White House condemns steel price hikes as reckless
Washington AP report states the White House calls recent steel price increases by U S Steel and Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. irresponsible for acting without government consultation. Gardner Ackley, head of the Council of Economic Advisers, signs a statement while Moyers hints Johnson discussed the matter with Ackley. The piece notes industry firms announced price rises since Tuesday amid inflation concerns.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Bill D. Moyers
Ackley
U.S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet Tube Co
Moyers
Ackey
Corry Taxpayers Face 87 500 Erie Transit Help Plan
Erie County will contribute 87 500 to form a Metropolitan Transit Authority in Erie. Commissioners Hill and Rzymek reversed prior stance to fund 25 percent of the local effort toward a system that would operate 60 buses, with Myron Proser of Erie Coach Co. excluded from the new setup. Total project cost is about 2 million with Edinboro possibly gaining service.
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Corry
Erie County
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Erie
Louis Rzymek
William C. Hill Jr
Rzymek
Erie Coach Co
Fred Lamberton
Sega
Journal
Hill
Lamberton
Myron Proser
Proser
Raymek
Edinboro
Magnuson backs tighter gun shipping rules in Congress
Washington Senator Magnuson says Congress will back measures to tighten interstate shipment of firearms while local controls must curb over the counter sales. He notes the Austin Texas killing spree underscores limits of mail orders and supports a Dodd bill banning interstate mail orders for pistols and revolvers and restricting sales to under 21 or 18 for certain rifles and shotguns.
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Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
Congress
Texas
Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
Austin
Tex
Charles J. Whitman
University of Texas
Thomas J. Dodd
D- Conn
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Group
Committee
Mother Drowns 4 Children and Self in Ohio Farm Pond
A 25-year-old Ashtabula County woman allegedly drowned her four children Kevin 4 Kathy 3 Kasandra 1 and Keith 2 months then killed herself in an 18 foot pond on a Trumbull Township farm near Geneva on the Lake. Coroner Dr J R Higerd ruled homicide and death by own action. The bodies were found after the children were recovered from the water. The mother Patricia Smith had been separated from her husband Wilbert since January and was described as despondent. she had been living with her mother Mrs John Clay. Sheriff Tom Fasula noted the investigation continues.
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Jefferson, Ohio
Ashtabula County
J.R. Higerd
Higerd
Geneva-on-the-Lake
Trumbull Township
Patricia Smith
Kevin
Kathy
Kasandra
Keith
Smith
Wilbert
Higend
John Clay
Tom Fasula
Whitman Autopsy To Probe Drug Influence In Mass Killings
In Austin, Texas, an autopsy order was issued to test Charles J. Whitman for drugs after he killed 15 people and wounded 31 from a UT observation tower. Dexedrine found in his clothes prompts officials to consider whether drug influence played a role, while funerals and public reactions unfold. Gov. Connally calls for harsher laws against heinous crimes as victims’ families mourn. Despite the tragedy, authorities stress a focus on preventing future massacres and addressing insanity pleas.
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Austin
Tex
Charles J. Whitman
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
Whitman
Dellana
University of Texas
Kathy
John
Connally
Lake Worth
Fla
Rosenberg
Houston
Needville
Tam
Texas
Contagion? 11 Killed In West Violence
Northern California suffers a wave of violence with 11 killed since Sunday and seven wounded. A teenage girl was killed near Pinole and another girl severely wounded, possibly raped. In Sacramento a rejected suitor killed a man after wounding two police officers. Police later killed the gunman, Odell Jackson, after he held a woman and her child hostage. In San Francisco a mother slashed her two young sons and wounded her husband before being detained.
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San Francisco
California
Pinole
Sacramento
Odell Jackson
Dorothy Dobbs
Wayne M.bechtell
Erwin L. Courtright
Erie Aides Deny Charges Against Shapp Campaign
Erie officials Robert Tullio and George Pulakos labeled Dauphin County charges against the Shapp for Governor Committee as political maneuvering. They said the committee was authorized and its Harrisburg report filed, with about 8 400 remaining for the local Erie effort as part of regional operations. Shapp seeks to have the charges dismissed while vowing to run on issues.
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Erie
Erie County
Tullio
Shapp
Harrisburg
Erie Realtor
Erie Committee
Erie County Committee
Dauphin County
Raymond Shafer
Vacationing Stewardesses Ride 3400 Miles to Portland
Two United Airlines stewardesses Michael Gonzalves and Barbara Halvorson, aged 20 and 21, lived briefly in an expensive New York apartment before running low on funds. They bought a used motorcycle for $275 and rode 3,400 miles in 10 days through Canada to Portland, aiming to be home for Michael's birthday on Friday.
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United Air Lines
Michael Gonzalves
Portland
Front
Barbara Halvorson
Sharon Hill
New York
Canada
Michael
Congress May Force Striking Airlines Mechanics To Work
Senate leaders back a three step compromise giving Congress power to order a four week walkout back to work, then allow a presidential panel to mediate for up to 150 days with possible extensions. Javits and Dirksen push action while Morse hints at changes and labor opposes ending the 28 day strike.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
Bell
Mansfield
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Wayne Morse
de Ore
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United Airlines
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Javits
Jayits
Dirksen
Sen
Joseph
Clark
D-Pa
Senate Labor Committee
Spoiler Operation US Blistering Buffer Zone
US B52s bombed North Vietnamese positions in the buffer zone as ground forces paused after days of skirmishes. North Vietnamese regulars disengaged north of Saigon while US wings and troops prepared a spoiling drive. At least 81 Communists reported killed. a U.S. infantry company suffered heavy losses in a jungle ambush.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North
U.S
Bs%s
Guam
Chicago clashes as 250 civil rights protesters harassed
In an all white Chicago neighborhood 250 demonstrators faced harassment by whites as 21 people were taken away by police amid missiles including a dead snake and rocks. A rally led by aides of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. anticipated a speech and another march.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
Providence
John H. Chafee
U.S
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Killer Speck May Not Pay Says Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey argues in Page 2 analysis that Richard Speck may avoid paying fully for killing eight nurses in Chicago. Publicity around the case could hinder an impartial jury, Harvey contends in his prize winning column.
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Paul Harvey
Richard Speck
Chicago
Harvey
Golf Course Clubhouse To Be Put For Bidding
The City Golf Commission directed Architect William Zaphiris to revise the clubhouse sketch to ensure the total cost stays under 10000. The structure will be bid soon to allow a low bidder enough time to complete the work before opening next spring. Zaphiris aims to have final drawings ready for review and bidding within weeks.
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City Golf Commission
William Zaphiris
Corry
Zaphiris
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