Expo 67 Hit by Montreal Transit Walkout
Montreal's bus and metro workers struck with hours' warning, crippling 1.3 million riders and complicating Expo 67 access. Despite 2000 buses idle and 41 subway trains halted, Expo remained open with special transport arranged. pay disputes centered on driver wages from 277 to 350 cents per hour.
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Federal Jury Indicts Grant and Gearhart in Counterfeiting Case
Cedar Rapids J W Lee Grant Jr and Lee J Gearhart were indicted by a federal grand jury on seven counts of counterfeiting. They were arrested in Waterloo and have posted 10 percent bonds. The indictment alleges they printed 232 910 in ten twenty fifty and one hundred dollar bills. Grant previously admitted printing the money while denying intent to defraud.
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Lee) Grant, Jr
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Brownsville
Weekly US Vietnam casualties dip in deaths fall
Saigon AP reports a week ending last Saturday 236 American combat deaths, 1774 wounded, and four missing. For the prior week 242 dead and 149 wounded with seven missing. Most casualties came from Marines along the northern frontier facing heavy communist artillery.
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Beulah Becomes Texas Focus as Storm Inflicts Half Billion Loss
Reports show Beulah's Texas landfall causing up to 500 million dollars in agricultural and structural damage. Brownsville, Alice, Corpus Christi area hit hard with extensive flooding, power outages, and shelter needs as authorities assess the disaster.
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Rusk's Daughter Weds Georgetown Man at Stanford Chapel
Margaret Elizabeth Rusk 18 and Stanford sophomore married Guy Gibson Smith 22, a data processor at Ames Research Center Sunnyvale. Ceremony at Stanford University chapel attended by close relatives. Secretary Rusk escorted the bride.
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Washington, D. C
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Washington
B. Davie Napier
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Divers Find Coins From Vessels Sunk in 1707
Divers have recovered gold and silver coins believed tied to a 2.8 million treasure from three ships of Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell's fleet lost near the Scilly Isles in 1707. The find includes English, French, and Portuguese coins with a volume described as a fraction of the hoard. A private expedition aided by a royal navy unit retrieved about 1,500 coins from water about 100 feet deep.
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Warming Trend Seen for Friday in Iowa
The weather bureau predicts a warmer Friday with partly cloudy skies. Iowa stations logged varying rainfall last night with Cedar Rapids .91 inch and Des Moines 1.03 inches, while highs Friday should reach the upper 70s and frost possible in the northeast overnight.
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McNamara Not Overruled As Vietnam Policy Debate Rises
Reports claim Johnson overruled McNamara over Haiphong bombing limits but balance favors the President and defense secretary remains a lightning rod. The admin pursues gradual escalation with new targets while disagreements linger between McNamara and the joint chiefs.
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U S Ambassador Urges Hanoi to Define Peace Talks Path
At the U N General AssemblyArthur Goldberg pressed North Vietnam for a definite statement on whether halting bombing would yield meaningful negotiations without advantage to either side He reaffirmed Washingtons push for peace talks and urged all U N members to aid peacemaking He noted Hanoi signaled a cessation could lead to talks but offered no binding commitment and said Washington seeks a prompt productive discussion toward peace in Vietnam and the Middle East with flexibility and tolerance as key steps toward a durable settlement.
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