House Votes To Boost Funds For Rat Control
Washington AP says the House approved a Bipartisan tax and health bill adding 40 million to state health program authorizations for rat control. The 227 to 173 vote shifted 31 lawmakers who opposed in July, with 159 Democrats and 68 Republicans supporting. The measure increases rat control funding to 90 million this year and 95 million in 1969, to be distributed to states within their health projects.
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Washington
House
Henry 5. Reuss
D-Wis
Charles McC. Mathias
Democrats On the Commerce Committee
Senate
Department of Housing
Truckers Strike Echoes Across States Amid Tensions
Ten thousand truckers began a monthlong action in Gary Indiana as Teamsters officials met dissidents in Chicago to hear complaints. Violence reports included a sign carrier shot on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and gunfire near Ashland Ohio. Major steel firms cut production and shipments slowed. strikers demand reopening of negotiations and higher shipping costs by six to seventy nine percent plus pay for mill loading waits.
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Gary
Ind
Teamsters
Chicago
Dale M. Younkin
Somerset
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Breezewood
Younkin
Maryland
Jesse Darling Jr
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Ashland
Ohio
U.S. 6
Sandusky
Donald F. Shannon
Eau Claire
Mich
U.S
Liverpool
U.S. Steel
Irvin Works
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Wheeling Steel Corp
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Armco Steel Corp
Detroit
Buffalo
N.Y
Teamsters Union
Nigeria Fighters Turmoil Splits Nation Over West Africa War
Nigeria remains torn as Biafra and Benin declare autonomy while the East proclaims the Republic of Bafra on May 20. Lagos fights to hold Nigeria together as oil output plummets and foreign reserves slip, with clashes reported across the Midwest and Benin City.
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Paining
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Nigeria
Africa
Continuent
East
Republic of
Bafra
Biafra
Benin
Midwest
Lagos
Soviet Union
Benin City
Okonkwu
Yakubu Gowon
C.odumegwu Ojukwu
Warri
Oil Center
Pan Am union talks stall as strike ends after 12 hours
Dennis led a 12 hour walkout after Pan Am workers rejected a 5 percent raise as inadequate while bargaining continued to identify the legal bargaining agent. A federal court order to resume work was ignored by strikers in New York and Honolulu. National Mediation Board Chairman Gamser arranged a mediation session at 30 p.m. in Washington, though the spokesman said the meeting would be a discussion rather than formal mediation.
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Dennis
New York
Honolulu
Howard Gamser
National Mediation Board
Pan Am = management
Washington
Theeas
Israeli Egyptian Troops Battle Across Suez Again
AP reports renewed clashes along the Suez Canal amid a U N session in New York focused on the Middle East crisis. Israeli tanks sank three patrol boats near Port Taufiq, 45 Egyptian soldiers were dumped into the water, with Cairo denying Israeli losses and reporting civilian casualties.
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Suez
Associated Press
Red Sea
Suez Canal
New ‘York
A. U.N
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Port Taufig
Egypt
Port Taffiq
Cairo
Port Taufiq
Israel
U.N
Sinai
Middle
Hastjand
Raeli
Vietnam War update from the DMZ to Haiphong
Navy pilots claimed heavy damage to two bridges in the Vinh area and four coastal cargo barges while heavy shelling and monsoon weather disrupted actions around Con Thien Gio Linh and the DMZ. American air strikes and naval activity continued amid worsening weather and strategic debate on bombing and mining Haiphong.
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Dong Hoi
Dmz
Vinh
Con Thien
Gio Linh
1St Corps
North Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Associated Press
Edwin Q. White
Marine
Gig Link
Air Force
William W. Momyer
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Washington
Pentagon
Adm. A. S
Grant Sharp
North
United States
Pacific
Senate
Sharp
Haiphong
Chrysler
Virgil
Boyd
Ord
Dan
Ford
Teachers Strike Paralyzes Nation's Largest School System
The New York City teachers union quitted on Sept 11 for a strike despite a no strike order, risking $30,000 daily fines and possible contempt jail. Mayor Lindsay and Union leader Shanker negotiated at Gracie Mansion as the mediation dragged toward a tentative settlement announced at 5:42 p.m.
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Pagene
DFT
State Supreme Court
Emilio Nunez
Shanker
UFT
Gracie Mansion
New York
Lindsay
Mansion
Joseph C. Barken
Board of Education
Fire at Michigan apple packing cabin injures operator
A small one room cabin on a southwest Michigan farm caught fire as workers returned from a shift. Kenneth Wendzel kicked in the door but flames forced a retreat. he then smashed a window and suffered minor facial burns. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. five children hid under a cupboard as matches and lighter fluid were found on the floor. The families had lived in two cabins for 11 years while picking and packing produce.
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Kenneth Wendzel
Michgian
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Pan Am
Nixon
America
Richard M. Nixon
National Industrial Conference Board
Bage Mart
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Ine Peat
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Holland
Briggs and Stratton
Riverside Drive
K Mart Plaza
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