Chain Locks Sell Out as Cincinnati Jitters Grow
Cincinnati residents rush to secure chain locks and peep holes as city council votes up to 20000 to study crime amid a spate of brutal murders and a chilling weekend of violence. Public hearings with criminologists begin Friday as residents demand more police. Local store reports surging gun sales and heightened precautions.
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Cincinnati
Greenway Avenue
John E. Held
Held
Walter Hilmer
GE workers walk out as 13,300 join in regional strikes
President Johnson urged continued operation during stalemate in national talks over a pending strike. About 13,300 workers walked out at GE Schenectady and 1,100 at Warren Michigan while 400 union draftsmen struck Pittsfield Massachusetts. Rest of 105,200 union workers delayed action to honor two week postponement.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Warren
Mich
Pittsfield
Mass
Robert S. McNamara
Washington
New York
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Viet Nam
Richard Bradley
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
Bradley
Hurricane Inez Targets Abaco Islands In Caribbean Fury
Hurricane Inez moved toward Abaco Islands after lashing south Florida and Nassau with winds up to 80 mph. The storm caused flooding in Nassau, knocked out power, and forced warnings along the coast while Grand Bahama and Abaco prepared for a late day impact. Three people were reported missing amid scattered damage as the hurricane tracked east of Miami.
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Abaco Islands
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Caribbean Sea
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Cuba
Atlantic
Abaco
Grand Bahama Island
Wallace
Marines Break Through Bunker Line Near DMZ
U S Marines fight their way up a four mile ridge south of the DMZ to seize an elaborate bunker system after 11 days of bombardment. Kilo and India Companies suffer casualties. Capt Edward Crowell leads a successful push with grenades and rockets, clearing bunkers and securing the rise.
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Viet Nam
U.S
4Th Marine Regiment
Kilo
India Company
Jim Hallman
Bloomfield
N.J
Mike Company
Edward Crowell
Lincoln
R.I
Crowell
Tigers Hire Mayo Smith As Manager
Detroit names Mayo Smith, a Yankees scout and former manager of the Phillies and Reds, as the Tigers new skipper. General Manager James Campbell announced the move at a news conference, ending weeks of speculation after Charlie Dressen died last August while Detroit contended for the pennant.
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Mayo Smith
Detroit
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
James Campbell
Charlie Dressen
Dressen
Shipping backlog grows again at Saigon port
More than 60 freighters wait to be unloaded at Saigon as feuding among the Army, AID, and mismanagement slow operations. Additional berths are under construction but won’t be ready for months, while warehouses fill and port equipment remains scarce.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Agency For International Development
Washington
Viet Nam
Saigo River
Joe Adcock Named Manager Of Cleveland Indians
LOS ANGELES AP Joe Adcock a 40 year old first baseman for the California Angels has signed a two year contract to manage the Cleveland Indians. He was released by the Angels to take the job succeeding Birdie Tebbetts who left the Indians last month.
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Joe Adcock
California Angels
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Angels
Adcock
Birdie Tebbetts
Chuckle about riches and waking early
A humorous observation notes that wealth brings sleep late only to make an elderly person wake early, turning comfort into habit. The quip highlights aging and routine with a light, wry tone.
Weather forecast notes showers and warm spell ahead
The report calls for showers by morning with a low in the lower 50s. Tuesday will be cloudy and windy with a high in the low 70s. The forecast trends warmer on Friday but cool through Saturday with possible rainfall Friday night and Saturday. Yesterday’s high was 65 and overnight low 42. Today’s 11 am temperature was 62.
Nativity Display Sparks Pittsburgh Christmas Dispute
Pittsburgh faces a clash over including the Nativity in the city Christmas display. The ACLU opposes public funding for religious imagery while councilmen Kamyk and Fagan favor its inclusion. Justice Musmanno weighs in, criticizing efforts to secularize the holiday.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Pittsburgh
American Civil Liberties Union
Michael A. Musmanno
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Golden Triangle
Department of Parks and Recreation
Walter Kamyk
Patrick T. Fagan
ACLU
United States
Musmanno
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Richard J. Meyer
Jerome Bricca
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Guy York
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Randolph Fascett
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J.J
Vung Tau
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