Courts weigh teacher issues across cities in walkouts
Across New York City Detroit and Broward County as many as 15 million children faced disrupted classes. New York seeks fines on the teachers union while Michigan reviews back to work orders and Florida sees a 10 hour deadline for settlement. A boycott in Houston spurs private classes for 1000 plus Negro students while Beecher Flint and Detroit districts report resignations and continuing strikes.
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Beecher
Houston
Freedom Public Schools
Pope Paul VI May Need Surgery for Urinary Ailment
Three doctors examining Pope Paul VI said his condition has improved but surgery may be required to cure the ailment, diagnosed as cystopyelitis. The pope, ill since Sept. 4 at Castel Gandolfo, has shown brief improvement and appeared on the Vatican balcony.
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Mario Fontana
Pietro Valdoni
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Mario Arduini
la Stampa
Turin
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Ubrico Braccio
University of Rome
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Vatican
St. Peter’s Square
Johnson Secures $1 Billion Pledge for Slum Housing
President Johnson won a pledge from about 348 life insurance firms to channel $1 billion of mortgage money into big city slum areas. The funds will back housing programs insured by the Federal Housing Administration including rent subsidies model cities rehabilitation and home purchases in blighted districts.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Federal Housing Administration
Multi Billion TFX Muff Is Claimed By McClellan
Senate subcommittee chair John McClellan blasts Defense Secretary McNamara over alleged $6 billion cost overruns in the F 111 TFX program. He notes rising unit costs from 2.8 million to 5 million for the Air Force and 8 million for the Navy version, citing design changes and reduced quantities.
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Johnson
Mills
Moderates Cautiously Gauge Romney Path to 1968 Nomination
Eastern Republican moderates pursue a threeWay plan centered on Michigan Governor Romney while keeping options open toward Nelson Rockefeller or Charles Percy as they assess his Vietnam stance and public support. Sen. Hugh Scott notes Romney must prove primary appeal and avoid a chaotic image.
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G.O.P
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Vietnam
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Charles Percy
Illinois
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Johnson ‘Administration
Barry Goldwater
Hartford
Ants Snarl GI Communications At Di An Camp
Red ants disrupted telephone links of the first infantry division at Di An base camp near Saigon. They chewed insulation on 50 wire pairs causing short circuits. The 40th signal battalion eliminated the ants and restored the line.
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Saigon
U.S
di An
40Th Signal Battalion
Pressure Stirs Raid About Face In Vietnam Policy
James Marlow reports that President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara faced pressure leading to a shift in bombing strategy against North Vietnam. McNamara argued the Haiphong Cam Pha Hongai ports could not alone win the war, while the Joint Chiefs urged closing Haiphong as vital. Public testimony drew Senate critique and Johnson sought to project unity as airstrikes began on Haiphong bridges and Cam Pha wharves amid questions over port bombing effectiveness.
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Haiphong
Cam Pha
Hongai
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Joint Chiefs
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Mansfield
D-Mont
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United States
Subcommittee
Vietnam
Air Force
U.S
Gun Duel Across DMZ Roars as Marines Meet Reds
In Saigon AP reports heavy artillery and mortar exchanges across the demilitarized zone. Six Marines killed and 109 wounded in the last 24 hours with South Vietnamese casualties unannounced. Con Thien fortress repelled a dawn assault by 150 North Vietnamese regulars. B 12s raided NVA hideouts dropping about 750000 pounds of bombs. Communist efforts to deploy Soviet missiles against B 52s noted. A Phantom was shot down. crew rescued. Continued on Page 3 Col 4.
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Con Thien
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Heavy Rains Dominate Western Iowa Weather Totals
Locally heavy rains drenched southwest and extreme western Iowa Tuesday night with a 50 percent chance of showers in Eastern Iowa Wednesday night. Atlantic led rainfall at 2.50 inches, followed by Council Bluffs 2.01, Sac City 1.41, Harcourt 1.06, and other towns reporting around a half inch. A cold front moved eastward into central Iowa by noon, expected to linger west of Mason City and Lamoni.
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Iowa
Atlantic
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Sac City
Harcourt
Clarinda
Sioux City
Ames
Spencer
Weather Bureau
Mason City
Lamoni
Bond Veto: Stay Move From State
H Rap Brown, black power advocate, won a delay on extradition to Maryland with a habeas corpus hearing set for Oct. 3 in Judge Franklin Backus's court. Backus ordered Brown held in custody as bond was not within his jurisdiction. Brown faced riot and arson charges in Cambridge, Maryland, and his lawyers vow to fight extradition up to the supreme court.
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Backus
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Cambridge
William Kunstler
New York
Kunstler
Supreme Court
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Phillip Hirschkop
Hirschkop
Rally in Stocks Best in Weeks
New York stocks surged on Wednesday in its best rally in weeks with heavy trading. Gains outpaced losses about eight to three as investors rushed to buy amid inflation fears and expectations that Congress may resist a tax increase in the 1968 election year.
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New York
Wall
Freight train derailed by blast in Seoul
Eight cars of a South Korean freight train derailed after an explosion suspected to be caused by communist agents. No injuries were reported.
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Seoul
UPI
Man In Love Wants To Call Girl By His Last Name
A humorous note ponders romance with the idea a man shows affection by using a partner’s surname. The quip references the playful dynamics of dating and identity in a lighthearted tone.
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