Furnaces being banked for nationwide steel strike
Steelworkers prepared for a planned industry shutdown expected Saturday night. Banks of blast furnaces began at U S Steel Homestead and Gary while other plants in East Chicago, Lackawanna, and Chicago halted operations. Major producers laid off workers and moved to drain furnaces and purge gas as talks with the USW showed no settlement. Industry customers, including auto makers, faced no immediate disruption due to ample steel stocks.
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Lackawanna
N.Y
Chicago
United Steel Workers
Fairless Works
Philadelphia
U.S. Steel
U.S
Inland Steel Corp
East Chicago
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Ohio
Homestead
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Lackawanna, N.Y
Detroit
Viet Cong repulsed as US bonds military push and losses rise
South Vietnamese Rangers repelled a Communist battalion assault on a Central Highlands camp. A rocket attack near Da Nang killed Colonel Edward J. Cavanaugh and wounded several U.S. and South Vietnamese troops. Helicopters were downed, with American airstrikes continuing in the north. In Cambodia a government pincer operation reported heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese casualties.
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UPI
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U.S
South Vietnam
Pleiku
Tonkin Bay
Old principle guides Apollo moon rover navigation
Apollo 15 astronauts Scott and Irwin will use dead reckoning to navigate the $8 million electric Rover on the Moon. Starting from Falcon, four wheels track speed and distance with a gyroscope and odometer, aided by a small computer to plot position. Tests on Earth show the method can return to Falcon within 100 yards after a 20 mile drive.
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Earth
Rover
Scott
Irwin
Falcon
Rail strike spreads to six lines hitting auto and food industries
United Transportation Union street action spreads to six rail lines, forcing Ford to shut three assembly plants and idling about 8,600 workers. Auto makers GM and Chrysler warn impact will grow. California agriculture losses soar, with up to 5 million dollars daily in jeopardy as grain and produce pile up. Coal and poultry sectors face higher costs amid halted rail service and strike deadlines on Southern Railway and Louisville & Nashville.
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Ford Motor Co
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
William D. Innes
Ford North American Automotive Operations
California
Chester Deaver
California Grange
Nixon
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Seaborg defends atom as future power not a dirty word
Washington scientist Glenn T. Seaborg, stepping down as AEC chairman after 10 years, argues nuclear power is civilization’s best long-term energy hope. He rebuts critics who label atom energy a danger and accuses some opponents of using half truths to spread fear and distrust.
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Seaborg
Atomic Power
Official reveals deal for Teresa testimony in Boston
A Justice Department source says Vincent C Teresa sought protection and new identities for himself and his family in exchange for testifying on Boston gangland influence. The plan includes $11,306 for his wife’s travel, $700 monthly living expenses, and a sentence reduction from 20 to five years with possible parole.
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UPI
Vincent C. Teresa
Justice Department
Teresa
Compromise forecast on draft law stalls talks in Washington
Congressional negotiators meet again as optimism rises over reviving the expired draft law. House bargainer Rep. F. Edward Hebert says a solution is hoped for, with talks pivoting to a sense of Congress that a pullout date should be set by the President rather than a fixed nine month timetable.
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Conference Committee
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Airlines expand beyond flight into sideline services
United Air Lines through its Contract Services Division diversifies into maintenance, pilot training, leasing and data processing, aiming for 28 million in revenue this year. It coats blades for salami slicers, reconditions worn crankshafts, and handles services for 46 airlines, including Alitalia contracts for ground services in several cities.
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UPI
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United
San Francisco
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Sky Chef
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Stewardess College
Inn of the Six Flags
Braniff
South America
Dallas
Hawaiian Air Lines
Texas International Air Lines
Richard A. Young
Denver
Alitalia
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Washington
Stans urges switch to metric measurements
Commerce Secretary Maurice R. Stans urged immediate U S adoption of the metric system. The Nixon administration proposed a 10 year plan to switch from yards and ounces to meters and liters, standardizing alongside international metric practice.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Commerce
Maurice R. Stans
United States
Elliott Gould plays doctor in I Love My Wife at Manchester Cinema
The Manchester cinema listings note Elliott Gould in I Love My Wife though critics say the film misleads about his character. Bennington's Ryan's Daughter starring John Mills is shown at the outdoor theatre with praised scenery but critique of its length. Williamstown College Cinema runs Little Big Man again with Dustin Hoffman amid Oscar chatter for Chief Dan George. Hathaway's offers Jump and The Moonshine War at fast pace. Harte Theatre may hand out hankies to Love Story patrons as industry chatter grows. Time clocks and showtimes vary by venue, with drive-ins starting at dusk. Congress faces a metric system decision after a 1968 study projected $10–40 billion costs over a decade. Branscomb urges a national course, detailing metric conversions.
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John Mills
Oscar
Williamstown College
Dustin Hoffman
Dan George
United States
Lewis H. Branscomb
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