Colombia turmoil over Johnson escort clash and press charges
In Barranquilla Colombia reporters from El Tiempo say they were struck and threatened by escorts for Lynda Bird Johnson. They plan to file charges of attempted homicide theft and property destruction while Miss Johnson apologizes saying the incident stemmed from mistaken identity by Secret Service.
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Bogota
Colombia
Lynda Bird Johnson
Johnson
el Tiempo
Texas
United States
Lynda Bird
Barranquilla
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Lleras
Miss Johnson
U.S
Secret Service
Washington
Area Bands To March In The Big Parade Today
Eighteen hundred high school musicians from 27 schools march in Bluefield for the 1967 Area State High School Band Festival parade starting at 2 p.m. Led by Fayetteville and Pineville bands, the event includes Woodrow Wilson Sophia Northfork Welch and others with a Red and Blue Band concert and a festival dance at Beaver High. Sponsors are the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
North Street
Bland
Federal
Princeton Avenue
Princeton
Fayetteville
Pineville
Woodrow Wilson
Beaver High
Stanley F. Michalski Jr
Clarion
Herbert A. Piemeyer
Cincinnati
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission
Bobby
Gay Williams
Sandy Allen
Linda Redden
Monty Harmon
Plane Crash on Potts Mountain Claims Four Lives
Four men died when a single engine Cessna 205 crashed into Potts Mountain near New Castle Craig County Virginia. Pilot Thomas Keefer 22 White Sulphur Springs West Virginia and executives Robert Kraber 51 Gerald Burkholder as well as Raymond Kovarik 41 of Cleveland Ohio were killed. The plane owned by Greenbrier Airlines was en route to Roanoke when contact was lost. Bodies retrieved from wreckage and autopsy sought for Keefer.
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Roanoke
Potts Mountain
New
Castle
Craig County
Virginia West Virginia Line
Thomas Keefer
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Robert L. Kraber
Cleveland
Ohio
Magnus Chemical Co
Garwood
N. J
Gerald Burkholder
Pittsburgh
Western National
Magnus
Raymond E. Kovarik
Strongsville
Durox Equipment Co
Greenbrier Airlines
Greenbrier
Keefer
Federal Aviation Administration
Economics Laboratory Inc
New York City
New Castle
Lunar Orbiter 4 adjusts course for moon mapping mission
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports Orbiter 4 responded properly to a midcourse maneuver to alter its trajectory. After a 35 second steering burn and lock to guiding star Canopus, the spacecraft aims about 1,680 miles south of the moon en route to photographing 96 percent of the lunar surface.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Tazewell GOP Convention Draws Delegates From 27 Precincts
Delegates from 27 precincts in Tazewell County Virginia will meet Saturday at 2 p.m. in the County Courthouse to nominate candidates for county offices. The Sen atorial convention is three weeks away. Congressman William C. Wampler and Senator George Barnes of Tazewell are expected to attend part of the event.
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Tazewell County
Tazewell
GOP
Jack Chambers
Chambers
William C. Wampler
Sen
George Barnes
Idle Reserves Face July Callup Under Pentagon Plan
Pentagon spokesmen said no change to a two month old plan to order 31,000 reserves to active duty for up to two years. The move targets those not meeting weekend drill obligations, with the August timetable noted for potential activation.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Times Printers Reach Agreement on Three Year Contract
Negotiators for the printers union and the New York Times reached a tentative three year contract Friday offering pay increases above 21 percent, cost of living adjustments, and shorter hours. The deal mirrors last Friday’s settlement with the Daily News.
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NEW York
Printers’ Union
New York Times
World Journal Tribune
Daily News
World Journal Tribune Folds Amid Union Disputes
The World Journal Tribune ceased publication after eight months, blaming union harassment and a new industry wage pattern. Editor president Matt Meyer said the paper lost about 8.4 million dollars annually and found no buyers. The shutdown left 2,600 workers unemployed, leaving only the New York Post as a competing afternoon daily.
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NEW York
World Journal Tribune
Matt Meyer
Meyer
Manhattan
Post
New York Post
The
Times
Daily News
Ves
Red Smith
Walter Lippman
Jimmy Breslin
Waller Win
Barracks and Rail Yard Hit in Hanoi Area Raids
U S Air Force bombers from Thailand bases attacked Hanoi area targets including a major rail yard and an army barracks. Eight Stratofortresses conducted three raids near Khe Sanh while F105 Thunderchiefs hit Yen Vien yard and Ha Cong barracks near Hanoi.
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Saigon
Thailand
Hanoi
U. S
Radio Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Strategic Air Command
North Vietnam
Yen Vien
Ha Cong
Radford Dispute To Be Arbitrated
Oil and Chemical Workers Union and Hercules Inc agree to arbitration to resolve a threatened strike at the Army ammunition plant in Radford. The pact followed a 12 hour bargaining session and will have the arbitrator's findings binding. About half of the plant's 4,000 workers had authorized a three day strike after an employee was fired.
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Radford
Army Ammunition
Oil & Chemical Workers Union
Hercules, Inc
Victims Identified in Bedford Auto Crash
Three men fatally injured in a high speed Bedford County chase were identified by state police as Guy Harper 17 of Santa Clara Calif stationed at Camp Lejeune N C Guy George Madison 65 of Roanoke and Chester Glen Nelson 18 of Bristol Va Police said the stolen car was sought for a Lynchburg hit and run and slammed into a rock cliff near Montvale as troopers pursued it. Willard W Lamm 49 of Petersburg injured fatally in a separate Dinwiddie collision on Virginia 670.
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Bedford County
Guy Harper
Santa Clara
Calif
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Guy George Madison
Roanoke
Chester Glen Nelson
Bristol
D. L. Fisher
Petersburg
Lynchburg
U.S. 460
Fisher
Montvale
Bucksville
Leary Leonary Collier
Charlottesville
U.S. 29
Here
Greene County
Willard W. Lamm
Rt. 1
Virginia
Dinwiddie County
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Tiges
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Journal-American
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the Sun
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