McDonald Builds Momentum In USW Presidential Race
Incumbent David J. McDonald gains confidence as Abel clings to a shrinking lead in the United Steelworkers election. Unofficial tallies show Abel ahead by slim margins across multiple locals while McDonald backers predict reversal if counts continue. A possible court challenge looms as results begin official counting February 19.
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Rudy Cernkovic
Pittsburgh
UPI
L. W Abel
United Steelworkers Union
USW
David J. McDonald
Abel
cDonald
Chicago
McDonald
MccDonald
McDonald Forces
Longshoremen Split Over Immediate Return to Work
A NEI report says Gulf and South Atlantic longshore locals reject immediate return to work and binding arbitration, while North Atlantic ports with agreements resume operations. ILA President Gleason orders noncompliant locals to return by 8 a.m. Saturday as a blue ribbon panel weighs next moves.
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NEI
A. Martin Washington
UPI
Gulf and South Atlantic
North Atlantic
West Gulf
South Atlantic
West Gulf Coast
Harriman to Roaming Ambassador as Mann Replaces Him
President Johnson announced a State Department reshuffle. Averell Harriman becomes roving ambassador while Thomas C. Mann will be undersecretary for economic affairs after being promoted from assistant secretary for interAmerican affairs. Jack Hood Vaughn is named ambassador to Panama to succeed Mann.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
State Department
Averell Harriman
Thomas C. Mann
Harriman
Department
White House
Mann
Alliance For Progress
Jack Hood Vaughn
Panama
Mann Harriman
Last Survivor Is Taken From Qui Nhon Barracks
UPI report from Qui Nhon Viet Nam says rescue crews freed the last known survivor, Sp. 4 Arthur G. Abendschien of Deptford NJ, after 35 hours buried in rubble. He suffered a head gash and minor scratches. Twenty-two Americans escaped. 18 remained missing.
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Ray F. Herndon
Qui Nhon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Arthur G. Abendschien
Deptford
N.J
Abendschien
Vault stymies bandits at Norfolk housing office
Two bandits burst into the Roberts Park housing development rental office in Norfolk and demanded entry to a stuck vault. Clerk Mrs Thelma Green gave the combination to one robber, who failed to open the vault as a repairman was called.
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Norfolk, Va
UPI
Roberts Park
Thelma Green
Texas Weather Says Snow Flurries Hit Panhandle
Skies cleared in most of Texas while the mer cury plunged to nine degrees at Dalhart. Am arillo Lubbock Alpine Midland Wichita Falls ranged from 14 to 23 degrees as Brownsville woke with 63 degrees. The freeze line neared Lufkin Austin Junction. light southern rain and varied rainfall totals were reported. Five day forecast shows 2-7 degrees below normal with possible weekend precipitation. Tornadoes touched East Texas and storms lit North Texas with lightning. General warming expected Saturday across the state.
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United Press International
Mercury
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Lubbock
Alpine
Midland
Wichita Falls
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Lufkin-Austin-and-Junction
Texarkana
College Station
Lufkin
Houston
East Texas
North Texas
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Texas
Center
China hints volunteers may intervene in Vietnam war
The report notes Peking signaling possible Chinese and Korean volunteers backing North Vietnam while U.S. and South Vietnamese air raids strike Viet Cong supply hubs. It cites Soviet and North Vietnamese reactions, plus evacuations of American dependents from Saigon as political tensions rise and leadership fractures appear.
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Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPI
China
North
Viet Nam
Peking
Formosa
Laos
U.S
Robert F. Roneau
Norristown
John B. Cutler
Washington, N.C
Ronca
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Pieiku
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Moscow
United States
Alexei Kosygin
Pyongyang
North Korea
Ho Chi Minh
Texas lawmakers wrap week with budget approval and pooling bill
Texas lawmakers closed a busy week at the 59th session with the House Appropriations Committee finishing hearings on a 3.52 billion budget to fund state government for two years and the Senate passing an oil pooling bill. The Senate measure would empower the Railroad Commission to compel neighboring landowners to pool oil or gas if voluntary pooling fails, and could reach the House for action next week.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
House State Affairs Committee
House
Railroad Commission
John Connally
Connally
Three Units Hold Delinquent Taxes Meeting
A joint session with tax attorney Jack McCreary of Austin and officials from three taxing bodies discussed employing a single attorney to pursue delinquent taxes. Each unit planned separate future meetings to decide on a proposed contract granting McCreary 15 percent of collected amounts.
