Senate probes seek safer cigarettes filter from Strickman
University of Columbia president Kirk testified that no cigarette maker will be licensed to use the Strickman filter until an extensive testing program proves results satisfactory. He cited tests showing tar and nicotine reductions while noting taste and pressure questions remain. Columbia plans cooperative testing with the surgeon general and aims to market the filter to multiple tobacco companies without exclusive rights.
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Washington
Grayson Kirk
Columbia University
Robert L. Stickman
Kirk
Senate Commerce
Columbia
Strickman
U.S
George E. Moore
New York
Strickman-Columbia
Ter
UAW Faces Pressure as Tradesmen Demand Higher Pay
Detroit AP report details a demonstration by hundreds of skilled tradesmen at Ford aimed at pressing for a $1-an-hour yearly wage rise during new contract talks with Ford, GM, and Chrysler. The rally sought to influence both union leadership and company negotiators amid separate ratification votes.
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A. FM. Mahan
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Ford
General Motors
Chryser
UAW
Chrysler
Walter P. Reuther
House Leaders Rally to Save Foreign Aid Bill
Administration leaders in the House seek to salvage the aid bill after a setback with a one year limit on the economic portion. The House cut the second year while Senate actions trimmed military and other requests. leaders aim to finalize before the Labor Day recess.
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House
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
E. Ross Adair
R-Ind
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Major land sale approved near Voyageurs National Park
Minnesota Conservation Department approves sale of about 7600 acres in St Louis County including at least 254 acres inside the proposed Voyageurs National Park. The sale is set for Sept 12 in Duluth. Associated items include a Soviet Cosmos satellite launch and civil rights litigation over TV sports ads. In New Jersey police reform news a receiver may take over Newark PD following a NAACP and ACLU suit. In Minnesota, David Hoskins, age 30, waives preliminary hearing in a five death arson case linked to his wife and four children.
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N.J
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Newark, N.J
ST. Cloud, Minn
David Hoskins
Two Victims Die in Jasper Minnesota Crash
In Rock County near Jasper two people died when a car lost control on Highway 23 four miles south of Jasper. Emmett Drake and Dora Mueller, both from Tyler, died. Joyce Drake survived with minor injuries. three other occupants were seriously hurt.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Jasper
Rock County
Emmett Orville Drake
Dora M. Mueller
Tyler
Sioux Falls
D.D
Joyce Drake
Hazel Drake
Joel Drake
Gregory Donald Chaney
Debbie Drake
Drake
Russell Lowell Hosaas
Watertown
S.D
Minneapolis
St. Louis Park Hospital
Highway Patrol
Hosaas
Third Street
East 59
Gerald L. Polski
West St. Paul
Fire damages Webster City building. $500,000 loss
A three story brick business and apartment building in Webster City sustained about $500,000 in damage from a Wednesday night fire that started in the Johnson Furniture store. Police Captain Dick Kennedy rescued three elderly residents as crews battled the blaze and evacuated 26 apartments. The front wall collapsed onto Highway 20 and multiple volunteer departments aided, with only minor injuries reported.
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Webster City
Johnson Furniture
Dick Kennedy
Kennedy
Highway 20
Pearson Keeps Cool With New De Gaulle Move
Ottawa reports that Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson remained calm as France offered accelerated cultural and technical aid to Quebec. Pearson said the development did not disturb him, and the English speaking provinces did not echo earlier indignation after De Gaulle’s Quebec message last month.
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Pearson
de Gaulle
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Quebec
Charles de Gaulle
Canada
Montreal
30 Arabs Arrested Crossing River Into Jordan
Israeli security forces detained more than 50 young Arabs believed to be PLA members as they attempted to cross the Jordan River into Jordan. The group, from the Gaza Strip with West Bank passes, aimed to form an underground Jordanian cell.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine Liberation Army
Jordan
PLA
Ahmed Shukairy
Israel
Ail
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Jerusalem
Red Wing Pottery Future at Stake
Stockholders of Red Wing Porteries Inc meet at 2 p.m. to decide the plant or its future after closure since June 1 due to a strike by workers in the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union.
