Strike Agreement Reached By NEIL GILBRIDE
Washington AP reports negotiators reached a proposed strike settlement to resume production of spacecraft and warplanes at McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis. The deal hinges on a vote by AFL CIO Machinists Local 1743 members amid dissident opposition led by Bruce McArthy. If approved, Gemini space capsules and Phantom jet fighters for Vietnam are back on track ahead of Dec 4 and Dec 13 Gemini launches.
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Neil. Gilbride
Eugene’ Glover
Viet Nam
Good Lord Ahave
Thomas Stipes
Robert Krone
St. Louis
Glover
Bruce McArthy
Washington
Grover
Cape Kennedy
Minor Gripes Trigger Bloody Menard Prison Riot
Chester Illinois AP four hour riot at Menard State Prison left three guards dead and six injured. Convicts demanded better food radios and recreation while four ringleaders incited the uprising in the dining hall guard cage. Ross Randolph and Warden Max Frye brokered surrender with 300 guards surrounding the kitchen as hostages were freed after a doctor aided a seriously wounded guard. Investigators seek motive amid conflicting accounts and planned charges against rioters.
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Menard
Max Frye
Chester
Ill
Menard State Prison
Illinois Public Safety
Ross Randolph
Randolph
Tom Gross
Gross
Albert W. Rohlfing
Arthur Gene Bierman
Sparta
Jil
Rusk Sees Broad Consensus to Strengthen Inter-American System
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said a broad consensus exists among 18 Latin American foreign ministers to strengthen the Inter-American system. He cited procedural differences but expected a unified push as the two week conference in Rio de Janeiro proceeds toward November 30.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Dean Rusk
Hemisphere
Rusk
Asuncion
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Washington
Rio
West Chester coed sets self ablaze on campus
Patricia Ann Conway 22, a West Chester State College junior, doused her clothing with gasoline and set herself on fire in a campus parking area. She was in grave condition at Memorial Hospital with second and third degree burns. Police say she gave no clear reason beyond a personal motive. A bystander and staff aided, with a priest administering last rites at the hospital.
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West Chester
West Chester State College
Viet Nam
Lessby Exton
Phoenixville
David 3. McKenty
Dennis Coll Jr
Landsdowne
Warren Tesch
Harrisburg
Coll
American tourist jailed 18 months for Arctic border crossing
Newcomb Mott of Sheffield Massachusetts was sentenced by a Murmansk court to 18 months in a Soviet labor camp after illegally crossing the Norway Soviet Arctic border. He admitted careless crossing on September 4 and his defense asked for probation. His parents attended the trial as the prosecutor sought 2 1/2 years.
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Murmansk
U.S.S.R
Newcomb Mott
Sheffield
Mass
Norway
Soviet Union
Molt
Washington
State Department
Mott
Howard Mott
Russia
Borisoglebsk
American Death Toll Reaches 240 For Week
AP reports the Ia Drang Valley battle produced the week's highest American casualties in Viet Nam, with 249 killed and 470 wounded or missing. Communist losses reached 2,262 dead and 186 captured, as U.S. forces faced intensified fighting near the Cambodian border. Westmoreland warned of a long war despite tactical gains, citing disruption but no halt to North Vietnamese infiltrations.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ia Drang
Viet Nam
U. S
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Mutual Broadcasting System
North Viet Nam
1St Cavalry
Three Judge Panel Hears Realignment Suit in NC
A three judge panel heard a suit by Renn Drum Jr. seeking to enforce one man one vote in North Carolina. The case targets congressional district realignment and state legislative reapportionment, with state officials Bolllock Young and Wade Bruton presenting arguments. The court, including Stanley Butler and Beil, will decide if current apportionment violates equal representation principles.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Renn Drum Jr
Winston-Salem
Supreme Court
North Cavalina Ranchi
Peene Seferencet
Erracan Party
Asst
Atty
James Bullock
Thomas L. Young
Rocky Mount
Wade Bruton
Ray Montsinger
Winston- Salem
Drum
Edwin M. Stanley
Algernon Butler
J. Spencer Beil
Wounded GI Hides Seven Days Then Rescued in Ia Drang
In Pleiku Vietnam a 24 year old Pfc. Toby Braveboy of Coward South Carolina endured seven days hidden in jungle after a North Vietnamese ambush. A helicopter evacuated him after a 30 minute operation for multiple bullet wounds. He was described as dehydrated emaciated but in stable condition.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
U. S
Ia Drang Valley
Toby Braveboy
Coward, & C
U.S
Braveboy
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Central Highlands
Maj
Philip Warner
Los Angeles
California Braces For New Storm
Saturated Southern California after deadly flash floods braces for another storm. Rescue crews fear mudslides as heavy rains threaten hillside homes, deserts, and Palm Springs amid the worst November flooding on record. One man vanished while wading to safety as cars were swept off Cucamonga Wash.
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Los Angeles
California
Palm Springs
San Jacinto Mountains
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino
Rocky Cucamonga Wash
United States weighs two Chinas policy at UN
United States officials consider a two Chinas approach as Red China seeks a UN seat. Debate centers on admitting Peking while preserving Chiang Kai-shek’s Formosan government, with ambassadors noting Formosa’s population and universality principles affecting any expulsion or dual-seat deal.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
United States
Peking Assembly
Peking
Formosa
Taipei
Red China
Chiang Ai-Shek
Legitime
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
World Organization
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West Ches
Joseph
Miss Conway
Russell House
Karl Russell
Kenneth Widdall
Patricia Ann Conway
Dan Moore
General Assembly
Bullock
House of Representatives
Senate
Warner
Warter
Joel Sugdinis
Cornwall Bridge
Conn
Bravehoy
LOGIE
Corica
Financial
Tia
EBA
Hal Malloy
U.N
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