Three Democrats back Post Office cutback exemption
Three Democratic senators urged an exemption from manpower cuts the Post Office says could force four day residential deliveries and shut 12 000 branches. Senator Monroney Yarborough and McGee warned the town dies when the post office closes. Postmaster General Watson asked Congress to act fast to save weekend mail service.
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Post Office Department
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Mike) Monroney
Senate Post Office Committee
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Monroney
Yarborough
Wyoming
Gale McGee
W. Marvin Watson
Watson
Congress
Johnson
Six Members Of Family Killed At Resort Area
The bullet-riddled bodies of six members of a Detroit area family were found in their Good Hart Lake Michigan resort cottage. Police said the victims had been dead about a month and that the scene resembled mass murder. The family included Richard R. Robison 42 his wife Shirley and their four children Richard 19 Gary 16 Randall 12 and Susan 7. The Robisons had told caretaker C P Bliss they were departing June 23 for a Florida vacation. The private plane was at Pellston Airport and two cars were in the cottage area driveway. Robison ran an advertising agency in Lathrup Village and published Impressario magazine.
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Detroit
C.P. Bliss
Blisswood
Lake Michigan
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Bliss
Robison
Florida
Pellston Airport
Here
Lathrup Village
Federal panel rejects Shaw injunction in Kennedy plot case
A three judge panel in New Orleans refused a permanent injunction, effectively permitting Clay Shaw’s state prosecution on a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy charge. In Washington, the House defeated a bid to require state gun license controls under federal guidelines. In Chicago, IBEW leaders say some members will install communications gear for the Democratic National Convention. Reynolds Metals announces tentative deal to end a 52 day Aluminum Workers International Union strike at the Sheffield plant.
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John F. Kennedy
Chicago
Striking International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Washington
Reynolds Metals Co
Aluminum Workers International Union
Sheffield, Ala
Israeli El Al jet hijacked to Algiers with 48 aboard
An El Al Boeing 707 en route Rome to Tel Aviv was hijacked by Palestinian militants and forced to land in Algiers. 38 passengers and crew of 10 Israelis were held while two Americans and one Brooklyn woman were among those aboard. Algeria offered safe passage for non Israeli passengers as Israel sought U N mediation for release.
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U.N
U Thant
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Mediterranean
Rena Tsuriel
Brooklyn
Popular Front For
Liberation of Palestine
Beirut
Air Force General Killed During Photo Recon Flight
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Worley deputy commander of the U S 7th Air Force was killed when his RF4C photo reconnaissance plane was shot down 65 miles northwest of Da Nang The 48 year old Worley a key figure in directing bombing in Vietnam was the third general killed in action in the war The second pilot ejected and was rescued Worley became 7th Air Force vice commander in July 1967 and was to become deputy chief of staff for operations at Pacific Air Forces Honolulu on Sept 1 He was a command pilot qualified to fly the RF4C He had flown similar aircraft on combat missions The deputy commander of the 7th Air Force Maj Gen Baker will take Worleys post immediately Worley survived by his widow Betty Lorraine Fury and five children His home town is Palm Desert California The death followed heavy fighting in northern provinces around Tam Ky 20 miles south of Da Nang with U S Americal Division troops in contact and 60 enemy killed by Tuesday afternoon
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Calif
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Tam Ky
da' Nang
Last Russian Troops Leave Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union withdrew its last troops from Czechoslovakia after agreeing to talks on its liberal shift. Moscow may push for a stronger frontier with West Germany and will send the Communist Party politburo to meet the Czechoslovak Party presidium. The venue and date were not set, with Bratislava or Josefov favored.
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Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
West Germany
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Community Party
Bratislava
Josice
Wallace Mounting No Deal Move In Cincinnati
Governors from both major parties express concern that George C. Wallace could stall the race for the White House. The report notes discontent with prospective presidential nominees and growing impatience in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace Seeks White House Win Aimed at Shaping Election
George Wallace argues his third party bid can win the presidency not push the contest to the House. He tours the Midwest and New England promising strong backing, while volunteers gather signatures in Ohio to place him on ballots. Politicians discuss pre election cross party pacts to resolve a Wallace led stalemate.
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Ala
George Wallace
White House
House of Representatives
Wallace
Des Moines
Iowa
New England
Cranston
R.I
Midwest
United States
American Independent Party
Ohio
Acquisition Of Hospital Land Nearly Finished
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control reported rapid progress on acquiring 25 acres for the $4.2 million Lurleen B. Wallace Mental Retardation Hospital in Flint. The 400 bed facility will sit on 155 acres with seven 30 bed cottages and a 90 bed non ambulatory unit. Chairman Guy Roberts said 12 parcels remain to be traded, with total land at about 130 acres once completed, and costs estimated around $150,000 to $160,000 for the land. The board aims to finish before departing for the American Association of County Officials convention in Washington DC next week.
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Lurleen B. Wallace
Flint
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Guy Roberts
Roberts
Markets At A Glance Amid Light Trading and Mixed Moves
New York stocks fall in moderate trading with cotton irregular. Chicago grains slide as liquidation hits wheat and corn. soybeans mixed amid export buying. Hog futures rise 50 to 75 cents with top at 23.00. slaughter steers steady to cap at 28.00.
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