Airlines Strike Move By Congress Delayed
Congress delays action as airline strike losses mount with 66 000 idled workers and billions in revenue impact. Senate leaders weigh emergency measures while unions push back and mediation options are explored.
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Congress
Senate
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
House Labor Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
White House
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Machinists
Braniff
Continental
Northeast Airlines
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Transport
American Airlines
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
Johnson
Wrights face harassment over move to Grosse Pointe Woods
Allen Andrews of public safety said police investigated three incidents of shouting at the Wright home and that one witness saw a teenager shout from a convertible. The Michigan civil rights commission urged residents to treat the situation calmly and judged the Wrights as a young family seeking a peaceful home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Andrews
Director of Public Safety
Wright
Andrews
Grosse Pointe Woods
Civil Rights Commission
Michigan Civil Rights Commission
CRC
Wrights
Senate votes against Byrd amendment on West Europe steel aid deal
The Senate adopts a compromise to overhaul foreign aid aimed at blocking a state supported steel plant deal to Communist China. The measure passes 74 to 17, with Kennedy Mundt proposing a two member committee to oversee the aid program beginning July 1, 1968. Fulbright criticizes the move as a grave insult to a key ally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
West Europe
China
North Viet Nam
Free World
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Senate
GOP
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Robert F. Kennedy
D-Ny
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
House
NYC Plan Aims High Speed Transit Between Cities
NYC official stated shuttle speeds over 100 mph could be sustained and Midwest jet tests showed adequate track and roadbed. Hoffman said current US rail speeds top around 82 mph and Japan-like high speed goals could reach 107 mph. He noted travel times from New York to Albany could be cut from two hours by air to about 25 minutes rail-to-rail, with center-town pickups and drop-offs eliminating airport transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
United States
Hoffman
Japan
New York
Albany
Iowa Twister Touches Midwest Searing Storms Hit Region
United Press International reports thunderstorms and tornadoes across the Midwest. A funnel cloud appeared near Des Palmes Illinois while Redfield Iowa saw a twister. Lightning killed two and injured two near Fond du Lac Wisconsin as a heat wave surged New York City to near record highs and fire hydrant water use broke heat.
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United Press International
Midwest
Fond du Lac
Wis
New York City
Broken Bow
Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
Redfield
Chapman
Chicago
Des Palmes
Wilmette
Herrera Named Director of Operation Ser in Texas
Gil bert L. Herrera, coordinator at Camp Gary Job Corps in San Marcos, appointed director of Operation Ser. The program creates jobs for progress centers in Corpus Christi, El Paso, Houston, San Antonio, and four other states, run by the G I Forum and LULAC. Herrera will earn $17,000 annually directing the 360,000 federal effort for Spanish speaking citizens.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Area Families Add Newborns Across Lubbock Region
Multiple births reported in Lubbock area clinics and hospitals. Fathers hold various local jobs from Army officer to factory worker as newborns arrive at West Texas Hospital, Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital, Laut Clinic, Lauf Clinic, Highland Hospital and Methodist Hospital with weights ranging from 6 pounds 3 ounces to 9 pounds.
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Hal Kennedy Muldrow
Brownfield
West Texas Hospital
U.S. Army
Guadalupe Garcia
8Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Lubbock Manufacturing Co
Leon Walden
San Jose
Joe Ellis
Hart
Laut
George Irvin
Bth
Santos Gonzales
Southland
David Franklin Watson
28Th St
Hemphill-Wells Co
Radical changes urged to improve cotton quality in Texas
Texas lawmakers heard proposals to shift costs of varietal development to public institutions and to push localized one variety gin blocks. Proponents warn current mixed markets hurt Texas cotton's spinning value while noting wide climate and soil differences across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Lockett
Delwin Jones
Lubbock
W. W. Lynch
Dallas
Washington
Jones
Smith
Rio Grande Valley
High Plains
el Paso
Texarkana
Locklett
Common Market Sets Tariff Offers For U S Talks
Six member nations of the Common Market finalized tariff offers after a 15 hour council session. The offers aim to liberalize trade in grain fruit vegetables fish beef dairy tobacco wine beer whiskey rice and sugar. United States representatives Jones Schiller Connally and others will meet in Brussels and Amarillo for further discussions.
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Brussels
UPI
Combe
Jones
Miltons
J. Schiller
Cameron
Wayne W. Connally
Flores
United Statesville
Amarillo
Council of Ministers
GM Profits Dip in First Half 1966 Amid Slower Auto Sales
General Motors reported 1966 first-half profits lower than 1965 as car and truck sales declined 4 percent to 3.874 million in the period. Production fell 7 percent to 1.895 million vehicles worldwide. GM noted strong economy and rising consumer income as reasons for an expected continued favorable outlook. USS Steel posted lower second-quarter and first-half profits for 1966, with six-month earnings of 127.5 million and per-share value of 2.36, down from 154.8 million and 2.63 in 1965.
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Donner
Roche
U.S. Steel
NEW York
UPI
USS. Steel Corp
Southern Schools In Federal Aid Denial
UPI reports the U S Office of Education moved to cut off federal aid funds to 11 southern school districts in Alabama Arkansas Mississippi and South Carolina for failing to desegregate. Education Commissioner Harold Howe II said districts would be given a hearing before a federal examiner.
