$1 Minimum Wage Bill Introduced in Senate
Sen L P McLendon Jr of Milford introduced a bill to raise North Carolina minimum wage from 85 cents to $1, affecting about 50,000 workers out of 1.35 million. Exemptions for farm laborers domestics and tipped or student workers would remain. About 20 senators co-signed. a House version expected next week.
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Raleigh
Senate
L. P. McLendon Jr
Milford
State Labor Department
North Carolna
Sen. McLendon
Guilford County
Manufacturing and Labor Committee
He McLendon
House
Frank Crane
Crane
Erquimans
Joint Roads Committees
W. F. Babcock
Dan Moore
Charlotte College
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Pat Taylor
Arthur Williamson
Columbus
Hugh A. Ragsdale
Onslow
Archie T. Lane Sr
Perquimans
Crews Seek Raise Of Atlantic Airliner Wreckage
Salvage teams in rain and fog plan to raise suspected Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 debris, after divers from Navy units and a civilian crew recovered a seven foot fuselage section. Investigators aim to map wreckage positions to help determine the crash cause.
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New York
Atlantic
Navy
Earle
N.J
Eastern Air Line
Allegheny
Jess Lu Ill
Freeport
N.Y
Jones Beach
Kennedy Airport
Pay Hike Will Be Expensive
State personnel chief John Allen told the Joint Appropriations Committee that Gov Moore’s across the board pay raise would cost about 32 million. Budget Director Andrew Jones had earlier estimated 36 million if positions are filled. The panel also heard a request for 3.6 million for a law officers retirement fund, aiming to put it on a permanent basis.
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Raleigh
John Allen
Joint Appropriations Committee
Moore
Allen
Andrew Jones
Law Enforcement Officers
Henry Bridges
Greased GI slips way to freedom
A slim, bald American soldier was freed after 35 hours buried under rubble in Qui Nhon. Spec. 4 Arthur Abendschein of New Jersey survived with minor injuries after rescuers widened a six by two foot opening, aided by Vietnamese Special Forces. Two Americans died and 19 were missing or feared dead in the attack on the billet.
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Qui Nhon
South Viet Nam
Arthur Abendschein
Abendschein
Deptford
N. J
Wife of Special Forces Sergeant Faces Viet Nam Crisis
Mrs. Wingens, wife of S. Sgt. Kenneth Wingens, and mother of 17 month old twins, lives near Fort Bragg with her mother. She waits as both her husband and her stepfather, S. Sgt. Kenneth Mullinax, serve in South Viet Nam. Her faith, letters, and Catholic beliefs help steady her amid worry shared by about 250 wives of Special Forces men in the area.
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Margaret Wilson
Associated Press
FT. Bragg
N.C
Special Forces
Kenneth Wingens
Wingens
Viet Nam
S. Sgt
Kenneth ‘Mullinax
South Viet Nam
Spring Lake
Fort Bragg
Kenneth Mullinax
Viet Cong Band Near Da Nang Base Smashed Fifty killed or captured in raids
South Vietnamese and U.S. forces smashed a Viet Cong band near Da Nang Air Base after bombardment and Ranger raids. Five guerrillas were killed and 10 captured. The clash followed massive U.S.-Vietnamese strikes across the 17th parallel against suspected Viet Cong staging areas Chan Hoa and Chap Le. American pilots and military officials touted the operation as successful despite weather and antiaircraft fire.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
North Viet Nam
U.S
Bien Hoa
17Th Parallel
Robert F. Ronca
Norristown
613Th
Thursda
North
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Chan Hoa
Chap le
Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
Hancock
Ranger
Coral Sea
No Agreement Yet In Longshoremen Dock Impasse
The International Longshoremen's Association rejects a full settlement bid for the 33 day strike but orders longshoremen to return to work in all ports except Miami and Galveston. Talks continue under federal mediators with possible 30 day move to binding arbitration if unresolved.
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Washington
International Longshoremen’s Association
South Atlantic
West Gulf
Miami
Galveston
Thomas W
Teddy) Gleason
Afl-Cio Union
Atlantic
Ralph A. Masse Ay
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast
Johnson
Gulf
Wirtz
Kosygin says Reds are united against imperialist provocation
Premier Kosygin told Tass in Pyongyang that imperialist provocations in Vietnam have brought the Soviet Union and China closer to curb the aggressors. He spoke during the final Asia swing stop after meetings in Peking and prior to promising military aid to North Vietnam.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
China
Communist Party
Mao Tze-tung
Chou En-lai
Kosygin
North Korea
Tass
Peking
Pyongyang
People’s Republic of China
Ko‘rean Democratic People’s Republic
Indochina
Johnson reshapes State Department with three new ambassadors
President Johnson announced a high level State Department shakeup naming Averell Harriman as senior adviser and ambassador at large Penne Mann as under secretary for economic affairs Sack to Panama Hood Vaughn to Panama as ambassador. George E. Reedy said Harriman will handle specific assignments abroad as Rusk remains abroad or unwell.
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Washington
Johnson
State Department
Averell Taryship
Penne Mann
Inter
Bi Hood Vaughn
Panama
George E. Reedy
White House
Harriman
Reedy
New York
Dean Rusk
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Rusk
Viet Nam
George W. Ball
Mann
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New Jersey
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