Airlin e Strike Talks Resume as Negotiators Called In
The Labor Department ordered renewed talks between the AFL CIO Machinists union and five major airlines United Eastern National Northwest and Trans World to end the month old walkout. House Commerce Chairman Staggers urged a fast settlement, warning Congress may pass back to work legislation within days.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congress
White House
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans-World
Asst
James J. Reynolds
Harley C. Staggers
D-W. Va
House Commerce Committee
Labor and Management
Staggers
Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Siemiller
Western Greyhound
Greyhound
Johnson Leads Nixon and Romney in Harris Survey
A Harris poll shows Lyndon Johnson ahead of Richard Nixon and George Romney in the 1968 presidential race by about 57 to 43 percent in the national popular vote. Romney and Nixon split the electoral map in the Midwest West and South where Johnson's lead fluctuates with regional weight.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
Richard Nixon
George Romney
Romney
Nixon
Mr. Johnson
Gov. Romney
Midwest
West
South
Barry Goldwater
Mason-Dixon Line
Goldwater
L.B.J
Lyndon Johnson
GOP
U. S. Pilots Encounter 24 Enemy Missiles Over North Viet Nam
In Saigon the U S military said seven American aircraft were shot down on Sunday in North Viet Nam marking the heaviest daily loss of the air war. Several pilots were reported missing, others rescued, and most losses tied to ground fire with SAMs suspected.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
North Viet Nam
North
Viet Nam
Air Force
Terrain and Weather Tilt Battle On Central Vietnamese Plateau
U S military officers say heavy rain and jungle conditions favor North Vietnamese forces on the central Vietnamese plateau. American units undercut by poor visibility and flooded tracks saw a 25th Division company and a 1st Cavalry platoon overrun, prompting reinforcements and continued fighting as analysts weigh Communist plans and potential targets along Viet Nam’s plateau.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Central Vietnamese
U. S
25Th Division
1St Cavalry
U. S. High Command
U.S
John Norton
All 42 aboard killed in Braniff jet crash at Falls City
A Braniff jet crashed near Falls City killing 42 aboard among them Cheri Lyn Jordan 22 a grad student en route to Minneapolis to join her husband Jeff Jordan a Vikings player and hosiery salesman John Paul 44 visiting Omaha for a gift show. The dead included sisters Nancy Ann and Susan Chamblin and Mary Kay and Susan Hamm and 10 service members. Pilot Capt Donald G Pauly 47 and First Officer James A Hilliker 39 led a crew of two other crew members.
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Falls City, Neb
Braniff International Airways
Cheri Lyn Jordan
Minneapolis
Jeff Jordan
Minnesota Vikings
Jordans
John Paul
Overland Park
Kan
Nebraska
Omaha
Paul
United States
Nancy Ann Chamblin
Susan Carol Chamblin
Fort Smith
Ark
Lincoln
Neb
Nancy Ann
Susan Carol
Mary Kay Hamm
Susan Hamm
Spring Branch
Tex
Houston
Donald G. Pauly
Europe
James A. Hilliker
Bloomington
Minn
Pat
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P. L. Siemiller
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Cambodia
la Drang
Doc Co
Chu Pong Mountains
Plei Me
Duc Co
An Khe
Edward P. Larson
Puyallup
Wash
South China Sea
Larson
Kevin A. Gilroy
Menlo Park
Calif
Gulf of Tonkin
da Nang
University of Tulsa
Robert Kuhr
Braniff
Kuhr
Mitchell
Kansas City
Robert D. Welter
Des Moines
Iowa
Lackland Air Force Base
Welter
Topeka
Sharon Eileen Hendricks
Elaine Brisbane
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