No Settlement in Sight Strike at Ford Almost Certain
United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co resumed negotiations with a nationwide midnight strike considered nearly inevitable. UAW President Walter P. Reuther warned a walkout could halt production of 8,000 cars and 1,800 trucks daily and cost workers over 5.75 million dollars in wages daily. Ford’s Malcolm Denise remained pessimistic and the talks included William Simkin of the FMCS.
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Detroit
UPS
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Reuther
Johnson
Malcolm Denise
General Motors
Chrysler
Czech airliner crashes on takeoff from Gander
A Czechoslovakian airliner with 69 people aboard crashed seconds after taking off from Gander Newfoundland en route to Havana. At least 35 were killed and 16 survivors were critically burned. Two survivors died later at hospital.
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Gander, Nfld
Havana
Gander
Canadian National Railway
CNR
James Paton Memorial Hospital
Lister
Ceskoslovenske Aeroline
Prague
U.S. Navy
Argentia
Former Banner Editor Named Planning Officer for Vermont
Leonard A. Wilson, 40, appointed state planning officer for Vermont for a two year term. The post, created by the 1967 legislature, oversees the Central Planning Office under the Vermont Planning Council. Wilson, ex-Banner editor and former Bennington College director, will start in October. salary to be set after personnel division review.
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Wilson
Bennington Banner
Bennington College
Roger W. Tubby
U.S
Geneva
Switzerland
Ambassador Tubby
Fighting Across Jordan River Stirs Middle East Tensions
United Press International reports seven hours of heavy exchanges between Israeli and Jordanian artillery tanks mortars and machine guns near the Allenby Bridge with casualties on both sides amid broader cease fire violations. Egyptian Israeli clashes near the Suez Canal and unrest in Egypt and Jordan add to the volatile regional picture.
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Jordan River
Middle East
Suez Canal
Allenby Bridge
Amman
Israel
Jordan
Cairo
al Ahram
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Marathon March In Milwaukee Opens Housing Demonstration
In Milwaukee open housing marchers led by Rev. James Groppi and Dick Gregory stretched protests to a ninth day after a two column march from Monday afternoon to dawn. Gregory led with a fractured toe and Groppi urged protesters to skip school as a rally planned for 12 30 p m in front of St Boniface Church.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
James E. Gropp
Groppi
Dick Gregory
Gregory
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church
Labor Day traffic deaths near 700, officials report
A United Press International tally shows 709 killed over the Labor Day weekend, with 583 in traffic and 37 drownings. California led with 54 traffic deaths while Idaho, Rhode Island and Vermont reported none. total deaths could settle between 560 and 660 as final figures come in.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Texas
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Idaho
Rhode Island
Vermont
Six Die in Crash Near Grafton New York
Six persons were killed and two others critically injured in a head on crash on New York Route 2 near Grafton in Rensselaer County. Victims include James Bruno and family from Troy and Frank LeFavor. State Police cited loss of control after a curve as the likely cause.
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Grafton
N.Y
N.Y. 2
Rensselaer County
James Bruno
Philomena
Antonia
Antoinette
Christine Carey
Brunos
Frank LeFavor
Bruno
Troy
Helen Williams
Green
R.I
Jean Carey
Samaritan Hospital
Atwood Williams
Rhode Island
Williams
Berlin
Inside Rudolf Serkin cited for achievements
Vermont Aeronautics Board examines airport issues at Bondville and Mt Snow. Oakerwood duo clinch sixth straight win of the season.
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Rudolf Serkin
Vermont Aeronautics Board
Bondville
Mt. Snow
Oakerwood
Marines Drive Viet Cong From Que Son Valley Hill Battle
U S Marines fought 20 hours in Que Son Valley near Da Nang destroying Viet Cong positions. 160 enemy killed, Marines suffered 54 dead and 84 wounded. Air and ground pressure included Haiphong bridge strikes and heavy shelling.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Mekong Delta
Gulf of Tonkin
Haiphong
North Vietnam
William B. Rosson
U.S. Army
S I
U.S. 4Th Infantry
Central Highlands
Que Son
Quang Ngai
Ernest Cheatham
Long Beach
Calif
1St Marine Battalion
Cheatham
Hill 63
Con Thien
Tay Ninh
Mekong
Quen Son
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Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Popular Force
William Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Denise
Red China
Hong Kong
Shum Shun
Mao
Banner
Elbert Moulton
Roland Loveless
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Thomas Davis
Brookline
Mass
Putney School
Germany
Harvard College
Europe
University of Grenoble
Harvard
Banner Staff
Bennington
Leonard U, Wilson
China
Jerusalem
Transjordan
Hussein
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Khartoum
Naser
Palestine Liberation Committee
Ahmed Shukeiry
Peking
Ankara
Fedayeen
Anwar el Kshatib
Safad
U.N
al Ahram Today
Abdel Hakim Amer
Milwaukee Common Council
Wauwatosa
Vel Phillips
Common Council
Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Grafton, N.Y
Haiphong Bridge
Stan Davis
Carlsbad
Niagara Falls
Air Force
Thomas Corpora
Marine Corps
South Vietnam
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