Kennedy to push three bills regulating cigarettes
Senator Robert F Kennedy announced he will introduce three bills to tighten cigarette regulation. One extends the 1965 advertising warning, a second gives the FCC power over times and types of ads, and a third creates a sliding federal tax to push lower tar and nicotine cigarettes.
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John Barbour
Associated Press
NEW York
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Senate
Kennedy
Federal Communications Commission
Teachers Walkouts Roil New York and Midwest Schools
Union leaders report widespread walkouts crippling New York City’s school system as teachers defy a court order. Detroit and Michigan districts also face mass closures with unions pressing for higher pay and better conditions. Broward County plans a reopening while Cincinnati and Baltimore see mixed progress in settlements.
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Associated Press
New York City
Detroit
New York
Michigan
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
George Romney
Board of Education
Alfred Giardino
Holland Teachers Union
Michigan Supreme Court
An Buren
Belleville
Camden-Frontier
Petersburg-Summerfield
Broward County
Fla
McCracken County
East St. Louis
Ill
Crosby
Jane Tate
Detroit Council of Parent Teacher Associations
Afl-Cio American Federation of Teachers
The
National Education Association
Record Employment Hit 76.2 Million in July
The Labor Department reports U.S. employment rose to a July record of 76.2 million, remaining in record territory after a 100000 drop last month. Bundy says Senate panel found no proof to justify expanded bombing in North Vietnam. Indian and Chinese forces clash on Sikkim border with casualties reported. Greek and Turkish leaders say Cyprus dispute should be settled peacefully though no concrete steps given.
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Washington
Labor Department
U.S
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
North Vietnam
Greece
Suleyman Demirel
Constantine Kollias
Cyprus
Minnesota Boy Killed in Vietnam Eight Days From Home
Bruce H Krage 21 of Minnesota City was killed in action in Vietnam when struck in the head by a fragment of an enemy mortar shell. His parents Mr and Mrs Junior E Krage had learned of the death on Sunday eight days before his scheduled return home.
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Minnesota City
Minn
Minnesota
Vietnam
Junior E. Krage
Bruce H
Grand Rapids
Hermiston
William J. Riley
Coleraine
Henry Bjorkland
Duluth
St. Louis
John Rich
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Julia M. Butler
Selma Dubois
Siren
Wis
Jerome Currier
Tyrone
Dubois
Judith Bowe
Stanley Bowe
Owatonna
Rice Lake
Jerry Becker
Almena
Rochester
Harold Rynda
Montgomery
Highway 13
House Farm Group Urged to Probe 4 Organizations
Rep. Joseph Y. Resnick urged the House Agriculture Committee to launch a full inquiry into four major farm groups led by the American Farm Bureau Federation. After ad hoc hearings in Chicago Omaha and Washington the committee voted 27 to 1 to dissociate from Resnick’s accusations. He argued the Farm Bureau wields dangerous influence over rural life and policy challenging farmers’ interests. The other groups National Grange National Farmers Union and National Farm Organization each provided testimony.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Joseph Y. Resnick
D-N.y
Chicago
Omaha
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Resnick
Farm Bureau
Poage
America
National Grange
National Farmers Union
National Farm Organization
Surveyor 5 lands on Moon despite helium valve leak
Surveyor 5 touched down in the Sea of Tranquility after engineers quickly adapting the mission saved the descent. Project manager Howard Haglund and program chief Ben Milwitsky credited rapid fixes and tightened helium usage for a successful landing and immediate soil analysis plans. The Biosatellite 2 mission, nicknamed astrobug, completed 30 orbits and was hailed as an unbelievable success by Hawaii scientists welcoming the bio payload.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Pacific
Space
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Howard Haglund
Surveyor 5
Ben Milwitsky
Milwitsky
Hawaii
Swift and Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
Swift Co and United Packinghouse workers reached a tentative three year contract after summer talks that could avert a strike. The package includes a 34 cent hourly raise, retroactive to March 31, with extra raises for southern plants, pension funds, and an extra holiday. Ratification by 7,500 members is required within about 10 days.
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Chicago
Swift Co
United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers
Swift
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workman of North America
National Brotherhood of Packinghouse and Dairy Workers
United Packinghouse
Rochelle
Grand Island
Omaha
Neb
Kearney
N.J
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Nine die in Minnesota weekend traffic toll rises
Nine persons died in weekend Minnesota traffic accidents, including three in Morrison County near Ramey. The toll lifts the 1967 road deaths to 614. Victims include Nelson Moreau 19 Dennis Stellmach 27 and Norbert Bujarski 20 from Ramey area.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Morrison County
Nelson Moreau
Dennis Stellmach
Norbert Bujarski
Ramey
Minn
Jack Grell
Little Falls
Gasoline Contaminates Wells in Quasqueton Iowa
Officials in Quasqueton northeast Iowa investigate gasoline contamination in private wells. State Fire Marshal Wilbur Johnson visited Sunday and a team of inspectors will be sent to the community this week.
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Quasqueton
Iowa
Wilbur Johnson
Milwaukee Tear Gas Flares as Whites Clash After Open Housing March
Police deployed tear gas on Milwaukee’s South Side after a largely white crowd tried to disrupt a 14th day Negro open housing march. Nineteen arrested, three injured, as officers fought bottles and bricks with gas and force while Negro marchers remained on the North Side.
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Milwaukee
Wis
South Side
North Side
Cer
Groppi
James E. Groppi
Father Groppi
Congress Buckle Up Again on Return to Push Through Bills
Congress returns from vacation to tackle a heavy agenda before Thanksgiving. Senate plans consider election reform, a $70 billion defense bill, and a $10 billion package with model cities and rent subsidies. House actions include defense funding and Appalachian development. Potential clashes loom over a $10 billion tax increase and civil rights measures. Nearby, an explosion at the Alfred Lancaster home in Albia, Iowa, caused about $5,000 in damage. the family was away.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Senate
House
Appalachian Regional
Ways and Means
House Armed Services Committee
Albia
Iowa
Alfred Lancaster
Lancasters
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Bundy
New Delhi
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Tibet
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Staples
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Frances Wentworth
Anne Pedersen
Carrington
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Pipestone
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Richard Dykstra
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Bemidji
Park Rapids
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Donna Jensen
Foley
Minneapolis
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Buffalo
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