East German Soviet parade in Berlin draws Western protests
East German and Soviet troops staged a massive parade in West Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of Hitler's defeat, provoking protests from the United States, France and Britain. The four-power letters condemned the display as a violation of Potsdam and the four-power status of Berlin. The event featured 5,000 troops and Russian missiles, with Kosygin and Ulbricht among the leaders observing.
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West Germany
East Berlin
Soviet Union
Alexei N. Kosygin
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Walter Ulbricht
Lu Ting-yi
Vassily Chuikov
Wassily Sokolovsky
Stalin and Mao applauded at Moscow V E Day ceremony
A Kremlin audience at V E Day celebrations applauded the WWII roles of Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse tung. Brezhnev, surprised by Stalin’s praise, delivered a long speech denouncing the United States and West Germany while praising Allied war efforts. Zhukov received applause as he reappeared after Khrushchev’s exile. Khrushchev was not mentioned.
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Cuba
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West Germany
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Georgi K. Zhukov
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Mao
Peking
Japan
Michigan workers get boosted compensation plan
Governor Romney and Michigan lawmakers reached a bipartisan agreement on a workmen's compensation bill that will nearly double benefits for injured workers. The plan, described as among the nation's best, sets wage-based payments with by September 1967 an injured worker with five dependents eligible for 93 dollars weekly, capped at two thirds of average wage.
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Lansing
Mich
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Second Body Found In Ohio River Near Greenup Dam
The body of Curtis Rock, 18, of Detroit, one of three drowning victims from the April 19 accident at Greenup Dam, was recovered late Friday just below the dam on the Ohio River. Eight days earlier a second body, J. C. Rock, 64, of Russell, Kentucky, uncle of Curtis, was found about 20 miles west of the dam. J. FE. Hamilton, 40, of Flatwoods, Kentucky, remains missing.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Curtis Rock
Detroit
Greenup Dam
Ohio River
J. C. Rock
Russell
J. FE. Hamilton
Flatwoods
Voting Reforms urged for United Steelworkers union
CINCINNATI AP The union needs an overhaul of its election machinery to avoid government intervention, says Vice President Howard R. Hague at the 22nd annual District 25 conference. He supported outgoing President David J. McDonald in the disputed spring election won by I. W. Abel.
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United Steelworkers Union
Howard R. Hague
International Union
Hague
the Steelworkers District 25
Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
I. W. Abel
A. Whitehouse
McDonald
James Gallagher
Whitehouse
District 25
Armco Steel Co
Middletown
Ohio
National Cash Register Co
Daviton
Store Robbed of $20,000 in Akron Sears Raid
AKRON Ohio AP Burglars escaped with $20 00 from a safe in a downtown Sears Roebuck and Co store officials said Saturday Police said the burglars entered through a ventilator shaft A drill and cutting torch were used to open the safe Police said the burglars apparently left the store the same way they entered
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Akron, Ohio
Sears Roebuck & Co
Rights Party Raided Seizing Scurrilous Literature
Cincinnati AP The vice squad raided the local headquarters of the National States Rights Party and seized literature the officers called hate literature Jeremiah Oliver Black, 35, was arrested for distributing the material. Municipal Judge George Henzler had issued the search warrant. Local party members have appeared with cards criticizing the oil rights movement.
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Cincinnati
National States Rights Party
Jerald Oliver Black
George Henzler
States Rights Party
Ancient fossils found in near two billion year old sediments
Scientists report clearly identifiable fossils in sediments dating close to two billion years old. The most ancient known life forms are microbial microfossils found in the Gunflint iron formations near Lake Superior in Canada and adjacent Minnesota.
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