Price Hikes Won't Be Rolled Back in Steel War
A united steel industry presses price increases of 2 to 3 per ton on sheet and strip used in autos and consumer goods. The Johnson administration denounces the move as inflationary while 11 major companies announce higher prices effective next Wednesday on about 30 percent of output. Washington Post notes Johnson has decided to let the steel price rise stand.
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Washington
United Steel Industry
White House
Johnson
Washington Post
Inland Steel
Moyers
Sense Department
Bethlehem Steel
Inland
Council of Economic Advisers
Ackley
America
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
National Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Armco
Kaiser
Pittsburgh Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Interlake
Skull and Bones Commandos Terrorize Village in Vietnam
South Viet Nam's Skull and Bones commandos, about 2,500 strong, torched Can village near the Cambodia border after abducting, executing two Viet Cong collaborators, and harming or killing villagers and water buffalo. The raid included a public safety items center and a metal stove used for explosive devices.
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Moc Hoa
South Viet Nam
Ag Commandy
Can
Cambodia
Commando Chs
Questioing
Senate action seeks end to airline machinists strike
The Senate approved a measure to order an end to the five airline machinists strike, with President Johnson authorized to extend the pause to six months. Wirtz told the House Commerce Committee no emergency exists and negotiations remain unlikely while the bill moves forward.
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Congress
Senate
Machinists
Wirtz
House Commerce Committee
House
Harley C. Staggers
W.va
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Johnson
Whitman Jury Finds He Planned To Kill And Die
A grand jury in Austin concludes Charles Whitman was a crazy deranged man who planned to kill then die. It notes he killed his mother and wife, and from the UT Tower shot 13 dead and 31 wounded before police killed him. Tumor near brain stem cited as possible factor. pathologist says unlikely to drive psychosis.
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Austin
Tex
Charles Joseph Whitman
Grand Jury
Whitman
University of Texas
Coleman de Chenar
de Chenar
Charles Whitman
Robert A. Miles
Jerry Dellana
Austin Justice of the Peace
Ellington Wins Tennessee Democratic Nomination Over Kennedy Ally
Buford Ellington, a Johnson ally, wins the Tennessee Democratic gubernatorial nomination in a tight race with a Kennedy-backed challenger. In the U S Senate primary, Gov. Frank Clement defeats Sen. Ross Bass after late-counted precincts push his margin. Howard Baker Jr. takes the Republican senatorial nomination. Two Black farmers win Haywood County County Court seats marking a civil rights milestone. Bass had criticized Clement as a Johnson rubber stamp. Clement cannot seek a second term.
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Nashville, Tenn
Buford Ellington
Johnson
Tennessee
Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Frank G. Clement
Ross Bass
Clement
Bass
Howard H. Baker Jr
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Iil
Ellington
Hooker
Baker
Kenneth Roberts
Haywood County
West
Dan Nixon
A. D. Powell
Estes Kefauver
House
Senate
Weekend forecast shows cool nights and warm weekend days
The forecast calls for clear cool nights with lows in the lower 60s. Saturday should be partly cloudy and warm with highs in the upper 80s. The outlook through Monday predicts more cool weather and a potential cold snap Tuesday and Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms Sunday and Monday may bring up to three quarters of an inch. Yesterday’s high reached 4, and overnight low was 55. Today’s 11 am temperature was 77.
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Reds
Bill D. Moyers
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Walter R. Mears
William H. Ayres
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D-Pa
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P. J. Seimiller
Norris Cotton
RNH
Cotton
Jean Speed
Billy Paul
LBJ
Shelby County
Memphis
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Eas
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Eae
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Rene
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