Johnson Urges Urgency at Latin Summit for 1985 Market
President Johnson challenged Latin American peers at Punta del Este to a decade of intensive social and economic development. He pledged help for a Latin American common market, cross border projects, tariff cooperation, and modernization of agriculture, health, and education.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Johnson
Hemisphere
U.S
United States
Chile
Colombia
Venezuela
America
U.S. Senate
Viet Battalion in Heavy Contact Near Bac Lieu
AP dispatch reports heavy combat near Bac Lieu in the Mekong Delta with 177 American troops engaged against a large Viet Cong force. U S and South Vietnamese forces sustained some casualties as they press a delta drive toward Can Tho and Quang Tri area clashes continue.
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Bac Lieu
Saigon
Acor Se
Ameri
N‘cans
Boca Lieu
Mekong
Can Tho
da Neng
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force Thunderchief
Thailand
Dong Hoi
da Nang
Pepperell Pay Hike Slated For Pepperell Mfg Workers
Michael Schoonjans of the TWUA AFL CIO CLC announced a 3.1 percent across the board wage increase at Pepperell Mfg Co Biddeford plant. The raise raises unskilled minimum to 1.65 an hour from Monday under a three year pact dating to April 1966. A 30 percent wage jump is planned for April 15, 1968 with a minimum of 1.71. The current contract runs to April 15, 1969 affecting 1,800 workers.
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Michael Schoonjans
TWUA
AFL. Cio-Clc
Biddeford
Pepperell Mfg. Co
West Point-Pepperell Inc
Pepperell
Kings War Stand Expected To Have Little Effect On Rights
An Associated Press survey finds leaders around the nation split on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's opposition to the Vietnam War. Some fear stronger white reaction, while others say King will not greatly affect civil rights issues. Quotes from Selma, Atlanta, and San Francisco reflect debate over merging or separating rights and war concerns.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King
Associated Press
P.H. Lewis
Selma
Ala
King
Rcus
Steele
U.S
Vietnam
Dr. King
Sam Massell
Massell
Los Angeles
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Young
NAACP
Grass Fire Report Leaves Crews Empty Hand
Firefighters were sent from the station to Buxton Road after a passing motorist reported a grass fire about noon. Two trucks reached the area about two miles from town, but by press time the blaze remained unfound and the search continued.
Maine Senators OK 500 Pay Raise For Lawmakers
Maine state senators voted 22 to 10 to raise salaries for themselves and House members to 2500 from 2000, after an amendment by Sen. Snow. Critics argued it is a poor time to raise pay as new taxes loom. The bill awaits further readings in both chambers. The same session moved to address Indian voting rights in state representative districts. The House approved directing the reappointment committee to draft a bill to include Indian reservations in voting districts.
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Augusta
Maine
Roger V. Snow Jr
D-Falmouth
J. Hollis. Wyman
R-Milidge
Wyman
House
Senate
Bennett D. Katz
State Government
Edward Stern
Bangor
Jon Lund
Old Town
Princeton
Perry
Border clash between Koreas erupts again near DMZ
About 100 North and South Korean troops clashed for two hours near the armistice line in the DMZ. At least three North Koreans and one South Korean died, with 12 Koreans killed in three clashes over two weeks. The UN command reported artillery use and called for investigation and a meeting of the JMAC.
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South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Maine
da Nang
Quang Ji
Quang Tri City
Seoul
South Korea
Demilitarized Zone
U.N
Joint Military Armistice Commission
U.S
U.S. 2Nd Division
U.N. Command
North Korea
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