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Red Wing Pottery Future At Stake
RED Wing, Minn
Red Wing Potteries Inc
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Antipoverty Bill Sparks Senate Labor Committee Rift
A Johnson administration memo attacking a Senate Labor subcommittee antipoverty bill triggers furor among Democrats. It pushes removal of a $3 billion emergency slum program and a $105 million slum job item, and detours disclosure of five year cost projections. Clark cites budget limits from Vietnam War pressures and defends the subcommittee version.
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Washington
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Labor Committee
Subcommittee
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Office of Economic Opportunity
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Johnson
Congress
Full Labor Committee
Clark
White House
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Bill Clark
U.S
Vietnam
Farmer Owns Land Under County Ditch
Atty. Gen. Douglas M. Head says the land under a county drainage ditch belongs to the adjacent farmer. Frog catching on the ditch is not allowed without the landowner’s permission, even if the ditch is a county project. Only adjacent landowners may eject frog hunters from the ditch area.
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ST. Paul
Douglas M. Head
Wilkin County
Bruce N. Reuther
Attorney General’s Office
Head
Fort Madison inmate dies in break for freedom
Five Marines escaped from a moving Santa Fe train about two miles west of Wyaconda Missouri. One inmate, Pvt J L Baker age 19, was killed. Pvt Terry Eugene Blankenship 18 and Pvt Jerry D Williams 19 were injured with a broken back. Pvt Robert Eugene Stinnett 19 was recaptured. a fifth man jailed after the train arrived in Fort Madison.
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Fort Madison
Missouri
Wyaconda
Iowa
Laughlin Hospital
Kirksville
Terry Eugene Blankenship
Jerry D. Williams
Robert Eugene Stinnett
St Paul approves strong civil rights ordinance
The St. Paul City Council approved a strong civil rights ordinance extending protections to owner occupied duplexes and rooms for rent in single family homes. It bans blockbusting and discrimination in union apprentice programs and prohibits lending or insurance refusals based on race color religion or national origin.
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ST. Paul
Fate of Delhi Walls Yet to Be Determined
Plush residential buildings rise along Old Delhi’s 17th century ramparts as government struggles to protect the historic walls. Ownership of the wall remains unsettled, blocking preservation efforts.
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Delhi
New Delhi
Old Delhi
Police hold suspect in Rochester slaying of officer Floyd Haley
Rochester police announced the arrest of a man in the Aug. 6 death of officer Floyd Haley. They recovered Haley's missing .38 revolver from Silver Lake with a magnet and prepared to seek a warrant through the Olmsted County attorney. Haley was found shot near his stalled patrol car behind a Rochester bowling alley.
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Rochester, Minn
Rochester
Floyd Haley
Haley
Silver Lake
Olmsted County Attorney’s Office
U.S. and Soviet Draft Treaty Ban on Nuclear Weapons
The United States and the Soviet Union jointly submitted a draft treaty at the 17 nation disarmament conference to curb nuclear proliferation. Key gaps remain notably Article 3 on verification. work continues in Geneva and at the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. The draft obligates nuclear powers not to transfer weapons or assist manufacture and non-nuclear states not to acquire them.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
William C. Foster
Alexei A. Roshchin
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Bond Cut for Ware Sparks Debate Over Sedition Charge
Nashville officials clash over sedition charges against George Washington Ware 27 after bond reduced from 10000 to 5000. Mayor Briley and U.S. Attorney Merritt dispute federal jurisdiction while Ware remains jailed and defense argues for federal handling. Ware linked to Stokely Carmichael Cuba trip and cited for alleged violent aims.
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Ware
Nashville, Tenn
George Washington Ware
Nashville
Beverly Briley
U.S. Atty
Gilbert Merritt
Merritt
Briley
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Charles Galbreath
Stokely Carmichael
Cuba
Galbreath
Jack Kershaw
White Citizens Council
Kershaw
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Holy City
International Committee of the Red Cross
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