Strike Disrupts Flights Across Carolinas In Labor Action
The AFL CIO IAM strike idled five major airlines Eastern Northwest National Trans World United, canceling dozens of daily flights in Charlotte Greensboro Charleston and Raleigh Durham. Many travelers faced delays while crews and reservations staff tried to keep operations running.
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Greensboro
Eastern
United
Piedmont
Columbia
Delta
Atlanta
Greyhound
Trailways
U S planes strike North Viet Nam torpedo boats in renewed air assault
In fierce action, U S carriers Constellation and Hancock launch three attack waves sinking two torpedo boats and damaging another while a second U S plane is downed and one pilot is missing. Haiphong depot strikes reduce port facilities and rail damage reported. Lt Cmdr William J. Isenhour rescued after Skyhawk mission. another F105 Thunderchief shot down northwest of Hanoi.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U. S. Command
Constellation
Hancock
U. S
U. S. Navy
Cmdr
William J. Isenhour
Lemoore
Calif
Haiphong
Hanoi
The Tunnel That Goes Nowhere In House Office Building
In a basement of the $87 million House Office Building a 95 foot tunnel extends from a stair to a dead end not used for anything. The tunnel was built for a potential mail conveyer system requested by the Post Office but is not justified by volume or current needs. House officials note the idea never landed for use and air currents would hinder a belt system.
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Post Office
Banks
Morris
Senate
Longworth Post Office
Pair Disarm Jailer And Escape Jail
Two young prisoners overpowered a Wilkes County Jail guard in Wilkesboro North Carolina and escaped in his car. Jailer Fred Sheet said the inmates forced him to surrender keys and his revolver then locked him, a trusty and the assistant jailer in a cell before fleeing. The pair Randy Powell and Julius Wayne Haliburton, both of Valdese, Burke County, had been brought from Winston-Salem after waiving a preliminary hearing on auto theft charges. They were to be tried in Su
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Wilkesboro
N. C
Wilkes County
Fred Sheet
Sheet
Randy Powell
Julius Wayne Haliburton
Valdese
Burke County
Selden
E&w Sales Co
Moravian Falls
Winston-Salem
Gandhi proposes immediate Geneva conference for Vietnam end
Indira Gandhi urged an immediate Geneva conference and a Viet Nam truce with foreign forces withdrawn and neutral guarantees for Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia. She said there is no military solution and suggested another Geneva meeting under the 1954 framework with India as chair of the International Control Commission.
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London
U.S
Indira Gandhi
Geneva
Viet Nam
United Arab Republic
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
North Viet Nam
Britain
Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
India
International Control Commission
Canada
Poand
Veterans Benefits Series Starts Monday in The Enterprise
Col. Ray Cromley reports on the Veterans Re-Adjustment Act of 1966 which took effect June 1 and changes veterans benefits across eras from the Spanish American War. The Washington correspondent outlines federal rules affecting every veteran and dependents in a clear, concise series beginning Monday.
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Col
Ray Cromley
Washington
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Enterprise
Five Major Airlines Crippled by Machinists Strike
AFL CIO International Association of Machinists began a 6 am strike crippling five major airlines Eastern Northwest National Trans World United. Pickets formed at New York and Washington airports as the walkout spread west. The airlines normally carry over 250 000 passengers daily across 231 US cities and 23 abroad. President Johnson ordered the Civil Aeronautics Board to minimize disruption and directed rapid mail movement to servicemen in Viet Nam.
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Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Eastern
Northwest
National
Trans World
United
Washington
New York
United States
Texas
Johnson
Civil Aeronautics Board
Defense Department
SAM
Lawrence F. O’brien
Viet Nam
Tme
Treatment of American Prisoners Faces Sensitive Clash
Washington reports painful issue as Hanoi parades captured U. S. fliers. State Department lists 3 Americans in Red hands and 233 missing, with likely larger totals as fighting continues. Hanoi cites war status, Geneva rules disputed. Ambassador Harriman leads U. S. efforts to improve prisoner welfare.
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Hanoi
U. S
State Department
U.S
North
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
W. Averell Harriman
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Seaboard Air Lines
Carolina Trailways
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