Agreement on Airline Strike Heads Toward Vote
President Johnson pushed negotiators toward a tentative settlement with 35,000 striking aircraft mechanics awaiting a vote. The contract would be put to ballots Sunday across about 70 locals to decide how quickly the five strikebound airlines resume flights. Locals were told to relay results by 6 p.m. local time.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Johnson
Striking Machinists Union
U.S
Thant Warned Vietnam War Could Become Major Conflict
U N Secretary General Thant said in Moscow that the Vietnam conflict could spill over frontiers into a major war if trends continue. He avoided predicting direct U S Soviet involvement and noted Soviet support for Hanoi while cautioning UN limits in the matter.
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Moscow
U.N
U Thant
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
Thant
U.S
Hanoi
United Nations
North
Young Bicyclist Killed By Car In Wisconsin
Annie Laurie Kenitz eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Kenitz of rural Montello was killed when a bicycle she rode was struck by a car driven by Edward Sellers of Oak Park Indiana in front of her home on County Trunk Sellers is held on negligent homicide charge The highway toll in Wisconsin reached 542 for the July 30 weekend reports AP Also noted were the deaths of Donald H Katz thirty of Janesville from injuries July 10 and Elizabeth L OBrien eighty two of Madison struck by a car on a Madison street
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Marquette County
Annie Laurie Kenitz
Walter Kenitz
Montello
Marquette County Sheriff's Deputies
Edward Sellers
Oak Park
Til
Kenitz
Sellers
Donald H. Katz
Janesville
Madison
Elizabeth L. O’brien
Madison Street
Milwaukee May See Garbage Workers Strike
City officials weigh shifting from collective bargaining to garbage collection as Laborers Union Local 61 threatens a Monday strike after talks collapsed. Officials planned meetings to review substitute collection methods if workers walk out.
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Milwaukee
Laborers Union Local 61
Afl-Cio
Sparta Educator New Superintendent Here
Milwaukee County receives a $42,500 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire 10 acres for park and recreation use in Wisconsin. The effort aims to expand local green space and community facilities.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Milwaukee County
Wis
Sparta
Johnson Open to Britain's Economic Plans and World Roles
President Johnson praised Prime Minister Harold Wilson for austerity measures to stabilize Britain’s economy while sustaining a global military and financial presence. Talks stressed self help to fix the balance of payments, with potential cuts in overseas outlays and Malaysia forces, yet a continued British role in Asia and global security.
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Washington
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Southeast Asia
London
Ottawa
U.S
Ing
West Germany
Bonn
Germany
Malaysia
United States
England
Viet Nam
Moscow
Hanoi
Baltimore racial rallies stalled by court injunction
In Baltimore the National States Rights Party was barred from holding further rallies by a circuit court injunction. Five people were charged with rioting after white youths attacked Negro neighborhoods following an anti Negro rally. Police maintained a strong presence as 400 patrolmen protected Riverside Park and nearby streets to enforce the order amid ongoing tensions.
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Baltimore
North Castle Street
National States Rights Party
Connie Lynch
Baltimore Grand Jury
Riverside Park
Patterson Park
William J. O’donnell
States Rights Party
Airlines Strikers Lose Ground As Reservations Boil Over
President Johnson moves toward settlement while calls flood airline reservation offices. TWA United Eastern and National report chaotic lines and rapid hiring of clerks as flights edge toward resumption within 12 to 72 hours after ratification.
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Johnson
Airlines
New York
Trans World Airlines
Philadelphia
Mike Kurm
Vations Department
San Francisco
Bill Feree
United Air Lines
Los Angeles
United
West Side
Eastern Airlines
Houston
TWA
St. Louis
National Airlines
Northwest
Eastern
Court Order Halts Picketing At Supervisor's Business Place
A court order halted picketing at William L Bush's grocery at 1602 Redfield St in La Crosse. The move followed a suit by the 8th Dist Supervisor against the Hillview union locals over representation votes. A County Court hearing is set for Monday at 2 p.m. and may extend or dissolve the temporary order.
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Jerome R. Rosso
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
William S. Boma
Hillview Home
8Th Dist
William L. Bush
Bush
Redfield St
Boma
Mary Vauk
Eugene Doyle
Bush’s
Ray Sunder
Weather outlook Fair and warmer through Sunday
The forecast calls for fair skies with a slight warming trend through Sunday. Lows around the low 60s tonight and highs near 90 on Sunday, with precipitation probabilities under five percent. Monday remains fair with little temperature change and morning low near 60.
Sparta Chooses Edsel Vergin As La Crosse Superintendent
Edsel Vergin appears unofficially chosen by the La Crosse School Board to become superintendent, with a formal public announcement planned for Monday. The decision followed a secret Thursday meeting as officials prepared for an Aug 8 or sooner decision, while Vergin must explain his Sparta resignation to its board.
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Sparta
Edsel Vergin
la Crosse
Vergin
Willard Hanson
Sparta Board of Education
Milton Hoglund
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White House
P.L. (Roy) Siemiller
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
William J. Curtin
National
al Montello
U.S. Grant
Viet Demilitarized Zone
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
Ben Hai
North Viet Nam
Gia Linh
North Vietnamese 324Th Division Has Been Using the Demilitarized Zone
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
UPI Telephoto
Richard B. Norton
Maryland
Carl Haas
Detroit
Newark
la Guardia
W. L. Christopherson
Christopherson
Sunder
Wilbert Ipsen
15Th Dist
Ipsen
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