Ford Profits Plunge 86.5 Percent in 1967 Strike Year
Ford Motor Co reports 1967 profits of 84.1 million or 77 cents a share, down from 621 million or 5.63 a share in 1966, blamed on an 1967 UAW strike that shut plants Sept 7 to Nov 11. GM earnings slipped to 1.62 billion from 1.79. Ford says 1968 year-to-date sales slightly ahead of 1967.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Brown Bond Hearing Reveals Travel Restriction Case
Judge Merhige approved a bond release after Brown sought to travel to California to contact a proposed attorney. Kunstler noted Brown’s wish to meet counsel via federal court proceedings in the main post office building. About 25 to 30 SNCC followers gathered outside, with courtroom seating limited to 120 and heavy security present. The proceeding echoed a New Orleans hearing where Brown faced federal travel restriction violations and a firearms act allegation.
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Merhige
California
Atlanta
Brown
Hoad
Louisiana
Johnson aides rally at LBJ ranch near Stonewall Tex
Johnson aides including Henry Ford and Coca Cola chief Paul Austin gather at the LBJ Ranch to boost the administration campaign and seek jobs for 500000 hard core unemployed. President to hold wage hearings with agriculture and labor secretaries while military plans face scrutiny amid Vietnam manpower concerns.
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Treasury, Commerce and Labor
Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson Ranch
Here
Texas White House
Austin
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
National Aliance of
Lbj Ranch
Stonewall
Tex
Paul Austin
Coca Cola
Leo Bebee
Ford
Alliance
George Christian
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Christian
Johnson
Vicente Ximenes
Albuquerque
N.M
Ximenes
Agriculture and Labor
Morton of Kentucky Leaves Senate in 1966 Retirement
Senator from Kentucky Morton announces retirement after a long career begun in 1947. He will not seek re election in 1966 and has held key roles including assistant secretary of state, head of the Republican National Committee, and leader of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. He is known for blunt private speech and strategic moves such as taking the District of Columbia Committee seat.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Kentucky
Earle C. Clements
Senate
Republican National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
White House
District of Columbia
Dirksen
Illinois
Assembly Debates Offender Laws and Tax Provisions
The assembly continued debate on a habitual offender definition tied to a driver’s spree and considered returning the measure for amendments. Representative McMichael abstained from a vote amid constitutional concerns. Culpeper Del Slaughter’s tax conformity bill neared tentative House approval, facing opposition from the State Tax Commissioner. Beverly Middleton’s proposal to exempt the first 2000 dollars of federal retirement income passed 54 to 30, while Maloney’s capital gains amendments were rejected. The tax plan would shift to federal-like exemptions and deductions, changing personal exemptions from 1000 each to 600 for taxpayer, spouse, and dependents.
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Michael
Culpeper del, D. French Slaughter
Slaughter
C. H. Morrissett
House
Virginia Beach
Beverly R. Middleton
Robert A. Maloney
Maloney
Virginia
Disclosing draft board members names and ages debated
Washington AP report says Director Hershey may support revealing names ages and military background of draft board members but likely oppose disclosing their home addresses citing privacy and harassment risks. A Philadelphia court decision prompted calls to update policy as Rep Moss notes the policy is outdated.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Selective Service System
Department of Justice
Philadelphia
John E. Moss
Calif
Gen. Hershey
Narrow Gulf states snow band brings rare snowfall
The weather bureau warned of snow sleet and rain spreading inland while a narrow band of snow tracked across southern Georgia Florida and Mississippi. Accumulations could reach four inches in spots with freezing temperatures and icy roads prompting caution for motorists through Saturday with clearing and cold by Sunday.
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Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Gulf States
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
St. Petersburg
Highland City
Lakeland
Mulberry
Tampa
LaGrange
Atlanta
Fla
Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Gulf of Mexico
Fower
Mrs Wallace Doing Well After Cancer Operation
Gov Lurleen Wallace’s doctors gave a hospital briefing stating the tumor was killed by radiation and any remaining tissue should recede. They cautioned the condition remains serious but not critical and she plans to return to work in about a month.
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George Wallace
St. Margaret's Hospital
Wallace
Albert Brewer
Decatur
Flag-raising planned as Hue siege ends and Khe Sanh shelling continues
Jubilant South Vietnamese commanders prepare a flag ceremony outside the Citadel to symbolize government control as Hue and the fortress see heavy damage. Meanwhile 5,000 Marines and 10,000 Vietnamese rangers near Khe Sanh endure a massive barrage of artillery, rockets, and mortars, the fiercest since February, with casualties reported among U.S. airmen and civilians. Vietnamese infantry near Saigon uncover a cache of Soviet rockets and Viet Cong bodies amid ongoing allied operations.
