Mine Run and Today in History Collage
A compilation notes June 10 1969 as the 161st day with lunar phase, notable historical events and a newspaper column excerpt praising trading stamps in banking. It references U S Marines in 1898, Lidice 1942, and 1967 Israeli-Soviet context, plus business blurbs on promotion and color TV growth in Europe.
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Mars
United States
Cuba
Lidice
Soviet Union
Israel
Syria
Mideast
United Nations
Allen County Times
New Haven
Indiana
Labor and Industry oppose wage price controls
Washington reports show organized labor and most industrial leaders oppose wage price controls to curb inflation. AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce reject any form of controls, while administration officials deny plans for such measures and urge restraint through fiscal and monetary policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
Chamber of Commerce
Arch N. Booth
Chamber
Nixon
Council To Seek Jobs For Students
Governor Whitcomb will meet with about 30 Indiana executives forming the Council for Private Action CPA to push up to 25000 summer student jobs. Robert Garton Columbus named project director assisted by John Coppes Indiana Employment Security Division Robert Galm Indiana Youth Council and William Bor Commissioner. He notes records are scattered but interest already high with employers and students calling and referrals to the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
UPI
Whitcomb
Indiana
Council For Private Action
CPA
Robert Garton
Columbus
John Coppes
Indiana Employment Security Division
Robert Galm
Indiana Youth Council
William Bor
Garton
Warning Issued On Fireworks In Indiana
The Indiana State Police and Fire Marshal crackdown targets unlawful fireworks under the state anti fireworks law. Police Supt. Robert K. Konkle and Fire Marshal Norman M. Fesler list seized items as torpedoes sky rockets roman candles daygo bombs and all exploding fireworks. Legal items include fixed firearm ammunition sparklers on wires without magnesium or chlorate flitter sparklers up to one eighth inch diameter toy snakes without mercury and paper cap devices.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Robert K. Konkle
Norman M. Fesler
Beach Closed Temporarily At Shakamak
The beach at Shakamak State Park was closed Monday due to a mechanical breakdown in treatment facilities. Repairs are underway and should finish today with a State Board of Health inspection to follow before reopening by week’s end.
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Shakamak State Park
State Board of Health
William Walters
State Parks Department
Daily Citizen
Czechs Face New Price Increases
Prague reports new price hikes raise living costs as the government moves to cool the overheated economy. Wages now require four years of work to buy the cheapest car, up from two and a half, while resale taxes soar, eroding private enterprise.
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Prague
UPI
Indiana Guard units prepare for summer field training
About 8,000 members of the 38th Division of the Indiana Army National Guard will depart Saturday for a 15 day drill at Camp Grayling Michigan. Another 3,000 non divisional guardsmen will stay in Indiana for weekend drills at Camp Atterbury and civil defense support.
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Indianapolis
UPI
38Th Division
Indiana Army National Guard
Camp Grayling
Mich
John N. Owens
Army National
Owens
Indiana
38Th
Kenneth W. Brewer
Jack K. Elrod
Indiana Air National Guard
122Nd Tactical Fighter Group
Fort Wayne
Baer Field
Utah
181St Tactical Fighter Group
Terre Haute
Hulman Field
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Bombers Halt Red Drive Near Tay Ninh City
U S B52 raids dumped nearly 900 tons of bombs as Allied and South Vietnamese forces engaged in heavy fighting around Tay Ninh city and province. Communists reported 546 killed. U S losses were 20 killed or wounded. Far north, Marine units attacked northwest of An Hoa with 157 enemy killed. Civilian casualties rose as rockets hit Saigon near police HQ.
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Saigon
UPD
U.S
Tay Ninh
Mekong
South Vietnam
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
5Th Marine Division
Leathernecks
An Hoa
National Police
Long
South Vietnam Troops To Be Better Trained
The United States plans to spend over 1,000 dollars per soldier next year equipping the South Vietnamese army and may withdraw more U S troops if results justify it. Defense Secretary Laird said the first 25,000 man withdrawal will be heavily weighted with Army and Marine units. The South Vietnamese force levels rise toward 875,000 by year end, roughly 15 million U S army in population terms.
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London
Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Defense
Melvin R Laird
Nixon
Midway
Laird
Pentagon
Congress
Withdrawal To Proceed
The United States plans to withdraw 25,000 troops despite a potential Communist summer offensive. Nixon announced the plan after meeting South Vietnamese President Thieu in Midway Island talks. Allied sources say the pullout equates to a division and comes with no attached conditions amid reports of a new Viet Cong and North Vietnamese offensive.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Nixon
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
U. S
Washington
Residents Urged To Display Flags This Flag Week
American Legion Commander Ben Coleman asks area businesses and residents to display the American flag for the rest of the week. Governor Edgar Whitcomb proclaims this as Indiana Flag Week with National Flag Day on Saturday, June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Ben Coleman
Edgar Whitcomb
Indiana
Burger Is Confirmed Burger Is Confirmed
Senate confirms Warren E Burger as Chief Justice 74 to 3 after Democratic concerns the nomination was rushed. Senator Stephen M Young says ultraconservatives favored swift approval while Mansfield, away in Montana, would have postponed any war if asked. Attorney General Mitchell also pressed for quick action.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Earl Warren
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Stephen M Young
Ohio
Mansfield
Montana
John N. Mitchell
Prime Interest Rates Jump to 8.5 Percent Across Banks
Washington reports Rep Wright Patman urged action as banks lift prime lending rate for top customers from 7.5 to 8.5 percent. The 8.5 percent floor signals higher borrowing costs for homes, cars, and other loans nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
Congressional
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Nixon
Pope Paul VI Urges World Peace At ILO Speech
In Geneva Pope Paul VI warned that the peace of the world is at stake and urged nations to end the terrible evils and suffering afflicting workers. He spoke to the International Labor Organization after arriving from Rome in his first visit to the Protestant stronghold in over 500 years. He lamented ongoing injustices and deficiencies in the labor world.
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Geneva
UPI
Paul VI
International Labor Organization
ILO
United Nations
Rome
United States and South Vietnam Unite Over Midway Talks
At Midway, Nixon and Thieu pledge a united front for Paris negotiations. U.S. officials call a first slice withdrawal of 25,000 troops by August, with South Vietnamese forces increasing responsibility. The stance backs free elections in South Vietnam under international oversight.
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San Clementa
Calif
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
Paris
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Saigon
Washington
Midway
U.S
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
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Council
Shakamak
Linton-Stockton High School
Fred Livezey
Marilyn Garrigan
Roger Weaver
Citizen
Richard Nixon
Pacific Island
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