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Washington
UPI
U. S. Office of Education
Harold Howe II
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Mao Appears To Be Champion Swimmer
Washington UPI reports Sen. Robert P. Griffin comments on Red China's claim that Mao Tse-tung swam nine miles in 65 minutes in the Yangtze. Griffin calculates Mao would average 24.6 seconds per 100 yards, noting the record is 45.6 seconds, calling the claim a lie.
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Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Red China
Mao Tse- Tung
Yangtze River
Mao
Batman
China
Yank Troops Repel Attack Near Saigon
UPI reports Communist guerrillas attacked the U.S. 25th Infantry Division headquarters 20 miles northwest of Saigon Tuesday night with mortars and recoilless rifles for two hours. U.S. spokesmen said light casualties and damages. Air raids and naval strikes targeted ammo dumps and supply centers in North and South Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S. 25Th Infantry
U. S
Soc Trang
Air Force
Duc Tho
Vinh
South
Viet Nam
White River
al Guerrila
Tax Suit Over 1966 Tax Rolls Involving Tech Garden Apartments
A tax suit over the 1966 valuation and assessment of the 214 unit Tech Garden Apartments at 501 N Ave U seeks to halt tax roll closings and tax collection. Plaintiffs bought the property for 271700 on May 19 1965. 1966 assessed value is 348750 with real value 523111. Judge Bean granted a temporary restraining order. Testimony covered valuation methods including replacement cost less depreciation and renditions by city and county officials.
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Tech Garden
N., Ave. U
Bean
Thomas J. Griffith
Charles Cobb
Fred Senter
Jim Kirchenstein
Austin
Ralph Thompson
Lucille Merrett
Kirchenstein
Griffith
Lubbock
Cobb
Thompson
Tropical Storm Ella Advances Through Hurricane Alley
Tropical Storm Ella whipped high seas ashore in the Leeward and Virgin Islands. Forecasters warned Ella could gain strength, tracking a path similar to past hurricanes as it steams toward the Caribbean and Atlantic.
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Ella
Miami
UPI
Leeward
Virgin Islands
San Juan
Wool production to dip slightly from 1965 total
The Agriculture Department estimates U S wool output for this year at about 211 million pounds, roughly 1 percent below the 213 6 million pounds produced in 1965. The report notes a small decline in overall shearings and farm output factors.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Agriculculture Department
Moonwatchers Confirm Long History of Lunar Activity
NASA researchers and astronomers trace more than 200 reports of brief lunar activity dating to 1587. Observed color changes, veils, and brightening near Aristarchus suggest transient outgassing or vapor releases. эксперاث
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Kozyrev
Jaylee Burley
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Barbara M. Middlehurst
Goddard
Ibis
Aristarchus
Harold C. Urey
University of California At
Cameron
Connally Links Riots to Economic Opportunity
Texas Governor John Connally, on a Latin American tour, argues that U S racial strife stems from limited education and economic prospects, not civil rights alone. He notes Texas avoids riots due to minority involvement in public life and political office, while opposing Alabama policies and signaling a possible third term bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
John Connally
Texas
United States
Connally
U.S
San Antonio
Alabama
Belgian Victims In Sad Journey After Bus Crash
Thirty three victims of a bus crash in Limburg Belgium, mostly Belgian schoolchildren, were placed in Belgian army trucks and taken to Brussels after a memorial at Tilemann School. Six adults and 27 children died, ten survived, two in critical condition.
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Limburg
Germany
UPI
Tilemann
Brussels
Here
Air Force Fighter Crashes During Refueling Exercise
An Air Force RF101 Voodoo fighter crashed during a refueling maneuver near Courtney in the northern Piedmont of North Carolina. Capt. John Honeycutt of Shaw Air Force Base parachuted to safety into a yard several miles away after the malfunction in the four engine tanker exercise.
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Yackinville
N.C
Air Force
Courtney
North Carolina
Piedmont
John Honeycutt
Shaw Air Force Base
Sumter
S.C
Honeycutt
No Easeup Seen In Red Threat
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara returned from a Paris NATO meeting saying the Soviet threat in Europe has not diminished. He gave no sign of an impending U.S. force reduction in West Germany and noted that some allies believe the threat remains while others disagree.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
McNamara
U.S
West Germany
NATO
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Operation Ser
Casey Jones
Alfred E. Perlman
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Anton
Lauf
Nowell Gin
Eddie Valdez
Post
Lauf Clinic
Garza Cotton Mill
Wendell Fowler
44Thy St
Highland Hospital
Scoggins-Dickey Buick Co
Homer J. Clements
Methodist Hospital
Plains Helicopter Co
California
San Joaquin Valley
West Texas
Jim Osborne
Texas Tech
Osborne
Autole
Southern
James Jabara
U.S. Air Force
Korea
South Viet Nam
Jabara
31St Tactical Fighter Wing
Homestead Afb
Florida
Joseph L. Myler Washington
Nickolai A. Kozyrev
Crater
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