Airline Service Opens Direct Moscow New York Flight
The first direct Moscow to New York flight marks the start of regular Aeroflot Pan Am service after seven years of talks. Aeroflot will fly Moscow to New York weekly, with Pan Am operating the return route via Copenhagen. Fares start at $384 one way for economy and $584 one way for first class, with different peak season pricing.
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Aeroflot
Moscow
New York
Tom del Vecchio
Kennedy International Airport
Berlin Wall
United States
Soviet Union
Pan American World Airways
Copenhagen
Arthur J. Dugan
Garden City
N.Y
U.S. Navy
Pan ‘Am
Former Viroqua Boy Drowns in Illinois
Randall Parker eight year old son of Maynard and Mrs. Parker of Loves Park Illinois and formerly of Viroqua drowned Saturday in Rock County Illinois. He was born October 3 1959 in Viroqua and moved to Loves Park years ago. Services will be at Bethel Lutheran Church near Viroqua at 2 PM Tuesday with burial in the church cemetery. Beigr Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements. Surviving are his parents two brothers and grandparents.
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Viroqua
Wis
Randall Parker
Maynard Parker
Loves Park
Ill
Rock County
Randall
Bethel Lutheran Church
Peder Nordsletten
Beigr Funeral Home
Michael
Kent
Jess Parker
Clarence R. Hanson
Minister with 9 arrests appointed to Board of Education
The Rev. Milton A. Galamison, a Brooklyn Presbyterian pastor who was arrested nine times during protests against city school policies, was named by Mayor John V. Lindsay to the New York Board of Education. He joined four others to raise the board to 13 members under a school decentralization plan. Galamison described the city’s 1.1 million pupil system as in very bad almost indescribable shape with most Black students a year to three years behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Education
John V. Lindsay
Milton A. Galamison
Brooklyn
Iive
Galamison
C5 Galaxy Sets Takeoff Weight Record at 520000 Lbs
The Galaxy, the largest airplane, achieved an unofficial takeoff weight of 520000 pounds on its second test flight in Atlanta. C5 flight test program manager Chet Payne said the 246 foot long plane with a 223 foot wingspan weighed about 10 tons more at takeoff than any prior aircraft. The cargo bay measures 121 by 19 by 13% feet and could fit an eight lane bowling alley.
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Atlanta, Ga
Chet Payne
10 Percent Surtax Takes Effect In Federal Withholding
The 10 percent national income surcharge approved by President Johnson goes into effect, raising federal tax withholding for most Americans. Only the two lowest brackets are exempt. The retroactive feature means additional tax will be owed next April 15, with smaller refunds and larger payments in 1969. The measure aims to fund Vietnam War costs and social programs, with broader fiscal actions including sped up corporate taxes and extended excises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Howard J. Samuels
Attendance at 1968 La Crosse Interstate Fair Tops 100000
The 1968 La Crosse Interstate Fair closed with attendance over 100000, nearly doubling the 12 year old record of 55000. Estimated gate and midway revenue, premium money of about 11000, button sales around 12000, and a peak Saturday crowd of about 50000 marked a strong finish despite Sunday showers.
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la Crosse
Kuehn
Canadians Win 19 Percent Pay Hike Over Three Years
Ottawa AP report details a 19 per cent wage rise over three years for Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers members on the St Lawrence Seaway. The agreement, retroactive to Nov 1, 1964, includes 7, 6.5, and 5.5 percent yearly increases, closing a wage gap with U S workers and avoiding further strikes through 1970.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Seaway Authority
Montreal
United States
W. J. Smith
Seaway
U.S
Bastille Day clashes mar Paris celebrations
Demonstrators clash with police on Bastille Day in Paris Latin Quarter as tear gas and baton charges erupt near Boulevard St. Michel. President de Gaulle reviews parade units along the Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees amid rain.
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Paris
Latin Quarter
Boulevard St. Michel
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysees
Arm Caught in Pool Drain Seized Up to Shoulder
Patricia O'Brien 12 of Watervliet became stuck when her left arm slipped into a four inch steel drain pipe at Schuyler Park Pool in Troy during a shallow pool visit. Firefighters freed the arm after five hours of drilling and breaking concrete, then two squads returned Sunday to remove the pipe, a nine hour effort. Patricia was sedated and taken to St Mary's Hospital in Troy, with doctors uncertain about tissue damage until swelling subsides.
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Troy
N.Y
Patricia O’brien
Patricia
Watervliet
Schuyler Park
Albert
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tory
Russell Sheehan
U S and Soviet Sign 1968 69 Cultural Exchange Pact
The United States and the Soviet Union signed a 1968 69 cultural and technical exchange agreement after tough bargaining. It extends a decade long program of scientific technical educational and cultural contacts and follows the Moscow New York air route opening. Negotiations began June 3 and concluded last week.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Nikola M. Lunkov
Foreign Ministry
New York
Vietnam
Thompson
Plane Veers Off Runway Lands in Mud at Minneapolis
A Western Airlines jet with 84 passengers and seven crew members veered off the runway and became stuck in mud after landing in Minneapolis Saint Paul on Saturday night. No injuries were reported.
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Minneapolis - ST. Paul
Western Airlines
Weekend Deaths in Wisconsin Traffic Crash Toll Rises
A deputy sheriff patrol car in a high speed pursuit caused a four death crash in Calumet County. Victims include deputy Charles Hansen and Katherine McNaughton with her daughter Eileen. Additional fatalities occurred in Chippewa, Wautoma, and Vernon counties among drivers and pedestrians.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Calumet County
Charles Hansen
Chilton
Katherine McNaughton
Hilbert
Eileen
McNaughton
Mrs. McNaughton
John
Chilton Hospital
Chippewa County
Bloomer
Glen Dale
Mondovi
Oliver J. Olson
Cornell
Milwaukee
Thomas S. Gross
Wautoma
Wayne E. Wedell
Wade L. Fifer
Ed Hoffland Jr
County Sheriffs Urge Gun Crime Law
HIBBING Minn AP Forty four Minnesota county sheriffs adopted a resolution urging the state legislature to pass a law that imposes no less than ten years imprisonment for anyone convicted of possessing a firearm while committing a felony. The group also backed firearm permit requirements for handgun buyers and licensing of dealers with transfer records to county sheriffs. They urged bans on private possession of bazookas machine guns mortars hand grenades and similar weapons. A state wide radio communications system with federal funds was also supported by the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbing, Minn
Minnesota
State Sheriffs Association
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Illinois
Joseph R. Coyne
Thomas
Keith Kuehn
Cleary
Tri-State
la Crosse County
Thomas O’connell
Albert Becker
Pool
Girl
Patricia O'Brien
Henry
Bradsher
Iers Grove
Readstown
Vernon County
John C. Much Sr
Willard Much
Fremont
Much
Outagamie
Superior
Robert Lee Page
Duluth
Minn
Harold Lamar
Two Rivers
Lori Soerens
Oostburg
Joseph Hallas
Waukegan
Coenen Ewee
Wenns
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