Market Mixed In Early Trading As Weekends Loom
American Exchange reports a mixed session with steels chemicals and rubbers improving while most groups stay irregular. Auto stocks inch down on Memorial Day week reduction plans and plant closings, IBM slips on rights offer news, Douglas Aircraft falls, and the Dow rises to 884.85 with the Associated Press average down 0.2.
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New York
Associated Press
Dow Jones
IBM
Douglas Aircraft
Dow Jones Averages and Cotton Sales Notes Footnotes
Unofficial Dow Jones Averages and cotton sales figures with footnotes detailing dividend types and conditions. Explanations cover stock dividends, cash values, ex-dividend dates, and special cases such as mergers and reorganizations.
Negroes Gain Ground In Employment
The Labor Department reports nonwhite workers increased from 6.4 million to 7.7 million since 1955, rising to 10.7 percent of total employment in 1965, but the gains risk reversal by 1975 without more white collar and skilled jobs. Nonwhites advance most in teaching, nearing parity with white teachers in elementary and secondary schools.
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Washington
Labor Department
Monthly Labor Review
Joe L. Russell
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pad Cleared For Next Gemini
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP crews cleared debris after Gemini 9 and prepared Gemini 10 for launch set for July 18. The Titan 2 rocket to carry John W Young and Michael Collins will be erected soon. The mission includes a rendezvous with an Agena satellite and a low space walk.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Michael Collins
Navy
Cmdr
Young
Air Force
Maj. Collins
Collins
Gemini 10
Agena
Peking Mayor Ousted Amid Communist Purge
Peng Chen once ranked ninth in Red China and was a top CCP member. Li Hsueh-feng appointed first secretary of Peking central committee as the purge widens. A crackdown on dissidents intensifies with officials warning of a life and death struggle.
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Tokyo
Peng Chen
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Peking Radio
Li ‘Hsueh-feng
Peking People’s Daily
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Wu Han
Liao Mo-sha
Peking Party ‘Central Committee
Teng
Warplanes Pummel North Vietnam Amid Heavy Air Attacks
American forces launched a fourth straight day of heavy raids on North Vietnam focusing on antiaircraft sites oil depots storage areas and river traffic. Captain Robert B Pielin was rescued after his F105 Thunderchief was shot down near Dong Hoi. Ground fighting in South Vietnam remained light as South Korean Tiger Division units and U S 1st Cavalry Division teams pressed Operation Crazy Horse north of An Khe and northeast of Saigon.
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Navy
Air Force
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Robert B. Pielin
Chicago
Dong Hoi
Tiger Division
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
An Khe
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Lack Of Rain Threatens Wheat
Wheat farmers need rain soon to save a shrinking harvest across the Great Plains. Drought and late freezes hit Kansas Texas Oklahoma and nearby states with stunted fields and vulnerable crops. Experts see a glimmer of recovery if rain arrives, noting some late heads and possible benefits from showers in weakly damaged areas.
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Kansas City
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Great Plains
Colorado
New Mexico
Nebraska
Washington
Andrew B. Erhart
Garden Ci Kan
Kansas State University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Erhart
Fada
Gemini Flight Record Highlights Manned Maneuvers
The Gemini craft proceeded after a radio guidance error blocked a steering command. Stafford fired thrusters to correct orbit and plane after separation from the booster. Astronauts planned maneuvers for future Apollo round trips and a space walk recalled Edward White II as a milestone before Cernan’s planned 2 1/2 hour extravehicular test.
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Gemini
Stafford
Earth
Moon
Edward H. White II
Cernan
Detroit Area Teachers Walkout Expands Across Regions
In a spreading action some 2,000 teachers in the Detroit suburban and Flint districts walk out for higher pay. Fifty five Flint schools remain closed with 44,000 pupils idle. Bargaining units affiliated with the AFL-CIO and Michigan Federation of Teachers call the stoppages strikes as governors and mediators seek talks.
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Flint
Detroit
Ecorse Afl-Cio Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
Trit
Fitzgerald Education Association
Warren
Fitzgerald
Crestwood
Independent
Michigan Education Association
William Gayde
Fitzgerald Association
Afl-Cio
Michigan Federation of Teachers
Lansing
George Romney
State Labor Mediation Board
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Neil A. Armstrong
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