pageant in Meigs County
Meigs County observes pageant preparations as local judges are named for the Junior Miss event. The ceremony spotlight aims to showcase regional talent and community support for youth competition.
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Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Meigs County
Miami
Redskins
Ohio
Viet Nam
Equality For Negroes Sought By Johnson
President Johnson pushes new civil rights laws to end racial discrimination in juries housing and violence against activists. Senate leaders warn of tough fights on Capitol Hill while Justice Department works to expand federal jurisdiction and create a model jury system for states.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Justice Department
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Johnson Seeks Tax Returns on Cars Phones and Wages
President Johnson asks Congress to reimpose lifted excise taxes on autos and telephone calls and raise withholdings to boost year end payments. He also seeks faster corporate tax collections and credits war funding, estimating over 4 billion dollars annually. House hearings on tax legislation likely to begin next week guided by Ways and Means sources.
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Washington
P House
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Great Society program expansion urged in State of the Union
President Johnson pledges continuation and expansion of Great Society antipoverty and urban renewal efforts, nondiscrimination in housing, and housing sales. He outlines a 1967 budget with 112.8 billion dollars in expenditures and a 1.8 billion deficit while seeking tax cuts on telephone and auto taxes but no broad tax hike. Johnson vows U S persistence in Vietnam until aggression ends, seeks self determination for South Vietnam, and notes no response yet from Communists to peace efforts.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
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