No Settlement Reached In Public School Strike
New York AP reports no settlement after an all night bargaining session in the ongoing 2nd week of the public school teachers walkout. Talks moved from a mid Manhattan hotel to Gracie Mansion with optimism but no contract.
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New York
Vincent D. McDonnell
State Mediation Board
mid-Manhattan
Gracie Mansion
John V. Lindsay
Albert Shanker
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
Bernard E. Donovan
Phantoms Hit Closer To China Near Vietnam Border
U S Air Force F4 Phantoms struck the Thai Khe bridge seven miles from China and 92 miles north northeast of Hanoi in the war's closest raid to the border. Navy Skyhawks bombed targets around Haiphong while B52s pounded infiltration sites north of the DMZ. Helicopter airlifted infantry moved into the Ho Bo Woods near Saigon. losses and claims of losses were reported. A separate blast at Nha Trang wounded 29 and killed a civilian. The Santa Barbara editor Harry S Ashmore accused President Johnson of canceling a peace bid. U Thant questioned bombing cessation without de escalation.
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Saigon
Red
China
Thai Khe
Hanoi
Navy
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Skyhawk
Air Force
Marine
North Vietnam
U.S
Associated Press
al Chang
Ho Bo Woods
Nha Trang
Santa Barbara
Calif
Harry S. Ashmore
Arkansas Gazette
State Department
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson
Ashmore
U.S. Senate
George A. Smathers
D—Fla
Karl E. Mundt
R—S.d
U.N
U Thant
United States
Six Biddeford Residents Hurt In Cog Train Accident
Six Biddeford residents were passengers on an excursion train that derailed and fell into a gorge on Mt. Washington New Hampshire. The Provencher family of Biddeford were hospitalized with Linda 7 Linda serious head and arm injuries Susan 10 minor head facial injuries and others with varying cuts and bruises. Governor King ordered a full-scale inquiry and the Public Utilities Commission was directed to investigate.
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Biddeford
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Robert Provencher
Bergeron Circle
Ralph Provencher
Miller Avenue
Linda
Lancaster
N.H
Littleton
Robert
Susan
State Public Utilities Commission
Presidential Range
White Mountains
Bertrand Croteau
Thornton
General Motors Increases Prices on 1968 Cars
General Motors raises 1968 sticker prices by an average of 110 dollars, smaller than Chrysler's recent hike. The rise factors in exhaust emission controls and standard center seat belts, plus new safety options and features, with shoulder belts slated as standard but pending federal guidance.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
United Auto Workers
U.S. Public Health Service
National Traffic Safety Agency
Milwaukee Open Housing March Draws 1000 in South Side Demonstration
More than 1,000 Black and white marchers streamed past cheering and hostile onlookers as Milwaukee enacts a push for open housing. Alderman Dale Phillips plans to introduce an open housing ordinance at Tuesday’s council meeting, despite a city attorney ruling that state law preempts local bans. The protest, led by Dick Gregory and supported by clergy from several states, ended with three arrests after a bottle was thrown. Rev. James Groppi spoke at St. Boniface Church but did not march due to illness.
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Milwaukee
Wis
South Side
Dale Phillips
Phillips
John J. Fleming
Dick Gregory
James E. Groppi
Milwaukee Youth Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
St. Boniface Church
UN General Assembly Delays Middle East Debate to Regular Session
The 122 nation General Assembly voted 93 to 0 with three abstentions to place the Middle East question on the agenda of the 22nd regular session. Israel and Egypt signaled little hope for a quick settlement, with Eban rejecting outside peace proposals and Cairo viewing Tito’s plan with cautious interest. The move defers debate to October, keeping regional tensions unresolved.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Cairo
Abba Eban
Israel
Middle ‘East
Yugoslavia
Tito
Eban
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Nixon Stepping Up The Pace In 1968 Campaign
Former Vice President Richard Nixon intensifies push for the 1968 Republican nomination as Los Angeles Times poll shows him well ahead of Reagan in California. He plans campaign organs in four primary states and may announce his candidacy between December and February. Nixon cautions rivals against peace at any price in Vietnam. He schedules Oct 6 appearances in Oregon and relies on aides Sterling and Burton in New Hampshire and regional organizers in Wisconsin and Nebraska.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Los Angeles Times
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
California
Reagan
Associated Press
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Nixon For President Committee of
Washington
Vietnam
Portland
University of Oregon
Eugene
Dexit Sterling
Andaymond Burton
John Maciver
Talbert Petersen
George Cooke
Lincoln
Beulah Storms Intensify As It Near Mexico Coast
Beulah remains a hurricane off the Texas coast with 100 mph winds and a path toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Forecasters expect the storm to strengthen again within 24 hours and move slowly northwest toward Cozumel and the Mexican mainland. Doria weakens to a tropical storm after hitting Maryland to North Carolina, causing two deaths.
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Brownsville
Tex
National Hurricane Center
Texas
New Orleans
Beulah
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Cozumel
Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Doria
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
North Carolina
Atlantic
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Pleasant St
Saco
Fea, Corp
Arlen Box CO
Portland Rd
Kennebunk
Dial
J. Dickson Cascade Road
Old Orchard Beach
MT. Washington, NH
John W. King
Mt. Washington Cog Railway
Ralph Este
Wmtw-Tv
Portland Spring
Maine
UN General Assembly
Soviet Union
Security Council
Killer Storm
Robinson Memorial Hall
Orchard Lodge
Gordon Maddix
Frederick W. Elwell
Ernest J. Gallant
Clarence Lary
Dean Speed
Robert P. Tarbox
Arthur Dickson Jr
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