UAW Plans Rejection of Big Three Contract Bid
UAW leaders move to reject a contract from General Motors Chrysler and Ford describing it as the highest wage increase offered. The union flags a cautious reception amid talks with Walter P. Reuther and executive boards set to ratify. Highlights include wage rises of 13 cents hourly immediate, 2.8 percent in 1968 1969, a four cent cost of living minimum, and tradesmen pay above general increases.
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Walter P. Reuther
Red forces raid Sai gon area freeing 997 prisoners
Communist troops moved into Quang Ngai city under heavy bombardment and freed 997 inmates at a provincial jail as part of a broader strike across five war zone provinces aimed at disrupting South Vietnam’s presidential election. The campaign included attacks on a power station, a helicopter field, a U.S. advisory compound, a Seabee camp, and a radio station, with further strikes near Dalat and DMZ area. American pilots sustained heavy air strikes into North Vietnam as U.S. observers arrived for the election.
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Quang Ngai
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Thua Thien
U. S
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Three Die In Overton Bank Robbery Slayings
In Overton Nevada the bank manager Larry Staley and two female tellers Vera Walkington and Betty Heittmann were found shot in a vault during a robbery. A 24 year old suspect, Terry Lynn Conger, was arrested after a bait shop robbery incident and roadblocks led to his capture. an audit will determine the stolen amount.
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Overton, Nev
Clavings Ware Dicanarad
Mioviuiucu
Norman T. Shurtliff
Larry Staley
Vera Walkington
Betty Heitmann
Overton
Bank of Las Vegas
Terry Lynn Conger
Adella Maxey
China and Britain clash as diplomats clash in London
In London clashes erupted outside the Chinese Mission after Chinese diplomats fought with police using axes and bats. Britain restricted Chinese staff to five miles from central London, canceled exit visas, and ordered families home while Beijing demanded safer relations.
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Red China Today
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Hong Kong
British Chancery
Fires Rage Near Los Angeles in San Gabriel Foothills
The brush fire near Granada Hills in the San Gabriel Mountains burned about 1 200 acres by 1 30 a m with 350 firefighters and 40 apparatus containing the blaze after gusty winds. One fireman injured taken to Holy Cross Hospital two expensive homes destroyed and possible evacuations for Patrick Henry Junior High School amid 107 degree heat.
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Holy Cross Hospital
San Fernando
Patrick Ferguson
Los Angeles
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Granada Hills
Ferguson
Knollwood Country Club
Patrick Henry Junior High School
Nazis Clash With Army Over Rockwell Burial
In Culpeper Virginia the Army denies permission to bury George Lincoln Rockwell in a military cemetery with Nazi insignia present. Officials order removal of paraphernalia while his followers debate options and Koehl asserts control of the body amid a tense standoff.
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George Dewitt
Dewitt
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Southeast Ohio Forecast: Showers Today and Cooler Midweek
The Southeast Ohio forecast calls for showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with a low in the 60s. Thursday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with scattered showers and a mid 70s high. Yesterday reached 86 with a low of 58.
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