Johnson appoints Morse Collins to avert steel strike
President Johnson sends two high level mediators Senator Morse and Leroy Collins to Pittsburgh to head off a possible nationwide steel strike set for midnight Tuesday. They meet with industry and union negotiators in an exploratory session as talks continue amid disagreement over wage and price proposals.
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Pittsburgh
Johnson
Wayne Morse
Leroy Collins
Morse
Collins
Simkin
Basic
United Steelworkers Union
White House
Senate
Florida
Johnson Begins Plan To Help Elderly Poor
President Johnson unveils a foster grandparent program as part of a 42 million dollar initiative to lift 5.5 million elderly from poverty. The plan pairs poor seniors with children in institutions and funds home health, urban slum care, and support for mentally retarded children, across multiple states.
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Johnson
Douglas
Johnson City
Tex
Ohio foster-grandparents program announced in Cincinnati
The President announced a new foster grandparent program in Ohio detailing a $90,153 grant to Community Action Commission of Cincinnati and several city institutions. The effort involves 38 workers and benefits 30 children across Cincinnati General Hospital Children’s Hospital and related facilities.
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Johnson City
Tex
Ohio
Cincinnati — Community Action Commission
Cincinnati General Hospital
Children's Hospital
Children’s Convalescent Hospital
St. Joseph's Infant and Maternity Home
White House outlines aging and welfare aid programs
The White House announced four projects aiding impoverished seniors and vulnerable groups in 20 states from Hawaii to New Hampshire. The plan includes 17,600 initial allocations and aims to support 140,000 neglected babies and homebound elderly, among others.
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Hawaii
New Hampshire
Chuckle Quote on Genius and Jackpot Crack Pot
A witty remark notes that a genius is often labeled a crackpot until they strike it rich. The line blends humor about intelligence and sudden financial success, reflecting a common newspaper tease tone.
Glimpse Inside Local Shoplifting Watch
Merchants address rising shoplifting with stricter oversight and community measures. Tom Olds surveys local efforts to curb theft and protect merchants amid a nationwide trend.
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Tom Olds
Olive Typhoon Forms Near Pacific, Aims Toward Iwo Jima
A typhoon with 100 knot winds formed about 500 miles northeast of Guam in the Pacific. The Weather Bureau named it Olive and said it would move northwest toward Iwo Jima and intensify slowly as it approaches.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Guam
Weather Bureau
Olive
Iwo Jima
Righting Bitter In Mekong Delta
South Vietnamese troops fought sharp battles in the Red-infested Mekong Delta with mixed results. US Navy jets struck Viet Cong positions near Saigon after a B 52 attack. A government search and destroy operation ended near My Tho after 20 hours of combat.
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Mekong
Viet Nam
Hugh Mulligan
Associated Press
Saigon
South Viet Nam
My Tho
Ca Mau
Strategic Air Command
Rhodes Doubtful On Special Election For Brown Successor
Gov. James A. Rhodes aides said he is unsure about calling a special election to fill U. S. House seat vacated by Clarence J. Brown. Administrative aide John M. McElroy said no announcement before at least Wednesday. Rhodes may wait for funeral, weigh options to hold election with local elections Nov. 2 or postpone until after the 1966 cycle.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
U.S
Clarence J. Brown
John M. McElroy
Rhodes
Brown
Brush Fire Contained North of La Crescenta
Water dropping helicopters and 500 firefighters contained a brush fire that charred about 500 rugged acres north of La Crescenta. Officials said a line of bare earth surrounded the perimeter and that the flames were no longer spreading with full control hoped for Saturday night.
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LA Crescenta
Calif
Los Angeles
Derailed NYC Freight Trains Closes Ohio 118 in Ansonia
Six cars of a 94 car New York Central freight train derailed in Ansonia Ohio stopping traffic on Ohio 118. No injuries reported and authorities investigated the cause of the derailment.
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Greenville
Ohio
New York Central
Ansonia
Journal Price Adjustment for Home Delivery
The Journal announces a price increase effective tomorrow with home delivery six days at 45 cents per week and seven days at 60 cents. Sunday home delivery remains 15 cents, newsstand stays 10 cents daily and 15 cents on Sunday, and paperboys share in the rise. This is the first home delivery increase since 1959 due to higher production costs.
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Journal
Safety Net Ready For Spacemen
A huge recovery force shifts to form a giant 276 mile offshore safety net for Gemini 5 splashdown near Bermuda after tropical storm Betsy forces relocation. Flights director trims mission to 120 orbits as 2,000 sailors aboard Lake Champlain and 450 aboard Weeks participate with frogmen and air support ready for recovery.
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AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Betsy
Eugene Krantz
Weather Bureau
Puerto Rico
Lake Champlain
Hawaii
Thompson
Stock Car Crash Kills Four at Missouri State Fair
In Sedalia Missouri four spectators were killed and 14 injured when a stock car lost a tire and plowed through a guard rail and fence into the crowd during a warmup for a 100 mile race at the Missouri State Fair.
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Sedalia
Gemini 5 mission ends with long orbit and splashdown
Space center reports Gemini 5 completed 113 orbits in 7 days 22 hours 55 minutes traveling 3 338 200 miles. Weather delays forced a 7 55 a m EST splashdown east of Pombo with Cooper and Conrad in good health amid reports of nasal congestion and fatigue.
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Arthur Edson Space Center
Houston Tex
Atlantic
Pombo
Earth
Hawaii
Puento Penasco
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Dallas
Jackson, Miss
Columbia
Gemini 5 Eyes Test End of Tumbling in Space
Flight surgeon Charles A. Berry suggested a nose decongestant and a dextrodrine fall to help weariness. Saturday in White Sands and Laredo the crew practiced sighting objects with Conrad noting partial readings on a ground eye chart. The major news was the end of tumbling and the ship floating free due to power problems.
Tropical Storm Betsy Forces Early Gemini 5 Return
Tropical storm Betsy brushed the Leeward Islands slowing Gemini 5 with an early return. Betsy moved northwest at 21 mph with top winds near 45 mph and skirts near Grand Turk for a planned splashdown. Weather warnings extended to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as forecasts shift to a Bahamas Florida approach. Astronauts L. Gordon Jr. returned ahead of schedule due to upper atmosphere conditions. Betsy remained southeast of San Juan as of Saturday evening.
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Miami
Fila
Betsy
Leeward Islands
Gemini
Grand Turk
Caribbean Sea
Martinique
Dominica
Guadaloupe
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Grand Turk Island
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Bermuda
Cape Kennedy
Jacksonville
Dunn
Bahamas
Florida
San
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Charles
Pete) Conrad Jr
Christopher C. Kraft
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Gordon Dunn
U.S. Hurricane Center
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Jane Conrad
Trudy Cooper
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