Government Opens Assault On Rising Steel Prices
Washington AP reports a government wide push against climbing steel prices after Bethlehem Steel and Inland Steel Corp posted increases of 5 and 3 per ton for structural steel. Defense and Commerce departments and the GSA ordered agencies not to buy from price risers, while McNamara urged shifting orders to firms with lower costs. Gardner Ackley condemned the Inland rise as inflationary and unwelcome to the war effort, noting foreign producers may profit.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel
Inland Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp
Ducers
Defense and Commerce Departments
General Services Administration
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Adviers
Viet Nam
Ackley
Inland Steel
John F. Kennedy
Joseph L. Block
Inland
Johnson Favored Report From Humphrey on Far East Policy
President Johnson received a favorable Far Eastern assessment from Vice President Humphrey while Hanoi denounced U S peace moves. North Viet Nam delivered a rebuff to the peace offensive as Johnson’s aides pressed diplomacy in the Mideast and Africa amid continued efforts.
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Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
North Viet Nam
Mideast
Africa
Humphrey
Japan
Philippines
Formosa
South Korea
U.S
Viet Nam
Texas
White House
W.averell Harriman
Tehran
Iran
Ayub Khan
Peshawar
Kenya
Johnson Administration
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
State Department
Pentagon
South
End Of New York Transit Strike Court Contempt Ruling
New York union leaders led by Transit Workers Union President Michael J. Quill were ordered to end the subway and bus strike or face jail after civil contempt findings by State Supreme Court Justice Abraham N. Geller. The injunction breach halted city transit and disrupted commerce as talks continued, with Quill signaling a wait for court papers before commenting. Negotiations with the Transit Authority and mediators continued with no immediate progress reported.
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New York
Brooklyn
N. Y
East River
Manhattan
Chrysler Building
Pan Am
Ap) — Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
State Supreme Court
Abraham N. Geller
TWU
Amalgamated Transit Union
Geller
Americana
Quill
Transit Authority
Klan Hearings Move Forward With Louisiana Focus
Washington AP Edwin E Willis head of the House Un American Activities Committee plans a new round of Ku Klux Klan hearings set to begin Tuesday with Louisiana singled out as the primary target. Willis notes business leaders in Louisiana back the inquiry and cites a Fifth Circuit ruling aiding civil rights workers in Bogalusa. He reports internal Klan divisions and reduced activity in some areas.
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Washington
Edwin E. Willis
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Louisiana
Willis
Louisiana Democrat
Bogalusa
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Anti- Communist Christian Association
Bogalusa Klan
Springfield Gets Negro Mayor in Ohio City
Robert C. Henry a 44 year old Negro funeral director became mayor of Springfield Ohio Monday night. He led the City Commission ticket in November and was unanimously chosen for the largely ceremonial post by the five member commission. Swearing in was performed by city law director Charles Carter the first Negro to hold that post in Ohio's ninth largest city. Henry pledged to do the best with renewed vigor for the community.
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Springfield
Ohio
Robert C. Henry
Henry
Charles Carter
Fidel Castro Bitter Over China Trade Cutback
Observers say Cuba's Fidel Castro is bitter about Communist China's reduced trade, blaming Beijing for halting rice sales and sugar purchases. Castro defended China's stance while signaling unity with nonaligned nations at a tricontinental conference in Havana, where about 500 delegates gather amid expected anti American rhetoric.
