North Korea offers terms to swap POWs for confession
At Panmunjom the North Korean delegate said three American helicopter crewmen shot down Aug. 7 are alive and could be returned for a Washington confession and apologies. They reported Capt Crawford, Spec Hofstatter seriously injured and WO Loepke slightly injured, with medical care ongoing.
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Minnesota towns to receive $9.7 million in back sales tax funds
Attorney General Douglas Head says Minnesota local governments will get 9.7 million dollars in back pay from state sales tax funds. Distributions are set for June 15 and November 15 next year and include 1.289 million for Minneapolis 837 thousand for St Paul and 285 thousand for Duluth.
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Duluth
Midwest Teachers Face Widespread Strikes and Delays
The Associated Press reports widespread teacher labor action across the Midwest and beyond as many districts threaten or enact strikes over promised pay raises, contract expirations, and funding. Chicago 9,000 teachers vote on strikes. Joliet, Granite City, La Salle and Waukegan also see walkouts or stalled negotiations. Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin districts report additional disputes threatening openings and state aid implications. Maryland hints at possible action as funds talks sour.
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Nixon desegregation policy criticized by NAACP official
Washington AP reports that NAACP representative Clarence Mitchell Jr calls Nixon desegregation policy pussyfooting while critics label it retrogressive and political. HEW says 2,994 of 4,476 districts will have unitary schools next week, with 1,476 under court orders or voluntary integration plans, boosting integrated enrollment in 1969 70.
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John N. Mitchell
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Tito announces purge in party in Yugoslavia
Belgrade AP reports President Tito declares a purge within the ruling Communist party and accuses several leaders of lack of discipline.
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Polluters Face Federal Study on Lake Superior Tailings
Federal officials will continue hearings in Duluth on September 30 and October 1 to examine pollution in Lake Superior tied to Reserve Mining Co. tailings dumped into Silver Bay. About 60,000 tons daily, disputed as harmful, with representatives from Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan attending.
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S D girl killed near Owatonna
A South Dakota teenager Mary Jane Hulsebus, 19, died after a two car crash on Highway 14 near Owatonna Minnesota. Larry Herring of Decatur Alabama and his daughter were not hospitalized. Herring's wife Donna was in serious condition in Rochester hospital.
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Rochester Hospital
Rome Reports Jetliner Hijacked On Flight To Tel Aviv
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 carrying 113 aboard was hijacked during a Rome to Tel Aviv flight. It landed in Damascus after a planned stop in Athens, with reports of a possible two Arab notables onboard, which could not be confirmed.
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Cars trigger exhaust fumes in Boston garage crush
About 20 people were overcome by exhaust fumes after 1300 cars in an underground garage were started nearly simultaneously following a rock concert in Boston Thursday night.
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Senate secretary Torrey to retire this fall
Herbert Y. Torrey secretary of the Minnesota State Senate since 1941 said he will retire this fall. Torrey, 78, has served as an official since 1931 when he became second assistant secretary.
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Marines Press Through Fire in Da Nang Foothills
U S Marines push up a hillside near Da Nang amid heavy fire as 72 Americans and 646 North Vietnamese are reported killed in two weeks of fighting. In the day’s operations 18 Americans died and 66 wounded. 23 North Vietnamese were cited nearby.
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196Th Light Infantry Brigade
U.S
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Nixon appoints diplomat to Greece
President Nixon names Henry J. Tasca a career diplomat from Upper Darby Pennsylvania as ambassador to Greece replacing the retiring Phillips Talbot. The move comes as Joseph S. Farland is also named ambassador to Pakistan succeeding Benjamin H. Quelart.
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Calif
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Upper Darby
Nixon
Greece
Tasca
Phillips Talbot
Joseph S. Farland
Washington, D.C
Pakistan
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Byrne pushes charter amendment for St. Paul income tax
Mayor Thomas Byrne proposes a city income tax via a charter amendment. The Charter Commission will draft the measure for the Council to place on November ballots. Officials face legal hurdles over piggybacking on state taxes and home rule authority.
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Douglas Head
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Head
CAB chairman Crooker resigns $40,000 job
Washington AP report states Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman John H. Crooker Jr. resigns his $40,000 yearly post five years before his term ends. A Johnson ally, Crooker says the party that wins should hold the chair and a regulatory agency, after being appointed Feb 16 1968.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
John H. Crooker Jr
Nixon
Houston Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
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