British Seamen Strike Threatens Islands Economy
British merchant seamen began a nationwide walkout at midnight, threatening economy and daily life across ports from Southampton to Singapore. The 62,500 members seek a $1.75 monthly raise, 40 hour week, and higher overtime pay, with war-time measures and rationing considered if needed.
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London
UPI
Southampton
Singapore
Britain
National Union of Seamen
Harold Wilson
NUS
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Ing
United States
NAS
William Hogarth
Patrick Hennessey
Ford Motor Com
Tashkent Quake Levels Buildings
Soviet reports detail twin quakes on April 26 and May 10 plus 300 aftershocks that destroyed at least 28 000 buildings in Tashkent leaving 35 000 families homeless. Eight to ten killed and 1 000 injured many hospitalized heart attacks and nervous breakdowns reported by Pravda and Komsomol Pravda.
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Moscow
UPI
Tashkent
Pravda
Komsomol Pravda
Intourist
Nasser Warns of Armed Struggle in Arab Alliance
President Nasser at a Port Said luncheon with Soviet Premier Kosygin warned of an armed struggle against an alliance of imperialism and reaction in the Arab world. He recalled 1956 support from the Soviet Union while reaffirming anti imperialist resolve amid Yemen and Saudi tensions. Kosygin echoed Soviet support and offered shipbuilding cooperation.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Port Said
Farid Toulan
Nasser
Alexei Kosygin
Cairo
Alexandria
Soviet Union
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
State Department
U.S
United States
Saudia Arabia
Yemen
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Kosygin
United Arab Republic
Martyr’s Square
Suez Canal
Canal Authority
Mashour Ahmed Mashour
Explosion in Waterloo Damages Buildings and Injures Mayor
A gas leak in an alley between downtown Waterloo buildings caused a blast wrecking three structures and injuring eight people including Mayor John Mitchell. The fire destroyed a Rural Electrification Cooperative office building and an adjacent appliance store, while a children's shop and a barber shop suffered damage. Investigators looked into the gas main, with street closures and debris removal ongoing.
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Waterloo, Ill
UPI
John Mitchell
Rural Electrification Cooperative
Mitchell
Waterloo
St. Louis
Pope Critical of Poland Polity On Millennium Pilgrimage
Pope Paul VI denounced Poland’s government for blocking a Warsaw pilgrimage for the 1000th Christian anniversary. He called the refusal unjust and said the millenium events reflect religious and civil liberty, expressing personal sorrow over the ban and urging respect for the Catholic celebration. The dispute followed a bishops letter inviting German bishops to participate.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Poland
Warsaw
Pope Paul
Msgr
Giovanni Battista Montini
Vatican
St. Peter’s Basilica
Paul
Stefan
Cardinal Wyszynski
Thayer Hall of Fame statue unveiled at New York University
A bust of Sylvanus Thayer known as the Father of West Point was unveiled at NYU's Hall of Fame for Great Americans, marking his 89th memorialized figure. President Johnson attended Catholic Mass with Luci and her fiancé then traveled to Camp David. Senator Church said Western Europe seeks NATO accommodation after France crisis.
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New York
UPI
Sylvanus Thayer
West Point
Hall of Fame
New York University
Thayer
United States
Washington
Johnson
Luci
Patrick J. Nugent
Camp David
White House
Frank Church
D-Idaho
America
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Church
Meet the Press
NBC
France
France Faces 24 Hour Strike With Paris March
Leftist unions and anti Gaulle groups plan a 24 hour strike and a huge march through central Paris on Tuesday to parallel protests against President Charles de Gaulle. The action marks a rare postwar mobilization in France.
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Paris
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
Hartford Highway Tests Sponge Barrier On Merritt Parkway
Connecticut engineers study crash barrier design with a four foot mound of earth and wood chips in the Merritt Parkway median to test deflection of out of control vehicles using a sponge like material.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Merritt Parkway
Weather Scout Nimbus 2 Launch From Vandenberg
Nimbus 2, a 912 pound weather satellite built for two week predictions, was launched from Vandenberg and placed into a polar orbit. It carries infrared cameras and heat sensors to study atmospheric patterns and improve global weather forecasts.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
UPS
Nimbus 2
Strategic Air Command
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nimbus
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Maryland
Nixon Attacks Viet Nam Policy At Illinois Fundraiser
Former Vice President Richard Nixon denounced the Johnson Administration’s Vietnam policy as likely to cause defeat through South Vietnamese disintegration. He urged greater air and sea blows, mining to cut Haiphong's supply lines, and feared U.S. pullout would require broader drafts and wider regional deployment. He also forecast a strong 1966 Republican year with gains in Senate, House, governorships and state legislatures.
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Decatur, Ill
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Viet Nam
Nixon
South Viet Nam
U.S
United States
Thailand
Philippines
GOP
Senate
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Tim Babcock
Montana
Kennedy Family Wins Riding Ribbons at School Show
Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline won ribbons at the St. Bernard's School Horse Show in Gladstone New Jersey. Jacqueline rode Winchester to fourth in Road Hack and won paired jumping with Bonnie Durward. Caroline placed fourth in pony hunter under saddle with Macaroni. The Kennedys finished second in the family class. John-John did not place.
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Gladstone
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline
St. Bernard’s School
Winchester
Bonnie Durward
Kennedy
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Wilson
U.A.R
Saigon
UPI Telephoto
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Suva
Fiji
United Kingdom
South Pacific Commission
Pitcairn Island
HMS Bounty
Commission
Pacific
Pitcairn
Oldsters
William Joyce
Haw Haw
Sunday Mirror
Home Office
LBJ
William L. Springer
R-Ill
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Kennedys
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