Model Airplane Contest On Riverdale Road This Weekend
Action Line reports a whirling model airplane competition at the Spinner Model Airplane Club flying field on Riverdale Road. The event starts at 12 noon on October 7 and 8 with spectators invited. Lloyd Underwood sponsors noting AMA sanction and spectators from a three state area are expected.
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Riverdale Road
Spinner Model Airplane Club
Spectate
Lloyd Underwood
Academy of Model Aeronautics
Underwood
High Point Telephone Service Prompts Community Call In
A reader submission details complaints about High Point telephone service including crowded operators, long delays, and busy signals. The note cites 48 daytime operators, a total staff of 147 operators plus supervisors and clerks, and a planned expansion delayed to 1968 due to factory labor troubles. It mentions volume rising by about 14 000 long distance calls monthly and urges action to improve emergency accessibility and service levels.
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Willie Abbott
Hilton
North State
Vietnam Casualties Pass 100000 Mark
SAIGON AP The U S Command says American dead and wounded in Vietnam surpassed 100000. Reports on heavy air raids hit Haiphong two MIG airfields and two bridges near the Red Chinese frontier. Losses included three American planes. The latest total places American casualties at 101034 with 13643 killed 86635 wounded and 756 missing.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Rockefeller Kennedy 68 Campaign Polls and Projections
Pollsters show Rockefeller with Reagan as runner up leading Rockefeller in a Republican ticket. Kennedy reportedly could win the Democratic nomination while Johnson Humphrey trail. Ad response to Johnson plea yields strong public support. Reagan draft efforts build in Oklahoma. Rockefeller denies Vietnam stance but signals cautious openness. Wallace campaign moves to place name on Ohio primary ballot as he frames school control issues.
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Publican
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Johnson
John Connally
Texas
Connally
Kennedy
Los Angeles
New York Times
Harry Roth
Reagan
Oklahoma
al Snipes
Oklahoma County
GOP
Richard Nixon
George Romney
Vietnam
Romney
George Wallace
Alabama
Ohio
Wallace
Bandits Loot Coin Collection From Du Pont Estate
Five armed bandits raided Willis Harrington du Pont’s 33 room seaside estate in Coconut Grove Miami at 12:15 a.m. bound the family and butler, stole a $1.5 million Russian coin collection, $34,000 in jewelry and cash, and left with five watches and 1,000 silver dollars. They offered to trade the collection for $200,000 and fled in du Pont’s 1967 Cadillac, later abandoning the car in a church parking lot.
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Miami, Fla
Willis Harrington du Pont
du Pont
Miren
Victor
Hans Hein
Rose
Huttoe
Five Acre
de Pont
Baymere
Biscayne Bay
Miami
Swank Coconut Grove
Senate Approves 4.6 Billion Antipoverty Extension
The Senate passed a two year 4.658 billion antipoverty bill after 11 days of debate and removing a 2.8 billion emergency job program. It funds OEO antipoverty efforts including Job Corps Neighborhood Youths Corps and Head Start, with final House action pending.
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Washington
Senate
House
Education and Labor Committee
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Job Corps
Neighborhood Youths Corps
Community Action
VISTA
Volunteers
America
Delayed Convention Favored in 1968 Democratic plan
Democratic leaders favor a post Labor Day nominating convention to shorten the campaign for 1968 with Johnson seeking reelection. Site options include Miami Beach Chicago and Houston. The national committee will settle on the site and dates as party leaders weigh Midwest emphasis and media logistics.
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Washington
Johnson
Miami Beach
Chicago
Houston
Tex
John Connally
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Texas
Midwest
Suburban housewife robs county error check in Las Vegas weekend
Jaynee Shearer 37 jailed on grand theft after cashing a $19,065 erroneous county check and spending most during a Las Vegas weekend with her husband Albert. Investigators say she and Albert used funds for a $3,700 car and other purchases. Only about $5,000 recovered.
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Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Jaynee Shearer
Atlanta
Montebello
Shearers
Albert
Nev
Shearer
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Hays
Jonathan Moore
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Bailey
Nixon
DuPont Estate
Office of Economic Opportunity
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