Ford and Industry Seek Federal Safety Standards
Ford Motor Co and automobile industry leaders urged stronger federal safety standards for vehicles. A formal statement attributed to John Bugas called for a legally binding federal role, with states enforcing similar rules during a vehicle’s life. The push follows a fatal left lung rupture in a patient with an artificial heart and ongoing debates over rail mergers and transportation policy.
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DeRudder
John 5. Bugas
Tricle
Ford Motor Co
Michael DeBakey
Edna
Pany
Chicago
Westville
Ill
Ap Des Moines
Gov
Tson
Harold Hughes
Senate
Bugas
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Transportation
Fordman
30 Day Truce at Cape Kennedy in Electrical Dispute
Cape Kennedy operations returned to normal after electricians voting a 30 day truce in a 8 day strike with United Technology Center. UTC workers ratified the interim agreement as pickets came down and NA SA reported minor slowdowns on a few projects.
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United Technology Center
International Union of Electrical Workers
San Francisco
UTC Electrical
This Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DeBakey
California
Sunnyvale
Redwood
Coyote
Edwin Scott
DeRudder
Califor
Nia
Los Gatos
Calif
Cancer-Swap Patient Loses Battle in Philadelphia
Harry Griffith 63 of Flourtown Pa a former professional baseball player died at Chestnut Hill hospital after an experimental cancer swap operation at Roswell Park Buffalo. The procedure sought to trigger antibodies against osteogenic sarcoma by exchanging malignant tissue and blood with another patient. Doctors call the method unproved and of little value in Griffiths case.
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Harry Griffith
Griffith
Flourtown
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
New York State
Cancer Research and Treatment Center
Robert Alien
Sigmond Nadler
Allen
Villanova University
Philadelphia Athletics
Baltimore
Hollywood Moves for Czar Post as McNamara Clash Grows
Washington reports say Hollywood interest centers on a new film industry czar to aid the Johnson White House after a subcommittee led by Rep Hebert accused Defense Secretary McNamara of distortions in bomber phaseout. Jack Valentini, longtime Johnson ally and former Houston advertiser, is cited as the candidate.
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Jack Valenti
White House
Johnson
Valenti
Motion Picture Producers Association
Washington
UPI
Hebert
D-La
Defense
McNamara
House
Armed Services
Hollywood
Jack Valentio
Monday
Motion Picture Producers Association of America
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Will Hays
Eric Johnson
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Pentagon
Monty
Defense Department
George Reedy
Reedy
Cancel Concerts by Iowa Band in Russia
The University of Iowa band, safe in Moscow, saw its final four concerts canceled after an earthquake in Tashkent cracked a wall of the state theater. The group was to perform two concerts in Tashkent and two in Samarkand before returning to the United States. Officials, band leaders, and Gosconcert agreed on the cancellation Tuesday.
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UPI
Tashkent
University of Iowa
Samarkand
United States
Goscomcert
Army to Add Two More Training Brigades
The army announced two additional advanced infantry training brigades will be formed in September at Fort McClellan Alabama and Fort Lewis Washington. The new formations bring total such units to five nationwide.
First Kill of Soviet Mig-21 Reported in Vietnam War Zone
Sidewinder missiles from a U.S. Phantom destroyed a Mig-21 65 miles north northeast of Hanoi in a dogfight near the Vietnam China border. The event marked the war's first kill of the delta winged Soviet fighter and the eighth Soviet fighter downed in the conflict.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Red China
China
North Vietnam
Targets Spared Too Long Russell Says
Senator Russell asserts that many North Vietnamese military and strategic targets have been spared in bombing and calls for extending strikes. He urges closing Haiphong port to halt weapons shipments and predicts higher defense requests could push Vietnam war costs near 30 billion dollars to the American taxpayer.
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Atlanta
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
North Vietnam
South
Association of County Commissioners of Georgia
Haiphong
Department (of Defense
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