Pittsburgh Steel Raises Prices Amid Industry-Wide Hike
Pittsburgh Steel announced a general price increase to August 8 with other producers signaling follow the big three firms U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic raised prices after a union settlement. President Johnson condemned the Bethlehem rise and urged restraint while Bethlehem and Republic defended their actions. U S Steel eyed a separate October 1 increase for tin mill products.
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Pittsburgh Steel Co
Pittsburgh Steel
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem and
Republic
United Steelworkers Union
Johnson
Bethlehem
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Republic Steel
US. Steel
Fresh U.S. Troops Arrive in Vietnam Frontline
Four thousand five hundred fresh American soldiers arrived in Vietnam as part of the 5th mechanized infantry division. They flew from Fort Carson, Colorado to Da Nang and moved to camps near the eastern edge of the demilitarized zone to bolster defences on the northern frontier.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Colorado
U.S
U. S
Fort Carson
Colo
da Nang
U S Losses In Saigon Reported In War Update
U S command says 193 Americans killed in combat last week and 1 086 wounded down from 2 014. About 540 000 U S troops in South Vietnam, with 5th Division recently arriving. North Vietnam thought to have eight divisions nearby. Mortar hits near Saigon cause light damage. U S B 52 bombers strike targets from Tay Ninh to Da Nang area. Local Vietnamese irregulars suffer casualties while U S special forces lead them near the Cambodian border.
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U. S
5Th Division
U.S
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Loc Ninh
Tay Ninh
A Shau
da Nang
Dak To
Central Highlands
Green Beret
Housing Act Liberates Cities Says Johnson At Signing
President Johnson signed a sweeping housing bill hailed as a Magna Carta to liberate cities. The three year 5.4 billion plan begins federal effort to end substandard housing, expanding subsidies and urban renewal programs while Congress debates full funding.
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Johnson
U.S
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U S Navy Pilots Claim Dogfight Over Mig-21
U S Navy pilots engaged a Mig-21 near Saigon in a three way dogfight with two jets from separate missions and squadrons. It remains uncertain which pilot actually downed the Soviet aircraft. One shooter was Lt. Norm McCoy of Birmingham Alabama the other Lt. George Hise 25 of Des Moines Iowa. Both believed they hit the Mig.
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Saigon
UPS
Norm McCoy
Birmingham
Ala
George, Hise
Des Moines
Wrong-Way Car Crash Kills Seven Near Joliet
Seven people died in a pre-dawn Interstate 55 collision 18 miles south of Joliet after a car fleeing police at 100 to 120 mph struck a station wagon believed to carry an Arkansas family.
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Albert Eubanks
Pea Ridge
Ark
Alma
Albert, Jr
Eubanks
Frank Riha
Chicago
George Bohac
Sheriff's Department
Karl Sicinski
Sicinski
Rockefeller Campaign Hails Harris Poll Gains
Backers of Nelson Rockefeller claim momentum after Louis Harris poll showing Rockefeller leading Democratic contenders and Nixon trailing. Ohio Governor Rhodes delays commitment, caucus set for Monday to decide delegation stance. Nixon camp dismisses Harris while aiming to keep Nixon option viable at the GOP convention.
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Nixon Bloc
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Fila
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Louis Harris
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
James A. Rhodes
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Washington Post
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McCarthy
Rhodes
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Hawaii
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Michigan
New Jersey
Ronald Reagan
Postal Employee Exemption Passed by House
The House sent to President Johnson a bill exempting most postal employees from the congressional order reducing government workers. Without the exemption, the Post Office would have to end Saturday mail deliveries and cut other services this weekend. Only the Washington headquarters with 1,930 employees and regional offices with about 3,200 workers would remain nonexempt.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Post Office Department
Nixon outlines new war plan if Paris talks fail
Nixon says the United States must seek a negotiated Vietnam settlement but prepare for new military and diplomatic approaches if Paris talks break down. He calls for a dramatic escalation of economic political diplomatic and psychological efforts and a fresh administration capable of a new start to end the war honorably.
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Miami Beach
Richard Nixon
U.S
Paris
Nixon
Republican Platform
Ee Oo
America
Asia
Fawan Man
Oil can satire highlights Dirksen remark at hearings
In Miami Beach, Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois, chair of the Republican platform committee, joked after hearings that his office desk holds a gold plated engraved oil can inscribed The oil can is mightier than the sword, suggesting a quip about diplomacy over conflict.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Silken
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Republican Platform Committee
Soviet and Warsaw Pact meet ends with compromise in Cierna
Czechoslovakia and Moscow trimmed differences after a four day Cierna talks. Dubcek agreed to attend Bratislava meeting Aug 3, while Romania and Yugoslavia skipped the Bratislava gathering. The bloc pressed reforms but held mutual mistrust and military shows of strength along Czechoslovak borders.
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Oldrich Cernik
Alexander Dubcek
Cierna
Czechoslovakia
Czech
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
East Germany
Poland
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Hungary
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Dubcek
Czech Communist Party
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Nicolae Ceausecu
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