GM Raises 1967 Car Prices Across Major Lines
General Motors boosted 1967 sticker prices by an average of 56 dollars on most models, joining Ford and Chrysler in the across the board increase driven largely by added safety equipment. American Motors signaled it will follow with price rises soon, with industry measures expected to cost consumers close to a billion dollars.
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Walter Reuther
Cadillac
Reuther
Powell Loses Power as Powell Committee Chairman
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faced a sharp rebuke as the House Education and Labor Committee voted 27 to 1 to strip him of key powers. The vote curtails his authority to hire and fire staff, spend funds, and approve committee actions for the remainder of the year, with changes set to be revisited in January.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N. Y
House Education and Labor Committee
Powell
William Ayres
Ohio
G.O.P
Phillip Button
D-Calif
Augustus ‘Hawkins
D- Calif
Ayres
Harlem
House
Charles Goodell
R-N. Y
John Ashbrook
R-Ohie
Ashbrook
Goodell
Ihe
Fall Arrives Friday With Warm Iowa Conditions
The forecast notes autumn begins Friday at 6 43 AM with clear skies and mild temps. Cedar Rapids reached 73 degrees Thursday afternoon after a 55 degree low and 79 degree high Wednesday.
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Weather Bureau
Jowa
Cedar Rapids
Bayonet Found Near Percy Mansion Lake Search
Police in Kenilworth Illinois report discovering a 10 inch regular army bayonet in four feet of Lake Michigan about 800 feet south of Valerie Percy’s mansion after a beach run from the residence. Investigators note possible use in the murder and have sent the weapon to the Chicago police crime lab for analysis.
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Robert Daley
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Valerie Percy
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Charles Percy
Daley
Percy
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Freeman Not in Lone List for Atty. General
President Johnson said he considered several individuals for attorney general but Freeman, the Agriculture Secretary, was not among them. He spoke with reporters on Thursday.
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UPI
Johnson
Agriculture
Freeman
Famed Alaska guide Alf Madsen Killed in Plane Crash
Alf Madsen a renowned Kodiak big game hunting guide about 45 was killed when his float plane crashed into Lake Agashik near Anchorage Alaska on Wednesday.
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Anchorage, Alaska
Biggest Day in Vietnam War Air Battles
U S pilots downed two MiGs and damaged three others in eight dogfights near Hanoi in the Mig Alley area. In Gia Binh, they shelled a North Vietnamese supply hub. U S aircrews flew 121 missions and reported damaging railroad cars trucks and anti aircraft sites. The weekly U S toll rose toward 311000, near Vietnam's regular army strength of 317000 plus militiamen and paramilitary forces.
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Mobile
Ala
Karl Richter
Holly
Mich
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Tan Son Nhut
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U S Forces Report Weekly Casualty Toll
The U S command reported 96 U S service members killed last week 583 wounded and five missing or captured in Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
U S planes downed During raids over the north
Two U S aircraft were shot down by ground fire as raids hit the north. A Navy Phan tom from the Coral Sea and a Thunderchief with two missing crew members plus another downed red plane raised Mig kills to 21 for the war. North Vietnamese mortars attacked Gia Binh as Marines seized the village after five days of heavy fighting.
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Coral Sea
Gia Binh
Demilitarized Zone
Living Costs Rise 0.4 Percent in August
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in consumer prices for August driven by higher costs for food autos and medical care. The CPI stands at 113.8, about $11.38 to buy 1957 59 items. Year to date inflation hits 2.5 percent, pace unmatched since 1957. Arthur Ross says price checks on 1967 model cars will assess added safety equipment, results due in November.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur Ross
Cedar Rapids bus strike drags on past 1967 expiry
Mayor Bob Johnson warned the Cedar Rapids city bus strike will continue through the franchise expiration in November 1967. National City Lines and Bus Drivers Local 638 remain at an impasse after drivers rejected a company offer including a 12 cent wage hike and extra vacation.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
City Lines
Ray Bagley
United States proposes halt to bombing in North Vietnam
The United States signals a phased South Vietnam troop withdrawal if North Vietnam responds with de escalation steps. Ambassador Gold berg calls for a peace process without forcing South Vietnam alignment and rejects a permanent U.S. base posture. He asks Hanoi to consider a time bound, supervised withdrawal and inclusion of all sides in talks. The speech references Thant’s three point plan and ongoing U N efforts.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Arthur Goldberg
General Assembly
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Goldberg
South Vietnam
U.N
U Thant
Thant
U. S
Vietnam
Auto Train Crash Kills Oxford Man
Special to The Gazette Daniel Casper Yenter 20 of route 2 Oxford was killed in a car train crash at the southwest edge of Tiffin Thursday at 7 40 a m Police said he drove north over the crossing and was struck broadside by an eastbound Rock Island freight train with a0 cars The impact knocked off a signal pole and the car rested 113 feet from the crossing 42 feet north of the tracks Wreckage strewn along the railroad right of way and the trunk lid landed about 150 feet away
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Iowa City
Daniel Casper Yenter
Oxford
Tiffin
Yenter
Rock Island
H. L. Patterson
Milan
Surveyor 2 mission ends as power fails on approach to Moon
In Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 2 lost power leaving insufficient energy to operate the landing radar. The spinning 1,000 pound craft would have slowed by a retro rocket to land gently at Sinus Medii. Scientists fear the craft may be damaged after tumbling since one motor refused to fire.
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Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Sinus Medii
Central Bay
Sciensists
Bread Alone? Crust-Only Living Feels Like a Chuckle
A lighthearted quip notes people relying on crust rather than bread, implying humor in everyday sustenance limits. The line plays on the saying that life needs more than basics, hinting at humor about hunger and clever fixes.
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