New York Threatened With 3rd News Strike
The merger of three New York City dailies approved by the Justice Department faces possible disruption as talks collapsed and unions threaten a strike. Labor and management fault each other over contracts with about 2,000 of 5,700 employees potentially at risk.
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U.S. Justice Department
World Journal Tribune Inc
Justice Department
Washington
Matt Meyer
New Corporation
New York Newspaper Guild
Thomas J. Murphy
Theodore W. Kheel
Morning Herald Tribune
American Journel American
World-Telegram and Sun
Manhattan
Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
Wayne Township Considers 1 Percent Income Tax
Wayne Township supervisors meet on April 30 to decide whether to pass or table a one per cent income tax ordinance. They seek to know the tax’s yield and whether farm incomes will be taxed. Agreement with the school board on revenue sharing is uncertain.
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Wayne
Wayne Township
College Youths Flock To Take Deferment Test
Washington AP says Selective Service expects a flood of college deferment applications. About 50,000 youths will take the qualification test at roughly 1,200 centers nationwide on May 14 May 31 and June 9. An estimated 381 million applications may be filed, the spokesman said.
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Washington
Selective Service
Storms Sweep Across Nation's Midsection Causing Damage
Severe storms raked broad regions from eastern Michigan to southeastern Texas with small tornadoes high winds hail and heavy rain. Tornadoes caused minor property damage in Indiana Illinois Arkansas and Tennessee while winds toppled trailers in Illinois. Monroe Louisiana received almost three inches of rain and Tupelo Mississippi logged over 14 inches.
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Michigan
Texas
Upper Michigan
Midwest
Houghton
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Plymouth
Indiana
Memphis
Tenn
Fort Smith
Ark
Kankakee
Ill
Ohio Man Shot In Area On Meadville Farm
An Ohio youth, Kenneth Stull, 20, of Scio, was accidentally shot in the abdomen by a companion yesterday on a farm in East Mead Township. Stull, treated at City Hospital, was using a .22 rifle to shoot at cans while driving a tractor with Robert Dennis nearby. The incident was reported by Trooper Daniel O'Shurak.
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Meadville
Ohio
Kermit
Daniel O'Shurak
Stull
Robert Dennis
City Dogs Down 200 Strays Since 1963 Ordinance
Police report more than 200 stray dogs removed from Corry since the 1963 dog ordinance. Sheriff says pound records show about 200 canines passed through the facility in two years, most destroyed after being unclaimed.
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Corry
James Keppel
James Miller
Trains and Bus Schedules Shift With DST Sunday
Public transport in Corry switches to Daylight Savings Time at 2 a.m. Erie Lackawanna trains run eastbound No 2 at 7 10 a.m. No 6 at 10 20 p.m. Westbound No 2 at 6 31 a.m. No 1 at 9 10 p.m. Greyhound to Fran and Jim’s on North Center shifts with 9 08 a.m. 9 22 p.m. westbound and 4 14 p.m. 7 p.m. eastbound to Warren. The Pennsylvania Railroad has no local passenger service.
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Erie Lackwanna Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greyhound Bus
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Jim
North Center Street
Erie
Warren
Heroine of Year Honors 13-Year-Old Gloria Cassidy
Gloria Cassidy of New York City was named Heroine of the Year by the Girls Club of America for rescuing 3 year old twin brothers from an apartment fire last fall in Chicago. The award, announced yesterday, marks a historic first for a preteen recipient.
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Chicago
Gloria Cassidy
New York City
The
Girls Club of America
Senator Russell Urges Stronger Bombing in Vietnam
Democratic Senator Richard B. Russell, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, calls for an intensified U S bombing campaign against North Vietnam to increase pressure on the Communists. He notes possible options but declines to discuss Haiphong harbor action, while Defense Secretary McNamara signals continued heavy air operations.
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Richard B. Russell
United States
North Viet Nam
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Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Viet Nam
Haiphong
Secretary of
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Marines press offensive as heavy fighting resumes near Quang Ngai
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops battle a Viet Cong North Viet Namese weapons battalion west of Quang Ngai. At least 178 enemy fighters reported killed as allied forces seize a large store of weapons. American and South Vietnamese casualties described as light.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Quang Neal
1St Marine Division
Quang Ngai
Ae Fields
Dirksen Fails to Win Two-Thirds on Reapportionment Amendment
Senator Dirksen sees defeat in a second attempt to amend constitutional reapportionment. The roll call stalled at 55 yes, 38 no, seven votes short of the two-thirds threshold. Democratic and Republican leaders reacted with guarded outlooks on revival this session amid the ongoing one man one vote rulings.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Mike Mansfield
Trucker Dies After Tractor Trailer Overturns Near State Thruway
A tractor trailer overturned today near a state Thruway exit in suburban Cheaktiwaga killing the driver Howard H. Fields age 63 of Springbors Pennsylvania.
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Buffalo
Cheaktiwaga
Howard H. Fields
Springbors
Train bombing in Assam leaves 55 dead and 127 injured
A second attack on the Tinsukia New Jalpaiguri train at Lumding in Assam killed 55 and wounded 127 as Nagas rebels feud with New Delhi. The blast damaged several compartments and investigators followed the plant’s elusive cause amid ongoing tribal uprisings in the region.
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New Delhi
India
Tinsukia
New Jalpaiguri
Lumding
Naga Hills
Calcutta
Artificial Heart Implanted In Man
A Houston medical team led by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey began placing a plastic artificial heart in the chest of Marcel L. DeRudder, 65, of Westville HI, at Methodist Hospital. The device, backed by a 4.5 million dollar research project, aims to assist or replace heart function until his heart can recover.
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Texas Medical Center
Marcel L. DeRudder
Westville
Methodist Hospital
Edna
Michael E. DeBakey
Baylor Medical School
Six US Pacifists Ousted By Viet Nam
In Saigon police forced five pacifists from the U S Committee for Non Violent Action onto a flight to Hong Kong after blocking a protest near the U S Embassy. Rev A J Muste led the group aged 81 who said they would seek contacts in Red China and North Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hong Kong
Red China
North Viet Nam
A. J. Muste
New York
Peking
Hanoi
United States
Karl Meyer
Chicago
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Tan Son Nhut
Presbyterian
Five Slain Mad Killer Scares Detroit Bar Patrons
Detroit police probe a string of five bar murders in eight blocks with attacks on patrons and staff. Victims include Ann Slazenger 46 and Edmund Thompson 48 found at Verdi Bar. earlier victims were Philip Landking 66 Ruth Dukes 34 and Philip Hood 67. Police suspect the Miami bar robbery as motive amid unsolved cases.
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Ann Slazenger
Edmund ‘Thompson
Philip Landking
Ruth Dukes
Porter Philip Hood
Hood
Miami
Mets
Verdi's
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