Casualties Top 100000 as U S War Escalates
The U S Command reports American dead and wounded surpass 100000 amid heavy air raids on North Vietnam. Haiphong targets, bridges near Lang Son, and two MIG airfields are attacked as 53 ground sweeps progress and pilots report fierce antiaircraft fire.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Striker
North
Hoa Lae
Kien An
Hanoi- Haiphong
Red China
Lang Son
Hanoi
Navy Oo
Kien Ang Highway
Du Pont Family Robbed Of Half Million Dollars
Five armed bandits raided Willis Harrington du Ponts seaside estate in Coconut Grove Miami taking a coin collection worth about 500000 and cash from the safe. The family and staff were bound but not harmed during a two hour search and the suspects fled in the du Ponts Cadillac.
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du Pont
Miami
Fla
Willis Harrington du Pont
Miren
Victor
Hans Hein
Rosa
duPont
Biscayne Bay
Coconut ‘Grove
Eugene Gunn
Gunn
Polls show Rockefeller Reagan lead in Republican tilt
The Associated Press notes Gallup data placing Nelson Rockefeller with Ronald Reagan ahead of Lyndon Johnson in a Republican tilt to the 1968 race. Kennedy and Connally are cited as possible Democratic contenders while Reagan gains support from Oklahoma organizers.
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Associated Press
Gallup
Newark
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Johnson
John Connally
Texas
Connally
Chuckle Woman Ribbing Man Since Creation
A lighthearted note attributes humor to the so called Chuckle Woman born from the rib of man as a long running jibe in a religiously themed amusement feature. The item carries a corporate trademark tag indicating it is a general feature from WRR.
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Man
WRR
Fea, Corp
Woman fights for yeoman job on ship in bid for equality
Pauline Dzieb, a 40 year old stewardess from Roselle New Jersey, seeks certification as a yeoman on Moore McCormack Lines Argentin a. She charges union and company discrimination after being demoted from yeoman to stewardess nine days at sea and notes yeoman pays $159 more monthly. She has filed with the New York State Commission for Human Rights and the EEOC as backing grows from Organization for Women's New York area chapter.
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New York
Pauline Dzieb
Moore-McCormack Lines
Argentina
Yeoman
Roselle
N.J
Miss Dzieb
Jobe
National Maritime ‘Union
Dzieb
Union
Moore-McCormack
New York State Commission For Human Rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
S.S. Argentina
Jean Faust
Organization For Women’s
New York Area
Pauline Dziob
Vietnam War Overshadows General Assembly Agenda
UN debate shows 49 of 55 speakers calling for a halt to bombing in North Vietnam. NATO members Denmark Norway Belgium France and Canada join calls. Britain backs halt with conditions. France urges decisive US initiative and unconditional suspension. Gromyko cites withdrawal of aggressors as path to peace. Continued on Page Two.
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United Nations
N.Y
America
NATO
U.S
North Vietnam
Britain
General Assembly
Middle East
United States
Paul Martin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
France
Canada
George Brown
122-Nation Assembly
Brown
Charles de Gaulle
Vietnam
Maurice Couve de Murville
Ane ‘Drei A. Gromyko
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Peacefforts
U.N
Strike Strikes Pause Yet Violence Persists Across States
State officials and industry leaders pressed to end the eight state wildcat trucker stoppage as violence flared on Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana highways. Governors Shafer Romney and others mobilized guards and state police while Wheeling Steel President Duvall urged action from Ohio West Virginia and Indiana leaders.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Wheeling Steel Corp
Donald C. Duvall
James A. Rhodes
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Shafer
Pennsylvania National Guard
Ford Dealers Push Higher Prices Amid UAW Strike
Ford dealers across the United States facing the UAW strike against suppliers say they will raise prices on 1968 Fords and hold fewer showrooms. Dealers report inventories from one week to two months, with some Atlanta and New York shops noting profits higher per car while delays linger on deliveries. The strike began September 7 and has halted Ford production for 29 days, with limited bargaining progress and Ford proposing changes to the apprenticeship program in response to union demands.
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Detroit
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
Atlanta
Associated Press
Automotive News
UAW
General Motors
Chrysler
Walter P. Reuther
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