New Era in Steel Opening Here
About 200 US Air Force and Navy planes destroyed six bridges and a river ferry in North Viet Nam, the largest destructive operation to date. Ground losses included four Americans killed, plus the death of another American announced Thursday. A Vietnamese air strike targeted an area near Quang Khe and the Gianh River ferry at Xuan Son.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Navy
Marine Corps
Quang Khe
Viet Nam
Xuan Son
Gianh River
Dong Hoi
Phu Qui
Hanoi
Pho Son
Armco Groundbreaking in Middletown Sets Record Growth
Gov James A Rhodes attends Armco’s Project 600 ceremony marking a 300 million expansion, creating 1 000 permanent jobs with peak 2 000 workers during construction. The event honors George M Verity and features a stainless steel flagpole gift to Armco.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Armeco
Johnston
Smith
Don S. Holstein
Barry Levey
Ohio
Mate
Armco
Aid For India Received Codly Aid For India Received Codly
New Delhi report on a billion dollar aid pledge by the United States and nine other nations for India's development. US Indian relations were described as cool, with Patriot linking the aid to Johnson's postponement of Prime Minister Shastri's Washington visit and his cancellation of a Moscow trip.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Patriot
Johnson
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Washington
Shastri
Moscow
Red Communications Satellite Launch Report
The Soviet Union announced it had placed its first communications satellite into orbit and conducted television transmissions between Moscow and Vladivostok, 4,000 miles east on the Sea of Japan.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Viet Cong to Allow Letters for U S Prisoners
The American Red Cross reports Viet Cong leaders agreed to deliver mail to 13 U S service members detained in South Vietnam. Pentagon officials say no direct contact is confirmed, with Cambodia and International Red Cross mediating. 12 are believed held in South Vietnam, 1st Lt Hayden J Lockhart Jr. of Springfield Ohio is among them.
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Washington
American
Red Cross
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
American Red Cross
International Red Cross
Cambodia
Associated Press
Defense Department
Air Force
Hayden J. Lockhart Jr
Springfield
Ohio
North Viet Nam
Cancer Girl Is Runaway From Shaker Heights Home
An 11 year old girl named Christine Simko who lost her right leg to cancer fled a suburban Cleveland children's home in Shaker Heights. Police said she called her mother Lily Simko from downtown Cleveland but hung up. Christine had run away from a girls industrial school about a year earlier and had been under Juvenile Court ward.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Shaker Heights
Christine Simko
Lily Simko
Cleveland
Christine
Metropolitan General Hospital
Dr King Leads Boston Civil Rights March to End Segregation
Dr Martin Luther King and Rev Ralph Abernathy head a three mile march from Boston Common to protest segregation in schools and jobs. About 5000 marchers start at 11 33 am with 25000 expected. leaders plan a split to City Hall and to meet Mayor John Collins.
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Boston
Martin Luther King
Boston Common
King
Ralph Abernathy
Kings
John Collins
John Said
Edison and the birth of electric light changes daily life
The remark notes how Thomas Edison enabled electric illumination, transforming routines that would otherwise rely on candles, and hints at the broader impact on modern amenities like television.
Floods hit Illinois Iowa as Mississippi surges over Dubuque
The Mississippi River flood swamped Dubuque Iowa and pressed western Illinois and eastern Iowa, with Prairie du Chien Wisconsin facing a peak. The disaster prompted President Johnson to declare Iowa a disaster area as 42 injured and 3,000 Iowa evacuations were reported and millions in damages counted. Volunteers piled sandbags while crews anticipated a crest around 26.5 feet in Dubuque and eight blocks downtown already flooded.
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Iowa
Illinois
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Shomes
Johnson
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Clinton
Sheriff's Deputies
Quincy
Ill
New Hampton
Bomb Tossed At Embassy in London
A gasoline bomb exploded at the entrance of the Irish Embassy in London just before midnight, breaking windows and burning woodwork. No injuries reported as staff slept upstairs. a cab driver helped extinguish the fire until fire crews arrived. The IRA movement later rallied outside urging Irishmen to wear the Easter Lily emblem during Easter week.
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London
Irish Republican Movement
Dublin
Fire Bomb Hurled At New York Church
A Molotov bottle was hurled at St Patrick Cathedral in midtown New York injuring Emma Reyes and others. Police arrested 25 year old David L Malone, a former Houston resident, on arson and related charges within hours. The suspect wore denim outfit. a second bottle and jacket found nearby linked to Malone.
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New York Church
New York
St. Patrick's
David L. Malone
Houston
Tex
Emma Gomez Reyes
45Th Ave
Elmhurst
Queens
Fifth Avenue
50Th
List Streets
DLM
New York Public Library
Malone
Department of Welfare
E. 3Rd St
Simkin mediates to avert May 1 steel strike
Pittsburgh AP William F. Simkin chief federal labor negotiator intervened in steel talks. He met with 11 major producers and USW leaders to find a middle ground on a 17 percent wage demand. No contract no work remains the union stance. no further talks scheduled yet.
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Armee
Johnston
Pittsburgh
William F. Simkin
Th United Steelworkers Union
Simkin
Wage Policy Committee
USW
David J. McDonald
Vote Bill Will Get First Test
Senate leaders plan an early test vote on the voting rights bill by approving a Williams amendment. The rider would impose heavy penalties for vote buying and election fraud. Mansfield and Dirksen expect a vote Monday or Tuesday to breakout the debate.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Williams
Del
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Williams
Unstable Warm Air Sparks Scattered Showers Tonight
Scattered thundershowers are forecast for tonight and Saturday as warm air moves in. Temperatures are expected to reach the 70s with a low in the gritty overnight period. The record notes a high yesterday.
Economy In Ohio Report Sees Strong Boom Period
Ohio officials say the state is in a great boom with improving prosperity. William Papier notes unemployment payouts in early 1964 fell 34.1 percent versus 1958, and 1,113 workers exhausted unemployment benefits in the first quarter this year versus 12,134 a year earlier.
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Columbus
Ome
Ohio
William Papier
Bureau
May ballot push for OhioState four statewide issues
A strong crowd urged approval of four Itate issues on the May 4 ballot. Issue No 2 would provide another million for the Middletown branch of Miami University. Groundbreaking ceremonies featured Rhodes Johnston Wells and Holstein, a parade of construction vehicles, aerial bombs, and bands from Middletown and area high schools. Johnston announced the visiting members of America’s board of directors at a banquet at the Manchester Motor Inn.
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Itate
Middletown High School
Fenwick High School
Monroe High School
Manchester Motor [Inn
Johnston
Armea
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State of
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Milton Wells
Armco Employes Independent Federation
Jackson Lane
East Works
Don C. Osborne
George M. Verity
American Rolling Mill Co
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Middletown Area
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Hoffman
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