Florsheim plant in Mexico to grow toward 650 workers
Mexico's Florsheim Shoe Co. plant plans three year expansion to 650 workers if sales stay at current peak. Don Manning noted wages near 24 million and rising production. Rotarians also heard forecasts on local business and politics from Carroll Motor Co. president Glenn Torreyson and Kaiser Refractories works manager Sally Hightower. Attorney Jerome Seigfreid offered an election year forecast.
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Mexico
Florsheim Shoe Co
Don Manning
Florsheim
Country Club
Glenn Torreyson
Carroll Motor Co
Sally Hightower
Kaiser Refractories
Jerome Seigfreid
Viet Cong rejects Nixon plan says Hanoi delegation
The Paris peace talks reported that North Viet Namese Premier Phan Van Cong indicated Viet Cong forces rejected Nixon eight point plan. The delegation did not confirm a full North Vietnamese rejection. They attacked the war policy, called for Thieu’s resignation, and demanded a specific withdrawal date for US troops and war materiel from South Vietnam.
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Paris
Phan van Cong
Nixon
North Vietnam
Dong
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
U.S. State Department
Thieu
Enemy Guns Doubled On Ho Chi Minh Trail
Saigon reports American fighter bombers destroyed an enemy surface to air missile and three antiaircraft guns in North Vietnam as raids continued along the Ho Chi Minh trail. A Navy plane dodged two SAM missiles while ground fighting yields tallies for allied forces in South Vietnam. The U Minh forest battles persist amid growing weapon numbers along the trail. Pathet Lao forces are claimed to have overrun Muong Kassy in southern Laos on the eve of a highway 13 route.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
U Minh Forest
Mekong
Hanoi
Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Muong Kassy
Laos
Luang Prabang
Vientiane
Local Leaders Foresee Growth Across Industries in 1972
Florsheim plant reported 1971 output of 713087 shoes plus 1574205 insoles and 1871607 heels and plans to lift daily insale and outsole production by 2000 to 2600 pairs. Executives forecast 1972 record sales. auto retail expects steady growth barring government and Nader impact. Public officials anticipate a lively election year with sheriff and treasurer races, plus a gubernatorial contest in which Kit Bond is the Republican nominee and Earl Blackwell a leading Democratic contender. Refractories chief predicts a booming fourth quarter driven by steel and auto demand as local clay industry remains tied to heat-using industries.
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Florsheim
Manning
Mr. Manning
Interco, Inc
Glenn Torreyson
Ralph
Nader
Mr. Torreyson
Jerome Seigfreid
Kit Bond
Seigfreid
Guerrillas Slip Into Irish Town Ahead of Newry March
IRA guerrillas reportedly slip into the blockaded Newry area as British troops guard a planned civil rights march by Roman Catholics. Roads are blocked and security forces search vehicles for hidden arms while authorities warn terrorists may exploit clashes.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Newry
Irish Republic
IRA
Londonderry
William Cardinal Conway
All Ireland
Republic
Royal Ulsters Constabulary
Girls Get Practical At Chelsea High School
Sherri Rosenthal and 54 Chelsea Senior High School girls petitioned for pregnancy and childbirth instruction after a teacher strayed from the textbook. They argued the course was boring and irrelevant and asked for factual coverage of pregnancy without moral or sexual value discussions.
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Chelsea
Mass
Sherri Rosenthal
Chelsea Senior High School
Sherri
Lifting 1000 Irish Suspects Are Interned
In Belfast the helicopter lifting suspects to internment becomes routine under PM Faulkner's policy. About 600 detainees were in internment or detention stages, with facilities at Crumlin Jail and the Maidstone ship. Camps at Long Kesh and Magilligan house the detainees, guarded by civil prison staff and army units. Internees endure harsh treatment reports, while authorities defend the need to prevent violence.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Crumlin
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Irish Republic
Tainee
Maidstone
Faulkner
Long Kesh
Magilligan
Lisburn
Civil Prison Service
Margilligan
Lough Foyle
Londonderry
Republic
Jack Lynch
Bomb found in Vancouver locker halts diverted jetliner
A bomb discovered in a Vancouver International Airport locker was disarmed Friday night after a CP Air jetliner carrying 88 people was diverted to Anchorage Alaska in an extortion plot. RCMP said officials were directed to the locker following a phone demand for a large sum of money.
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Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver International
Anchorage
Alaska
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
CP Air
Erin Mundy Phillips Born At Audrain Medical Center
Erin Mundy Phillips is the second child of Mr and Mrs Glenn Phillips of 1527 E Anderson Sr born today at 5 25 am at Audrain Medical Center weighing 11 pounds. She has a brother Sean Paul and is welcomed by grandparents Sam Mundy and Mrs George Phillips.
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Glenn Phillips
E. Anderson
Missing beagle leads to misled sightings in Auxvasse
J A Shock of Auxvasse seeks his four year old liver and white beagle after multiple calls reporting sightings describe black and white dogs. Despite many tips, the dog remains missing and a $25 reward is offered for return of the pet.
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J. A. Shock
Auxvasse
Mr. Shock
Ledger
Five sisters die in Milwaukee house fire tragedy
Five young sisters were killed when a fire trapped them in their bedrooms in Milwaukee. Parents Mr and Mrs Daniel Nowicki of Hales Corners, a brother and a grandmother escaped before firefighters arrived.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Daniel Nowicki
Hales Corners
Mahalia Jackson Buried in New Orleans
Friends and fans paid final respects as Mahalia Jackson arrived at her home city. Her body was placed in a crypt awaiting a permanent marble tomb modeled after Martin Luther King Jr.’s monument, with completion expected in several weeks.
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Mahalia
New Orleans
Mahalia Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr
Dockers Back At Table After Mediation Move
Top negotiators in the 120 day West Coast dock strike resumed talks with a private mediator. ILWU chief Harry Bridges and PMA president Edmund Flynn discussed submitting issues to binding arbitration while 13,000 dockworkers would return to work during arbitration. Grain dealers seek inclusion as West Coast negotiations continue in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
International Longshoreman’s and Warehousemen's Union
Edmund J. Flynn
Pacific Maritime Association
Sam Kagel
ILWU
Bridges
Flynn
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Nixon
Maritime Association
PMA
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Earl Blackwell
Hillsboro
Mr. Seigfreid
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Hightower
Mexico Ledger
Britain
Civil Rights Association
Short Strand
Erin Mundy Phillips
Dockers
Belleville
Wise
Mexico High School
Suzanne Ekedahl
Mary Livingston
Marsha Brown
Mexico Youth Center
James Rigby
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