Lunar Module Launch Countdown at Cape Kennedy
The AP reports an imminent Apollo 5 unmanned test from Cape Kennedy with the Saturn 1 rocket aimed to orbit start a series of engine firings simulating lunar descent and ascent. NASA officials warn of risk while eyeing later manned flights and a possible 1969 lunar landing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
William C. Schneider
Apollo
Schneider
NASA
North Carolina Young Democrats Install James Hunt Jr as President
North Carolina Democrats rallied in Wilson with South Carolina Governor Robert McNair urging momentum for the 1968 campaign. James Hunt Jr. was installed as president of the North Carolina Young Democratic Clubs, leading a slate including Graham Bell Jr., Doug Clark, Carroll Leggett, and Larry James.
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J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
Richardson Preyer
Wilson
Preyer
N.C
South Carolina
Robert McNair
Palmetto
James Hunt Jr
Young Democratic Clubs
McNair
U.S
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Rep
L. H. Fountain
Dan Moores
Terry Sanfords
Luther Hodges
Hunt
YDC
Graham Bell Jr
Dallas
Doug Clark
Asheville
Carroll Leggett
Lillington
Larry James
Winston-Salem
Council of State
Bob Scott
J. Melville Broughton Jr
Terry Sanford
Ervin
TWUA Wins Favorable NLRB Ruling At Whiteville Plant
A National Labor Relations Board examiner ruled that a four month strike at National Spinning Co. in Whiteville was caused by unfair labor practices by management. The TWUA had won a bargaining election in October 1966 but lacked a contract when the strike began May 4 1967. The examiner noted wage increases at other plants but not at Whiteville until May 29, 15 days after the strike started.
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Whiteville
N. C
National Labor Relations Board
National Spinning Co
George Turtiz
Turitz
Textile Workers Union of America
TWUA
Warsaw
Washington, N. C
Benefit concert funds antiwar candidates in New York
Hollywood and Broadway performers packed Philharmonic Hall Lincoln Center to raise money for Democratic senators and congressmen opposing Johnson administration Vietnam policy. About 2,800 attended paying 10 to 250 dollars. total raised not disclosed. Sens Gruening and Morse received standing ovations.
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New York
Hollywood
Vietnam
Philharmonic Hall
Lincoln Center
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Gruening
America
George E. Brown, Jr
Phillip Burton
Donald Edwards
California
John G
Dow
William F. Ryan
John Conyers
Bombers Hit Khe Sanh as North Vietnamese Attacks Continue
Waves of B52 bombers pounded suspected NVA positions around Khe Sanh while Marine and allied air units carried out more than 50 strikes in support of Marines. In the fighting, 15 Marines were killed and 65 wounded, plus NVA casualties reported by U.S. and South Vietnamese sources. A Marine Skyhawk was shot down but the pilot was rescued.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
South Vietnam
Air Force
Marine
Navy
Associated Press
Dang van Phuoc
U.S
da Nang
Huong Hoa
Industrial Funds Top Half Billion in North Carolina 1967
North Carolina investment in new and expanded industry reached 662 million dollars in 1967, a second straight year above half a billion. Jobs totaled 24 774 with payrolls of 109 million, while average investment per job climbed to 26 720 and average salary per job to 4 400. Parks visitation fell 223 percent to 2 124 186, yet camping grew. highway Welcome Centers are slated to begin construction with a target completion date of June 1 near the Virginia line on I-85 and I-95.
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Lumberton
N.C
North Carolina
North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development
C&d Division of Commerce and Industry
Dan Moore
Moore
Commerce and Industry Division
Virginia Line
Labor Drive Intensifies at J. P. Stevens Co.
Labor leaders vow an all out push to unionize J. P. Stevens & Co. as TWUA plans staff from other regions to back a five year drive. The company must reinstate 71 dismissed workers with back pay after a Second Circuit ruling upholding anti unionization findings.
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Stevens
North Carolina
South Carolina
TWUA
Industrial Union Department
Aflcio
Charlotte
Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
New York
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Carolina
Southern Textile Mills
Soviet TV sets faulty and repairmen scarce in USSR
Moscow press reports a high repair rate for Soviet television sets with a shortage of repairmen. Factories blamed for faulty parts and rushed production. 55 percent of Sputnik brands fail after purchase, 50 percent for Volkhov, with many late in the month units avoided by buyers. In one district 32 repairmen handle 82,000 sets, averaging seven to eight calls daily. The article condemns manufacturers for defective products.
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Moscow
Moskovsky Komsomolets
Moscow Young Communist League
Soviet Union
A.K. Kheryvimov
Ing
Junior 4 Hers Plan Pancake Supper in Randleman
Randolph County Junior 4 H members will host a pancake supper at Randleman High School cafe on Tuesday from 5 to 8 PM Tickets are sold by 4 H leaders The proceeds will help cover costs for a Florida tour planned for the first week in February.
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Randleman
Randolph County
Randleman High School
Florida
Gunman Dies In Shootout At Durham Market
In Durham a gunman wearing a stocking robbed a produce market and opened fire. Owner Lewis N. Graham exchanged shots, wounding one assailant who later died. Clerk Luther Graham, 20, was shot in the chest but hospitalized in good condition. Donald R. Dempson, 20, Durham, was killed.
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Durham
Lewis N. Graham
Luther Graham
Lewis Graham
Donald R. Dempson
Two Die As Mobile Home Burns Near Stoney Point
STONEY POINT N C AP two persons died early Sunday in a mobile home fire near Stoney Point identified as Buelah Hoke and Clyde Fulbright both from the Stoney Point area fire department said the cause of the blaze was not known.
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Stoney Point
N.C
Buelah Hoke
Clyde Fulbright
Tenney to Oppose Ervin in North Carolina Senate Race
Tenney, a Republican Chapel Hill school board member, announced Sunday his plan to challenge incumbent Senator Sam J. Ervin in this year's election. He will make a formal announcement this week.
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Chapel Hill
Ed Tenney
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Tenney
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