Skydivers die in plane crash near Pottstown
Five sky-diving parachutists and their pilot were killed when their plane crashed on a farm near Pottstown after takeoff from New Hanover Airport. A jumper survived but his chute tangled and failed to inflate. The high-wing monoplane exploded on impact at John Pfander’s farm. In Washington, Army Jeep salvage and repair practices face Senate scrutiny as $4.47 repairs are deemed junk before distribution as foreign aid despite a critical shortage in Asia.
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Pottstown
New Hanover
John Pfander
Washington
Senate
Viet Nam
Joseph Lippman
Agency For International Development
Lippman
Defense ‘Department
Asia
Army
Johnson Votes Absentee for Democratic Primary
President Johnson and Lady Bird mailed absentee ballots in the Democratic primary. Weather limited outdoor plans at the ranch near San Antonio as Johnson recovers from a sore throat. He will nominate two additional assistant secretaries for the new Cabinet, Don Hummel to public housing and urban renewal and H Ralph Taylor to intergovernmental relations.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Texas White House
Lady Bird
Robert H. Pleasing
Fleming
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Don Hummel
Tuesda
H. Ralph Taylor
New Haven
Conn
Fidel Castro blames drought on Cuba sugar crop slump
It reports Castro acknowledging a hard 1966 sugar harvest not reaching 5 million tons, about a million below 1965, as drought bites the economy. Analysts cite mismanagement and rainfall shortages, noting world sugar prices have fallen sharply and Havana relies on Soviet aid amid U.S. embargo and planned shipments.
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Washington
Prim Ministr Fidel
Castro
Cuba
Havana
U.S
Caribbean
Kremlin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Soviet Bloc
Peking
Signs of High Point urban renewal progress on streets
Central Urban Renewal Area shows improvements as the Magic Block is razed and a new look of cleanliness emerges. Ray Hubbard reports progress in the Sunday Enterprise. Bernard Thomas, a Lexington and Davidson County developer, drives industrial growth with Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. fiber glass plant. Marvin Burts details the hometown story. A Mothers Work is highlighted in a Sunday picture feature celebrating the many roles of mothers in The Enterprise Sunday.
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High Point
Ray Hubbard
Sunday Enterprise
Bernard Thomas
Lexington
Davidson County
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co
Marvin Burts
Enterprise
Globe Furniture Joins Burlington as Subsidiary
Globe Furniture, founded in 1905 and based in High Point with lines in upholstered and Colony tables, becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Burlington Industries Inc. The move, described as progress for Globe, keeps Globe management intact while expanding Burlington’s home furnishings presence.
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Globe Furniture
Burlington
Globe Furniture Company
Burlington Industries, Inc
Globe and Burlington
Globe
Henry A. Foscue
High Point
Foscue
C. R. Barrier
Jack H
Industry Aims to Fix Car Defects Across 1960-66
Detroit AP reports the U S auto industry pledged improvement after disclosing that major defects plagued thousands of cars since 1960. GM Ford Chrys ler and American Motors filed detailed recall data with Sen Ribicoff noting 18 5 percent of 47 million cars built faced defects. Not all flaws were safety related but calls for stronger quality control and better assembly line practices were emphasized.
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Detroit
U.S
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Sen. Ribicoff
Precious Little Left After Two Day Viet Cong Battle
U S Command reports annihilation of a reinforced Communist battalion in two savage days near Bong Son, with 416 enemy dead and 40 captured. Helicopter airlifted 1st Cavalry Division fought 10 miles north of Bong Son and 280 northeast of Saigon in Operation Davy Crockett. Vietnamese forces say 84 more killed.
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Robert. B. Tuckman
Saigon
Viet’ Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Bong Son
South
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Libel Suit Filed By Sen. Dodd
Connecticut Democrat Sen Dodd sues columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson and associates for 5 million dollars alleging libel and conspiracy. The suit claims false statements damaged his senate reputation and accuses Julius Klein of arranging gifts and trips to West Germany to influence coverage. Filed in U S District Court in 1964, the action seeks damages and defends Dodd against accusations of accepting foreign gifts.
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Washington
Sen.j
Thomas J. Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Dodd
West Germany
U.S. District
Chicago
s/trons
Julius ‘Klein
Colum Jon
Senate
Connecticut
Klein
Rand
Textile mill owners mum on size of pay boost
Wage increases sweep Southern textile plants with several mills announcing raises effective in early June. Burlington Industries and J P Stevens subsidiaries among those named, but owners defer specifics on the 3.2 percent guideline. About 35 000 workers affected across Bennett Hosiery, Spartanburg and Henderson mills among others.
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Associated Press
Harriet -Henderson
Henderson
N.C
iSpartanburg
Cannon Mills
Kannapolis
N. C
Hariet-Henderson Mills
Spartanburg
S.C
Washington
Commerce
John Conner
Gardner T. Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisors
Commerce Department
Johnson
Mills
Cone Mills
Deering
Milliken, Inc
Greenwood Mills
Kendall Co
Spartan Mills
Lyman Finish and Printing Co
Inman Mills
Arkwright Mills
Jackson Mills
Dan River Mills
Pacolet Industries, Inc
Abney‘ Mills
Riege Textile Corp
Monsanto Chemstrand
Textile
Parke Davis, Inc
South Carolina Textile ‘Manufacturers Association
South Carolina
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Bulletin
Fidel
Association of Burlington
Charles F. Myers Jr
S. Main Street
Carolina, and Northwestern
Prospect Street
Elmer
Jody Patricia Lowers
H.R. Lowers
Huntsville
Ala
Red
Nguyen Cao
Fom
S .2
U.S. Air Force
Ina i
Bac Giang
Hanoi
China
Air Force
Sen. Dodd
Burlington Industries
Dan 5
Hillcrest
Thomas H. Graham
High A Point Fabrics
J. P. Stevens
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