Romney urges best candidates for 1968 race
Michigan Governor George Romney said Republicans cannot win the 1968 presidency unless they present strong candidates. He heads to Phoenix for an eight day tour through 10 states. Meanwhile California Governor Ronald Reagan urged a victory aligned ticket in Vietnam at a Des Moines news conference before a $100 dinner.
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Sturgis
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Phoenix
Ariz
Des Moines
Iowa
Republican Party
Vietnam
California
Ronald Reagan
Nixon warns against Communist expansion after Vietnam
Former Vice President Richard Nixon told about 800 people at the Greater Laconia-Weirs Beach Chamber of Commerce meeting that if Russia and Communist China succeed in Vietnam they will try again and the next risk will be greater. He urged strengthening non Communist nations to deter expansion and export of revolutions. The remarks were described as nonpolitical.
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Laconia
N. H
Richard M. Nixon
Russia
China
Vietnam
Nixon
Greater Laconia-Weirs Beach
Mexican President Diaz Ordaz to Visit White House
Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz and his family arrive from Mexico City to Andrews Air Force Base for a three day visit with President Johnson. A formal 21 gun salute and red carpet welcome are planned at the White House signaling cordial border relations.
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Washington
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Johnson
Diaz Ordaz
Mexico City
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Ohio Draft Call Includes 1892 Inductees by County
The Selective Service System issued the November draft call for Ohio’s 88 counties listing 1,892 men to be inducted. Counties named include Athens nine, Gallia eight, Hocking five, Meigs one, Morgan six, Perry six, Vinton eight, and Washington ten.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Ohio
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washington
Jon Webbment
Marietta
Morgan, Noble
Monroe
Vinton and Hocking
Experts Back US Child Cash Allowance Plan
About 50 experts from business, economics, labor, civil rights, government and social policy debated a federal program to give every child a monthly cash allowance of ten or twenty five dollars. They agreed planning along these lines would be beneficial.
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New York
United States
Pentagon protesters refuse to eat among arrestees
Twenty three prisoners refuse meals after antiwar demonstrations at the Pentagon last weekend. Ten women and thirteen men with 31 others eating remain among 667 arrested in the march on Defense Department headquarters. About 35 000 joined the rally, with many camping on the Pentagon mall until midnight Sunday.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Pentagon Mall
Older Reds Started Riots a Safe Assumption?
Los Angeles District Attorney Evelle J. Younger told the House Un American Activities Committee that Communist or extremist groups claiming credit for city riots are merely bragging. He said recent riots were all started accidentally by explainable incidents and cautioned against assuming Communist instigation of the 1965 Watts riots due to pamphlet distribution.
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Washington
P— Dist
Evelle J. Younger
Los Angeles
Younger
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Open house drawn by 300 plus at Athens High School
More than 300 parents attend an Athens High School open house as part of a community outreach. Page 4 reports local involvement and school activities while other notes mention a patrolman stopping a suicide attempt over the Silver Bridge and senate critics reacting to new blue ribbon Vietnam policy committee actions. Page 5 and Page 13 references indicate coverage across pages.
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Athens High School
Patrolman
Silver Bridge
Senate
U. S. Vietnam
Blue Ribbon Committee
Ohio Department of Highways
Athens County
Route
Athens
U.N. Condemns Middle East Violence After Suez Fires
The U.N. Security Council condemned cease-fire violations after Israeli shells hit Suez refineries. U Thant asked for more observers and patrol assets. Egypt reported eight civilians and eight soldiers dead and many wounded as Al Ahram described extensive damage to plants and pipelines.
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Egypt
Suez
Suez Canal
U.N. Security Council
Israel
United States
U.N
U Thant
Security Council
Cairo
al Ahram
Nasr
Hamid Mahmoud
Lution
U.S
Insecticide Kills Seven Children in Florida
In Arcadia Florida seven children of an itinerant farm couple died from poisoning traced to an agricultural insecticide. Dianne Richardson, three, died after brothers and sister, ages 2 to 8, perished, while parents were away. Authorities say para thion or malathion poisoning caused the deaths.
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Arcadia
Fla
Dianne Richardson
Millard White
Sarasota
Desoto County
Frank Cline
James Richardson
MIG SHOT DOWN AS U.S. RAID HITS HANOI POWER PLANT
U S Navy bombers attacked a Hanoi power facility as pilots reported shooting down a MIG 21 south of the city. Raids extended to bridges rail yards and MIG bases around Hanoi and Haiphong amid reports of multiple aircraft losses and missing crew. Casualties from both sides in the ground war rose, with 193 U S and 81 South Vietnamese killed and hundreds wounded.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Oriskany
U.S
Haiphong
Phuc Yen
Paul Doumer
North
South
South China Sea
Shah of Iran Crowned in Grand Coronation Ceremony
Tehran watched as guns drums and planes showered roses while Mohammed Reza Pahlavi crowned himself King of Kings and Light of the Aryans on his 48th birthday. He then crowned his wife Empress Farah, Iran’s first crowned woman, in a lavish ceremony broadcast from Golestan Palace.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Farah
the Shah
Golestan
Teacher Pay Dispute Heads To School Board
Martins Ferry Ohio AP Superintendent John Pickens planned to present a settlement proposal to the board of education as the pay dispute tied to a teachers boycott kept all three thousand students idle. The Martins Ferry Classroom Teachers Association scheduled a professional study day with no classes.
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Martins Ferry, Ohio
John Pickens
Board of Education
Martins Ferry
Filibuster Threatens Civil Rights Bill in Senate
The administration backed civil rights measure faces a looming filibuster as Dirksen warns against Senate action. Mansfield anticipates consideration this year while Ervin backs a broader protection beyond race based rights.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Ate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Judiciary Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Ervin
Jury finds Stephen Kessler insane in LSD murder case
A New York jury acquits Stephen Kessler by reason of insanity in the 1966 stabbing murder of Florence Cooper, his mother in law, amid debate on LSD's role. The Harvard-educated former medical student, who admitted marijuana and LSD use, was ordered confined to the State Mental Hygiene Authority.
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New York
Stephen Kessler
State Supreme Court
Edward Thompson
State Mental Hygiene Authority
Kessler
Henrietta Kessler
Florence Cooper
Brooklyn
Maurice Edelbaum
Ford Workers Return After Tentative UAW Deal
Ford workers who approved a three year contract are slated to return to their jobs today and Friday. The United Auto Workers says the 49 day national strike against Ford ends, but local plant disputes may delay returns at as many as 33 plants.
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Detroit
P— Ford Workers
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Economy Proposals Rejected in Senate Budget Clash
The Senate rejected a House demand for deep presidential budget cuts and blocked three Republican economy moves. A conference committee will consider funding for several federal agencies as five more appropriations measures may reach the president by afternoon. Final action on 11 of 15 money bills would be reached, while antipoverty and foreign aid programs face delays.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congressional
Senate House
Johnson
Pope and Orthodox Patriarch Meet at St Peter's Basilica
In Vatican City Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras met at the door of St. Peter's, marking the first Orthodox patriarch’s visit to a Roman Catholic pope in over nine centuries. Bells rang as they clasped hands and prayed, signaling a milestone toward Christian unity.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Athenagoras
St. Peter’s Basilica
Constantinople
Istanbul
St. Peters
Christendom
Living Costs Rise Again in September Report
Living costs rose two-tenths of one per cent in September marking the smallest rise in six months. A government spokesman said price hikes are accelerating and support a need for a tax increase. Grocery prices fell nine tenths of one per cent but housing clothing transportation and medical care drove the overall increase per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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