Ford Sets Early May Sale Mark
Ford Motor Co reports its early May sales for May 1-10 were the highest in 63 years, with Ford and Lincoln Mercury combined at 59 065 cars. The rise followed a prior month dip blamed on auto safety concerns and higher living costs. The 10 day period is viewed as a key industry indicator for spring demand and supplier activity.
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Vietnam
Kidnaper and 17-Year-Old Girl Sought in Shade Gap Case
About 200 men plus state police comb a 23 square mile area in the Tuscarora mountains for Peggy Ann Brodnick 17 and her armed kidnapper believed to be a rifleman who has terrorized south central Pennsylvania since April 1964. Helicopters and bloodhounds assist as searchers scour woods and roads. No trace found.
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Shade Gap
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Peggy Ann Brodnick
Tuscarora Mountains
Pennsylvania
Peggy
Rainfall Eases as Cold Air Clings to Iowa
Rain and snow that drenched Iowa for two days tapered off yet cold air lingers through Saturday. Eastern Iowa communities logged about two inches of rain in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, with Cedar Rapids at 2.17 inches total, Marengo at 2.66 since Tuesday night. 2 p.m. Cedar Rapids registered 47 after a low of 43.
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Weather Bureau
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Marengo
Ossian
Elkader
British Seamen Vote To Strike Over Wage Demands
Britain faces potential shipping disruption as 65,000 seamen approve a strike to start Monday. The union seeks a 40 hour week, higher pay and overtime rules, arguing current averages around 20 pounds weekly with a basic wage of 45 pounds. Shipowners offer a 5 percent raise now with more increases planned.
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London
Britain
National Union of Seamen
Taxi strike chaos as car crashes into bakery in New York
A struck taxi driver fainted at the wheel, his car plowing into the Trausch Bakery on Sixth Avenue. The crash injured the driver and a bakery employee, damaged the wrapping room, and disrupted air travel as taxis vanished from Manhattan streets. Mayor Lindsay summoned the state mediation board chair as disputes over driver share of meter receipts persist.
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Wayne L. Smith
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State Mediations Board
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Stocks Suffer Heavy Losses
New York stocks tumbled in heavy trading with the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipping to 82.23 at 2 p.m. EDT, down 13.20 points. A hour loss of 10 points had traders blaming cutbacks in automobile production and parts makers for the discouragement.
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New York
Chuckle Boss Encourages Quiet Door Policy
A boss tells a new employee his door is always open yet asks them to walk by quietly, signaling accessibility with a humorous caveat. The remark balances welcome access with a lighthearted nudge for discretion.
F D R Jr Declares New York Gubernatorial Bid
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of the 32nd president, announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for New York governor. He cites love of politics and New York, noting the bid has been anticipated for months as he enters the race.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Demonstrations After Bobby Kennedy Visit Ban and NUSAS Clash
Students at Witwatersrand University protest government restrictions on the student organization sponsoring Sen Robert Kennedy. The NUSAS leader Ian Robertson is banned under the suppressive act and confined to Cape Town area, while opposition groups condemn the move and call for academic freedoms. New York Senator Kennedy expected in June to speak for NUSAS with MLK invited to open its congress, though visa issues persist. Roosevelt resigns as EEOC chair amid nominating moves, with Nickerson and Samuels as declared Rockefeller challengers. Frank OConnor eyed as potential fourth candidate.
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South ‘Africa
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Witwatersrand University
Cape Town
Durban
Grahamstown
Afrikaanse Student Bond
Weinberg
Cape Town University
NUSAS
New York
Iu.s
Suon
Roosevelt
Washington
Equal Henly Ment Opportunity Commission
Nelson Rockefeller
Eugene Nickerson
Nassau County
Howard Samuels
Frank O'Connor
Move for CIA Watchdog Unit Advances in Senate
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to discard the current CIA oversight and create a new watchdog unit called the committee on intelligence operations. A full Senate vote would be needed to enact the plan, after which a tabling motion by Senator Hickenlooper was defeated 11-6.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
Committee On Intelligence Operations
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Irish quarantine ruins couple’s plan to move with dog
George Jones and wife Julia, both in their sixties, abandoned hopes of retiring in County Cork after their mixed breed dog Kim was refused entry and placed in six months quarantine by Irish officials. They flew back to New York with Kim, leaving behind furniture and a life they planned to start abroad.
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New York
George Jones
Trish
Kim
Jones
County Cork
Julia
Ireland
Shanton
Shannon
Dublin
Cork
Niture
Americans again suffer higher combat deaths than Vietnamese
Saigon reports 82 American combat deaths last week versus 61 Vietnamese, the second weekly instance of greater U.S. fatalities in five years of war. The week also saw heavy fighting near Hai Phong and Dong Hoi with air and ground actions, casualties, and Viet Cong losses amid ongoing operations.
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Saigon
U.S
Quang Ngai
Hue
Third Marine Division
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