Blind teacher dismissed over classroom discipline in Michigan
Evelyn Weckerly, 27, a blind teacher at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon Michigan, was dismissed after three years for inability to maintain discipline, despite her self described responsibility focused method using Braille books tape recordings and student assistants. The board had first refused renewal in 1968 and after legal actions the dismissal stood. Col Edwin Aldrin to visit Sweden in fall as guest of government after Swedish invitation and Erlander call. His family will accompany him.
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Evelyn Weckerly
William Luyendyk
Mona Shores High School
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Mona Shores Board of Education
Edwin Aldrin
Sweden
Foreign Ministry
Stockholm
Aldrin
Tage Erlander
Cary Grant Sues for $8 Million
Cary Grant filed an $8.8 million lawsuit in Superior Court against MCA Inc and Universal Studios Inc alleging mismanagement of four Grant films sold to television. The suit cites Operation Petticoat The Grass is Greener That Touch of Mink and Father Goose as the films involved.
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Cary Grant
MCA, Inc
Universal Studios, Inc
Grant
Stanley Donen Films, Inc
International Southeast Asia and Middle East Conflicts Escalate
In Saigon and surrounding areas, rockets and shelling by Communist forces killed two Americans and wounded 34 others over two days, with U.S. bombers conducting eight raids near Saigon. In Jordan and Israel, air clashes and raids followed a rocket incident, while South Vietnam reshuffled two divisions to boost army effectiveness as U.S. officials noted.
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Dmz
U.S
North
South Vietnam
An Khe
Cambodia
Creighton
Pan Am Tie With Union Nears After Ground Crew Strike
Labor Department announced a tentative deal between Pan American World Airways and the Teamsters Union. About 10 000 ground workers walked out forcing flight cancellations and triggering ratification meetings due by Monday afternoon.
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Washington
Labor Department
Pan American World Airways
Teamsters
Asst
William J. Usery Jr
Usery
New York
San Francisco
United seeks cut in Hawaii air fares up to 16 percent
United Air Lines asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to approve lower one way fares to Hawaii from the Mainland with September 6 effective date. The plan would drop Los Angeles Honolulu economy from 100 to 85 dollars and coach from 110 to 104 for travel Monday through Thursday.
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Hawaii
United Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Mainland
Honolulu
Band Leader Russ Morgan Dies at 65
Russ Morgan, a leading figure in the big band era and mentor to the Dorsey brothers, died Thursday night at 65 from a cerebral hemorrhage at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital in Las Vegas. He wrote hits like You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You and Does Your Heart Beat for Me, formed the Russ Morgan Orchestra in 1936, and popularized the Morgan Manner. Survivors include his wife Shirley and four children.
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Russ Morgan
Yesteryear
Dorsey Brothers
Morgan
Las Vegas
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Shirley
Former San Francisco Bank President Sentenced to Eight Years
Don C. Silverthorne, 69, former president of the San Francisco National Bank, was sentenced Friday to eight years in jail for manipulation and mismanagement of bank funds. He received five years for five counts of misapplication and three more years for conspiracy, falsifying records and two other misapplication counts.
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Don C. Silverthorne
San Francisco National Bank
U.S
Ho Lung Fled to Soviet Union Leading Guerrilla Army
Sing Tao Jihn Pao reports that Marshal Ho Lung has fled to the Soviet Union and now heads a Chinese guerrilla force based in Tashkent in Soviet Siberia. The paper cites a Canton traveler who saw the claim in an unidentified mainland publication.
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Hong Kong
Ho Lung
Soviet Union
Tashkent
Soviet Siberia
Sing Tao Jihn Pao
Canton
Escaped convict walks 180 miles before surrender
Chester Gleason, 21, of Grand Rapids Michigan fled Camp Pellston on Saturday and turned himself in at the sheriff's office after claiming he had walked about 180 miles since escaping. He said, I’ve had enough, and cited the burglary sentence he was serving. The Senate confirmed Mary Brooks of Idaho to be director of the mint and George Hay Brown of Michigan to be director of the census. A literary agent reports six American publishers bidding for The Fire by Soviet defector Anatoly Kuznetsov, who notes differences between the Russian and original English manuscripts.
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State Department
United Nations
Moscow
Igor L. Andreyev
Milton Kovner
U.S
Kovner
Andreyev
United States
New York
American Broadcasting Co
Frank Moss
Utah
Senate
Moss
Leonard H. Goldenson
ABC
NBC
CBS
Chester Gleason
Grand Rapids
Mich
Camp Pellston
Anatoly V. Kuznetsov
London
Kuznetsov
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