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Jack McCreary
Austin
McCreary
Wil
Tower to Speak at Lubbock Lincoln Day Dinner
UPI reports Senator John Tower states he will address the Lubbock and South Plains Lincoln Day dinner tonight. The Texas Republican, noted for his national profile, is scheduled to speak at a local event highlighting Lincoln Day activities in the region.
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Lubbock Lubbock
UPI
John Tower
R-Tex
Lubbock and
South Plains Area
Rites Set For T Weatherly At Parnell
Tom M Weatherly 65 died Thursday in Fort Worth after a life as a tool builder at General Dynamics. Born May 21 1899 in Johnson County he moved to Hall County in 1904 and to Fort Worth in 1944. Funeral 4 p m Saturday at Parnell Community Church with burial in Greenland Cemetery Spicer Funeral Home Memphis. Survivors include widow Lillian three sons nine grandchildren two brothers three sisters.
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Tom M. Weatherly
Parnell
Fort Worth
Mr. Weatherly
Johnson County
General Dynamics
Hall County
Lillian Velma Winn
Parnell Community Church
Royce Denton
Greenland Cemetery
Spicer Funeral Home
Memphis
Lillian
Doyle
Winn
Bangor
Maine
Travis Weatherly
Texarkana
Lee Weatherly
Amarillo
Troy Dunn
Jen Bonner
Gainsville
Flo
Jimmy House
Silverton
Draft Call Up Washington Increase Anticipated
Defense officials said a sharp rise in the April draft call was expected, with about 14 000 men to be summoned versus a 7 900 quota before March. The rise reflected lower voluntary enlistments and a policy of calling up replacements further in advance.
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Washington
UPI
Johnnies Come Home But They Are Not Marching
Wounded Vietnam returnees arrive at Travis Scott McGuire and Andrews bases after Pleiku raid. Names included Pfc David L Mazurik Sp4 Harold J Feldman Jr Lt Joseph W Rigby CWO William Beyers Sp4 Leonard Labiak Leonard Barone Joseph Hughes Sgt Howard Jackson and Carl J Clayton. Aircraft issue marred the flight back but continued.
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United Press International
Johnnies
Jones
the Howards
the Davids
Carls
Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
California
Scott
Illinois
McGuire
New Jersey
Andrews
Washington, D.C
Pleiku
Pfc
David L Mazurik
Winbar
Harold J. Feldman Jr
Oxford
Mich
Feldman
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Phoenixville
Joseph W. Rigby
Rockney
Tex
Joseph Hughes
Brooklyn
N.Y
Lt Rigby
South Amboy
N.J
Barone
Carl J. Clayton
Brown
Wva
Camp Holloway
Clayton
U.S
Sgt
Howard Jackson
Los Angeles
Korea
Jackson
Claytor
Travis
Norman Cole
Elimendorf Air Base
Alaska
Rusk Stays in Florida Amid Cold Vacation
Secretary of State Dean Rusk, sidelined by a lingering cold, is expected to remain in Florida through the weekend. Undersecretary George Ball stood in for the vacationing Rusk at a diplomatic dinner for foreign ambassadors Thursday night, hosted by Mrs. Rusk.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Florida
George Bal
Rusk
Mrs. Rusk
Fine levied in City Court for theft under five dollars
Dewey Wright of Childress was fined 25 dollars in City Court after police stated he was arrested for theft under five dollars last night. He allegedly stole a watch belonging to Dallas Johnson, according to the report.
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Dewey Wright
Childress
Wright
Dallas Johnson
6 Shooter Water Rates Ads Set for Two Week Run
Classifieds announce 6 Shooter Water Rates ads to run for the next two weeks detailing pricing options and service notices for potential customers.
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Commerce
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Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Tongue
Qui Nhon Barracks
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Dick Cherry
Waco
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Corpus Christi
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San Francisco
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