Steel Union Meet Near As Strike Deadline Looms
Federal mediator William E. Simkin convened a joint session with steel negotiators after the United Steelworkers Union rejected a wage offer. If talks fail by the Sept. 1 deadline, about 450,000 workers could strike, halting 80 percent of U.S. steel output. The union’s I. W. Abel warned of industrial action as President Johnson urged responsibility.
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H. L. Schwartz
Pittsburgh, Pa
United Steelworkers Union
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Johnson
Viet Nam
I. W. Abel
Steelworkers
House Approves New Immigration Quotas Amid Debate
The House passed a bill to replace nation-by-nation quotas with a first come, first served system totaling 170 000 visas per year starting July 1 1968. It limits 20 000 per nation and would favor relatives of U S citizens while exempting Western Hemisphere nations from quotas. The measure faces Senate scrutiny as President Johnson supports prompt action.
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John Beckler
U.S
Washington
England
Germany
Aneel
Wagner Bui Wl Uule oCnate
House
Western Hemisphere
North
South America
Senate
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
White House
United States
GOP
Herberger's Buys E R Barron Co Store In La Crosse
Herberger's purchases the E R Barron Co store at 5th Ave and Main St La Crosse with plans to rename it Herberger Barron and remodel gradually. The deal, approved Aug 15, sets Sept 1 as ownership change date with no staff changes.
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E. R. Barron Co
5Th Ave
Main St
Herberger’s
St. Cloud
Mann
Herberger-Barron
Tribune
la Crosse
Minn
Barron Board of Directors
Robert J. Sullivan
Herberger
S. G
Sullivan
Barron Company
Barron
4Th and Main
Barron and van Valkenburg
5Th Avenue
Main
the State Bank
McGregor
Iowa
E. R. Barron
Meredith Village
C. H. Barron
E. R
C. J. Felber
Mississippi River
Astronauts Cooper Conrad Set Space Endurance Record
Gemini 5 crews Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad shattered the Soviet single flight endurance mark with Eight days in orbit. Ground teams reported minor thruster issues and fuel concerns but said no danger existed as the craft neared the 124 hour milestone. The crew logged more hours than all Soviet cosmonauts to date and passed 2 million miles in its journey toward home.
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John Barbour
Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
Tex
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Soviet Union
United States
Christopher C. Kraft
Cooper
Gemini Control
Kraft
Valery Bykovsky
John Hodge
Conrad
U.S
Astronaut Corps
Gemini
Soviet Space Ship On Earth Looked Grimy After Reentry
Tass reports the Soviet craft that carried cosmonauts Leonov and Belyayev has landed and appears grimy from space heat. The UPI caption notes the scene features a new film titled Man Steps Into Space premiering in Moscow this week.
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Leonov
Belyayev
Earth
Tass
Moscow
UPI
Attacks Trigger 11 Missing At DuPont Rubber Plant
Louisville reports 26 blasts and fires at the Du Pont synthetic rubber site leaving 11 missing and 39 injured as authorities keep crews from the blaze. Evacuation zones stretch around the plant near the Ohio River with a curfew in effect and hundreds housed as refugees.
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DuPont Rubber
Louisville
du Pont
National
Jefferson County
Red Cross
West End
Ohio River
Wind and hail cripple crops around Viroqua Wisconsin
High winds and hail battered the Viroqua area on Thursday evening causing heavy damage to crops and tobacco west of the city. Tobacco and sheds were destroyed. trees fell in Budd Genoa Liberty Pole West Prairie and Newton Valley. Two sheds on Kenneth Thompson farm and one on Blaine Conway farm were destroyed. Electrical and telephone service disrupted in these areas.
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Viroqua
Wis
Budd
Genoa
Liberty Pole
West Prairie
Newton Valley
Kenneth Thompson
Blaine Conway
Man Dies of Heart Attack After Vehicle Collision
John W. MacNeil of rural Rice Lake died of a heart attack Wednesday after his car struck an 11 year old boy two miles northwest of Bloomville on Lincoln County Highway 1. The boy escaped injury as the vehicle veered into a corn field and overturned.
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Bloomville
John W. MacNeil
Rice Lake
Lincoln County
MacNeil
Johnson Warns DC Faces Race Violence Clock Ticking
President Johnson signing a $3.3 billion Public Works and Economic Development Act warned that violence could erupt in the District of Columbia if action is not taken. He urged Congress to act to prevent riots like Los Angeles and said the bill aims to create jobs in high unemployment areas through grants and loans. The measure blends prior programs and provides $500 million annually for four years.
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Washington
Johnson
Los Angeles
District of Columbia
White House East Room
Congress
Los
Federal
Area Redevelopment Administration
ARA
Johnson forms federal task force to probe Los Angeles riots
President Johnson orders a 10 point plan led by Deputy Atty Gen Ramsey Clark to work with Gov Brown Mayor Yorty and others to restore damaged Watts and other areas. The group will coordinate antipoverty housing welfare commerce and SBA agencies to address root causes and aid affected residents.
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Washington
Johnson
Los Angeles
Ramsey Clark
Edmund G. Brown
Samuel W. Yorty
Departments of Commerce and Welfare
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Small Business Administration
California
Watts
Clark
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Justice Department
Nicholas Katzenbach
White House
Alabama
Oxford
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Minn. Man Injured In Home Explosion
An explosion and fire damaged the Peter Anthony home in Chisholm Minnesota injuring a worker. Tony Kovach 59 who was working on a water heater was hospitalized in poor condition.
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Chisholm
Minn
Peter Anthony
Tony Kovach
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