Johnson calls for nationwide no strike truce and wage plan
President Johnson urged a temporary no strike truce between industry and labor, plus two tax hikes and study of wage price guideposts. He warned of a feverish boom risking a financial crisis and possible recession unless Congress acts in weeks. He backed a voluntary moratorium on major strikes to protect exports and urged cooperation to safeguard the balance of payments.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Arthur M. Okun
Western Hemisphere
Johnson Sai
U.S
Renewal Post Goes To Cobbett
Corry real tor Melvin Cobbett named relocation officer for the Fourth Ward Urban renewal project at $6,600 yearly. He and office secretary Dale Hammerlee start February 5 on probation, with about two years of duties relocating residents to be moved as homes are demolished. About 30 families involved in the project. The field office will operate from the former Quality Markets building at First Ave and West Pleasant Street.
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Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Corry
Melvin
Cobbett
Fourth Ward
Chris Capotis
Erie County
Capotis
Quality Markets
First Avenue
West Pleasant Street
U S Combat Units Strengthen Saigon Positions Against Cong
U S forces deploy tanks and major combat units to Saigon as the largest Communist offensive of the war enters its third day. Allied counts report nearly 5 000 enemy killed, with heavy street fighting across Saigon and in Hue Quang Tri Kontum and other towns. Maj Gen Keith Ware says troops are sweeping snipers and pockets of resistance while preparing new attacks. Intelligence notes five enemy battalions in Saigon with 21 to 30 battalions planned for further action as embassy targets were attacked. Civilian and military casualties mount with hundreds killed wounded and hospitals reporting many civilian dead.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Keith Ware
Frederick C. Weyand
Ware
Hue
Quang Tri
Kontum
East
Weyand
Lossed SBA report cites sixty four million dollar risk
Washington AP Senate investigations find up to 54 million may be lost from 284 million in SBA backed small business loans. Report alleges lax management and conflicts of interest in SBIC program between 1959 and May 1966. Bernard Boutin moved to curb issues. he later resigned. Robert Moot appointed SBA administrator.
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Washington
Senate
Small Business Administration
SBIC
SBA
Bernard Boutin
Boutin
Robert Moot
Youth Freed After Giving Away Draft Card
Chrisopher Venn a 21 year old Boston resident was placed on two years probation in U S District Court in El Paso after admitting he gave his draft card to a Boston minister to express protest against the Vietnam War He said he now believes the act was the wrong way to dissent and that he has made his point in a proper manner
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EL Paso
Tex
Christopher Venn
Boston
U.S
True Credit Bill Nears Final House Passage
The House moves toward approving sweeping Consumer Credit Protection Act expansion. Contentions linger on wage garnishment limits while the bill broadens coverage to most lending and credit sales, with advertisers held responsible for specific credit charge disclosures.
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House
Washington
Congress
Senate
Man Faces New Charge in Burglary
Gary E. Nichols 29 was re charged as an accessory before the fact and jailed on $500 bond after a January 3 burglary at a grocery owned by Walter Rittenhouse. Co‑defendants Ronald H. Rodgers 23 and George G. McCammon 24 were indicted on burglary and larceny. Nichols hearing set for February in Justice of the Peace Olen Seidler’s office.
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Titusville
Corry
Gary E. Nichols
Crawford County
Meadville
Justice of the Peace
Olen Seidler
R. D
Union City
Nichols
Ronald H. Rodgers
George G. McCammon
Walter Rittenhouse
Rodgers
McCammon
JP Seidler
Labor Seeks Two Dollar Hour Minimum Wage Rise
Federal minimum wage rises to 1.60 for 33 million workers and 1.15 for 8.5 million jobholders starting today. About 7.3 million see pay hikes totaling roughly 2.3 billion annually. AFL-CIO President George Meany stresses goal remains a 2.00 wage, while hospitality and service sectors weigh price rises, layoffs, or overtime cuts as the impact unfolds. The 1966 amendments broaden coverage from 1.25 to 1.40 and now to 1.60 per hour under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
America
Congress
State tightens strings on school purse
Cuts close schools as state official Raymond Shafer signals no more subsidies for closed institutions. Financial squeeze on elementary and secondary education deepens amid policy shifts, affecting funding and staffing.
Trucker Receives Heroism Honor After Flames Rescue
PITTSBURGH AP A trucker braved flames and a near explosion to pull an unconscious man from a burning car. The gasoline tank exploded moments later as the car burned, leaving both men burned. Kenneth A. Hartman 27 of Reading was cited for heroism, receiving 750 and a bronze medal from the Carnegie Aero Fund Commission. The piece also notes shifts in rural school subsidies in Corry Area School Districts and Gov Shafer’s stance against continued payments for closed schools.
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Pittsburgh
Kenneth A. Hartman
Reading
Carnegie Aero Fund Commission
Corry Area
Shafer
Corry
Washington School
Harding Schools
Concord School
Penn Central Merger Forms Giant Rail System
The $4.29 billion Penn Central merger unites the Pennsylvania and New York Central lines into the world’s largest privately owned railway system. Final court approval came after Supreme Court clearance, with 96,000 employees wearing red buttons to push the new name and banners displayed across the network.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central
Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Co
New Road
Pennsylvania
New York Central
U. S. Supreme Court
New Haven
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Ocala, Fla
Elise Davis
Ocala National Forest
Iney
Cong
Trucker
Penn Central Railroad
James H. Stewart Jr
Harrisburg
Joseph Kelley
Commonwealth
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