Highway Deaths Mark Ordinary Day on Nation's Roads
A Monday, Aug. 9 snapshot shows 93 Americans dead in auto crashes across states led by Georgia and California, with 56 adults and 25 teens among the victims. A Michigan couple honeymooning died in a crash as a young boy lost his life on a Dayton bike case. The piece notes factors like speed, passing errors, and alcohol, citing National Safety Council data.
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Associated Press
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Dennis
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Michigan
Illinois
Ronald James Wroubel
Pontiac
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Harbor Beach
National Safety Council
Notables in brief Phyllis Diller divorce suit filed
Comedienne Phyllis Diller, 48, filed for divorce in St. Louis from Sherwood Diller, 52, after 25 years of marriage. He denied the charges, but her attorney said she would not contest. Roy Rogers canceled an antelope hunt after a golf course accident left his ankle in a brace. Federal Reserve Chair William McChesney Martin Jr warned of inflation risk amid war spending in a Salt Lake City speech. Sidney Skolsky won $80,000 in a suit against Electronovision Productions over an agreed payment for a Jean Harlow biopic. Richard Crenna and his wife welcomed a 6-pound daughter, Maria, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Marion bus service resumed after a week as a new operator took over Marion Bus Lines, Inc.
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William McChesney Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Martin
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Sidney Skolsky
Electronovision Productions Inc
Skolsky
William Sargent
Jean Harlow
Richard Crenna
Slattery
People
Maria
Thursday
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Ohio Personal Income Rises Amid Industrial Growth
Development Director F. P. Neuen schwander cites Business Week data showing Ohio ranked second in the North Central Region for personal income gains in the first half of the year. He attributes the rise to sustained industrial expansion within the state over the past two years.
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Columbus
F. P. Neuenschwander
Welcome Home Gemini 5 Astronauts Jubilation at Houston
Four rambunctious sons greet their father L Gordon Cooper Jr as Gemini 5 astronaut Conrad returns from a month away. Peter 10 Andrew 6 Thomas 8 and Chris 4 dive into arms while teen daughters Camala 16 and Benita 15 share smiles. Tru dy receives a kiss then Jane Cooper shares a kiss after lipstick is wiped away.
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Trudy
Conrad
Jane
Rhodes Signs Sales Permit for Central Ohio Brewery
Gov. James A. Rhodes signed a law to attract a $50 million brewery to central Ohio. The measure allows on premise sale of beer and liquor, a feature sought by Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. which has an option on land in suburban Worthington.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Anheuser - Busch Brewing Co
Worthington
Johnson Grows Tougher to Criticism Amid Viet Nam Debate
Washington The University of Kansas student Charles Hook slashed his wrist in a spontaneous protest against President Johnson’s Vietnam policy. The piece notes Johnson’s restrained public reaction yet highlights private storminess and a rising undercurrent of dissent over civil rights and foreign policy.
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Pakistan
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Winston Churchill
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Home Rule Vote To Survive in Congress
Washington district home rule bill nears the House floor as 217 signatures on a discharge petition fall one vote short. President Johnson and party leaders push to secure the needed signers while a rival bill to cede much of the capital to Maryland advances in committee.
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District of Columbia
Johnson
Texas
House District Committee
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D-S.c
De Long ruby ransomed for 25000 restored to museum
The priceless 100 carat De Long ruby was ransomed from the underworld for 25000 in cash and found in a public phone booth on the Sunshine State Parkway. Millionaire John D. MacArthur financed the ransom, and the gem will soon return to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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Fila
DeLong
Underworld
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Sunshine State Parkway
John D. MacArthur
Ruby recovered after $ gem heist linked to Miami Beach trio
A state official denied plans for a downtown Columbus skyscraper as a committee member noted the site choice for a new Health Department building. The ruby recovered in Palm Beach involved Francis P. Antel and New York Daily News reporter Bill Federici who helped secure the gem from alleged thieves. The stolen jewels included the sky blue Star of India sapphire, with sentences handed to three Miami Beach youths.
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State Health Department
Antel
Bill Federici
New York Daily News
Federici
Miami
Burma
Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Jack Murphy
Alan Kuhn
Roger Clark
Enlistment on Rise Thanks to New Draft Boost
Washington reports voluntary enlistments rose in August after President Johnson ordered a draft increase. Marines up 20 percent and the Army 19 percent, with Navy and Air Force expecting higher totals. Army reached 96.3 percent of its August goal as 10 821 youths enlisted.
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Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Und Johnson
Viet Nam
Russians Harassing U S Cultural Exchange Program
U S and Soviet officials clash over the cultural exchange program amid alleged harassment by Moscow. A U S exhibition on architecture faces pressure while Hello Dolly negotiations falter as Moscow allows the Philharmonic to perform in New York next month.
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Washington
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
New York
Moscow
Leningrad
Kremlin
U.S
Soviet Union
Deny Bias of Hiring of Negroes in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Building Trades Council secretary told the Ohio Civil Rights Commission there was no local discrimination against Black workers in building trades. Construction firms testified they hire Negroes and have attempted to recruit them, while several Negro applicants described repeated rejection from unions in electrical work plastering and pipefitting. In Columbus, Ohio, the Wahkeena State Memorial near Lancaster will be turned into a wildflower preserve and educational facility for nature study.
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John Appiarius
Cincinnati Building Trades Council
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Appiarius
Commission
Columbus
Ohio Historical Society
Wahkeena State Memorial Natural History
Lancaster
Fairfield County
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