Airlines End Largest US Strike With Broad Resumption of Flights
Airlines across the country returned toward normal after a 17,727 machinists union contract ended the nation’s biggest strike. Five major carriers Eastern National Northwest Trans World United began booking passengers as planes resumed service. The bargaining settlement, tied to a three year deal with wage gains and benefits, was hailed at the White House though critics warned of inflationary risk. The agreement ends penalties and paves way for future labor battles as the industry recovers from the stoppage.
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Trans World
United
Congress
U.S
Organized
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Machinists Union
Flames raze four barns and silos at Witwer dairy farm
A Friday afternoon fire at the Witwer farm four miles southeast of Marion destroyed four buildings including two barns and four silos. The blaze damaged hay and straw stocks totaling 8,000 hay bales and 2,000 straw bales. Automatic feeding and cleaning gear and part of milking equipment were lost. Firemen from Marion Mt Vernon and West Bertram fought the spectacular blaze.
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Witwer Farm
Marion
Clyde Simonsen
Mt. Vernon
West Bertram
Johnson Tells Peace Terms to End Raids in North Vietnam
President Johnson outlined conditions for halting bombing of North Vietnam if Hanoi halts troop incursions into the South. He campaigned in New England linking civil rights progress to peace prospects, stressing that the passkey to peace lies with Hanoi and urging North Vietnam to allow South Vietnam to build its country in peace.
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Manchester
N.H
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
New England
University of Rhode Island
Kingston
Con Dent
Vietnam
Who
Harry Simonsen
Simonsen
Pilots Seek Anonymity In Vietnam War News
Many American pilots over North Vietnam urge reporters to withhold their names fearing hostile calls to families or reprisals if captured. Military HQ in Saigon honors requests, reflecting a policy since Korea. Major James Kasler, famed as a top target hunter, embraced publicity despite risks.
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North Vietnam
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Mig Alley
Korea
Vietnam
Hanoi
James Kasler
Indianapolis
Air Force Information
Kasler
Cedar Rapids Triumphs Over Minnesota Nine 17 to 1
Cedar Rapids Legion baseball advances in the Region 6 double elimination tourney by humiliating North St Paul 17-1. Steve Hasley belted a 350 foot homer, Dave Close pitched four innings of strong relief, while Darrell Lindsay went 4 for 6. Cedar Rapids rapped 18 hits to dominate North St Paul in Bismarck action.
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N. C
Cedar Rapids Legion
North St Paul
Minn
Cedar Rapids
North St. Paul
Steve Hasley
Dave Close
Minnesota
Close
Rick Ryan
Jack Thumb
Jim Mojor
Ryan
Darrell Lindsay
St Paul
Mishap Kills Two At Illinois State Fair
In Springfield Illinois two people died and five were wounded when a workman fell from a grandstand roof at the state fair while attaching a rope for an act. A scaffold supporting a floodlight broke causing the fall from about 65 feet. The identities of the dead and injured were not released.
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Springfield
Yanks Pound Oil Aussies Hunting Foe Saigon War Note
Australian infantrymen hunted remnants of a North Vietnamese battalion southeast of Saigon after artillery bombardment, with at least 227 killed. General Westmoreland called the Aussie action a significant victory and one of the most spectacular so far in the war.
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Saigon
William Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Binh Gin
Royal Australian Regiment
Disaster Toll Rises In Turkey
Rescue workers counted nearly 1000 bodies after a catastrophic earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday with officials warning the death toll could exceed 3000. A massive aid operation followed as U.S. air forces delivered medical supplies and teams aided remote mountainous regions.
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Turkey
North Vietnam
U.S
Panhandle
Ankara
Adana
Suleiman Demirel
Attack on American club injures 12 in Da Nang
In Da Nang two Viet Cong attackers hurled three hand grenades at the entrance of an American noncommissioned officers club. Twelve people were wounded, six of them U.S. servicemen. Two other grenades were duds. attackers fled at night. Vietnamese women were present in the crowd at the Take Ten club operated by U.S. Army services.
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DA Nang
U.S
U.S Army
Sniper’s Killer Is Honored in New York
New York AP report says Ramiro Martinez the Austin Texas patrolman who killed snipers Charles Whitman was honored with two plaques for bravery beyond the call of duty. He was to receive a third award Saturday from a society and had been invited to New York by a committee of Spanish speaking citizens.
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Austin
Texas
Charles Whitman
Ramiro Martinez
Sociely
Egg Tossing Teens Spanked in Court
In Noblesville Indiana two 16 year old boys Martin Toney and Ronald Ferry were spanked in county juvenile court after throwing eggs at passing motorists. Judge Edward New Jr ordered five swats apiece with a bell on the deputy sheriff’s knee following advice from the boys’ minister. In Moscow a separate report notes France and the Soviet Union have not moved to establish a hot line despite a near two month old agreement.
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Noblesville, Ind
Martin Toney
Ronald Ferry
Indianapolis
Edward New, Jr
Marriage Meal Jokes Spark Chuckle Line
A light quip notes before marriage a man spends time with spoons in humor about forking over after tying the knot.
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