Steel industry boosts prices amid inflation pressures
The Industry raised prices on steel plate canmaking steels and bars, citing rising labor and material costs and inflationary pressures. U S Steel said it listened to Mr Ackley before increasing prices, while Republic echoed similar concerns. Second quarter steel profits fell 36 percent, fueling expectations of a broader price rise as demand inches up.
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Ackley
Ales
U.S
Republic
Congress Still Has Plenty Left Undone
Congress returns Sept. 11 with no fixed adjournment target amid a long, slow session. Key unfinished work covers tax bills, Social Security expansion, antipoverty and housing measures, election reform, and foreign aid. House and Senate struggle over defense funding and civil rights issues as pre-election pay and budget bills loom.
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Congress
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Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
James Eastland
D-Miss
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Civil Service
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Defense Department
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N
Downers Grove Class Buys Full-Page Thanks Ad
The 1967 Downers Grove High School South class members raised about 40 people to share the cost of a full-page newspaper ad totaling 96 dollars to thank taxpayers for their schooling.
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Downers Grove, MI
Downers Grove High School South
Lobbyists for Agencies Hit by Senator
Washington AP Mike Mansfield urges President Johnson to order agency lobbyists to keep distance from the Senate after intense lobbying by Pentagon AID and State Department officials in the foreign aid fight. Mansfield says officials risk overrunning congressional gardens and causing confusion. Some Senate insiders cite heavy activity by AID Pentagon and State Department as the cause.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Mansfield
Pentagon
Agency For International Development
Mike Manatos
White House
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State Department
Halfphong
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Subcommittee
South Vietnam
Haiphong
Red China
China
Soviet Union
Sleep Surfer: 83-Year-Old Floats Free in Water
Birmingham reports 83-year-old Fess Abell who sleeps while floating, claiming to relax and breathe naturally to drift in 15 feet of water. He says he has slept deeply enough to require a splash of water to wake, and has taught about 25,000 people to swim over 65 years with relaxation as the key.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fess Abell
Abell
YMCA
Labor Day Weather Outlook and War News Mix
The national forecast predicts generally dry and possibly warmer weather for Labor Day weekend with some showery pockets in the Pacific Northwest and relief unlikely in many hot regions. Separately, reports from Saigon describe terrorist strikes, traffic repairs, and intensified air raids against North Vietnam, with casualties and pilot losses noted as the conflict persists.
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Waho
Southwest Desert
Los Angeles
Spokane
Wash
Maine
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Plains
Great Lakes
Saigon
North Vietnam
North
U. S
Hanoi- Haiphong
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi-Haiphong
Russia Expels U S Embassy Figure Over Vietnam Fallout
Moscow reports the expulsion of the U S Embassy press attache and denial of return for the agricultural attache, amid unofficial retaliation rumors for visa actions in a spy case. The note from the Soviet Foreign Ministry heightens tensions as U S debate on Vietnam intensifies.
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U.S
United States
Boros Wears His Success in Anonymity at Curling World Championship
Woodbridge AP Julius Boros, a veteran on the North American golf tour earning around 120000 annually, starts the Curling World Championship in Toronto amid a star-studded field. The event offers 35000 for the winner, 400 for all starters, with top players like Palmer, de Vincenzo, Devlin, Nichols and more.
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Julius Boros
Boros
Toronto
San Diego
Calif
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South Africa
Tommy Horton
Tony Jacklin
England
Peter Thomson
Kel Nagle
Bob Charles
New Zealand
George Knudson
al Baldo
Roy Emerson Targets Third U S National Singles Title
Roy Emerson, seeded second, opened his bid at the U S National Singles Championships with a straight-sets victory over Georges Goven of France 7-5 6-4 7-5. Emerson, 30, said he hopes to settle down back home in Brisbane and may retire from full-time touring soon. He faces Jim Osborne next as Nicola Pilic and Cliff Drysdale also advance in the Forest Hills event.
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Associated Press
Forest Hills
N.Y
Roy Emerson
U.S
Pye
Emerson
Georges Goven
France
Brissbane
John Newcombe
Goven
Jim Osborne
Honolulu
Inderjit Singh
Cincinnati
India
Nicola Pille
Yugoslavia
Cliff Drysdale
South
Johnson Opens Wheat Aid to India totaling 2.5 Million Tons
President Johnson announced another one million tons of American wheat to India to fight famine. The total aid reaches 2.5 million tons with 500,000 more potentially available, contingent on other nations matching the donations. The final decision will depend on international contributions.
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Washington
Johnson
India
U.S
Amateur Champion Takes Lead
Bob Dickson of McAlester Oklahoma fired a one over par 71 to take a three stroke lead in the first round of the 67th U S Amateur Championship at Broadmoor West in Colorado Springs. Fog and wind paused play as players vented frustrations, with Murphy and Harvey among those commenting on the day’s delays.
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Frank Pitman
Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Calo
U.S
Broadmoor West
Bob Dickson
McAlester
Okla
Bob Murphy
Bill Harvey
Dixie
Murphy
Nichols
Fla
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