Fatality Count for Year Stands at 333 in State
Five people were killed on Minnesota highways over Memorial Day weekend raising the 1968 state death toll to 333. Victims include Alver G. Smith, 79, in Minneapolis. Robert O. Smerdon, 35, White Bear Lake. Don Borchard, 27, Dawson. Rose, 12, injured. William L. Schmidt, 18, Proctor. Ervin G. Kushel, 54, Garrison, with several others in separate crashes across Aitkin and Mille Lacs counties.
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Minneapolis
14Th St
Portland Ave
Alver G. Smith
Robert O. Smerdon
White Bear Lake
Minn
McGregor
Aitkin County
Lake Mille Lacs
Highway Patrol
Smerdon
David T. Olafson
Duluth
Olafson
Alvin J. Merseler
Don Borchard
Dawson
St. Leo
Yellow Medicine
Navy to Probe Azores Shallow Waters for Scorpion
Navy forces fly Link Perry and Deep Diver submersibles with Ads Mark 4 to the Azores to search shallow depths south of the Scorpion's last reported position on May 21. The operation aims to locate the submarine and assess sea mounds along a 30 mile arc 360 miles south of the Azores as search efforts expand.
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Azores
Link- Perry
Cruiser Banks
Irving Banks
Arnold F. Schade
Norfolk
Continental
Shade
Cape Henry
New Transplant Patients Do OK Says Doctors
The two newest heart transplant patients, Albert Murphy of Laval Canada and Antonio Enrique Serrano of Buenos Aires, were reported in relatively satisfactory condition. Murphy, 59, remains conscious yet sedated and on a mechanical assist device. Serrano, 54, was unconscious 12 hours after surgery and his doctors cited lung problems but termed his condition satisfactory.
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Associated Press
Albert Murphy
Montreal
Laval
Montreal Heart Institute
Murphy
Clinica Modelo
Buenos Aires
Antonio Enrique Serrano
Illiterate Fruit Picker Sentenced to Death in Poisoning
In Fort Myers Florida James Richardson a 31 year old illiterate fruit picker was sentenced to death by electric chair for first degree murder in the death of his eight year old daughter Betty Jean Richardson and the poisoning of seven of his children. An all white jury with one woman found him guilty after framing a lethal parathion dose in a meal shared by his seven children. The judge ordered death by execution in the state penitentiary.
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Fort Myers, Fla
James Richardson
Betty Jean Richardson
Susie
Lawrence names Clinton coach John Poulsen head basketball
John E. Poulsen, a high school coach from Clinton Iowa, was named head basketball coach at Lawrence University on Friday.
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Appleton
Wis
John E. Poulsen
Clinton
Iowa
Lawrence University
Tho Named Special Adviser to Paris Peace Talks
North Vietnam announced Le Duc Tho, age 57, as special adviser to Xuan Thuy for Paris talks. The Politburo member’s rise signals potential shifts in bargaining, with Tho noted as an expert on South Vietnam and long-time anti imperialist fighter.
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Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Paris
Hanoi
Tho
Communist Party Central Committee
VNA
South Vietnam
Politburo
Ho Chi Minh
Central Committee
Alcoa Union Pact Could Set Industry Pattern
Alcoa and the United Steelworkers reached a three year contract covering 11 000 Alcoa workers that could set an industry pattern. The pact includes a total wage rise of 55.9 cents an hour over three years plus improved pensions hospital insurance and unemployment benefits and a $30 weekly vacation bonus. Alcoa also raised prices on unalloyed ingot and fabricated products to offset higher costs.
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Aluminum Workers International Union
Alcoa
Reynolds Metals Co
M. C. Weston Jr
Aluminum Industry Council
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Ormet Corp
Olin Aluminum
Olin Mathieson Corp
Kaiser
Weekend Weather Outlook Mostly Fair With Cooler Nights
Mostly fair and cooler tonight with little temperature change Sunday. Highs today reach 68 to 75 while tonight’s low falls to 45 to 52. Monday’s outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and little temperature change.
Area News Editorials and Sports Highlights
Page six covers the 8 Women section and 5 Comics while updating farm notes and local sports. Editorials reflect community priorities and discuss regional issues impacting residents and teams.
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Mkts
Negro Wins $10,000 Verdict Against Ohio Union
Gwylard W. Locke of Columbus won a $10,000 judgment in federal court against Local 189 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry for discrimination in construction hiring. The judge also ordered the union to provide the worker an opportunity for a job and issued a permanent injunction to ensure equal employment under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Columbus, Ohio
U.S
Joseph P. Kinneary
United Association of Journeymen
Gwylard W. Locke
Colum
Locke
Poor People Shift Leaders Plan Drive on Congress
The Poor People Campaign reorganizes leadership to escalate protests in Washington DC and at federal agencies. Rev. Andrew Young says action shifts from Resurrection City to Congress with Hosea Williams leading efforts. new demonstrators are sought from Northern and Southern cities to swell encampment numbers to about 3,000.
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Washington
Andrew Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C
Young
SCLC
Ralph David Abernathy
Hosea Williams
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
J. T. Johnson
Leon Hall
Williams
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
New York City
Wilmington
Del
Richmond
Baltimore
Louisville weighs pullout of Guard from riot zone
National Guard officials assess two nights of calm in Louisville West End to decide on gradual withdrawal from riot duty. About 2,000 troops remain near the area where looting and rioting occurred since Monday. Police report 21 arrests Friday, 63 Thursday, and two Black youths killed in the disorder.
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Louisville
National Guard
West End
Kenneth Schmied
McCarthy and Kennedy Prepare for TV Debate Tonight
San Francisco AP reports Senators Eugene J. McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy will clash on nationwide television tonight. McCarthy taunts Kennedy as the Democratic contest heats up ahead of crucial primaries.
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San Francisco
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
Anne Travis Eyes Film Career After First Role
Long Beach native Anne Travis, 23, a poolside waitress in the film Hook Line and Sinker, aims for movies after Director George Marshall discovered her in a Las Vegas chorus line and introduced her to Jerry Lewis. Her CNN-like profile accompanies a news note on the Kennedy McCarthy campaign debate plans and the televised ABC forum.
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Anne ‘Travis
George Marshall
Las Vegas
Jerry Lewis
Hollywood
Anne
Long Beach
Calif
Western Union Strike Averted by Agreement
A nationwide strike set for 12:01 a.m. EDT was averted at the last moment by a tentative contract agreement between Western Union and the Commercial Telegraphers Union AFL-CIO. The three year deal includes wage increases totaling 18.5 percent and fringe benefit improvements, pending a vote by 21,600 CTU members.
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Washington
Western Union
Frank P. Doyle
E. L. Hageman
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Afl-Cio
CTU
Lobbying Leaders Shine In First Quarter 1968 AP
The United Federation of Postal Clerks tops lobbying expense lists with 52976 dollars in the first quarter, though enforcement of quarterly reporting is lax.
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Washington
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Union
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