New York pressed by transit strike as talks drift
Mayor Lindsay urged New Yorkers to wait for a settlement as subway bus labor talks moved in good faith after a marathon night session. A $187 million gap remained between the transit authority and AFL-CIO unions amid weather slowed traffic and staggered hours planned downtown.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
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Lindsay
Henry A. Barnes
Connecticut
New Jersey
Last-Minute Talks Avert Va. Strike
Frenzied negotiations between Virginia Transit Co. and union leaders halted a bus strike planned for Virginia's two largest cities. After 16 hours of talks at the state Capitol, officials announced a no strike order subject to local approval in Richmond and Norfolk. Details of the agreement were not released.
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Virginia Transit Co
State Capitol
Norfolk
NO RIDERS SAY NO RIDERS IN NEW YORK SUBWAY SIGN
The AP report describes a subway strike in New York where thousands of clerical workers supervisors and police keep essential operations running. About 2 800 members of two nonstriking supervisors unions operate a limited service along 720 miles of track while 6 700 cars and 4 200 buses sit idle and 481 stations remain ghost like.
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New York
Transit Authority
Miami Fends Off Winter Crime Wave By Tightening Watch
Miami police and sheriff's officials note thieves migrate south for winter sun and easy loot. Maj. Manson Hill says limited manpower hampers the special enforcement squad, though exchange of thief information remains strong among major resorts. Some operators have been halted by bonds and convictions in recent months.
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Maj
Manson Hill
Miami
Hill
Lost boy asks policeman about mother near street corner
A small, distressed boy approaches a street officer and asks if a woman nearby passed by without him. The scene centers on search and concern as the officer notes the boy’s request and potential leads.
Johnson and steel deal avoids hard line in price dispute
President Johnson narrowly trimmed a proposed five dollar steel price rise to 2.75 dollars after a tense five day standoff with Bethlehem Inland and U.S. Steel. White House denied a backroom deal while noting administration wage and price guidelines remained intact. The settlement, aided by government buying policies, preserves business support without a Kennedy style showdown.
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United States Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Inland Steel
Gardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
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Inland
Kennedy
Legislation Sought to Curb Ku Klux Klan Power
Rep. Edwin Willis led a House Un American Activities hearing proposing measures to curb Klan influence. Ideas included registering Klansmen with the government and banning masked gatherings. Witnesses described threats, boycotts, and vandalism in Bogalusa as Klan pressure shrank media freedom.
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Edwin E. Willis
D-La
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Willis
Ralph Blumberg
Bogalusa
Blumberg
Radio Bee
Michael Ingraham
General Riving L Branch Found in Puget Sound Crash
The wrecked fuselage of a jet trainer plane with Air Force Maj. Gen. Riv ing L. Branch inside was located about 60 feet deep in Puget Sound. Branch, 53, commander at Edwards Air Force Base Flight Test Center, vanished from radar while approaching a Seattle field on a solo flight from Edwards.
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Puget Sound
Air Force
Riving L. Branch
Branch
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Edwards
Weather turns colder with cloudy, windy night ahead
The U S Weather Bureau predicts mostly cloudy windy and much colder weather tonight with lows below 19. Friday will be partly cloudy and colder. Yesterday's high was 44 and overnight low 39 at 8 this morning. Middletown reports .95 inch of rain by this morning.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Middletown
Baker Indicted For Fraud Tax Evasion And Larceny
Former Senate Democrat secretary Bobby Baker, once hailed by Lyndon B. Johnson as my strong right arm, faces a nine count federal indictment charging fraud tax evasion grand larceny conspiracy and illegal transport of stolen money. The charges stem from mid 1962 to Oct 1964 with arraignment set for Jan 20. Clifford Jones and Wayne L Bromley named in conspiracy counts. Bromley and Jones not defendants.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Democrats
U. S. District Court
Baker
Senate
Bromley
Los Angeles
Jones and
Johnson
Texas
White House
Armco Aligns With Price Hikes On Structural Steel
Armco Steel Corp, a top ten producer, follows U S Steel in a 2.75 per ton price rise for carbon steel structural shapes. Other companies planned the same increase, deemed acceptable by the White House. Armco’s plants in Houston and Kansas City produce the shapes.
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Armco Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
Armco
U.S. Steel
White House
Houston
Kansas City
Terror raids and Viet Cong attacks hit Saigon in 1966
Allied forces and U S planes hit hidden Viet Cong bunkers across the Mekong Delta and Plain of Reeds. In Saigon terrorists exploded a mine outside the airport and attacked a police substation, killing at least two Vietnamese and wounding four American servicemen and three Vietnamese.
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Mekong
173Rd
Reeds
Viet Cong Killings Persist in Saigon Control Areas
The U S military command reports ongoing terror in villages under Saigon rule with 32 village officials killed, 61 wounded and 130 abducted in the past week. One farmer was tied to a stake and burned.
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Saigon
U.S
Scorched Earth Policy Trials in South Viet Nam
U S and allied forces expand a scorched earth program to destroy houses and crops feeding Viet Cong. Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade establish bases amid burned homes, evacuate civilians, and push into canal country to deny resources to the enemy. Captain Henry Tuckes of Columbus Mississippi notes the aim to keep the VC busy rebuilding.
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South Viet Nam
U. S
Waico Oriental River
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Henry Tuckes
Columbus, Miss
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