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Hue
Pham van Khoa
Perfume
U.S
Khe Sanh
Hurst
Cen
Tan Sou
U.S. Air Force
Associated Press
Kramer
Saigon
Hurst interviews Trotsky in Kremlin office
Miss Hurst interviews Leon Trotsky in his Kremlin office and is astonished as he recites passages from memory from her novel. Trotsky asks if that is right. She cannot recall her own book and remarks she rarely rereads her work.
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Ussia
Leon Trotsky
Kremlin
Back Street
Trotsky
Miss Hurst
Missouri woman recalls unusual 1915 marriage
In In Miss Hurst married pianist Jacques S. Danielson in 1915. They kept separate apartments and alternated calls when they wished to see each other. After nearly 30 years a lasting union ended with Danielson's 1952 death, leaving Miss Hurst an estate valued at $423,580.
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Miss Hurst
Jacques S. Danielson
Danielson
Danielsson
Racial clash ends in three student deaths at state campus
State patrolmen shot three students and wounded more than 30 after a confrontation at the edge of the State College campus on February 8. Authorities kept a curfew and planned a limited National Guard and patrol presence as investigations continue.
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State College
Martin
Meanwile
McNair
National
Two Veteran Carolina Congressmen Get Free Ride As Deadline Passes
North Carolina's official filing deadline ends with no opposition to two veteran congressmen. Republican Charles Raper Jonas is assured of a ninth term in the new 9th District, while Democrat Alton A. Lennon is set for re election in the 7th. Jonas retains Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties. Lennon faces Democratic primary rivals for the general election, with potential GOP challengers in other districts.
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Carolina
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Charles Raper Jonas
Alton A. Lennon
Jonas
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Lennon
John T. Gathings
Morganton
Charles’ A
See
Sam J. Ergin Jr
Pratt
Wrightsville Beach
jSeeking
Trea G. Brummitt
Bakersville
Robert van Somers
Salisbury
Edwin W. Tenney Jr
Coaches Hill
Larry Zimmerman
U.S
B. Everett Jordan
L. Richardson Preyer
Horace Kornegay
Wont Gilmore
Basil Whitener
Roy A. Taylor
Whitener
James Broyhill
Condon on UFO Research Cooperation and Findings
The inquiry lays out Condon's appeal for joint UFO study with Soviet scientists, noting his project samples hundreds of reports from the Air Force and private groups, with about a dozen staff, including outside consultants. He discusses field trips, nuisance sightings, and a bizarre case, the dead horse in Alabama.
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Air Force
Condon
Moscow
National Investigations Committee
Alamosa
Calo
Sir Laurence Olivier Undergoes Appendectomy Emergency
London reports Sir Laurence Olivier, 60, underwent emergency appendicitis surgery after being flown from Edinburgh. A St Thomas's Hospital spokesman said the operation was successful and surgeon Kenneth Shuttleworth found no trace of his earlier prostate cancer. Joan Plowright expressed delight at the news. Olivier directs Britain's National Theatre and is renowned for Shakespearean work.
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London
Laurence Olivier
Edinburgh
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Olivier
Kenneth Shuttleworth
Florida teachers walkout affects 24,000 in 6 counties
Dobbs, former head of the vast teachers union, says talks may end the walkout but not yet negotiations. All Florida schools were open in 46 counties, with 11 counties seeing some classes and 10 counties reporting none. About 24,000 teachers were absent, mainly from Dade Hillsborough Escambia Duval Palm Beach and Pinellas. The Florida Council of Churches declared a weekend of prayer to resolve the crisis while the National Education Association urged donations of a day’s pay.
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Page One
Dobbs
Floyd Christian
FEA
Dade
Miami
Hillsborough
Tampa
Escambia
Duval
Palm Beach
Pinellas
St. Petersburg
Florida Council of Churches
Washington
Braulio Alon- 50
National Education Association
Puerto Rico
Florida
Plant High School
Rich Maney
Strike leaders push for union recognition in Memphis sanitation walkout
Tommy Powell and other strikers marching past police cars demanded union recognition with dues checkoff, while Council President Pryor and Mayor Loeb clashed over the issue. The 1,300 sanitation workers, on a 54 hour council session, faced pay demands from $15.85 to $2.30 per hour with replacements hired as 31 garbage trucks operated under police protection.
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Tommy Powell
T. O. Jones
American Federation of State
Council
Downing Pryor
Henry Loeb US
Public Works Committee
Loch
City Hall
Sanitation Department
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