Steel Industry Maintains Pace After New Price Hikes
Pittsburgh dispatch reports major steel producers including U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Inland and Phoenix Steel Corp enacted price increases after a three year contract with the United Steelworkers Union. Armco was to announce today as Johnson calls Bethlehem’s rise unreasonable and Clifford orders potential order transfers to avoid higher costs for the government. The services use about 3.7 million tons of steel.
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Inland
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Defense
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Senate
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U S Birth Rate Drops in 1967
The Census Bureau reports 1967 had the lowest U S birth rate ever with fewer than 18 births per 1 000 people while deaths fell from 9.5 to 9.3 per 1 000 and net population gain reached 2.1 million pushing the total past 200 million. The report cites rising use of family planning as a factor.
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UPI
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Reagan Forces Rally To Block Nixon Drive
At the GOP National Convention in Miami Beach a Reagan campaign structure emerges to challenge Nixon and Rockefeller. F. Clifton White coordinates Reagan activity while Rockefeller backers claim Reagan has drawn 15 to 20 Nixon delegates. Delegates pledged stand at 679 Nixon, 294 Rockefeller, 166 Reagan. 667 to clinch. White says polls mislead and voters seek a strong leader.
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UPI
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Barry M. Goldwater
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Czechs Back Dubcek Reform Regime In Broad Plebiscite
From Vienna UPI report notes spontaneous nationwide support for Dubcek’s reform Communist government in Czechoslovakia. Open letters and factory resolutions show broad backing across the country from border to Ukraine, boosting Dubcek yet limiting room for concessions to Moscow. Josef Smrkovsky urges liberal purity, resisting purges of Stalinist remnants.
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UPI
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Pavel Kohout
Germany
Ukraine
Communist Party
Frantisek Tomasek
Catholic Church
Prague
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Detroit Paper Blackout Ends As Lengthy Strike Is Settled
Detroit ends the longest major newspaper blackout in U S history after a 267 day stoppage. The Detroit News and the Free Press stopped publishing for 814 months during the strike, ending with a settlement that resumes daily editions.
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UPD
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Mailers
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Free Press
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Wheeler
Ington
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Pollsters Agree Polls Reflect Volatile Public Opinion
United Press International notes that Gallup and Harris agree public sentiment is highly volatile, causing conflicting polls on Nixon Rockefeller and Humphrey Wallace. They date questions to July, claim shifts explain varying results, while insiders caution sampling and timing also matter.
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Harris
George Gallup
Louis Harris
Gov
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Elmo Roper
Roper Research Associates
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Humphrey Breaks With LBJ On Vietnam War Policy
United Press International reports Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey opposing President Johnson’s stance. He urged free elections in South Vietnam with Communist participation, and criticized Saigon for imprisoning peace advocate Truong Dinh Dzu. Johnson suggested possible renewed or intensified military action if the North conducts new offensives.
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Vietnam
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Humphrey
Saigon
Truong Dinh Dzu
South
South Vietnam
U.S
United States
Dzu
Rusk
Paris
Chicago
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Five Day Forecast for Boston and New England
The Weather Bureau forecasts near normal temperatures in New England with showers Saturday to Wednesday. Daytime highs hover in the lower 80s, cooler in northern and eastern Maine and Cape Cod, with overnight lows in the 50s to 60s. Rainfall totals over the period exceed a half inch.
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UPI
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Weather Bureau
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Cape Cod
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