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Peking
Cuba
Havana
China
Castro
Darity
Moscow-Peking
Kremlin
Belgrade
Communist Party
Borba
Argentina
Uruguay
Viet Nam
North
Paratroopers Press Pursuit of Viet Cong in Mekong Delta
American paratroopers struggled through muddy fields in the Mekong delta pursuing Viet Cong forces slipping toward the Cambodian border. New Zealand and South Vietnamese units took part as the 173rd Airborne Brigade launched a major delta invasion near Bao Trai, 20 miles west of Saigon, with heavy artillery air support and tanks amid rough swamp terrain.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong Riv
Delta
United States
North
Viet Nam
Ohe
173Rd Airborne
Bao Trai
New Zealand
Associated Press
Horst Faas
Three Burned At Radford Ammunition Plant
Three workers at the Radford Army ammunition plant were burned on Monday afternoon in a flash fire while processing sheet powder. Deln O. Robinson, 37, was admitted in critical condition with burns over 80 percent of his body. James R. Nelson, 44, suffered second and third degree burns and was in serious condition. Charles E. Whitten, 20, was burned mildly and listed in good condition. The fire occurred at 4 10 p.m. in the final roll building. Damage was about 750 dollars and production was not expected to be affected.
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Radford
Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Deln O. Robinson
Rt. 1
Woodlawn
Radford Community Hospital
James R. Nelson
Max Meadows
Charles E. Whitten
Wytheville
Hercules Powder Co
State Weather Retreats From Worst Drought of 1965
Virginia received about two thirds of normal rainfall in 1965 yet relief came when most needed. The year avoided catastrophic effects, marking the driest since 1930-31 in many areas, with Norfolk reporting the driest in its records and Richmond the third driest since 1871.
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Richmond
Virginia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Weather Bureau
Capital Tax Hits Face Hurdles In Virginia Debate
Richmond’s 2 percent sales tax began Jan 1 and moved into operation smoothly while a dispute over the levy grew. State Sen. Willey proposed halting enforcement, drawing opposing views from City Atty. Dunnard and Mayor Crowe. Sen. Bird said local bills should not block statewide tax plans.
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Richmond
E. E. Willey
Virginia General Assembly
Elliott Dunnard
Bird
Willey
Lloyd C. Bird
Chesterfield
Senate Finance Committee
Merrill M. Crowe
Northwest Digging Out Amid New Snowfall Wallops Northwest
The northwest, still clearing from weekend snowstorms, was hit by a fresh fall of heavy snow Monday. Four inches in Great Falls with 14 below zero at noon, three inches in Missouri Montana and nearly a foot on the ground. Arctic winds. heavy snows clog passes in the northern Rockies and Cascades. temperatures plunged in Billings from minus 30 to zero. Coastal rain dampened Oregon and California. Eugene reported almost an inch in six hours. Crescent City nearly three quarters of an inch. New England faced another storm with mixed precipitation.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Rockies
Great Falls
Missouri
Mont
Cascades
Livingston
Mercury
Billings
California
Oregon
Eugene
Ore
Crescent City
Calif
New England
Catholic Magazine Lists 13 Silenced Priests In Tashie
Ave Maria magazine on the Notre Dame campus lists 13 silenced priests for involvement in civil rights and the peace movement. Editor Father John Reedy notes a growing group skilled in public protest and a problem situation demanding open handling. Read list of priests and their affiliations as ongoing debate.
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South Bend
William du Bay
Weather readings from stations atop Register Building
VIRGINIA fair north portion and south portion cloudy. High Tuesday 40s to 50s, low Tuesday night 30s east and 20s west. Wednesday cloudy, temperatures similar. NORTH CAROLINA partly cloudy and colder Tuesday, highs 40s to 50s, Piedmont 45 to 52. Night and Wednesday cloudy with occasional rain spreading northward.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Piedmont
Weather Log From Monday And Tuesday Summary
Monday hour temperature readings show 36.35 with calm wind at 6 pm and 30.41 NW-4 at 7 pm. Tuesday records list 43 at 7 pm with west winds. 24 hour low 43 and high 60. 2 hour precipitation 0.21 inches.
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Hardy Driver
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Klan
Rayne Ae
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Richmond-Henrico House
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E. B. Pendleton Jr
Catholic Magazine
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Compton
Los Angeles
Joel Moelter
St. Bernadette’s
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Ascension Church
Philip Berrigan
Epiphany College Seminary
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