Britain Adopts Metric System 10-Year Plan
London reports that Britain will abandon pounds quarts and inches and switch to metric measurements within ten years. Douglas Jay says education and industry efforts will train students and workers to use metric units while a government industry committee coordinates the transition with commonwealth governments. More than half of exports already go to metric nations.
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Federation of British Industries
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Britain
United States
Laird Attacks Johnson Over Cuba Policy
Rep. Melvin Laird voices GOP opposition to what he calls the administration’s tacit acceptance of a permanent Communist Cuba. He questions reports of a coalition government in the Dominican Republic including rebels, warned against U.S. guarantees backing such forces, and urged firm anti Communist aims worldwide.
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Bulgarian exile leader Nedkov slain in Oslo court murder
A Bulgarian refugee confessed in a Gothenburg court to killing Hristo Nedkov, former secretary of a worldwide anti Communist exile group. The motive was unclear and authorities indicated possible involvement by other Bulgarian refugees. The hearing continued in closed session.
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Belgium Premier Theo Lefevre resigns amid coalition defeat
Belgium Prime Minister Theo Lefevre resigned after his Socialist Catholic coalition lost 39 seats in the 212 seat parliament, leaving him one seat short of amending the constitution. King Baudouin welcomed the move as talks began on a new government. Liberals gain seats and consider a three way coalition, opposing constitutional reforms.
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Churches Meet for Interchurch Cooperation in Geneva
In Geneva Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders held the first joint session at WCC headquarters to replace religious competition with cooperation. The six Vatican representatives and eight WCC delegates met to set procedures and future session programs after Cardinal Bea’s historic February visit.
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Prison guards halt escape as three inmates killed at Parchman
Three convicts were shot and killed during a noon escape attempt at Parchman State Penitentiary in Mississippi. Two other inmates fled in a stolen truck but were recaptured about 90 minutes later. The attackers used homemade zip guns and a knife to overpower a guard at a farm camp near the main complex. The identified dead are James Henry Earnest Emory Waltman and William Hill. the captured escapees are Malcom Houston and Michael Ewing. Sergeant Kenneth Bagwell was wounded in the ensuing pursuit.
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Parchman State Penitentiary
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Emory Waltman
William Hill
Malcom Houston
Michael Ewing
Kenneth Bagwell
One Dead After School Bus Overturns on Turnpike Exit
A Pennsylvanian turnpike exit crash left one 11 year old pupil dead and at least 25 injured. The Donegal Township Elementary School students, fifth and sixth graders returning from a field trip to Pittsburgh, were aboard the bus driven by Dean Mowry of Scottdale whose brakes allegedly failed. Five others were hospitalized with several in critical condition as motorists aided victims at the scene ten miles north of Somerset, 40 miles east of Pittsburgh.
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Donegal
Mount Pleasant Community Hospital
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Pittsburgh
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Scottdale
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African Visitor Held as Smallpox Victim in Washington
A 30 year old African woman in Washington is isolated and treated as a suspected smallpox case while tests confirm the illness. Technicians in DC General Hospital and the Atlanta center test samples from the May 16 exposure, with preliminary results suggesting a mild case. World Health Organization aids contact tracing and vaccination for possible exposures. If confirmed, it would be the first Washington area smallpox case in 20 years.
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Atlanta
New York
Accra
Ghana
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United States
Murry Grant
World Health Organization
Akron belt maker claims endless conveyor belt variations
Versatile Akron plant officials say the industry leader could produce a unique conveyor belt of the same length every day for over 1,000 years, given endless combinations of widths thicknesses plies fabric reinforcements and rubber compounds.
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Akron, Ohio
Upi
Strike Threat Delays Gemini Launch Set for June
Union leaders threatened a walkout against Aerojet General Corp. could delay next week's Gemini-4 two man orbital flight. Bob Gregory IAM Lodge 946 charged Aerojet reps walked out of talks Monday at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, with a walkout now set for June 3.
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UPI
Aerojet General Corp
Bob Gregory
Lodge 946
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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