Franklin City Garage Fire Destroys Equipment and Decorations
Franklin City suffers major loss as a morning fire gutts the municipal garage at Sixth and River. A backhoe, weed cutter, pickup, leaf mulcher, sign maker, and the Christmas lights valued around 5000 dollars are lost. a street sweeper and dump truck are saved. Fire officials report five figure damages and hazardous metal roof smoke.
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Franklin
Sixth
River Streets
Jaycee
Dennie Fitzgerald
Jaycees
Stanley Blanton
Chestnut St
Blanton
Dick Berger
Berger
Kirkpatrick
UAW Vows Never To Forget Terms At Ford Strike Rally
Nearly 160000 UAW members enter the 26th day of a strike against Ford Motor Co as Walter Reuther pledges not to surrender. Rally cheers crowd the scene while industry executives view the show of resolve as a potential path to settlement. Reuther criticizes Henry Ford II for skipping the rally and highlights pay and benefit demands including wage increases and pensions.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Ford
Henry Ford II
Henry
U.S
Chuckle About American Standards on Wealth and Obligation
A reflective line questions what defines success by income and meeting obligations that would not exist without higher earnings. It critiques American norms that tie worth to money and captions success as satisfying costly duties.
Viet Nam National Assembly confirms Thieu presidency
In Saigon the National Assembly approved six criteria for validating the Sept 3 election results, effectively confirming Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu as president with Ky as running mate. Violence outside the building followed debates as students clashed with police, some injured and arrested.
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Nam
National Assembly
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Fied
Nguyen Cao Ky
CBS Television
Saigon
Congress Urges Federal Cutback in Spending Proposal
The article reports on a potential $5 billion reduction in controllable federal spending with aims to halt new contracts, slash loans and grants, and cut school lunch programs. It notes highway and military spending exclusions, differing figures from Johnson and administration plans, and a GOP push to cap overall administrative budget.
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Congress
Vietnam
Johnson
Bus and Freight Train Collision Near Waterloo
A school bus collided with a 97 car freight train at the Waterloo edge west of Omaha. Officials feared many fatalities as bodies were said to lie nearby. The train reportedly traveled 48 mph and tore out rear bus seats, tossing debris up to 50 feet from the scene.
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Omaha
Waterloo
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Southwest Ohio Faces Warm, Dry Five Day Forecast
The forecast shows fair and warm conditions tonight with lows around 55 to 60. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warm, with little to no precipitation through Saturday. Temperatures average above normal with highs in the 80s and lows in the 70s as a warming trend continues before cooling late in the week.
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Ohio
Leave Vietnam to the Vietnamese Upset Campaign Turns to Litter
U S Command reported seven B52 raids in four days on the DMZ near Con Thien causing 110 secondary explosions and nine fires. Leaflets dropped on Con Thien mocked President Johnson while urging defection to the South. Air strikes continued near Con Thien and across North and South Vietnam with 99 missions flown Sunday.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Con Thien
Con
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Pleiku City
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