Trucker Strike Shrinks Auto Industry Supply Lines
Washington reports a coast-to-coast trucking stoppage tied to Teamsters demands spurring auto plant layoffs. Chrysler GM Ford and others announce thousands of job cuts amid parts shortages, with cooling-off talks ongoing and Justice Department review of Taft-Hartley implications. Experts warn early impacts on vehicle supply.
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General Motors
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Air force Thunderchief shot down as forces press near Saigon
Air battles intensify around Saigon as U S Ninth Infantry fights a trapped Communist battalion of 400 to 600 along the Do Mai river. U S losses include one dead and 25 wounded with one helicopter down. Communists claim heavy casualties with 224 killed by ground and air counts.
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UPI
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Go Cong
Truck industry dispute could hit smokers first
An official at Nash’s Finch Co. warehouse says cigarets are received twice weekly and would be first to suffer from any trucking slowdown. Food warehouses report delays but officials expect a quick settlement with the federal government stepping in if needed. Produce is moving via small local firms, not over‑the‑road operators, and a prolonged dispute could affect many food products.
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Mystery Bank Shipment Vanishes In Transit
A bank shipment valued at 420000 dollars, mostly in U S currency, disappeared en route from Laos to Cuba. The seven bags were last seen unloaded in Chicago rail yards before an armored car picked up a cargo at Kennedy airport. Authorities note no signs of forced entry at the strongroom.
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School Zone Policy Joke Prompt Sparks Laughs
A modern street sign quip reads School Zone Drive Carefully Acute Shortage of Teachers and evokes humor about staffing. The playful phrase highlights education staffing concerns in a witty roadside brief.
Johnson Pledges Faster Alliance for Progress in Uruguay
President Johnson arrived in Montevideo and pledged to quicken the pace of hemispheric development through a renewed Alliance for Progress. He then flew to Punta del Este for a Western Hemisphere summit, as protests and security measures shaped his brief Uruguayan stop.
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Rule Jurist Is Immune in Rights Suit
The Supreme Court ruled that a Jackson Mississippi judge is immune from damages in a civil rights case stemming from arrests of four ministers in 1961. The court upheld immunity for judges while allowing police to defend arrests under good faith and probable cause, with a dissent warning immunity harms accountability.
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James Breeden
J. L. Ray
I. B. Griffith
D. A. Nichols
Warren
James Spencer
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Warner
Hiawatha Sets Official Population At 2129
Hiawatha in Cedar Rapids suburb announces an official population of 2129 after a March special census. Mayor George Bowler received the certified results, updating the preliminary figure of 2116 and noting a 60 percent rise from the 1939 1336 census.
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Hiawatha
George Bowler
Cedar Rapids
Old TV Faces Reappear as Strike Ends Network Returns
Old faces return to cameras as networks end taped reruns and AFTRA ratifies a three year contract with ABC CBS and NBC. The deal raises local news wages from 275 to 300 weekly and grants 25 percent of talent fees retroactive to March 1, with no reprisals promised. Huntley dispute over NBC News and Carson's Tonight show remain unresolved.
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American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
ABC
CBS
NBC
AFTRA
Tional
Chicago
Los Angeles
Huntley
Johnny Carson
Fulton confirmed as public safety commissioner
Des Moines reports Linn County Attorney Jack Fulton of Cedar Rapids was confirmed by the Town senate without a dissenting vote for a four year term as state public safety commissioner. Fulton will assume May 1 to fill the remaining term of former commissioner William Sueppel who resigned January 1 1966. Gene Needles had been serving as acting commissioner after Gov Hughes appointment. Needles failed to win a full four year term.
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Des Moines
Town Senate
Linn County
Jack Fulton
Cedar Rapids
Fulton
William Sueppel
Jews City
Sueppel
Gene Needles
Hughes
Senate
French Flag Burned During Boston Protest at Consulate
A group of about a dozen demonstrated at the French consulate in Boston to protest Vice President Humphrey's reception in France. A French flag was set on fire during the protest.
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Boston
Humphrey
France
Congress approves rail labor dispute extension to May 3
Congress pass the Johnson backed plan to extend the no strike period in the railway shop craft dispute to May 3. The Senate voted 81 to 1 with Sen. McIntyre dissenting. The House approved a companion measure 396 to 8 and sent it to the President for his signature to avert a nationwide strike set for 12:01 a.m. ET Thursday.
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Senate
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D-N.h
House
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Morse
Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Bruce Rambaldini Sets Fire to Car in Childs Misguided Gift
Four year old Bruce Rambaldini in Queniborough England overheard his father discuss selling the family car. He then struck matches and lit the 1958 sedan, saying he was helping his father. His mother recalls Bruce saying he had done what Dad wanted. The car burned despite efforts to intervene.
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England
Bruce Rambaldini
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