Deadly Franklin House Fire Kills Six Children
A midnight blaze in a story and a half frame near Franklin killed six children aged 15 months to 10 years and a friend of their mother. Only Mrs Joyce Neal survived, critically burned, as investigators considered smoke and heat the likely cause. The fire started in the living room trapping all occupants. the event marks Franklin’s worst fire in history.
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Franklin
Howard Harville
Joyce Neal
Olive and
Harriet Streets
Franklin City
Bertha Hillard
Neal
Cheney
Dick Berger
Berger
Middletown
William
Tennessee
Olive Street
William Hillard
West German Strikes Shake Election Campaign
West Germany faces two weeks of wildcat strikes by more than 500000 miners and steelworkers amid a tight election campaign. Wage talks end the stoppages but political tension grows as inflation fears rise in the stable economic power of Western Europe.
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Germany
West Germany
Western
Europe
Middletown Weather Outlook and Local Strife Notes
The forecast for Middletown expects a cool, partly cloudy night with upper 50s, Tuesday highs around the upper 60s and afternoon showers, and 40s for Tuesday night. A separate report recalls 1967 wage freezes amid 2 million civil servants and other workers pressing for new contracts, while debates over union leadership and radicalism influence public unrest.
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Middletown
Trade bans ease for Soviet bloc export controls eased
United States and fourteen allied nations relax export barriers to the Soviet bloc while keeping bans in place for Asian Communist governments and Albania. Notices say China Albania North Vietnam and North Korea will not receive upcoming concessions. War weapons embargo remains. Readouts cite Europe East bloc economic gaps and wary China military aims as reasons for the shift. Previously banned items now allowed include certain computers rare metals and their alloys chemical and petroleum equipment and various industrial electrical transport and precision instruments.
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United States
Albania
China
North Vietnam
North Korea
Mili
Tary
Soviet Bloc
40 000 GIs to Leave Vietnam by November
Vice President Ky announced 40,000 American troops would be withdrawn from Vietnam between now and November after a National Security Council meeting in Saigon. Thieu reportedly approved the plan in a late afternoon meeting as a government communique was prepared for Tuesday.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnamese
National Security Council
Nguyen van Thieu
US. Navy
Nixon
U.S. Navy
South Vietnam
U.S. Naval Command
U.S
Mekong
Delta
Three Electoral Reform Plans Under Study
The House studies three main plans to change the presidential election system Direct Election would abolish the Electoral College and award the presidency to the nationwide popular vote winner with at least 40 percent. The District Plan preserves the Electoral College but grants one vote per district and two for the state winner. The Proportional Plan abolishes the Electoral College but divides each state's electoral votes proportionally to the state’s popular vote, with a 40 percent floor for national winner.
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Associated Press
House
Senate
Dowdy proposes district plan for electors in House vote
Washington AP reports Rep. Joan Dowdy backs a District Plan to award electoral votes by congressional district with two votes for the state. The plan tests support for direct presidential election and would split votes by district, potentially altering outcomes seen in 1960. The amendment faces a high hurdle and faces bipartisan debate.
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House
Joan Dowdy
D-Tex
Dowdy
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Didate
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
LA Teachers Walk For Better Education Wage Demands
Los Angeles teachers plan a one day walkout on Thursday starting at the Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium to the Board of Education offices to press for higher pay. The Association of Classroom Teachers says about 19 500 members and nonmembers may join the demonstration as polls begin on a broader strike next spring if salaries are not resolved.
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Association of Classroom Teachers
Los Angeles Dodgers
Board of Education
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ACT
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