Living Cost Sets 2 Year Record in June Jump
UPI reports June consumer prices rose 0.5 percent from May and 4.2 percent from June 1967, led by housing costs. Mortgage interest up 4 percent, clothing 0.5 percent, gasoline and oil 0.8 percent, cigarettes 1.5 percent due to taxes. Wholesale prices climbed 0.2 percent, earnings rose to $108.20 weekly, with after tax spending up to $95.55 for a family of three and $68.68 for a single worker.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Humphrey Calls for Open Elections in South Vietnam
Vice President Humphrey urged elections open to all candidates in South Vietnam and a strong U.S. president to shake up the bureaucracy. He did not rule out Communist participation, prompting Senate rival McCarthy to call the plan unrealistic. Johnson dismissed the NLF as a Communist front.
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Humphrey
South Vietnam
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
United States
Vietnam
National Association of Counties
Los Angeles
Nguyen van Thieu
Eugene J. McCarthy
NLF
Viet Cong
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
Reagan Recall Effort Faces High Hurdles Across California
Assistant Secretary H P Sullivan said the recall effort has a long way to go as signatures gather in Los Angeles and other counties. Judge Thompson ordered precinct numbers on petitions, with about 50 000 lacking. Sullivan warned 30 40 percent of signatures may be invalid for legal defects.
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Long Beach
H. P. Sullivan
Los Angeles
Edwin Koupal
Superior Court
Robert S. Thompson
Ray E. Lee
Lee
Koupal
Sullivan
Panel applauds Reagan for anticrime platform
Nixon urged a militant anti crime crusade joined by Reagan and Lindsay at GOP platform hearings in Miami Beach. They warned against Vietnam settlements and called for strong action to curb crime arguing poverty fuels disorder and urging a firm party platform.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
John V. Lindsay
Republican Platform Committee
Nixon
Vietnam
New York
Lindsay
Gov
Reagan
California
Fontainebleau
Southeast Asia
Humphrey
South Vietnam
United States
Republican Party
John Tower
Texas
Tower
Ramsey Clark
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Percy
Delegates in Chicago Call for Open Convention for McCarthy
The action line notes delegates gathering in Chicago to signal broad support for McCarthy and to urge an open convention. The move emphasizes a push for more inclusive candidate selection and potential party realignment.
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Chicago
McCarthy
Conscientious objector appeals denied face harsh dilemma
A reader asks what options remain after both CO applications and the appeal were denied without explanation. He seeks guidance, noting willingness to serve but refusal to kill, and fears prison or exile as outcomes while questioning individual moral worth in society.
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Appeal Board
United States
C.A.S
Norwalk
Hippie Pirates Indicted Over Theft of Resolute
Four men and three juveniles face federal charges in Los Angeles for the hijacking of the ketch Resolute from San Pedro Harbor. They are accused of transporting stolen property over $5,000 and concealing stolen goods after a Catalina Channel pursuit. Conviction could bring up to 13 years in prison and fines.
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San Pedro
Los Angeles
John William Berry
Jack Darrell Bethany
Dennis Dean Seaman
Peter Hans Wood
U.S
A. Andrew Hauk
Catalina Channel
Coast Guard
FBI
Edison M. Fabian
Cape Hateras
Patteras
U.S. Atty
Matt Bryne
Steel price increases planned by major mills
Republic Steel announced an August 8 price rise averaging 4.5 percent for its principal mill products. Armco Steel expected to set base price increases by August 2 after category reviews. National, Jones & Laughlin, Allegheny Ludlum, Pittsburgh and Youngstown Sheet & Tube also reviewing moves. Inland Steel and Wheeling Steel weighed costs and commentary.
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Republic Steel
Armco Steel Corp
National
Jones & Laughlin
Allegheny Ladium
Pittsburgh
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Wheeling Steel
Inland Steel Co
Washington
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Registrar of Voters
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Santa Clara
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Riot Commission
National Advisory Commission On Civil
Walker
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Victoria
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