Ford and UAW Weigh Proposals After Night Talks
In Detroit, Ford and United Auto Workers offered two new contract proposals after a self imposed news blackout. Negotiators emerged briefly with statements. Late night talks recessed with cautious optimism as discussions resume. Ford sought wage hikes and future increases while the union pressed for equity and pattern setting terms amid a five month strike. The sitdown marks the first substantive movement since the Sept. 6 contract expiration and Ford’s earlier bid lacking formal offers.
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Detroit
Ford
Three Motor Co
United Auto
Workers Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Chrysler
Corry Faces Ambulance Subsidy Decision As Service Pressures Grow
Small city ambulance funds strain under rising costs and tight budgets. Corry faces a potential service cut or closure unless a subsidy is approved by City Council while experts warn nationwide private ambulance firms struggle with high wage, depreciation, and operating costs.
Red attack on Con Thien stirs fierce DMZ fighting
In deadly DMZ clash near Con Thien, 21 Marines killed and 20 wounded as 500 North Vietnamese infantry launch a heavy assault with artillery and tear gas. The fight lasts hours before the enemy withdraws, while US forces resume air strikes against MIG fields and report another combat loss as weather hampers damage assessment.
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Con Thien
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Leatherneck Base
Dmz
8 Marine Battalion
South Vietnam
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Kep
Hoa Lac
Kien An
Manoi-Haiphong
Panhandle
North Vietnam
North
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Groom Cries I Won't and Flees During NC Wedding
In Durham a magistrate prepared to wed when the groom bolted from the courthouse office. The bride chased him, they returned, and the ceremony resumed. At the vows the groom yelled I won t, then bolted again. The bride did not pursue this time.
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Durham
N.C
Jeanette Johnson
Johnson
Probe Report Youth Tossed Molotov Cocktail
Fire crews responded to a late Thursday incident on Surf Center and Chinton streets. Police later learned a boy on a bike threw a rag soaked in fuel at the National Bank of Corry, later described as a home made Molotov cocktail. Investigators continue review of the case.
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Surf Center
Chinton
National Bank of Corry
Elderly Couple Survives 6 Days in Utah Desert Wilderness
Ira Lloyd, 75, and his 73 year old wife endured six days with no food in Last Chance Canyon Utah. They drank brackish creek water survived by prayer and resourceful efforts until rescued by plane then taken to Salt Lake City. Lloyd used a hammer and screwdriver to free a jammed car and kept fire going nightly as search teams closed in.
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Salt Lake City
South
Utah
Last Chance Canyon Country
Ira Lloyd
Lloyd
Red Rock Desert
Last Chance Canyon
Multistate panel seeks settlement in steel haulers strike
A Pittsburgh return of a cross state mediation panel aims to end the two month steel haulers strike. Dispute centers on a waiting time before pay, with governors from seven states backing a two hour limit. ICC usually pays after six hours. some firms push for four hours or none. Violence flared with arson and attacks on trucks as votes on a settlement plan roll in. The Gary group vows no trucks roll until all sides agree. The ICC will discuss waiting time regulation on October 27.
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Pittsburgh
Readjg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Joseph Kelley Jr
Shafer
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
N.Y
Erie
Gary
Ind
William Kusley
Youngstown
Ohio
National Steel Carriers Association
The
Carriers Association
ICC
Corryite Held For Trial In Burglary Link
Samuel Brown of Corry is ordered held for the next Crawford County term by Alderman N. Allen Love. Brown faces burglary arrest tied to Lin Van lanes case and linked to 17 other Burglaries. Aul waives preliminary hearing and is jailed. In separate Burma item, note on Mao book use and National Newspaperboy Day celebration for Mead Park reporters.
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Samuel Brown
R. D
Corry
Crawford County
N. Allen Love
Titusville
Brown
Jack O'Laughlin
Meadville
Charles Aul
Spartansburg
Thhey
Aul
State's Fag Users Brace For Tax Hike
In Pennsylvania a five cent per pack cigarette tax hike takes effect Monday adding about 55 million dollars to state coffers. Smokers retailers and officials anticipate higher prices and possible smuggling from North Carolina as crowds hoard before the change. Some say they will quit or cut back while others vow to absorb the cost as prices rise.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Associated Press
Lola Yakin
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Short- Gonzales
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Pital
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Hess and Eisenhardts Co
Cincinnati
Nation’s ‘Cities
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Clifford Holcomb
Corry Memorial Hospital
Fisenhandt
Probe Report
Harold Stevens
John Kimball
Kanab
U.S. Weather Bureau
Corryite
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Burma
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China
Tom Reed
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