Impasse In Strike At Collins
Cedar Rapids Collins Radio Co workers face a stalemate as about half of 12 000 employees walk out after talks with Local 1362 IBEW broke off. Pickets line Cedar Rapids and Anamosa plants while management runs essential lines. Federal mediator and government contracts cited. no meetings scheduled yet.
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Collins
Cedar Rapids
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Local 1362
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Anamosa
C Avenue NE
Fiftieth Street
Thirty-fifth Street NE
John Hunter
Hunter
Dick McGowan
McGowan
Governors Set Sail For Virgin Islands
New York AP report says most governors, including 23 of 25 Republicans and 22 of 25 Democrats, boarded the Independence for the annual Governors Conference at sea and in the Virgin Islands. They expect six days of sessions and two days ashore. Endorsements of Johnson Vietnam policy appear unlikely to emerge.
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Virgin Islands
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Independence
John Connally
Texas
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Vietnam
Waldorf-Astoria
John Love
Colorado
Republican Governors Association
Love
NBC
Guy
Michigan
George Romney
Ronald Reagan
California
United States
Experts Puzzled By Mysterious Shrouded Shapes
Washington AP reports U S intelligence puzzled by tarpaulin covered objects in the P ing Hsiang rail yard above the North Vietnam border. Initial view suggested tanks but growing belief is heavy self propelled artillery possibly larger than guns used by North Vietnam. Marines at Con Thien have faced artillery from across the border as tarpaulin covered items join a massive materiel buildup on the Hanoi Nanning rail line.
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French Reopen Air Service to SE Asia
A French charter airline that runs IC C flights to Saigon Phnom Penh Vientiane and Hanoi resumed service after a temporary halt caused by payment problems. An official said flights were authorized to resume Sunday night and payments were being negotiated by the French Foreign Ministry.
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International Control Commission
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Vientiane
Hanoi
Shafer Signs 5 Cent Cigaret Tax Increase
Gov. Raymond Shafer signed a bill in Harrisburg raising Pennsylvania cigarette tax by five cents per pack.
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Harrisburg
Raymond Shafer
Cosmos Series No 182 Orbited by Soviet Union
The Soviet Union launched No 182 in its Cosmos unmanned satellite sequence from Moscow. Officials described the mission as space research with no details. the craft orbits the Earth every 89.9 minutes and all onboard equipment is functioning.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Toddville Man Charged After Sunday Shooting
Theodore J. Gauffer, 26, of Toddville, is charged with assault with intent to commit murder after a Sunday shooting that left Ellen Kay Korsmo with a leg wound. Police say the incident followed a dispute at a house party when Gauffer returned with firearms and threatened others.
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Toddville
Theodore J. Gauffer
Ellen Kay Korsmo
Seventh Avenue
Gauffer
Ellen Korsmo
Budget Cuts Sought by House Appropriations Panel
Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee on Monday urged nearly 3 billion dollars in cuts across government employment and research. The proposal targets major reductions while outlining allocation shifts to reduce deficits.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Indira Gandhi Arrives in Bucharest for Three Day Visit
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi arrived in Bucharest on Monday for a three day visit to discuss bilateral ties. The Indian leader set to meet Romanian officials and participate in talks on regional cooperation and economic collaboration.
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Bucharest
Indira Gandhi
India
Supreme Court to Rule on Church School Aid Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a New York City residents challenge to the 1965 federal school aid act linking funds to parochial schools. The case asks whether federal aid to students indirectly supports religious instruction, testing the wall between church and state. The court also actioned other rulings on murder conviction mercy, libel damages, and a Little Rock interracial party case.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
New York City
Louisiana
Edwin Walker
Associated Press
Times- Picayune Publishing Corp
Walker
Arkansas
Little Rock
John Henry Dokes
Suffolk
New York
British war games crowd holds eight battles in London ballroom
The British Model Soldiers Society staged the first national war game championships with 150 participants using plastic figures, rulers, and dice to reenact Civil War, Napoleonic, ancient, modern tank, and World War III battles. No blood was shed as rules bogged down some matches.
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London
British Model Soldiers Society
U.S
John Tunstill
Norman Maitland
Britain
Twenty Die as Bus Plunges From Bridge in Samar
A Sunday bus carrying fiesta-goers crashed off a bridge into a river in Catarman Samar Philippines. Twenty people were killed and about forty injured. The driver allegedly fled the scene and is the subject of a police manhunt.
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Manila
Visayan
Catarman
Samar
Philippine News Service
Death is Nature's Way to Tell You to Slow Down
A mural in a New York subway quotes the line Death is Nature s way of telling you to slow down with a copyright note. The witty wall text reflects urban humor tied to transit life.
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New York
Second Bombing Accidents Hit Con Thien in Three Days
U S Marines report a Sunday bombing at Con Thien killed three and wounded nine, the second mistaken strike there in three days. Eight more Marines were wounded by shellfire as clashes and reinforcements continued near the DMZ. U S B 52 bombers then intensified raids into North Vietnam bypassing Laos to strike Mu Gia Pass and supply depots.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi ‘Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
the Pass
Thailand
Los Angeles Area Faces Major Brush Fire Threats
A searing brush fire swelled to threaten 100 more homes near Chatsworth and burned about 26,000 acres across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. One fatal crash, 22 homes burned Sunday, and 1,000 firefighters battled shifting winds as fires converged near the U.S. 101 corridor.
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San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
Thousand Oaks
Simi Valley
Ventura County
U.S. 101
Ventura Freeway
Janet Cameron
Simi
Simi Area
Edward Collins
North American Rockwell Corp
Whittier
Santa Paula
Santa Ana
Travel Guide for Touring Congressmen Published
The State Department releases Handbo ok for Congressional Foreign Travel praising overseas visits as beneficial to America. It notes VIP airport welcomes and envelopes with local currency for arrival as part of a 50 dollar daily subsistence allowance. Some nations like India have ample funds beyond need.
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State Department
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America
U.S
India
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